Silicon Valley Bank gave the tech industry 40 years. The tech industry couldn't give Silicon Valley Bank 40 hours.

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A locked door to a Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) location on Sand Hill Road is seen in Menlo Park, California, U.S. March 10, 2023.
A locked door to a SVB location in Menlo Park, California, on Friday. The announcement on the door was from the FDIC, which took control of SVB on Friday.

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Silicon Valley Bank is a particularly scary failure. Here's why.

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A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.
A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

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'This is a warning to the Fed': Wall Street reacts to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the biggest bank failure since 2008

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A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.
A Brinks armored truck sits parked in front of the shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters on March 10, 2023 in Santa Clara, California.

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman calls on the US government to consider a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank if private investors won't step up

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman calls on the US government to consider a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank if private investors won't step up.

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Silicon Valley is turning on its bank

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Silicon Valley Bank

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Google and Meta over-hired thousands of employees who do 'fake work,' says PayPal Mafia's Keith Rabois

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The venture capitalist Keith Rabois said he blamed recent layoffs on Big Tech's pursuit of vanity metrics like head count.

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This vegetarian couple got legally married in the Taco Bell metaverse in an ode to their Indian-American heritage and love of the fast-food brand

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Sheel Mohnot and Amruta Godbole in front of a real-world Taco Bell.

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Marc Andreessen says he feels great after quitting drinking 6 months ago, but he's 'super mad' about being so focused and working until bedtime

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Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen quit drinking six months ago and feels better, but is "super mad about it."

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The founder of the best-selling Black-owned spirit brand shares why she prefers to work with individual investors over VC firms and how they helped her reach $100 million in sales

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Fawn Weaver is the founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.

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Legendary VC Doug Leone touts AI, praises Elon Musk, and reveals how he tests people over dinner in a new interview. Here are the 10 best quotes.

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Doug Leone.

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