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Ivan Zhao, CEO of Notion, and Jane Dunlevie, chief operating officer of tech investment banking at Goldman Sachs
Dealmaker

In Las Vegas, Kalshi Is King

By Cory Weinberg · Nov 20, 2025 3:43pm PST · 1 comment
For 15 years, Goldman Sachs’ private tech conference in Las Vegas has been the event for taking the pulse of startup dealmaking. Years ago, it was possible to run into founders such as Uber’s Travis Kalanick and Instagram’s Kevin Systrom raising money for their then-small startups. The conference is much bigger now (which makes some investors... For 15 years, Goldman Sachs’ private tech conference in Las Vegas has been the event for taking...
Ion Stoica. YouTube/Opaque Systems
AI Agenda

Why OpenAI CFO Said Uncle Sam Should Backstop Chip Financing; Databricks Co-Founder Responds to Benchmark Critics

By Rocket Drew and Amir Efrati · Nov 6, 2025 7:00am PST
It’s not every day one of the world’s most valuable companies asks the U.S. government for assistance, but these aren’t ordinary days. On Wednesday, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar suggested at a Wall Street Journal event that the federal government ought to guarantee the financing of AI chips. Come again?“We’re looking for an ecosystem of banks,... It’s not every day one of the world’s most valuable companies asks the U.S. government for...
Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash. Getty Images
The Briefing

DoorDash’s Investment Plans Unnerve Wall Street

By Martin Peers · Nov 5, 2025 5:00pm PST · 2 comments
Wall Street is getting jittery about corporate investment. DoorDash stock slumped as much as 20% in after-hours trading after the food-delivery service revealed it expects to “invest several hundred million dollars more” in upgrading its technology and expansion next year than it did this year. Given that DoorDash generates a couple of billion... Wall Street is getting jittery about corporate investment. DoorDash stock slumped as much as 20%...
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel at The Information’s Future of Influence event last week. Photo by Erin Beach
Creator Economy

Snapchat Now Wants (Some) Videos to Stick Around

By Kaya Yurieff · Jun 12, 2025 2:00pm PDT
Snapchat has realized the limits of disappearing content—especially when it comes to attracting creators. On Thursday, the app said users will be able to automatically save their disappearing Stories to their public profiles. That’s a big change, and it’s one that should help make the app more of a destination for creators, whose Instagram,... Snapchat has realized the limits of disappearing content—especially when it comes to attracting...
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. Photo via Flickr/Fortune.
Creator Economy

YouTube’s Election Boost; Spiegel Goes Public on Snapchat

By Kaya Yurieff · Feb 4, 2025 3:50pm PST
We’re hearing a lot of YouTube creators and media executives have already descended on New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. Back at home in rainy Mountain View, Google leaders have been talking up the last national event that boosted YouTube—the 2024 presidential election. In a call with investors late Tuesday, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai... We’re hearing a lot of YouTube creators and media executives have already descended on New...