The Trump administration launches the US Tech Force to recruit about 1,000 staffers from Apple, Meta, xAI, and other tech firms for two-year stints to modernize government technology.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Trump administration Apple Meta xAI other tech firms
The Trump administration launches US Tech Force to recruit ~1,000 staffers from Apple, Meta, xAI, and others for two-year stints to modernize the government
Nextgov/FCW · 2025-12-15 · #10
Thrive Holdings hires Palantir CIO Jim Siders to serve as CEO of Shield Technology Partners, a newly created IT services business.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Thrive Holdings Jim Siders Shield Technology Partners
Thrive Holdings announces it has hired Palantir CIO Jim Siders to serve as CEO of Shield Technology Partners, a newly created business focused on IT services
CNBC · 2025-12-15 · #11
Michael Saylor, Changpeng Zhao, and other executives traveled to Abu Dhabi.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Michael Saylor Changpeng Zhao other executives Abu Dhabi
How the UAE's growing interest in crypto drew Michael Saylor, Changpeng Zhao, and other executives to Abu Dhabi, hoping to secure deals with Emirati investors
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-15 · #33
Marcos Galperin decided to resign as CEO of MercadoLibre.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Marcos Galperin MercadoLibre
An interview with Marcos Galperin, the CEO of MercadoLibre, which has a $105B market cap, on deciding to resign, MercadoLibre's rivalry with Amazon, and more
Bloomberg · 2025-12-15 · #34
Jim Siders is identified as Palantir's Chief Information Officer (CIO).
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Jim Siders Palantir
Thrive Holdings announces it has hired Palantir CIO Jim Siders to serve as CEO of Shield Technology Partners, a newly created business focused on IT services
CNBC · 2025-12-15 · #11
Marcos Galperin is the founder and outgoing CEO of MercadoLibre.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-15
Marcos Galperin MercadoLibre
An interview with Marcos Galperin, the CEO of MercadoLibre, which has a $105B market cap, on deciding to resign, MercadoLibre's rivalry with Amazon, and more
Bloomberg · 2025-12-15 · #34
Sources say the maker of ChatGPT (OpenAI) and competitor xAI have relaxed restrictions intended to keep new hires from leaving, such as six-month vesting cliffs, amid a competitive talent war.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-14
OpenAI xAI new-hire retention restrictions vesting cliff
Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month “vesting cliff” that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-14 · #2
Operators convert social media influencers into recruiters to promote crypto casinos.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-14
Operators social media influencers
Crypto casinos have become online gambling havens for teens and problem gamblers, propped up by operators who turn social media influencers into recruiters
New York Times · 2025-12-14 · #8
Sources report OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month vesting cliff that required new employees to work six months before their equity vests.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-14
OpenAI six-month vesting cliff
Sources: OpenAI told staff it was ending the six-month “vesting cliff” that required new employees to work for at least six months before their equity vests
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-14 · #2
Nex pivoted twice in its history before developing the Nex Playground.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-13
Nex
A profile of Nex, which makes the $249 Nex Playground motion-based gaming system targeted toward kids and projects more than $150M of sales this year
Wall Street Journal · 2025-12-13 · #11
Time names 'the Architects of AI' as its 2025 Person of the Year.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Time Architects of AI
Time names “the Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year and examines AI's effect on the economy, geopolitics, and how people interact with the world
Time · 2025-12-12 · #41
Writer Shakeel Hashim said the change made them seriously consider leaving Substack.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-12
Shakeel Hashim Substack
[Thread] Substack quietly added a feature that forced subscribers to download the app to read full newsletters, but says it reverted the change after complaints
@gergelyorosz · 2025-12-12 · #30
Sam Altman reflects on OpenAI's ten-year journey of breakthroughs and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Sam Altman AGI
On OpenAI's 10-year anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on “a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity”
OpenAI · 2025-12-12 · #37
Fidji Simo comments on the special culture built at OpenAI as it turns 10.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Fidji Simo OpenAI
On OpenAI's 10-year anniversary, Sam Altman reflects on “a decade of breakthroughs, learnings, and the path toward AGI that benefits all of humanity”
OpenAI · 2025-12-12 · #37
Do Kwon is a co-founder of Terraform Labs.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-12
Do Kwon Terraform Labs
A US judge sentences Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to 15 years in prison; Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in August
CoinDesk · 2025-12-12 · #17
Harness was founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Harness Jyoti Bansal 2017
Harness, which uses AI to automate code testing, verification, security, and governance, raised a $240M Series E led by Goldman Sachs at a $5.5B valuation
TechCrunch · 2025-12-11 · #28
Gavin Baker is an investor at Atreides Management.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Gavin Baker Atreides Management
Q&A with investor Gavin Baker of Atreides Management on the economics of AI, data centers in space, mistakes SaaS companies are making in adopting AI, and more
Invest Like The Best on YouTube · 2025-12-11 · #27
Angela Jiang is a former OpenAI product lead.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Angela Jiang OpenAI
Worktrace AI, founded by ex-OpenAI product lead Angela Jiang and researcher Deepak Vasisht, launches with a $9.3M seed, and releases a workflow automation agent
Upstarts Media · 2025-12-11 · #21
a16z crypto hires Sungmo Park, previously of Monad, as its Asia head.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
a16z crypto Sungmo Park Monad
a16z crypto expands to Asia, opens a Seoul office, hires Monad's Sungmo Park as its Asia head, and calls South Korea the world's second-largest crypto market
CoinDesk · 2025-12-11 · #16
Sources report Tencent reorganized its AI team in recent months.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-11
Tencent AI team
Sources: in recent months, Tencent aggressively hired AI researchers from ByteDance, including by offering to double their salaries, and reorganized its AI team
The Information · 2025-12-11 · #34
Google appoints Amin Vahdat as chief technologist for AI infrastructure.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Google Amin Vahdat
Memo: Google names Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, reporting to Sundar Pichai
Semafor · 2025-12-11 · #44
Amin Vahdat will report to Sundar Pichai in his role as chief technologist for AI infrastructure at Google.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Amin Vahdat Sundar Pichai
Memo: Google names Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, reporting to Sundar Pichai
Semafor · 2025-12-11 · #44
Amin Vahdat leads Google's AI and infrastructure team.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Amin Vahdat AI and infrastructure team
Memo: Google names Amin Vahdat, who leads the company's AI and infrastructure team, to chief technologist for AI infrastructure, reporting to Sundar Pichai
Semafor · 2025-12-11 · #44
Model Context Protocol began as a passion project by two Anthropic employees.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Model Context Protocol Anthropic employees
A look at the Model Context Protocol and how it went from a passion project from two Anthropic employees to an industry standard managed by the Linux Foundation
The Verge · 2025-12-11 · #10
Worktrace AI was founded by ex-OpenAI product lead Angela Jiang and researcher Deepak Vasisht.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Worktrace AI Angela Jiang Deepak Vasisht
Worktrace AI, founded by ex-OpenAI product lead Angela Jiang and researcher Deepak Vasisht, launches with a $9.3M seed, and releases a workflow automation agent
Upstarts Media · 2025-12-11 · #21
Sources report Tencent has aggressively recruited AI researchers from ByteDance in recent months, including offers to double their salaries.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-11
Tencent ByteDance
Sources: in recent months, Tencent aggressively hired AI researchers from ByteDance, including by offering to double their salaries, and reorganized its AI team
The Information · 2025-12-11 · #34
The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard via the Visual Editor will give it a competitive edge in the increasingly competitive AI software market.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-11
Cursor designers
Cursor launches Visual Editor, a vibe-coding product for designers that integrates professional design controls with natural language editing via Cursor's agent
Wired · 2025-12-11 · #14
Mark Zuckerberg recruited Alexandr Wang to lead Meta's revamped artificial intelligence operations.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Mark Zuckerberg Meta Alexandr Wang
Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI
New York Times · 2025-12-10 · #3
Amazon expects to create 1 million additional jobs in India as part of its investment plans.
confirmed 1 article 2025-12-10
Amazon 1,000,000 jobs India
Amazon plans to invest $35B+ in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the nearly $40B it has invested in India, and expects to create 1M more jobs
CNBC · 2025-12-10 · #9
Sources say four former Intel executives left their roles, claiming Lip-Bu Tan's dual CEO/investor roles contributed to their exits.
rumored 1 article 2025-12-10
Lip-Bu Tan four former Intel executives
Sources: Lip-Bu Tan's dual roles as Intel CEO and tech investor cause consternation in the industry and at Intel; four ex-Intel execs say it caused them to exit
New York Times · 2025-12-10 · #19