Eliot Horowitz is a co-founder of MongoDB.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Eliot Horowitz MongoDB
How Viam, founded in 2020 by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz, helps companies make anything “smart”, including pizza buffets and bathroom lines
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-14 · #9
Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, is the Trump administration's nominee for the US Department of Commerce.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Howard Lutnick US Department of Commerce
Cantor Fitzgerald settles US SEC charges for $6.75M over disclosures before its SPACs merged with smart glass maker View and geospatial data company Satellogic
CNBC · 2024-12-14 · #26
Viam was founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Viam Eliot Horowitz
How Viam, founded in 2020 by MongoDB co-founder Eliot Horowitz, helps companies make anything “smart”, including pizza buffets and bathroom lines
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-14 · #9
Elon Musk is the founder/owner of xAI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Elon Musk xAI
xAI begins rolling out an upgraded version of Grok-2 that is “three times faster” to all X users, adds a “Grok button” to X posts, and reduces API pricing
TechCrunch · 2024-12-14 · #14
Elon Musk is the founder of xAI.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Elon Musk xAI
Michael Dell founded Dell (originally started in a Texas dorm room).
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-14
Michael Dell Dell
A look at Dell's evolution under Michael Dell, who has transitioned the company from a nostalgic mid-90s PC maker into a leading AI infrastructure provider
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-14 · #15
Yahoo outsourced and eliminated its internal 'red team' under its new CTO.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-13
Yahoo red team
Sources: Yahoo laid off or lost via attrition 40 to 50 people from its 200-strong cybersecurity team in 2024, as it outsources its “red team” under its new CTO
TechCrunch · 2024-12-13 · #36
Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan are co-founders of ServiceTitan.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-13
Ara Mahdessian Vahe Kuzoyan ServiceTitan
ServiceTitan's shares closed up 42.25% at $101 in its Nasdaq debut, giving the cloud software provider an ~$8.9B market cap after it raised ~$625M in its IPO
CNBC · 2024-12-13 · #34
Yahoo laid off or lost 40–50 people from its roughly 200-person cybersecurity team in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-13
Yahoo cybersecurity team
Sources: Yahoo laid off or lost via attrition 40 to 50 people from its 200-strong cybersecurity team in 2024, as it outsources its “red team” under its new CTO
TechCrunch · 2024-12-13 · #36
Kevin Roose wrote about why many in San Francisco's AI scene are using Claude, citing comments from others and Anthropic personnel.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-13
Kevin Roose Claude
How Anthropic's Claude became the chatbot of choice for AI industry insiders, who say its responses feel more creative and empathetic and less gratingly robotic
New York Times · 2024-12-13 · #12
Sources say Nvidia will end 2024 with about 4,000 staff in China, up from roughly 3,000 at the start of the year.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-12
Nvidia staff in China
Sources: Nvidia added ~200 staff to its self-driving R&D team in Beijing and will end 2024 with ~4,000 staff in China, up from ~3,000 at the start of the year
Bloomberg · 2024-12-12 · #27
Apple reassigned some engineers in Israel to work on its first AI server chip.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-12
Apple engineers in Israel first AI server chip
The Information: Apple this past summer canceled the development of a high-performance Mac chip to let some engineers in Israel work on its first AI server chip
Daring Fireball · 2024-12-12 · #23
Sources say Nvidia added about 200 staff to its self-driving R&D team in Beijing.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-12
Nvidia self-driving R&D team (Beijing)
Sources: Nvidia added ~200 staff to its self-driving R&D team in Beijing and will end 2024 with ~4,000 staff in China, up from ~3,000 at the start of the year
Bloomberg · 2024-12-12 · #27
The NYT Tech Guild and its 600+ members reach a tentative contract agreement with New York Times management that enhances job security and establishes flexible hybrid schedules.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-12
NYT Tech Guild New York Times management contract job security flexible hybrid schedules
The NYT Tech Guild and its 600+ members reach a tentative deal with management on a contract enhancing job security, setting flexible hybrid schedules, and more
New York Times · 2024-12-12 · #45
Google's lobbying team faces a power vacuum after its top lobbyist Mark Isakowitz departs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Google lobbying team
Google's top lobbyist Mark Isakowitz departs to become GOP Senator-elect Dave McCormick's chief of staff, leaving a power vacuum in the company's lobbying team
Bloomberg · 2024-12-11 · #43
He is poaching staff from a similar Google DeepMind unit he once led to staff the new team.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Microsoft Mustafa Suleyman Google DeepMind unit
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is building a London-based team focused on consumer health by poaching staff from a similar Google DeepMind unit he once led
Financial Times · 2024-12-11 · #18
Several Cruise employees say they expect job cuts at Cruise following GM's decision to end the robotaxi program.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-11
Cruise
Sources: several Cruise employees say they were “surprised” and “blindsided” by GM's decision to end Cruise's robotaxi program and that they expect job cuts
TechCrunch · 2024-12-11 · #13
Enzo Zhang leads MoreFun Studios and is central to its efforts to produce international hits for Tencent.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Enzo Zhang MoreFun Studios
How 1,600 staff at Tencent's MoreFun Studios, on the verge of collapse a decade ago, now fuel the company's ambitions for “evergreen” global gaming franchises
Bloomberg · 2024-12-11 · #36
Mark Isakowitz leaves Google to become chief of staff to GOP Senator-elect Dave McCormick.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Mark Isakowitz Dave McCormick
Google's top lobbyist Mark Isakowitz departs to become GOP Senator-elect Dave McCormick's chief of staff, leaving a power vacuum in the company's lobbying team
Bloomberg · 2024-12-11 · #43
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is building a London-based team focused on consumer health.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Microsoft Mustafa Suleyman London-based consumer health team
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is building a London-based team focused on consumer health by poaching staff from a similar Google DeepMind unit he once led
Financial Times · 2024-12-11 · #18
Howard Lutnick is identified as a co-Chair of the Trump transition.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-11
Howard Lutnick Trump transition
A look at the relationship between Tether and Trump transition co-Chair Howard Lutnick, who boasted about Cantor Fitzgerald handling $10B in redemptions in 2022
Financial Times · 2024-12-11 · #24
AI startups are recruiting experts to train models for highly specialized tasks in sensitive sectors such as finance, defense, and health care.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
AI startups finance defense health care
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #21
Experts located in Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, and Vietnam are being recruited to train AI models for startups.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
Bhutan India Kazakhstan Philippines Vietnam AI startups
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #21
Experts (PhDs, radiologists, accountants) in various countries are teaching AI systems to perform complex tasks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
PhDs radiologists accountants complex tasks
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #21
A growing cohort of AI startups is recruiting experts — PhDs, radiologists, and accountants — to train AI models on specialized tasks.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-10
AI startups PhDs radiologists accountants
A growing cohort of AI startups are recruiting experts to train models on highly specialized tasks for sensitive sectors like finance, defense, and health care
Bloomberg · 2024-12-10 · #21
Mustafa Suleyman manages approximately 10,000 staff.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-09
Mustafa Suleyman ~10,000 staff
Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on AGI, Copilot, AI agents, the OpenAI deal, joining Microsoft in March 2024, managing ~10K staff, DeepMind, and more
The Verge · 2024-12-09 · #8
The corporate lab conducting the randomized study employs more than 1,000 researchers.
rumored 1 article 2024-12-09
corporate lab
A randomized study at a corporate lab employing more than 1,000 researchers: teams using AI discovered 44% more new materials than teams with standard workflows
Nature · 2024-12-09 · #27
Analysis claims that most potential CEO candidates would be worse choices than current CEO Pat Gelsinger.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-09
Intel Pat Gelsinger
A look at Intel's problems, starting with 2016's 10nm node: 7/11 board members have no chip experience, most CEO options are worse than Pat Gelsinger, and more
SemiAnalysis · 2024-12-09 · #3
Mustafa Suleyman is the Microsoft AI CEO, having joined Microsoft in March 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-09
Mustafa Suleyman Microsoft AI CEO
Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on AGI, Copilot, AI agents, the OpenAI deal, joining Microsoft in March 2024, managing ~10K staff, DeepMind, and more
The Verge · 2024-12-09 · #8
Matt Murphy is the CEO of Marvell.
confirmed 1 article 2024-12-09
Matt Murphy Marvell
A look at chipmaker Marvell, whose market cap has passed Intel's, driven by its data center business; CEO Matt Murphy has reportedly been floated as Intel's CEO
Wall Street Journal · 2024-12-09 · #28