Meet Peter Thiel, the controversial tech billionaire and GOP kingmaker

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Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley titan, spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2016.

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Silicon Valley is on edge as Trump's immigration policy sparks fears of a high-tech talent shortage

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Aaron Levie
"Our high skilled immigration system is frozen in time," Box CEO Aaron Levie recently posted on X.

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These tech investors are trawling UC Berkeley to fund the next Perplexity or Databricks

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Zachary Hargreaves has joined The House Fund from Founders Fund.

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Venture capital is going to war over the election. Here's the data to prove it.

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Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman

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Inshur provides embedded insurance to ride-hailing companies like Uber. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck used to secure $19 million.

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I'm a VC, and I hired my first staff after he offered to set up payroll for free. He showed me just how far people are willing to go for a VC job.

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Nichole Wischoff, 34, is the founder of Wischoff Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm.

Nichole Wischoff

AI sales startup Clay is raising a new funding round at a $1.3 billion valuation, sources say

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This startup uses AI to predict wildfires. Check out the 10-slide deck OroraTech used to raise a $27 million Series B.

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The OroraTech management team.

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Meet the Silicon Valley billionaires, corporate CEOS, and founders backing Kamala Harris

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Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla
Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, and Vinod Khosla are among the dozens of Silicon Valley leaders backing Kamala Harris.

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I landed my dream job at a VC fund after I offered to set up payroll for free. People called me a try-hard but that's just what it takes.

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Neal Mintz, 26, landed a job at Wischoff Ventures after three weeks of interviews with the fund's founder Nichole Wischoff.

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