Josh Kushner uses 'Lord of the Rings' to explain what being close to OpenAI taught him about perceived power

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Josh Kushner sits cross-legged onstage. He's wearing a grey shirt and blue pants.
Josh Kusner, a venture capitalist and founder of the $50 billion Thrive Capital, compared AI giants to Lord of the Rings characters.

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Jake Paul says Sam Altman taught him the value of a 15-minute meeting

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Jake Paul said he bonded with Sam Altman over a love of "fast cars."

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Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla wants to 'rethink' capitalism for the AI era — and suggests scrapping taxes for 125 million people

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Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla says stock prices aren't the way to evaluate AI bubbles.

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Anthropic tried to crack down on 'nightmare' investment deals. They're still everywhere.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said that the company, which plans to open an India office early next year, was attracted to the country's technical talent.

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These Y Combinator founders raised $10 million to get corporate America into vibe coding. Read their pitch deck.

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Vybe cofounders Quang Hoang and Fabien Devos with their arms around one another, standing in front of a brick wall.
Vybe cofounders Quang Hoang and Fabien Devos.

Vybe

Docusign's former CEO took a risk jumping into an older corner of legal tech. The numbers suggest it's working.

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Daniel Springer

Ironclad

3 VCs behind Affirm, DoorDash, and Zoom say the next wave of billion-dollar companies won't be in San Francisco

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Sentinel Global investors
From left to right: Karan Sharma, Ethel Chen, and Jeremy Kranz.

Sentinel Global

We asked 13 rising-star VCs how they use AI. Here's what they told us.

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Lexi Henkel

Maverick Ventures

Read the pitch decks of 17 startups looking to disrupt advertising and marketing with AI

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limy cofounders
Limy founders Aviv Shamny, CEO; Ido Riechman, CTO; Ido Zabarsky, COO.

Shiri Grupper.

Hollywood superagent and investor Michael Ovitz praised Jeffrey Epstein and was invited to his island, files reveal

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Hollywood power broker turned venture capitalist Michael Ovitz.
Hollywood power broker turned venture capitalist Michael Ovitz.

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