New California city backed by Silicon Valley billionaires will be about 18,600 acres — less than half the size of the purchased land

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A mock-up illustration shared onCalifornia Forever's website that shows people cycling on a road near houses and trees
A mock-up illustration of the new city envisioned by California Forever.

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Homes made in factories were supposed to save us from the housing crisis, but the companies that make them are failing

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A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them on one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.
A crane taking four 15-foot-wide by 60-foot-long modular home segments and stacking them one on top of the other to make a new duplex in Aurora, Colorado.

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Carta bet big on its 'Nasdaq for private markets.' It all came crashing down with a single post on LinkedIn.

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Carta CEO Henry Ward
Carta CEO Henry Ward

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A former Google manager says the tech giant is rife with fiefdoms and the 'creeping failure' of senior leaders who weren't making tough calls

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A photo of a Google sign outside of its headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Google's office in Mountain View, California.

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A boomer who left the Bay Area to travel around Asia and the Caribbean explains how it's made his life cheaper and more peaceful

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Steve Lopes and his wife Mila
Steve Lopes and his wife Mila have lived in almost a dozen countries.

Steve Lopes

I moved to Silicon Valley and left after 2 years. In my rush to join the bandwagon, I overlooked some crucial aspects.

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Wendy Wang smiling wide and posing outdoors with a sun hat and her arms stretched to the sky.

Courtesy of Wendy Wang

$27 billion up in smoke – that's how much cash the 3,200 startups that failed this year had raised, says PitchBook

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Burning pile of money
Some 3,200 startups failed this year, according to PitchBook.

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Silicon Valley has a new version of its beloved 'move fast and break things' mantra

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Sam Altman, wearing a blue jacket and holding a beer bottle, chats with audience members at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) after a panel discussion
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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DeepMind's cofounder Demis Hassabis is a chess champion who landed funding from Peter Thiel by talking about a key tension in the game

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Hassabis and Thiel
Demis Hassabis used his knowledge of chess to win DeepMind's first major investment from Peter Thiel.

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Silicon Valley agrees that Satya Nadella is winning

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Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is living his best life.

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