The people, places, and habits that define the Valley.
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Anthropic's botched launch of Claude Design alienated key partners Figma and Canva, revealing the fragile trust between AI model providers and the application platforms they rely on for distribution.
As Elon Musk’s aerospace giant prepares for a public debut, the resulting windfall will mint a new class of ultra-wealthy insiders, shifting the balance of power in venture capital.
As the race for AI infrastructure intensifies, major tech players are forming increasingly intricate alliances. Google's commitment to backstop Anthropic's data center needs illustrates the intertwined capital flows and strategic dependencies shaping the industry.
The start of R2 deliveries signals the end of Rivian's development phase and the beginning of a brutal execution test for CEO RJ Scaringe's mass-market strategy.
As Tim Cook presides over his final WWDC, Apple's latest AI and Siri upgrades fail to spark enthusiasm among investors wary of Cupertino's pace in the machine learning race.
A wave of public disclosures from founders details problematic venture capital practices, surfacing a stark contrast with a growing movement toward building ventures focused on human connection over hyper-growth.
As venture capital firms increasingly bypass traditional media, Founders Fund’s new game show starring Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey represents the final convergence of tech elite status and self-produced entertainment.
Silicon Valley's most famously disciplined venture firm, Benchmark, has abandoned its signature fund cap to raise a $2 billion capital pool, signaling a fundamental shift in how elite firms must compete in the AI era.
Recent actions at Meta reveal a nuanced approach to corporate responsibility, where a VR fitness game finds new life while contract workers face less favorable terms during organizational shifts.
A strike by outsourced workers at Meta's European headquarters highlights the widening chasm between tech's pampered full-time staff and the precarious contractors who keep the platforms running.
Software developers returning to work after parental leave are finding their roles radically altered by AI automation, exposing a widening gap in corporate support.
As competition for roles at elite AI labs intensifies, job seekers are paying thousands of dollars for specialized coaching to pass Anthropic's notoriously intense, therapy-like interview process.
Three years into a sustained return-to-office push, Bay Area tech is discovering that physical proximity does not, on its own, rebuild the trust that distributed work eroded. The result is a quieter, more uncertain office than the one anyone remembers.