heading to an “alumni in tech” cocktail party for my high school and can’t wait to tell a bored 25 year old how we were one of the first to get Facebook access

New: I spoke to Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen, a longtime Google vet, about what he calls a “reinvention” for his company — going beyond e-signatures and into managing all contracts across a client's business
forbes.com/sites/richardn…

Notion is, even by Silicon Valley standards, idiosyncratic. CEO Ivan Zhao picks out all the furniture at HQ and for years had a no-shoes policy.

My latest magazine profile looks at Ivan Zhao's big AI bet, which earned Notion a spot on #ForbesAI50 :

forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

Huge thanks to Kenrick Cai for writing this story. He may have chatted with literally every person Ivan Zhao and I have ever interacted with in the past decade 😅

forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

do we need to make an analysis of how many Midas List investors started as associates 🙄

AI-powered search engine Perplexity is backed by tech VIPs like Jeff Bezos and counts billionaires like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang among its 15 million users. I spoke to CEO Aravind Srinivas about how the company
became a Silicon Valley darling.
forbes.com/sites/rashishr…

Our sixth annual #ForbesAI50 is live!

We got 1,900+ applications to the list, which features the world's most promising AI startups.

This year's honorees represent a new tech economy of businesses emerging to deploy and develop AI apps.

Our full list:

forbes.com/lists/ai50/

So many of the all time “great” venture deals — and tech IPOs — involved a junior staffer like an associate sourcing it or taking an initial meeting.

Some of those former junior investors now lead large-sized VC firms themselves 🤷‍♂️

do you ever think about how Nic Cage paid $35 for the Declaration of Independence

Altman Creates AI Startup Accelerator, Announces Altman As Speaker

Alex Konrad Donate them please.

ICYMI, this is from our Sam Altman Forbes billionaire story out today 👀

forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…

would anyone in NY like to buy some lightly used eclipse glasses? only been worn once

the real eclipse was the friends we made along the way

Brooklyn backyard status 🌘

“Did you try looking through the glasses attached to the Eclipse beers in the fridge?” — Natalie Sportelli

🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

remind me in 20 years to stockpile eclipse glasses and sell them on the street to desperate, last minute idiots like me