This top VC bet close to 20% of his fund on teenagers — here’s why
Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz is onto his next thing — teenage founders, not as a social experiment but as an unplanned investment thesis.
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologizes for saying National Guard troops needed in San Francisco
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WhatssApp changes its terms to bar general purpose chatbots from its platform
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Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Warns Against This ‘Disrespectful’ But Common Meeting Mistake
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Mark Wahlberg Just Bought a Home on ‘Billionaire’s Row’ in Florida. Here’s How Much It Cost.
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Senate Republicans deepfaked Chuck Schumer, and X hasn’t taken it down
The video was posted Friday on the Senate Republicans X account. According to X’s policies, the platform prohibits “deceptively shar[ing] synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.” Harmful content includes media that could “mislead people” or “cause significant confusion on public issues.”