Today
OpenAI disbands mission alignment team; plus, xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands
The team's leader has been given a new role as OpenAI's Chief Futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company. Also, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available. Le ... Show More
6m 13s
Yesterday
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE; plus, Nearly half of xAI’s founding team has now left the company
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration. Also, out of the twelve ... Show More
5m 49s
Sep 2025
Nvidia eyes $500M investment into self-driving tech startup Wayve, also, UK fintech Tide becomes a TPG-backed unicorn
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang descended on the United Kingdom this week, armed with a pledge to invest $2.6 billion to supercharge the country’s AI startup ecosystem. Wayve, the U.K.-based self-driving tech startup, could be one of those to receive funds from Nvidia’s AI investment com ... Show More
8 m
Aug 2024
From AI to Instant Replay: The Technology Behind the Olympics
<p>The Olympics features over 11,000 athletes competing in 32 sports, attracting an audience of more than 10 million.</p><p>In this episode, Charlie Ebersol, co-founder of the Alliance of American Football and Infinite Athlete, explores how new innovations like AI and bespoke bro ... Show More
36m 29s
Jan 2023
Investing in transformative tech: EQT Ventures’ long view
On today’s episode of McKinsey on Startups, we talk to Gautam Nadella, an operating partner at EQT Ventures in the Bay Area, where he drives M&A, fundraising, and partnership efforts within their portfolio of more than 100 companies. EQT invests in a wide range of companies in bo ... Show More
22m 49s
Apr 2022
Gaming’s Web3 Future (with FTX Ventures’ Amy Wu)
As the gaming industry evolves to meet the challenges and opportunities of Web3, could it drive the mass adoption of crypto?
Amy Wu leads investment, M&A, and gaming initiatives at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. She speaks with Azeem Azhar about how she evaluates crypto and Web3 a ... Show More
47m 29s
Sep 2025
CommanderAI building Salesforce for the waste management industry, also, a year after filing to IPO, still-private Cerebras Systems raises $1.1B
CommanderAI launched in early 2024 as a customer relationship manager and sales prospecting platform built for waste management — and other industrial services like dumpster rentals and industrial recyclers – to fill that gap. Also, Silicon Valley-based Cerebras announced it rais ... Show More
8m 25s
Dec 2024
Jobs of the Future, Harnessing Earth Observation, & Gaming Tech Advances
<p>As 2025 begins, industries are evolving at unprecedented speed: robots are revolutionizing manufacturing, terabytes of earth observation data are driving new possibilities, and gaming technology is transforming how we design, train, and innovate across sectors.</p><p>In this e ... Show More
41m 59s
Jul 2024
Founders Playbook: Lessons from Riot, Discord, & More
<p>Gaming is not just entertainment—it's a revolution reshaping our culture, technology, and economy. </p><p>a16z’s Jonathan Lai and Andrew Chen dive into the current gaming renaissance and its future impact. Joining them are Michael Chow, CEO and Steven Snow, CPO of The Believer ... Show More
25m 56s
Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs.
Also, Threads' new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.
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