These niche AI startups are trying to protect the Pentagon’s secrets
The relationship between AI companies and the American defense establishment burst into the open ear[……] Read More
ARK Invest is betting on underdog drone delivery company Manna to beat out Alphabet and Zipline
Bobby Healy is at peace with his drone delivery enterprise being unsexy. “Think of us like a low-cos[……] Read More
a16z-backed Infinite Machine is building e-bikes that feel like mopeds. Cyclists may have qualms
Last week, in Queens, I met up with Infinite Machine CEO Joseph Cohen at his startup’s new vibey[……] Read More
Robinhood Ventures rebounded 30% since its debut. Can the private markets fund withstand mega IPOs?
In early March, Robinhood’s latest investment product got off to a less-than-stellar start. After CE[……] Read More
The startup looking to solve health care’s fax machine problem
I sincerely don’t remember the last time I saw a fax machine. But that’s, perhaps, because I don’t w[……] Read…
SpaceX has filed confidentially for IPO ahead of AI rivals
SpaceX has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with th[……] Read More
Elon Musk’s coterie of companies are getting more and more pushback from Democrats
Jessica Mathews here, filling in for Allie to give you a quick update on some recent reporting that[……] Read More
Shield AI’s new CEO says the $5.6B defense tech startup is at an inflection point
There are plenty of conventional indicators that signal that a product is turning heads: Weekly acti[……] Read More
Shield AI projecting more than $540M revenue this year as valuation more than doubles to $12.7B
Global conflicts are awakening governments—and investors—to the importance of modernizing military f[……] Read More
The growing problem of ‘tech addiction’ spawns a new detox economy
As I’ve been rewatching HBO’s Silicon Valley, my favorite roast of the first season is the incessant[……] Read More
Exclusive: Cambridge Mobile Telematics secures $350 million from TPG, Allianz to make driving safer
Cambridge Mobile Telematics has quietly become one of the most important companies you’ve never hear[……] Read More
Early Kalshi employees raising up to $35 million for a prediction market VC fund
The CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket are locked in a brutal fight to dominate the white-hot prediction[……] Read More