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Disney Takes a $1B Stake in OpenAI

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Dec 11, 2025

Disney Takes a $1B Stake in OpenAI

OpenAI is giving up $1B in equity to license Disney's characters, Do Kwon gets a 15-year stretch, and all hail the shrimp tower

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
DeepSeek Is Using Smuggled Nvidia Chips to Create Its New AI Model

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Dec 10, 2025

DeepSeek Is Using Smuggled Nvidia Chips to Create Its New AI Model

DeepSeek raises new questions about the Trump administration's plan to sell Nvidia chips to China, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk race to put data centers in space, and a baby is born in a Waymo

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
SpaceX Targets a $1.5 Trillion IPO

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Dec 9, 2025

SpaceX Targets a $1.5 Trillion IPO

SpaceX shoots for the moon with its IPO, Boom aims its turbines at data centers, and beware the swag gap

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
Paramount Skydance Launches a Hostile Bid for Warner Bros.

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Dec 8, 2025

Paramount Skydance Launches a Hostile Bid for Warner Bros.

Paramount Skydance takes on Netflix for control of Warner Bros., Tiger Global promises to be a more humble VC, and London flat or Swedish prison?

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
Netflix Makes an $82.7B Play for Warner Bros.

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Dec 5, 2025

Netflix Makes an $82.7B Play for Warner Bros.

Netflix bets big on legacy media, SpaceX zeroes in on an $800B valuation, and an Elon Musk robot dog

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
Meta's Metaverse Is Shrinking

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Dec 4, 2025

Meta's Metaverse Is Shrinking

Meta is considering cutting way back on its metaverse plans, Marc Benioff calls LLMs "the new disk drives," and an octopus that can play the piano

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
Apple Loses Another Key Exec

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Dec 4, 2025

Apple Loses Another Key Exec

Meta poached Apple's design chief, VCs are using a "kingmaking" strategy to pick AI winners, and Waymos are increasingly becoming "confidently assertive"

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
OpenAI Declares a "Code Red"

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Dec 2, 2025

OpenAI Declares a "Code Red"

OpenAI is feeling pressure from Google and Anthropic, Kalshi raises a minster round, and the latest trend in Japanese toilets

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
Apple Parts Ways with Its AI Chief

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Dec 1, 2025

Apple Parts Ways with Its AI Chief

Apple's shake-up underlines its need for a more robust AI product, Bitcoin takes another header, and the new largest city in the world is ...

Alex Gove
Connie Loizos
Alex Gove, +1
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