Paul Croft and J.D. Frost claimed their cutting-edge tech would make their startup a major player in green hydrogen energy.

But investors claim the pair used their funds to fuel their extravagant lifestyles.

Read my latest, a wild story in Forbes 👇

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The WONDER BOY paperback is here!

We're excited to share the story of Zappos leader Tony Hsieh, whose rise and fall told the quintessential Silicon Valley tragedy.

'Mandatory reading for anyone who is interested in big tech' - New Yorker

On sale here: amazon.com/Wonder-Boy-Zap…

Angel Au-Yeung Tony Hsieh's story and WONDER BOY is now expected to become a feature film, produced by Scooter Braun's SB Projects — as previously covered by The Hollywood Reporter: hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

Buy your copy today! amazon.com/Wonder-Boy-Zap…

The 2nd edition of The Prompt includes Tome's pivot to enterprise, Meta's and Microsoft's new AI models (and Mark Zuckerberg's viral fake beard) and Pearson's AI study tool that's already in 30 e-textbooks. Sign up for The Prompt: forbes.com/newsletter/the…
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Mullets, Nyn, god, drones and Andreessen Horowitz are fueling a defense tech revival called the 'Gundo.'

Down in El Segundo, a movement of young (mostly male) founders are trying to make it cool to build hardware for the battlefield.

w/ David Jeans
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NEW: They pump iron, chew nicotine and build weapons. Beloved by a16z investors and inspired by Palmer Luckey, they call themselves the Gundo bros, 'unapologetic' Americans building defense tech companies in LA.

w/ sarah emerson

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Happy (almost) 420, folks. Read about what I'm calling the 'Cannabis Civil War,' the fight between marijuana and hemp companies that has engulfed the industry and politics surrounding cannabis legalization. Forbes forbes.com/sites/willyako…

1/ Three years ago, Jack Schuler was a billionaire and made a $500 million pledge to increase admission of undocumented and low-income students in liberal arts colleges. Now his foundation has unraveled and winding down due to a series of bad stock bets.
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Today we launched The Prompt, a Forbes newsletter covering all things AI. The first edition of the weekly roundup covers scathing reviews of Humane's AI pin, a $400 'AI toothbrush' and a new AI billionaire. Sign up here: forbes.com/newsletter/the…

We Forbes have a new weekly AI newsletter, The Prompt ✨

Edited by Rashi Shrivastava, it's free and will be a great place to keep tabs on big AI stories of the week, AI product launches and our whole team's coverage 📝

Check out the 1st edition here 👀
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When Saudi minister Abdullah Al Swaha took the stage of the Leap conference in March a $1 billion funding boost for the kingdom’s AI accelerator was a big talking point.
Founders who had already taken part in the program say they struggled to get paid
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Investors have thrown billions of dollars at loss-making luxury clothing resale platforms. But Vinted, Lithuania’s first unicorn, is now turning a profit by selling secondhand clothes for cheap
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What wins in this new wave against generic big tech?

It’s idiosyncratic, highly opinionated and yet wildly useful products, like the way Canva, Notion, Figma started

Quirkiness + Utility is a good combo

Great article on a legendary Canadian grad (via University of British Columbia) building in America. Congrats on your success Ivan Zhao! cc Maple VC

“It’s almost like Wikipedia and ChatGPT had a kid'

a worthwhile read about the the company's early pivot andorigin story along with an in-depth profile of Aravind Srinivas cofounder of Perplexity with some good cameos by Elad Gil Yann LeCun and others. 👇🏽

ICYMI, some counter-programming to all the AI stories...

Anrok, which sells sales tax compliance software, raised a $30 million Series B from Khosla Ventures. Its valuation climbs to $250 million.

I spoke CEO Michelle Valentine for the exclusive:

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I first met Ivan Zhao 11 years ago -- and his pitch for Notion was unlike anything I had ever experienced.

We did not discuss technology products like Microsoft Word or Google Docs. Instead, we spent an hour discussing the openness and form factor of paper. Ivan marveled

Incredible spread on Notion from Forbes' Kenrick Cai.

From the initial vision when Ivan Zhao first pitched Josh Kopelman & the First Round partnership back in 2013 to the team's current ambitions and AI focus, it traces the company's trajectory—and all that's still to come. ✨

OMG Aravind Srinivas & Denis Yarats, I had no idea you guys had to skip lunch and wait for hours near my NYU office for a chance to catch me.
So sorry about that 🫣
Must have been one of those crazy days.
Anyway, I'm glad you waited: kickass demo and even more kickass product 😄

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