Art by Clark Miller; images via YouTube
Art by Clark Miller; images via YouTube
The Big Read

Benchmark’s AI Pressure Test: High Prices, Smaller Stakes—and a Poached Star

The storied firm is grappling with the AI era and has pinned fresh hopes on a new general partner.
The Arena

Clara Wu Tsai’s Plan to Build the First $1 Billion WNBA Franchise

When Clara Wu Tsai and her husband, Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai, bought the WNBA’s New York Liberty in 2019, one of her first priorities was convincing her fellow team owners they needed to spend...
Clara Wu Tsai. Photo by Erin Beach
Artificial Intelligence

Sing the News to Me? The VCs Who Turned Vibe Code Into Whimsical Passion Projects

In less than a year, AI-assisted coding has become a fixation within Silicon Valley, which sees the companies building such products as some of the most lucrative startups in tech. While tools like...
Art by Clark Miller
Artificial Intelligence

Do We Want an Age of AI Robopets?

One August morning, Kaarage woke up and took the train from the Japanese countryside into the city. She went to a restaurant and enjoyed a lunch of vegetables and soup, as well as an iced coffee....
Art by Clark Miller
WTF: Women in Tech, Media and Finance

The Information’s WTF Summit in Pictures

Executives from Netflix, Palantir and YouTube along with dozens more of the most powerful and influential women in technology, media and finance gathered earlier this week for The Information’s...
The WTF summit in Yountville, Calif. Art by Clark Miller; photos by Erin Beach.
Art by Mark Sullivan.
Art by Mark Sullivan.
The Big Read

OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era

The startup has imported a massive number of former Meta staff and has turned its attention to strategies favored by the older tech giant for boosting revenue and users.
The Arena

Despite NBA Scandal, Sports’ Gambling Habit Will Be Hard to Break

The 2025–26 NBA season kicked off this week with loads to get excited about: new broadcasts from NBC’s Peacock and Amazon Prime Video, a blockbuster double-overtime opening matchup between the...
Form left: Miami Heat's Terry Rozier, FBI's Kash Patel and Portland Trail Blazer's Chauncey Billups. Photos via Getty
Art by Clark Miller
Art by Clark Miller
The Arena

Moneyball for Minors: Inside the Booming Business of Youth Sports Apps

There’s a bonanza of youth sports apps for streaming games, tracking stats and coordinating jam-packed club team schedules. Investors are circling, parents are wound up over the apps and kids are just trying to have some fun.
The Top 5

The Best New Places for a Tech Holiday Party

Many in tech have seen plenty of reasons to celebrate lately—with AI valuations soaring and paydays getting bigger and bigger. And pretty soon it’ll be time to consider the all-important event for...