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Jessica Lessin is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing.
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Travis Kalanick Plots New Robotics and Self-Driving Venture with Levandowski, Uber

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Ex-Uber CEO Kalanick Plots Self-Driving Car Firm with Uber Funding

Kalanick is also talking about potentially acquiring a self-driving tech startup run by Anthony Levandowski, Uber's former self-driving car chief.
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SpaceX Acquires xAI for $250 Billion

The news, without the price, was confirmed by Elon Musk in a press release posted to SpaceX’s website Monday. 

SpaceX CFO to Hold Investor Call to Discuss xAI Deal

The call comes as some SpaceX investors are concerned about having their shares of the rocket maker diluted through a potential acquisition.
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Should the U.S. government let Sequoia fund Chinese AI?
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This is an incredibly complex question raised by Juro's amazing reporting today. Sequoia is backing one of the leading researchers in China AI. I can't imagine this won't face scrutiny from the U.S. government right now. What do you think should happen?
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The scarlet letter of e-commerce?
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I was intrigued by this story from Theo and Ann about Amazon labeling products that have been frequently returned. Makes sense from an economic perspective and is a good example of a feature customers probably love. But it is also a sign of Amazon's growing desire to curate and push shoppers to buy certain products, which they already do with Amazon's picks, etc. ...
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So what’s next?
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Hi everyone. So as the dust settles (for a second) would love to hear thoughts on what the SVB collapse means for startup funding in the short-term?
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Elon Musk and the AI Culture Wars
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Just published this scoop with Jon Victor about Elon Musk's plan to built an "anti-woke" competitor to Chat GPT. I know that lots of AI leaders are working hard on the AI-bias problem. Some told me they think the solution is to give users more personalization of the feature of an AI. That just sounds like encouraging echo chambers to me. Curious what practiti...
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The Next Gen of Women in Tech
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As YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps aside, NYT said something I was thinking: "Ms. Wojcicki’s exit from YouTube’s top job further thins the ranks of women running large tech companies. Sheryl Sandberg, who was chief operating officer at Meta, left her role last year. Meg Whitman, who led Hewlett-Packard and one of its successor companies; Ginni Rometty of IBM; and Mari...
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