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Pro Weekly: Our Top Enterprise Investors Flock Together

By Kalley Huang · Aug 4, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!This week, to help readers follow the shifting playing field of enterprise software, we published The Information’s Enterprise Tech Power List. For this second edition of the list, we identified 10 of the most powerful executives, 10 emerging executives and 13 investors who exert the most influence over the enterprise software... Welcome back!This week, to help readers follow the shifting playing field of enterprise software,...

Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory. Photo by Tesla.

Pro Weekly: More Plans for Battery Gigafactories

By Kalley Huang · Jul 28, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!This week, we added two proposed factories for making electric vehicle batteries to The Information’s Gigafactory Database. The newest entrants include a plan by South Korea’s Samsung SDI and Chrysler parent Stellantis for a battery factory somewhere in the U.S., as well as a factory proposed by India’s Tata Group in Bridgwater,... Welcome back!This week, we added two proposed factories for making electric vehicle batteries to...

Pro Weekly: The Information Readers Turn Bullish on Tech

Pro Weekly: The Information Readers Turn Bullish on Tech

By Kalley Huang · Jul 21, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!On Thursday, we published results from our monthly subscriber survey, revealing a sunnier outlook for the technology industry among readers of The Information.Nearly half of respondents—47%—said conditions for technology companies would improve over the next six months, while about a fifth—19%—said they would worsen. In June,... Welcome back!On Thursday, we published results from our monthly subscriber survey, revealing a...

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Pro Weekly: Google's Influence on Generative AI

By Kalley Huang · Jul 14, 2023 8:00am PDT

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Pro Weekly: Google's Influence on Generative AI

By Kalley Huang · Jul 14, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Since we last wrote about The Information’s Generative AI Database, we added eight companies. We now track 55 companies building generative artificial intelligence technology or services. At least 10 of these companies have at least one founder who previously worked at Alphabet, including at its AI labs, Google Brain and... Welcome back!Since we last wrote about The Information’s Generative AI Database, we added eight...

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Pro Weekly: Stirrings in the IPO Market Prompt Updates to Our Tracker

By Cory Weinberg · Jul 7, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back! If you squint, you can see the lineup for tech initial public offerings starting to shuffle together, after a year and a half of dawdling. There’s Arm, the SoftBank-backed chip designer that expects to list on the Nasdaq sometime after Labor Day. The fall could also bring debuts for Klaviyo, a marketing-tech firm backed by... Welcome back! If you squint, you can see the lineup for tech initial public offerings...

Snap, the second-largest spender in our database, said it is committed to spend $3.5 billion over the next three years, largely on cloud services. Photo by Getty.

Pro Weekly: Updates to Our Database of the Biggest Cloud Spenders

By Anissa Gardizy · Jun 30, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!I’m Anissa, a reporter on cloud computing for The Information. This week we published numerous updates to our Cloud Database, which tracks how much companies spend on cloud computing and with which providers. We also added cybersecurity firm Rapid7 to the list, which now includes 77 companies. Together, they spend more than $13... Welcome back!I’m Anissa, a reporter on cloud computing for The Information. This week we...

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Pro Weekly: Non-U.S. Creator Startups Face Their Own Funding Struggles

By Kalley Huang · Jun 23, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!When streetwear company Parade World launched Moetic in July 2022, executives considered its London headquarters a strength. Moetic, a fashion marketplace where creators could launch storefronts with recommended items, could connect with fashion companies across the continent. But as dealmaking slowed last year, Moetic struggled to... Welcome back!When streetwear company Parade World launched Moetic in July 2022, executives...

Pro Weekly: How Investor Sentiment Reacts to the News

Pro Weekly: How Investor Sentiment Reacts to the News

By Kalley Huang · Jun 16, 2023 8:00am PDT

Pro Weekly: How Investor Sentiment Reacts to the News

Pro Weekly: How Investor Sentiment Reacts to the News

By Kalley Huang · Jun 16, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Thursday, we published results from our monthly reader survey. Readers of The Information remain split on their outlook for Silicon Valley, with roughly equal numbers of respondents saying conditions will improve, worsen or stay the same.Respondents last month were more optimistic about most of the 14 companies our survey asks... Welcome back!Thursday, we published results from our monthly reader survey. Readers of The...

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Pro Weekly: More Generative AI Companies for Our Database

By Kalley Huang · Jun 9, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!This week, we added seven companies to The Information’s Generative AI Database, which now includes 46 companies building generative artificial intelligence technology or services. Six of the new entrants develop their own AI models, which ingest large amounts of data to learn patterns, even though building and training these models... Welcome back!This week, we added seven companies to The Information’s Generative AI Database,...

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to more than half the companies in The Information's Generative AI Database.

Pro Weekly: Generative AI Spurs Cloud Demand—and Competition

By Kalley Huang · Jun 2, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!To help readers track the frenzy around generative artificial intelligence, we launched The Information's Generative AI Database, listing 39 startups that make AI models or build services on top of them. Together, those companies have raised more than $15 billion from more than 50 investors.OpenAI, whose ChatGPT fueled the... Welcome back!To help readers track the frenzy around generative artificial intelligence, we...

Fewer creator startups are based in Los Angeles. Photo by Bloomberg

Pro Weekly: Creator Funding Flows to More Places

By Kalley Huang · May 26, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Los Angeles, with its close ties to the larger entertainment industry, has emerged as the center of the creator economy. For years, startups serving creators have flocked to Southern California. But this year, more money is flowing to creator startups based elsewhere.Only 14% of the creator economy startups that have raised funding... Welcome back!Los Angeles, with its close ties to the larger entertainment industry, has emerged...

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Pro Weekly: Twitter’s Intern and Our IPO Tracker’s New Winners and Losers

By Kalley Huang · May 19, 2023 8:00am PDT

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Pro Weekly: Twitter’s Intern and Our IPO Tracker’s New Winners and Losers

By Kalley Huang · May 19, 2023 8:00am PDT

Since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he and his deputies have aggressively cut jobs and slashed costs. During that process, Twitter’s internship program was canceled. But Twitter now has one intern: Arjun Chimni, who was hired as a corporate functions intern in April, according to The Information’s reporting. That’s... Since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, he and his deputies have...

Turo CEO Andre Haddad. Photo by Getty

Pro Weekly: The Rare Startup With a Rising Valuation

By Kalley Huang · May 12, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back! It’s no secret that the valuations of tech companies have fallen in the past year or so. We offer a window into just how far valuations of once high-flying startups have declined in our updated Tech IPO Tracker, which now includes estimated valuations of companies that were looking to go public as recently as last year. Since... Welcome back! It’s no secret that the valuations of tech companies have fallen in the past...

Pro Weekly: More Shuffling in the Org Charts

Pro Weekly: More Shuffling in the Org Charts

By Kalley Huang · May 5, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Last week, we detailed how cost cutting had shaken up management at Amazon and Meta Platforms. Snap too is shuffling its ranks, while Google parent Alphabet now has its two sometimes-squabbling artificial intelligence labs working together. We continually update our Org Charts for 40 companies, sometimes without publishing stories... Welcome back!Last week, we detailed how cost cutting had shaken up management at Amazon and Meta...

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Pro Weekly: Cost Cutting Shakes up the Org Charts

By Kalley Huang · Apr 28, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!I’m Kalley Huang, a data reporter for The Information. I’m now writing The Pro Weekly. Please feel free to ask questions and share feedback at [email protected]. With sales stagnating or falling, tech companies continue looking for ways to cut costs. They are thinning their ranks, shuttering products and streamlining... Welcome back!I’m Kalley Huang, a data reporter for The Information. I’m now writing The Pro...

Pro Weekly: Signs of Investor Optimism Despite SVB’s Collapse

Pro Weekly: Signs of Investor Optimism Despite SVB’s Collapse

By Scott Thurm · Apr 21, 2023 8:00am PDT

Pro Weekly: Signs of Investor Optimism Despite SVB’s Collapse

Pro Weekly: Signs of Investor Optimism Despite SVB’s Collapse

By Scott Thurm · Apr 21, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back! This week we have the results of our latest reader survey, which showed renewed optimism about technology companies despite the damage caused by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Asked whether they expect conditions for technology companies to improve or worsen, respondents were almost equally divided, with roughly one-third... Welcome back! This week we have the results of our latest reader survey, which showed renewed...

Gina Moon, Tia Sherringham and Flavia Naves. Photos by Santa Clara University, Doordash and Circle Financial.

Pro Weekly: Meet the Female GCs. How Do They Climb Higher?

By Jessica E. Lessin · Apr 14, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Every time The Information publishes another great org chart, I scan the names listed in the C-suite and see what trends pop out at me. And lately there’s one that’s pretty clear: There are a relatively large number of female general counsels and chief legal officers in the world of tech. I counted 10 females and 22 males among... Welcome back!Every time The Information publishes another great org chart, I scan the names...

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Pro Weekly: Washington Calling

By Jessica E. Lessin · Apr 7, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!Scott is on vacation, and so I’m coming to you Pro subscribers this week to say a quick hello and share some thoughts ahead of this holiday weekend. It’s a pretty lively time between technology and Washington. Over the last few years, all anyone wanted to talk about was antitrust. And while those cases and issues are still... Welcome back!Scott is on vacation, and so I’m coming to you Pro subscribers this week to say a...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Photo by Bloomberg

Pro Weekly: OpenAI’s Other Model

By Scott Thurm · Mar 31, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back!OpenAI has been the talk of the tech world in recent months, following the release of the ChatGPT chatbot in November and GPT-4, the newest edition of its machine-learning model, earlier this month. Its pace of product releases is impressive, especially from a company that started as a nonprofit research organization. Welcome back!OpenAI has been the talk of the tech world in recent months, following the release...

Pro Weekly: Insights From The Information 50 Database

Pro Weekly: Insights From The Information 50 Database

By Scott Thurm · Mar 24, 2023 8:00am PDT

Pro Weekly: Insights From The Information 50 Database

Pro Weekly: Insights From The Information 50 Database

By Scott Thurm · Mar 24, 2023 8:00am PDT

Welcome back! The Information 50 is our guide to promising startups, which we’ve published each year since 2020. Now we’ve brought together the 150 startups we’ve identified over the past three years, with added information about how they’ve fared since. The Information 50 Startups Database, which we published Thursday, details each... Welcome back! The Information 50 is our guide to promising startups, which we’ve published...