A profile of Ryan Breslow, the founder of Bolt, whose $355M Series E in 2022 set off 18 months of acrimonious lawsuits and a showdown with early backer Activant
Forbes : X: @_iainmartin , @friedmandave , @lukejohnsonrcp , @leomschwartz , @sarahnemerson , @dannygroner , and @alexrkonrad X: Iain Martin / @_iainmartin : Ryan Breslow was dancing barefoot in a ge...
Interviews, pitch decks, and documents suggest that the recent success of Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque has been bolstered by exaggeration and dubious claims
Stability AI became a $1 billion company with the help of a viral AI text-to-image generator and — per interviews with more than 30 people … LinkedIn: Jon Lam . Bluesky: @carnage4life.bsky.social . Tw...
FTX posed as a haven from tumbling currencies and inflation in Africa, where the company recruited users via glitzy events, $5 sign-up bonuses, and giveaways
Alexandra Wexler / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @gksteinhauser , @sarahnemerson , @peterguest , @counternotions , and @drewhinshaw Tweets: Gabriele Steinhauser / @gksteinhauser : “For my community, ...
A look at “Sharp Eyes”, a computerized video surveillance program that aims to surveil 100% of Chinese public spaces and relies largely on reports from citizens
The program turns neighbors into agents of the surveillance state — One of China's largest … Tweets: @medium , @ozm , @ozm , @aedison , @sarahnemerson , and @seamusblackley Tweets: @medium : China's...
A look at how COVID-19 has accelerated development of tech that tracks workers, and how physically tracing employees could be mainstream even after the pandemic
A boom in contact tracing devices could herald a new era of worker surveillance — Before April, Radiant RFID … Tweets: @davegershgorn , @sarahnemerson , @bcmerchant , @davegershgorn , and @medium Tw...
After outcry, Nextdoor pledges to provide more explicit guidelines on how to moderate against racism and tells community leads to allow BLM discussions
Russell Brandom / The Verge : Tweets: @oneunderscore__ , @rmac18 , @jason_a_w , @kellymakena , @sarahnemerson , @andreacervone1 , @film_girl , and @willoremus Tweets: Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ :...