Tag: silicon valley

• The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley

  May 14, 2026

  Chinese AI researchers and founders have become central to Silicon Valley’s AI boom, joining Meta and OpenAI and building a new tech elite from Mark Zuckerberg’s old house. https://restofworld.org/2026/chinese-ai-researchers-silicon-valley/ more ›

• Sam altmans business dealings under gop scrutiny ahead of openais ipo cccd

  May 13, 2026

  https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altmans-business-dealings-under-gop-scrutiny-ahead-of-openais-ipo-52c1cc4d?st=WrmFUH more ›

• The year of technoligarchy

  January 7, 2026

  In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall. https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/ more ›

• 2025 letter | Dan Wang

  January 3, 2026

  Corgis, compute, Cold War; Ecclesiastes; ties; Stendhal; humor; Pascal’s Wager; deep infrastructure; Germanic obedience; Texas State Fair https://danwang.co/2025-letter/ more ›

• Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights

  December 29, 2025

  They increasingly see themselves as rank-and-file workers who have traditional gripes with their companies. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/tech-employees-activism-kickstarter.html?unlocked_article_code=1._k8.i1jm.–rmDV9g42A6&smid=url-share more ›

• 🫧 Is AI a bubble? – by Azeem Azhar and Nathan Warren

  September 21, 2025

  A practical framework to test whether AI is building value – or inflating it. https://www.exponentialview.co/p/is-ai-a-bubble?utm_medium=email more ›

• Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner

  September 6, 2025

  At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump. https://www.wired.com/story/tech-ceos-donald-trump-white-house/ more ›

• The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

  July 8, 2025

  As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Alibaba, is where its aspiring tech titans mingle and share ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/technology/china-artificial-intelligence-hangzhou.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU8.Zt5D.FVQnb5CVGnvt&smid=url-share more ›

• Peter Thiel is betting on the apocalypse

  March 16, 2025

  American investor Peter Thiel is involved in several of the intellectual currents I cover – transhumanism and the new eugenics, psychedelics and the FDA, and the rise of the Tech… more ›

• There is no American Ambani

  March 7, 2024

  If you were on Instagram over the weekend, you probably saw a few pictures of Anant Ambani’s three-day pre-wedding celebration — a blowout party in honor of his impending wedding… more ›