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Elon Musk and Sam Altman tussle over AI regulation

CEO of TikTok goes to Washington.

OpenAI, SVB, Stripe, and much much more.

$6B round moves towards close at $50B value.

Narratives continue to unfold across crypto.

The internet comes to terms with AI.

Google and Microsoft prepare for battle

The metaverse can wait. Zuck promises efficiency and AI.

Nikita Bier is the Gen-Z Whisperer

The FTX Fiasco has the Feds Fuming

Satya and Sam buddy up as Microsoft flexes OpenAI partnership.

A review of Demo Days in 2022

Hemant Teneja calls for change in VC.

Managing Partner Albert Wenger weighs in.

What does it mean and who's getting rich?

Takeaways from their 3 hour demo day.

Quick hits on all things Stonky

SBF was a very well connected sociopath

They are literally not going to make it

A Tale of Two Layoffs

Brand name VCs look to buy low in the public markets

Consolidation is headed our way as big players eye M&A

The on-again, off-again tech drama continues

ARK and Titan partner to bring venture to the people

Big cash (hopefully) coming to a startup near you

But ETH is... down?

No Gas, Big Problems | The ETH Merge Cometh | Bessemer Gets Big

JPoww in Jackson Hole | Porsche Zooms towards IPO | GoPuff's Pumping Up its Cash Reserves

It's sketchy that TikTok is run by a country that openly hates the United States.

$350M from our friends at a16z and a whole lot of press.

They're down. They're up. They're down? Who knows.

Everyone's favorite accelerator goes small! Or at least smaller.

What we're seeing and how it lines up with headlines.

Maybe markets will be stable once I get back from Italy.

Musk leaves - Twitter sues - A legal/meme battle for the ages

Capital still needs to be deployed, just not as hastily

LPs line up for $2.25B of new U.S. focused funds

The FDA is set to kick Juul out of the U.S. for good

Merit Circle DAO vs. Yield Guild Games

Buyers and sellers struggle to find common ground.

OpenSea's former head of product was indicted yesterday.

A 52-slide presentation outlining the trouble ahead.

Elon continues to tweet and no one knows what's going on.

Coinbase is down bad and Terra is... dead?

Two Silicon Valley success stories go down different roads.

Traditional financial institutions look for crypto native allies.

$1M to founders at the earliest stages. Will it work?

Will they or won't they? The tech courtship of the decade.

$560M is getting spent on crypto whether you like it or not.

Startups that raised big rounds look to avoid public comps.

Downturn Shmownturn. These PE shops are bargain hunting.

Bessemer creates DAO with $250m earmarked for crypto.

Your favorite Hedge Fund turned VC continues to shake things up by committing $1B to early-stage funds.