Thrive Capital Said to Lead Potential Investment in Stripe
Thrive Capital, the investment firm founded by Joshua Kushner, is leading a potential investment in the payments provider Stripe at a valuation of $55 billion...
Ford Follows Tesla in Cutting Electric Vehicle Prices
Ford Motor said on Monday that it was cutting prices on its top-selling battery-powered model, the Mustang Mach-E, and increasing production of the sport utility...
‘Recession Resilient’ Climate Start-Ups Shine in Tech Downturn
But the stakes are too high to be cynical, climate entrepreneurs and investors said. “There’s a bigger fight to fight,” said Elisa Jagerson, an investor...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prosecutors Ask Judge to Tighten Bail Conditions
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Friday that the disgraced cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman-Fried had tried to contact a potential witness in his criminal case,...
University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I.
The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation’s leading computer science schools, said on Thursday that it was starting a large-scale, low-cost online...
Anthropic Said to Be Closing In on $300 Million in New A.I. Funding
Anthropic, a San Francisco artificial intelligence start-up, is close to raising roughly $300 million in new funding, two people with knowledge of the situation said,...
On Trump’s Truth Social: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise
Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement: a photo of former President Donald J. Trump holding a $1,000 bill made...
Meta’s Trump Calculus and Regime Change at Netflix
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A Federal Court Blocks California’s New Medical Misinformation Law
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California has temporarily blocked enforcement of a new state law allowing regulators to punish doctors for spreading false...
Stripe Hires Investment Banks to Explore Public Listing
SAN FRANCISCO — Stripe, the San Francisco payments provider and one of the world’s most valuable private start-ups, hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase this...
TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense
WASHINGTON — Last week, TikTok’s chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, met with several influential think tanks and public interest groups in Washington, sharing details on...
Meta to Reinstate Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts
Just over two years after Donald J. Trump’s accounts were suspended from Facebook and Instagram, Meta, the owner of the platforms, said on Wednesday that...
Ukraine’s Scientists Receive a Funding Lifeline From Abroad
Larissa S. Brizhik didn’t have to stay. Like many Ukrainian women and children, she could have fled the war zone. But as a department head...
Tesla’s Profit Jumped 12% in Fourth Quarter
Tesla reported a respectable jump in profit for the last quarter of 2022, but slipping profit margins and slowing sales growth underlined the challenges that...