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Ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor's Sierra is the latest $10 billion AI startup

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-16 00:49:47

Bret Taylor, chairman of the board of directors of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. Bret Taylor's artificial intelligence startup Sierra has just joined an exclusive club: The company sports a new $10 billion valuation after raising $350 million in fresh capital. Sierra is one of just a handful of AI startups, including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Safe Superintelligence and Thinking M

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Stardew Valley’s creator is in Silksong

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-16 00:11:02

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the indie smash hit Hollow Knight, is finally out, and according to Silksong’s credits, the game features the voice of Eric Barone, the creator of another indie smash hit, Stardew Valley. (You may also know Barone by the name ConcernedApe, which h

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OpenAI acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion, brings on CEO as applications executive

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-10-20 12:44:06

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 8, 2025. OpenAI continued its spending spree, announcing on Tuesday that it has acquired Statsig, a product development startup, for $1.1 billion. Statsig helps OpenAI and other companies test features and use real-time data in their operations. As part of the acquisition, Statsig CEO Vijaye Raji is joining OpenAI as technology chief in t

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Meet the Silicon Valley Donors Backing California’s Redistricting Push

gizmodo.com Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid 2025-10-23 08:44:40

In the latest sign that Silicon Valley titans are increasingly throwing their weight behind political issues, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has contributed $2 million to support Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50 campaign. The move is the latest underscoring how Silicon Valley’s deep-pocketed executives are increasingly wielding influence in California politics and beyond. The November ballot measure would scrap California’s independent redistricting commission, returning map-drawing author

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Stardew Valley is getting yet another surprise update

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-24 05:18:06

We may not have a date for Stardew Valley's next major update, but we have confirmation that it's happening. Eric Barone, the developer behind the hit farming sim, announced that there will be a 1.7 update during the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert in Seattle, later confirming the news with a post on X. Barone, better known as ConcernedApe, didn't reveal a release date, nor any teasers about content. Considering the numbered update, we're expecting more than just a patch and somethin

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Meta Defector Issues Devastating Psychological Takedown of Tech CEOs

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-02 20:38:33

Nick Clegg, a former Meta executive who left the company at the start of this year, has led many lives. Before jumping ship to the tech world, he was a deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, a leader of the UK's Liberal Democrat party, and a member of Parliament — and still, the hubris and wealth he saw in Silicon Valley startled even the well-heeled British politico. In an interview with The Guardian pegged to the release of his new book, "How To Save The Internet," Clegg took aim at th

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Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live

wired.com Wired Staff 2025-11-07 08:00:00

On September 9, WIRED is partnering with KQED for Uncanny Valley's first live show of the podcast. Join us in San Francisco to see hosts Katie Drummond, Michael Calore, and Lauren Goode shed light on the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley. Get your tickets here. With original reporting and sharp analysis, Uncanny Valley covers today’s biggest stories in tech. We demystify companies like Palantir, trends like vibe coding, and figures like Sam Altman; we break down WIRED's essential c

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The Militarization of Silicon Valley

news.ycombinator.com Sheera Frenkel 2025-12-09 02:13:39

But some tech executives and engineers are wrestling with the potential harms of the shift. Once they build autonomous drones and A.I. weapons for the military, they will have little control over how the technology is deployed. That has led to debates over whether more people will be killed by these advanced weapons than traditional ones, three engineers at Google and Meta said. “These Silicon Valley companies are hyper competitive, and in their drive to get into these defense sectors, there is

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The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

wired.com Jake Lahut 2026-01-01 08:00:00

The unholy alliance between Silicon Valley and the Republican Party is no longer new. Between Elon Musk’s descent upon Washington, the number of Big Tech billionaires flying in to kiss President Donald Trump’s ring, and the expansion of the role of companies like Palantir in the US government, former president Joe Biden’s warning about the impending oligarchy has certainly borne out. All of this raises a question: Six months into Trump’s presidency, just how important are Silicon Valley billion

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New Video-Generating AI Trained 100 Percent on Public Domain Films

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-25 02:00:38

Few tech products have been as broadly contentious as video-generating artificial intelligence. These complex algorithms, which cleave millions of datapoints together into seconds-long gobs of video, are notoriously trained on proprietary material, leading to widespread ethical and legal concerns. (That's before we even mention how much energy it takes to synthesize an AI video.) Tech billionaires tend to argue that this is simply the way things need to be — if you want AI, we need to feed it

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Gallery: Tim Cook and Eddy Cue attend Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2026-01-26 11:01:48

As is tradition, Apple CEO Tim Cook is in attendance at the Sun Valley Conference in Idaho this week. The event, commonly referred to as a “summer camp for billionaires,” attracts executives across media, tech politics, and many other sectors. The conference has taken place in Sun Valley, Idaho for one week each July since 1983 This year, Cook is in attendance alongside Apple’s services boss Eddy Cue. Cook is a regular at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, attending many times over the

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Moonvalley’s ‘ethical’ AI video model for filmmakers is now publicly available

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2026-02-04 06:32:02

The team at Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based AI video generation startup, doesn’t think you can prompt your way to making a movie. That’s why the company on Tuesday opened up its “3D-aware” model to the public, promising a “hybrid” approach that gives filmmakers more control than other standard text-to-video models. Moonvalley first launched its model, named Marey, in beta in March, and has now released it as a monthly credits-based subscription. Users can pay $14.99 for 100 credits, $34.99 for

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Drive Capital’s second act — how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-03 11:25:59

The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago — a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. At a minimum, Drive achieved something newsworthy in today’s venture lan

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Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-02-07 11:25:59

The venture capital world has always had a hot-and-cold relationship with the Midwest. Investors rush in during boom times, then retreat to the coasts when markets turn sour. For Columbus, Ohio-based Drive Capital, this cycle of attention and disinterest played out against the backdrop of its own internal upheaval several years ago — a co-founder split that could have ended the firm but may have ultimately strengthened it. At a minimum, Drive achieved something newsworthy in today’s venture lan

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Netflix is pulling the plug on 21 indie games, including Hades and Katana ZERO

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-02 02:58:34

Have you been working your way through Hades on mobile via Netflix? You’d better hurry up, before it’s too late. As first spotted by Engadget and confirmed by Netflix, 21 high-profile indie games are being removed from the service starting next month. See the full list below. Netflix seems to be rethinking its game strategy once again. After a streak of splashy acquisitions, the company shut down Blue, its internal AAA studio last year, releasing zero games in total. Now, its focus appears to

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Netflix is removing over 20 games, including Hades and Monument Valley

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-03 21:30:23

It's the latest sign of trouble for gaming on the streamer. Netflix's games arm is struggling. The streamer is removing over 20 games from its library, including popular titles like Hades and all three Monument Valley games. It follows the closure of Netflix's AAA gaming studio in October. The games will leave Netflix in July, so there's not much time left to play them. Here are all the titles dropping off of the streamer: Battleship Braid, Anniversary Edition Carmen Sandiego CoComelon: Pl

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The Newest Alamo Drafthouse Is a World-First Godzilla Cinematic Experience

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-05 16:00:42

Alamo Drafthouse is working on a multi-year alliance with Toho that will bring with it new merch and special Godzilla programming—and it’s kicking off today with the opening of a new Drafthouse theater in California that will become the world’s first fully Godzilla-themed cinema. io9 can exclusively reveal the first details about Drafthouse and Toho’s new partnership, which formally kicks off with today’s opening of the Alamo Drafthouse Valley Fair, at Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara, Cali

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The US Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’

techcrunch.com Connie Loizos 2026-03-16 16:40:06

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How so? Well, the Navy’s chief technology officer, Justin Fanelli, says he has spent the last two and a half years cutting through the red tape and shrinking the protracted procurement cycles that once made working with the military a nightmare for startups. The efforts

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How to watch new Apple TV+ movie starring Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore

9to5mac.com Benjamin Mayo 2026-03-18 08:32:20

Echo Valley is a new movie streaming worldwide on Apple TV+ from today. The R-rated thriller stars Sydney Sweeney and Julianne More, playing mother and daughter roles. If you’ve never used Apple’s streaming service before, here’s how to get started. Echo Valley is available to watch exclusively through the Apple TV app, which is the home of Apple TV+ streaming service. Alongside movies to buy or rent, the TV+ tab includes a catalog of almost 300 original TV shows and movies to watch. That libr

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Latest Tech News

Ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor's Sierra is the latest $10 billion AI startup

Stardew Valley’s creator is in Silksong

OpenAI acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion, brings on CEO as applications executive

Meet the Silicon Valley Donors Backing California’s Redistricting Push

Stardew Valley is getting yet another surprise update

Meta Defector Issues Devastating Psychological Takedown of Tech CEOs

Join Us for WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” Live

The Militarization of Silicon Valley

The GOP's Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel

New Video-Generating AI Trained 100 Percent on Public Domain Films

Gallery: Tim Cook and Eddy Cue attend Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’

Moonvalley’s ‘ethical’ AI video model for filmmakers is now publicly available

Drive Capital’s second act — how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

Drive Capital’s second act – how the Columbus venture firm found success after a split

Netflix is pulling the plug on 21 indie games, including Hades and Katana ZERO

Netflix is removing over 20 games, including Hades and Monument Valley

The Newest Alamo Drafthouse Is a World-First Godzilla Cinematic Experience

The US Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’

How to watch new Apple TV+ movie starring Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore

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