Sources: Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions for a VC fund; Patel raised a $50M SPV toward Fluidstack's $700M fundraising
Q&A with Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on returning to Amazon post-burnout, his goal to “zero out crime”, privacy and the “surveillance panopticon”, and more
and don't let money ‘drive your life,’ Ring's founder says Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide : Best Black Friday Ring video doorbell deals — 5 early sales to shop now Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : I do...
Cloudflare debuts “Pay per Crawl”, a marketplace that lets sites charge AI crawlers per crawl; new sites using Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell.com : “Deeply concerned that the incentives for content creatio...
Q&A with Matt Mullenweg on licensing deals with AI companies, putting Tumblr's backend migration to WordPress “on hold”, fediverse, content moderation, and more
In honor of Automattic's 20th anniversary, and also since it's been a few years … Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Lots and lots from Matt Mullenweg on Decoder, including some deep discussion of the...
A US judge rules Anthropic's use of copyrighted books to train AI was fair use, but its storage of pirated books in a central library for training LLMs was not
but it's still in trouble for stealing books Blake Brittain / Reuters : Anthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Judge Rules Training AI on...
The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about using copyrighted content to train AI models
stoking fears about deregulation of AI Committee on House Administration : Morelle's Statement on Abrupt Firing of Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights Dennis Crouch / Patently-O : Transformative ...
Q&A with Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev on becoming sole CEO, prediction markets, regulatory compliance, sports betting, the American dream, media, and more
Today, I'm talking with Vlad Tenev, the cofounder and CEO of Robinhood, which is one of the most well-known consumer finance apps in the world. Bluesky: @reckless Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : On...
Q&A with UiPath co-founder Daniel Dines on getting reappointed CEO in June 2024, agentic AI as the future of automation, the cost of licensing AI tech, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge : Bluesky: @reckless Bluesky: Nilay Patel / @reckless : Talked to UIPath CEO Daniel Dines about automating the workforce and have spent a lot of time thinking about this excha...
Q&A with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on “founder mode” and why it's not about micromanagement, obsessing over company structure, Airbnb's Co-Host Network, and more
The Airbnb cofounder discusses being ‘in the details’ and why traditional management is doing it wrong. Threads: @reckless1280 Threads: Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : Really enjoyed talking to Airbnb C...
Q&A with Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi on AI, tax, and more; in a follow-up, an exec said “at the very least the end portion of your interview should be deleted”
We declined. … Today's episode of Decoder, well — it's a ride. I'm talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi … Threads: @reckless1280 . Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social . Forums: Hacker News , r/t...