Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark
Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information : X: @km , @danprimack , @everettrandle , @scottbelsky , @everettrandle , @zebulgar , and @benchmark X: Kanyi Maqubela / @km : @EverettRandle @benchmark much con...
Trump signs an EO creating the National Design Studio to improve “websites and physical sites”; sources say he's tapping Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to lead it
Powell's last speech: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to give … Jess Weatherbed / The Verge : Florida man orders beautification of America after gold-plating the White House Mallory Wi...
How “AI-native” startups, which integrate AI into their workflows and team structures, are trying to scale faster with fewer employees and consolidate tasks
The most novel idea is that you don't have to hire as many specialists like designers & coders because PMs can vibe code to prototype features. … LinkedIn: Hunter Walk : Scott Belsky was one of my fir...
Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky leaves the company to join A24 film studio as a partner; he co-founded Behance, which Adobe acquired for $150M in 2012
Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and creator who in 2006 founded Behance, an online platform that is used by more than 50 million professionals …
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
Adobe clarifies its terms, saying it does not train Firefly Gen AI models on customer content and will never assume ownership of a customer's work
it's the trust Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Adobe Clarifies Terms of Use, Reaffirms User Privacy Andrew Tarantola / Digital Trends : Adobe clarifies new AI terms and conditions after high-p...
Farcaster, an Ethereum-based social media project, raised $150M led by Paradigm, with participation from a16z and others, and reports “350,000 paid sign-ups”
Since going permissionless last October, Farcaster has seen 350,000 paid sign-ups … Sage D. Young / Unchained : Decentralized Social Network Farcaster Raises $150 Million in a Series A Round Amanda Si...
Airbnb launches Icons, a new category of experiences that lets users meet celebrities and stay in outlandish venues, like a replica of the house from Pixar's Up
extraordinary experiences from the world's greatest icons Associated Press : Airbnb offering exotic experiences from a Paris museum to the house in ‘Up’ — some for free Natalie Lung / Bloomberg : Airb...
OpenAI shares its plans ahead of 2024 elections, including image provenance tools and not letting users make tools for impersonation or political campaigning
Here's How OpenAI Plans to Fight It PYMNTS.com : OpenAI to Implement Digital Credentials to Prevent Misuse in Elections Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : OpenAI announces steps to prevent its generative ...
Uber plans to test Uber Tasks, a TaskRabbit-like service that lets users hire people to complete household tasks, in Fort Myers and Edmonton in the coming weeks
7 jobs the app can do X: Ana Milicevic / @aexm : Today in: every app is becoming every other app @jason : Predict Uber Tasks will be as big as transportation and food delivery. Nathan Resnick / @nater...