Early Investor Silicon

Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89

Dick Kramlich, one of Silicon Valley's early venture capitalists, died over the weekend.

CNBC - 3d

Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction

Winning bid for 49% stake values London Spirit at £295m Welsh Fire stake sold for reported £35m to tech entrepreneur The Hundred is set to deliver an eye-watering windfall for English cricket ...

The Guardian - 6d

As Silicon Valley CEOs Fawn Over Trump, Their Employees Discreetly Resist

Tech titans embraced Trump almost en masse, sometimes after high-profile past public opposition. Now some of their workers are cautiously expressing their dissent.

Inc. - 6d

How Silicon Valley turned China into its lifeline

Eric Schmidt helped Washington reimagine the west coast tech titans as shields against the world’s second-largest economy

Financial Times - Jan. 31

Early Investors in Donald Trump’s Memecoin May Have Been Tipped Off, Experts Claim

Within moments of Donald Trump announcing his new coin, traders made high-value bets that quickly paid off. Did they have an edge?

Wired - Jan. 31

DeepSeek Might Be a Copycat. Silicon Valley Is Notorious For Them.

The AI world is fretting about the emergence of a low-cost LLM developed by an obscure Chinese firm that may have copied OpenAI.

Inc. - Jan. 29

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

The New York Times - Jan. 29

‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

The industry’s liberal reputation is misleading. Its reactionary tendencies – celebrating wealth, power and traditional masculinity – have been clear since the dotcom mania of the 1990s. An ...

The Guardian - Jan. 29

The Papers: 'Europe's Silicon Valley' and Strictly Wynne's apology

The chancellor's plans for growth and the Strictly live tour axing Wynne Evans feature in the papers.

BBC News - Jan. 29

Reeves plans to create ‘Silicon Valley’ between Oxford and Cambridge

Chancellor to announce plans to improve infrastructure in region to put it at forefront of science and tech advances. Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between ...

The Guardian - Jan. 28

In Melbourne, the Silicon Valley of Tennis

The four Grand Slams love to one up each other, but the Australian Open is first on more than just the calendar.

The New York Times - Jan. 28

Why Silicon Valley is blown away by Chinese AI app DeepSeek

The Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek became the most downloaded free app in the U.S. on Apple’s app store and its low cost claims are putting the pressure on major American tech companies.

NBC News - Jan. 28

How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley

How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?

BBC News - Jan. 28

Why DeepSeek Could Change What Silicon Valley Believe About A.I.

A new A.I. model, released by a scrappy Chinese upstart, has rocked Silicon Valley and upended several fundamental assumptions about A.I. progress.

The New York Times - Jan. 28

DeepSeek's rise spooks investors, threatens to upend AI

The rise in popularity of a high-performing and cheaply built Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model has shaken the confidence of investors, while raising larger questions about the future of ...

The Hill - Jan. 27

What is DeepSeek, and why is it causing investors to freak out?

Chinese startup DeepSeek has debuted an AI app that challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT and other U.S. rivals, sending a shock through Wall Street.

CBS News - Jan. 27

Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 27

DeepSeek Prompts a Reckoning Across Wall Street and Silicon Valley

The fast-growing popularity of the Chinese artificial intelligence software hit shares in tech giants like Nvidia, as Silicon Valley worried about what comes next.

The New York Times - Jan. 27

Global investors unfazed by PBoC’s warnings on Chinese bonds

Risk of a systemic financial event stemming from bank purchases of the country’s bonds is low, analysts say

Financial Times - Jan. 27

How small Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek shocked Silicon Valley

Hedge fund billionaire Liang Wenfeng builds model on tight budget despite US attempt to halt China’s high-tech ambitions

Financial Times - Jan. 24

‘A difficult position’: global investors’ verdict on Reeves at Davos

UK chancellor used meetings at Swiss gathering to try and repair relations with business leaders

Financial Times - Jan. 23

How ‘The Traitors’ Deal With Early Eliminations

Reality stars covet spots on the popular competitive reality series, where early eliminations can carry a particular sting.

The New York Times - Jan. 23

European banks to reward investors with bumper €123bn in payouts

Dividends have exceeded pre-crisis levels while lenders have topped up returns with buybacks

Financial Times - Jan. 23

Early Facebook investor Jim Breyer says Zuckerberg has been 'revitalized' by Meta's AI push

Venture capitalist and early Facebook investor Jim Breyer said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been energized by his company's recent push into AI.

CNBC - Jan. 22

U.S. investors liked the Stargate AI news. Asian investors loved it.

SoftBank shares surged — on five times the previous day’s volume — on Wednesday after the Japanese investment group landed a starring role in an U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 22