Every Monday, Grace and Alex scour the news and record notes on what’s going on to kick off the week.
After last weeks super startup-heavy show, we were back to our regular Monday grab-bag of news! Here's what we got into:
A strong start to the week from global stocks, and a general updraft to crypto prices in recent days.
Elon Musk buying a huge stake in ... Show More
Feb 4
What a16z is actually funding (and what it's ignoring) when it comes to AI infra
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogr ... Show More
32m 33s
Apr 2022
Twitter’s Elon Musk Problem
<p>Elon Musk’s recent investment in Twitter has turned a high-profile and frequent user of the platform into the company’s largest stakeholder.</p><p>At first, the involvement of Mr. Musk, the C.E.O. of Tesla, was seen by the social media giant as a chance to gain a powerful ally ... Show More
29m 1s
Nov 2022
Twitter in the Time of Elon Musk
<p>It was long awaited, and some doubted that it would ever come to pass, but last week, the tech billionaire Elon Musk officially took over Twitter.</p><p>The platform was once the place of underdogs, a public square that allowed users to challenge the moneyed and powerful. Is t ... Show More
25m 8s
Apr 2022
Elon Musk is set to own our ‘digital town square’
<p>Elon Musk has agreed to buy Twitter, the social media platform for US$44-billion on Monday, just a week after the company’s board tried to block the takeover.</p><p>The Globe’s technology reporter,<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/temur-durrani/"> Temur Durrani< ... Show More
16m 21s
Jul 2023
Rates Hit 16-Year High, and Zuck and Musk Square Off Amid Threads Launch 7/6/23
<p>The 2-year yield crossed 5% and traded at levels not seen since before the Great Financial Crisis. And while stocks closed off their lows of the day, all three major averages went negative for the week. Will tomorrow’s jobs report alleviate the pain, or is the first half rally ... Show More
44m 28s
<p>Today on Post Reports, tech reporter Nitasha Tiku breaks down what’s happening with Elon Musk’s bid to take over Twitter, what his vision of the platform would look like, and why Twitter is putting up a fight.</p><p><br></p><p>Read more: </p><p><br></p><p>Elon Musk is alr ... Show More
