Scoop: Elon Musk’s xAI is nearing a deal to close $6 billion at an $18 billion valuation. Sequoia among investors to participate in the financing event.

theinformation.com/articles/musks…

w/ Becky Peterson & Margaux MacColl

Is the spotlight in the room with us

me: what should i dooooo
nyt cooking: beany leeky greens with greeky rampy beans

New from 404 Media: we found a service called 'ReplyGuy', an AI that automatically plugs your product on Reddit. Shows that Reddit, basically the last social platform that heavily emphasizes human interaction, may also be soon overrun with AI garbage 404media.co/ai-is-poisonin…

you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

Days before my Businessweek cover story on sextortion dropped, Meta rolled out a new feature: automatically blurring nude photos shared by minors.

And that’s a (pre-pub impact) move I hope all other social media platforms follow…

🎁 link here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Don't know how I feel about being called a 'nerd's nerd', but I thought this was a nice article about my favorite cofounder and best friend Jack Altman ❤️

By contrast, I never talk about my misbegotten 10 days as a Delta Tau Delta pledge.

Devastating reporting, as usual, from Olivia Carville. And a Businessweek cover for the ages bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

That also makes them a lot less valuable than their most recent fundraisings suggest, I imagine.

And if you want to understand how it’s possible for Rippling to be ripping along like this, might I suggest this Weekend feature on Parker Conrad from a year ago?

theinformation.com/articles/parke…