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The Weekend

A Tech Bro Gets Flooded By Hate

By Abram Brown · Jul 12, 2025 7:00am PDT · 3 comments
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: How Dylan Field thrived after the Adobe deal died• Artificial Intelligence: Silicon Valley’s summer obsession? AI note taking • Plus, our Recommendations: A true crime podcast about a ninth life; the Roosevelts and the panda bear; and revisiting a cruise from hellAugustus Doricko has... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: How Dylan Field thrived after the Adobe...
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The Briefing

Where AI Researchers Will Be Happy

By Martin Peers · Jul 11, 2025 3:00pm PDT
We got big news this afternoon in the AI world, as we learned that OpenAI’s talks to buy Windsurf, maker of the popular Codeium AI coding assistant, have ended—and Google has hired Windsurf’s CEO and some staff. For more on this drama, see our story here. Lots of questions remain unanswered, including what these developments mean for... We got big news this afternoon in the AI world, as we learned that OpenAI’s talks to buy...
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The Big Read

With Figma IPO, Dylan Field Bounces Back From Adobe Fiasco

By Cory Weinberg · Jul 11, 2025 9:38am PDT · 3 comments
The main Department of Justice building, across from the National Archives in Washington, was the kind of brooding edifice Dylan Field had walked through a lot in 2023 as he tried to convince governments around the world to let him sell Figma, the design software startup that had been his life, to Adobe for $20 billion. He made a final attempt... The main Department of Justice building, across from the National Archives in Washington, was the...
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What the OpenAI Web Browser Means; Musk Says Grok 4 is No. 1
By Amir Efrati · Jul 10, 2025 7:00am PDT
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AI Agenda

What the OpenAI Web Browser Means; Musk Says Grok 4 is No. 1

By Amir Efrati · Jul 10, 2025 7:00am PDT
OpenAI’s embrace of Google Cloud servers isn’t stopping it from launching a direct assault on several of Google’s core products. Its next target: Chrome.Reuters on Wednesday reported that OpenAI’s web browser is coming soon. It’s been eight months since we broke the first news about OpenAI’s development of the browser, including its hiring of... OpenAI’s embrace of Google Cloud servers isn’t stopping it from launching a direct assault on...
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Creator Economy

OnlyFans’ AI Skepticism Is Its Biggest Risk

By Anita Ramaswamy and Kaya Yurieff · Jun 25, 2025 2:06pm PDT
Recently, I argued that OnlyFans could sell itself for at least $30 billion, or nearly four times the price Ukrainian-American billionaire Leonid Radvinsky is reportedly considering, if only it finds an investor willing to overlook the stigma associated with porn. At the same time, though, the company faces the same threat looming over hundreds... Recently, I argued that OnlyFans could sell itself for at least $30 billion, or nearly four times...
Melanie Perkins, CEO and co-founder of Canva.
Exclusive

Canva, Generating Significant Cash, Discusses Share Offer at $37 Billion Valuation

By Sri Muppidi and Natasha Mascarenhas · Jun 20, 2025 3:30pm PDT
Canva is about to buy itself a little more time before a long-anticipated initial public offering. The Australian maker of design software is in talks to arrange a sale of shares held by current and former employees that would value the company at $37 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the fundraise. That’s just shy of its peak... Canva is about to buy itself a little more time before a long-anticipated initial public...
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AI Agenda

AI Startups Continue to Masquerade as SaaS Businesses; OpenAI Lays Off Some ‘Insider Risk’ Employees

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 18, 2025 7:00am PDT · 1 comment
Today, we’re talking about my favorite topic: sneaky things AI startups do to gussy up their revenue.We previously covered how some AI startups are including non-recurring consulting fees in their annual recurring revenue figures; pitching investors on their “contracted ARR” or “sales pipelines”; and using exploding revenue growth to entice... Today, we’re talking about my favorite topic: sneaky things AI startups do to gussy up their...
Salesforce Challenges the Principle That Customers Control Their Data
Salesforce Challenges the Principle That Customers Control Their Data
By Kevin McLaughlin · Jun 12, 2025 10:40am PDT · 1 comment
Salesforce Challenges the Principle That Customers Control Their Data
Applied AI

Salesforce Challenges the Principle That Customers Control Their Data

By Kevin McLaughlin · Jun 12, 2025 10:40am PDT · 1 comment
Dude Perfect’s Andrew Yaffe, Coca-Cola’s Valeria Herzer and John Deere’s Jen Hartmann. Photo by Erin Beach.
Creator Economy

Coca-Cola and Unilever Shift Creator Strategies

By Kaya Yurieff and Ann Gehan · Jun 5, 2025 2:00pm PDT
Agencies have long functioned as an intermediary between creators and advertisers. But they may start to get squeezed out, as major brands and creators try to build longer-term relationships with each other and take more creative risks.  “Outsourcing” relationships between brands and creators will no longer fly, said Esi Eggleston... Agencies have long functioned as an intermediary between creators and advertisers. But they may...
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Deals

The Takeover Targets Emerging Out of IPO Dead Ends

By Akash Pasricha · Jun 2, 2025 1:02pm PDT
This year has seen trickles of tech initial public offering activity, but there’s still a sizable list of IPO hopefuls whose public market ambitions have stalled. Bankers say that dynamic is encouraging more private companies to try to find a buyer instead. To that end, we updated our Tech IPO Tracker to highlight the likeliest takeover targets... This year has seen trickles of tech initial public offering activity, but there’s still a sizable...
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Every VC-Backed IPO in the Past 12 Months Has Been a Down Round

By Cory Weinberg · May 30, 2025 6:00am PDT · 5 comments
When banking app Chime goes public next month, it will mark the eighth straight venture capital–backed initial public offering in the past 12 months to be valued less than it was in private fundraising rounds. Chime, for instance, was valued at $25 billion in 2021, but its bankers have been discussing pricing its shares at roughly an $11... When banking app Chime goes public next month, it will mark the eighth straight venture...
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VCs Are Keeping an Ear Out for Voice AI Startups
By Stephanie Palazzolo · May 29, 2025 7:21am PDT
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AI Agenda

VCs Are Keeping an Ear Out for Voice AI Startups

By Stephanie Palazzolo · May 29, 2025 7:21am PDT
Each new month of the AI boom has brought along with it a new “AI startup flavor of the month” for venture capitalists to drool over. The latest one, VCs tell me, are startups building AI voice agents for various verticals, from hotels to hospitals.Up until recently, AI software that can understand and respond with human speech has largely been... Each new month of the AI boom has brought along with it a new “AI startup flavor of the month”...
The Unreasnbl’s Martin Desmond Roe, Travon Free and Mickey Meyer. Photo by Robyn Von Swank.
Creator Economy

A New Hollywood Fund Finances Creators' AI Projects

By Sahil Patel and Kaya Yurieff · Apr 24, 2025 2:52pm PDT
Hollywood filmmakers say it’s increasingly difficult to get funding to develop projects as studios and streaming companies rein in spending. Now two young companies are trying to finance those projects and help their makers use artificial intelligence in development. DreamFlare, an AI video startup, and The Unreasnble, an entertainment... Hollywood filmmakers say it’s increasingly difficult to get funding to develop projects as...
The Startups Developing Robot Hands; OpenAI’s Revenue Hopes
AI Agenda

The Startups Developing Robot Hands; OpenAI’s Revenue Hopes

By Rocket Drew · Apr 24, 2025 7:00am PDT
Before we get into Thursday’s column, be sure to read my colleague Sri’s story on OpenAI’s revenue forecasts. The projections go a long way in explaining why investors led by SoftBank think OpenAI is worth $260 billion. While subscriptions to OpenAI’s pioneering ChatGPT will continue to make up the majority of revenue for the next five years,... Before we get into Thursday’s column, be sure to read my colleague Sri’s story on OpenAI’s...
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The Weekend

Weekend: OpenAI, Meta and Tech’s Copycat Games

By Abram Brown · Apr 19, 2025 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Unity Software hopes for resurrection after a dramatic implosion• The Top 5: Inside tech’s robot bonanza • Plus, our Recommendations: Spotlight and the snitches; an “ER” for our era; and Jensen Huang, thinking machineHi, It’s Abe Brown, editor of The Information’s Weekend... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Unity Software hopes for resurrection...
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After a Dramatic Implosion, Can Unity Software Resurrect Itself?
By Simon Parkin · Apr 18, 2025 8:20am PDT · 5 comments
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The Big Read

After a Dramatic Implosion, Can Unity Software Resurrect Itself?

By Simon Parkin · Apr 18, 2025 8:20am PDT · 5 comments
In mid-September 2023, Rami Ismail was at his home in the Netherlands when his phone began to buzz, buzz and buzz again. Ismail, a videogame developer who’d become well known for a hit iPhone game, Ridiculous Fishing, often received unsolicited messages from other indie designers, but even so, this was an unusually intense flurry of activity. ... In mid-September 2023, Rami Ismail was at his home in the Netherlands when his phone began to...
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Creator Economy

Instagram’s Influencer Dilemma Reaches Back Years

By Kalley Huang · Apr 15, 2025 2:40pm PDT
Instagram users have long complained that the app, which in the early 2010s became a must-have social network for millennials, has lost its way as it prioritizes creators. Emails from this week’s trial to determine whether Instagram-parent Meta Platforms violated antitrust law show how the company’s top executives debated the topic as far... Instagram users have long complained that the app, which in the early 2010s became a must-have...
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The Weekend

A Clearer Picture of OpenAI’s Next Battle

By Abram Brown · Apr 5, 2025 7:00am PDT
Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The father-son duo who sparked a spy scandal • The Arena: The WNBA and its new tech owners have a merch problem• Plus, our Recommendations: A Birkin bag version of “Succession”; Amy Poehler, podcast goddess; and why America loves a cultWell, look at that: We’ve broken ChatGPT. A... Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The father-son duo who sparked a spy...