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Silicon Valley tech execs are obsessed with 'Dune: Part Two' and renting out private theaters to host screenings

Fri, 03/08/2024 - 13:59

Zendaya touching Timothée Chalamet's face — Private film screenings for "Dune: Part Two" — which stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya — are all the rage in Silicon Valley.
Warner Bros.

Tech, Entertainment, dune, dune-part-two, silicon-valley, silicon-valley-culture, tech-workers

Founders Fund partner Sam Blond has left the firm

Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:28

Founders Fund partner Sam Blond speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 at Moscone Center on September 20, 2023, in San Francisco, California. — Sam Blond is out at Founders Fund.
Kimberly White/Getty Images

Tech, venture-capital, founders-fund

Lady Gaga's boyfriend is a tech CEO who went to Harvard with Mark Zuckerberg

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 14:09

Lady Gaga Michael Polansky — Michael Polansky and Lady Gaga attended the Super Bowl together.
Marco Bello/Reuters

Tech, Entertainment, Strategy, Careers, Tech, lady-gaga, michael-polansky

It seems Peter Thiel's fund timed a reported $200 million crypto spending spree perfectly

Tue, 02/13/2024 - 10:11

Peter Thiel — Peter Thiel at a crypto conference.
Marco Bello/Getty Images

Markets, finance, mi-exclusive, Markets, Currencies, Cryptos, Tech

Members of the 'PayPal Mafia' include tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here's where they are now.

Sun, 11/12/2023 - 04:40

Peter Thiel — Peter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, are two members of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."
Associated Press

Tech Insider, Careers, Features, paypal, paypal-mafia, peter-thiel, elon-musk

Founders Fund backed Jennifer Campbell's startup before she sold it to Coinbase for millions. Now she's looking to 'harpoon' a startup 'whale' as the firm's newest partner.

Thu, 10/26/2023 - 06:00

Founders Fund Jennifer Campbell poses for a photo against a dark background. — Founders Fund partner Jennifer Campbell.
Founders Fund

Tech Insider, Startups, artificial-intelligence, founders-fund, Coinbase, venture-capital, Startups

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

Thu, 10/19/2023 - 07:30

Tech Insider : Politics

Peter Theil overlayed with the FBI symbol — Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, Insider has learned.
John Lamparski/Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/Insider

Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic.

politics, News, Military & Defense, insider-illustration, rebecca-zisser, peter-thiel, FBI

A phone call between Trump and conservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly turned 'pretty contentious'

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 16:16

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics

Donald Trump and Peter Thiel sitting at a conference table. — Thiel, once a loud and proud conservative, has grown quiet on his support for former President Donald Trump, and now Trump is fighting back.
Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Tech Insider, politics, donald-trump, Conservative, politics, Republican, peter-thiel

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