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Becky Peterson

Reporter

Becky Peterson is a New York City-based reporter covering the most interesting people and companies in tech. She previously worked at Insider, where she revealed the private financials of the spyware company NSO Group, got inside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and unveiled turmoil at Mark Zuckerberg’s family office. Her profile subjects include the CEO of Rent the Runway, the former-CEO of Peloton, and Emerson Collective’s Laurene Powell Jobs. Previously, she covered enterprise tech and tech investment banking with a focus on M&A, IPO and venture capital deals in San Francisco. Email her at [email protected]

Startups Venture Capital

South Korea’s Mirae Asset Management Led $250 million SpaceX Investment

Aug. 12, 2022 · 9:11 AM PDT

International investors join June funding

Photo by Bloomberg. Art by Mike Sullivan

Startups Markets

Anxiety at the All Hands: Startup Workers Lurch Between IPO Hopes and Layoff Fears

By Erin Woo, Becky Peterson and Mark Matousek · Aug. 4, 2022 6:00 AM PDT

Last Thursday, employees were on pins and needles at Instacart’s San Francisco headquarters ahead of the 10 a.m. all-hands meeting. The week before, the company’s founder and executive chair, Apoorva Mehta, announced that he would step down “once Instacart becomes a public company.” The language announcing... Last Thursday, employees were on pins and needles at Instacart’s San Francisco headquarters...

Photos by Bloomberg. Art by Mike Sullivan

Venture Capital Startups

Elon Musk’s No. 2 at SpaceX Does Damage Control

By Becky Peterson · Aug. 3, 2022 6:00 AM PDT

For years, many investors and employees at Space Exploration Technologies have regarded the company’s No.2 executive, Gwynne Shotwell, as the adult in the room at the boundary-pushing rocket company founded by Elon Musk. Her acolytes have lauded Shotwell’s ability to translate her visionary boss’s wild ideas into a business... For years, many investors and employees at Space Exploration Technologies have regarded the...

E-commerce Google

Russian Internet Giant Yandex Reports 45% Revenue Growth

July 26, 2022 · 1:52 PM PDT

Russia’s biggest search engine reported strong search and e-commerce growth despite difficulties caused by the war in Ukraine

Electric Vehicles Autonomous Vehicles

Musk’s Right Hand Man at Tesla is Under Investigation

July 21, 2022 · 1:53 PM PDT

Omead Afshar, a senior director in the office of the CEO, is expected to leave the company

Electric Vehicles Autonomous Vehicles

Tesla Loses Head of Artificial Intelligence Amid High-Level Departures

July 13, 2022 · 3:02 PM PDT

AI head Andrej Karpathy and energy engineering lead Chris Rollins have stepped down.

Tesla's Fremont factory, in a photo taken in May 2020.

Autonomous Vehicles

At Tesla, Returning to the Office Creates New Problems

By Becky Peterson · June 27, 2022 6:00 AM PDT

On the evening of June 8, speaking from Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif., Elon Musk addressed a few dozen of the electric car maker’s employees in person, and thousands more in a livestream. It was the first time Musk had spoken to the entire staff since announcing the prior week that all white-collar staff would be required to... On the evening of June 8, speaking from Tesla’s factory in Fremont, Calif., Elon Musk...

Carta CEO Henry Ward. Photo: Carta

Carta Has Had Talks to Acquire Vauban, a European AngelList-like Startup

By Erin Woo, Mahira Dayal and Becky Peterson · June 24, 2022 1:35 PM PDT

Carta CEO Henry Ward. Photo: Carta

Venture Capital Startups

Carta Has Had Talks to Acquire Vauban, a European AngelList-like Startup

By Erin Woo, Mahira Dayal and Becky Peterson · June 24, 2022 1:35 PM PDT

Financial services startup Carta has been in talks to acquire Vauban, a London-based startup that provides software for raising venture capital funds and investing capital, according to two people familiar with the matter. Carta, which builds software for startups and investors to track their equity stakes, raised $500 million at a $7.4 billion... Financial services startup Carta has been in talks to acquire Vauban, a London-based startup that...

From left: Stripe's Patrick Collison, Mike Clayville and John Collison. Images via Stripe; YouTube. Art by Mike Sullivan

Venture Capital Enterprise

Stripe’s Growing Pains: A Payments Star Hits Snags in Push for Big Businesses

By Becky Peterson · June 13, 2022 6:00 AM PDT

Late last year, Stripe gave its employees an enticing new choice: They could either receive their annual bonuses in cash, as they had for years, or they could opt to take some of it as equity in the rocketing payments startup, which was then turning heads with a funding round that had valued it at $95 billion. But it told one group of Stripe... Late last year, Stripe gave its employees an enticing new choice: They could either receive their...

Electric Vehicles Culture

Elon Musk Doubles Down on Office Return In Staff Emails

June 1, 2022 · 8:13 AM PDT

Employees must spend 40 hours in person or resign

Twitter Board Rejects Shareholder Vote to Oust Silver Lake’s Durban

May 27, 2022 · 3:13 PM PDT

Durban will step down from other boards.

E-commerce Startups

Stripe’s Incoming Finance Exec Decides Not to Join

May 13, 2022 · 10:37 AM PDT

Former Microsoft exec James Phillips was supposed to join Stripe as president of financial services.

E-commerce Startups

Stripe Head of Security Provos to Depart

May 11, 2022 · 1:57 PM PDT

The ex-Google engineer and blacksmith is taking time off work.

Stripe CEO Defends Launch of Product That Rivals Plaid

May 6, 2022 · 3:43 PM PDT

Patrick Collison warns staff to “expect controversies” as the company’s profile grows.