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Steve Hilton Warns California Wealth Tax Could Drive Silicon Valley Talent, Investment Out of State: ‘Economic Suicide’

Political commentator Steve Hilton warned that a proposed California wealth tax could drive Silicon Valley’s top talent and investment out of the state, threatening the region’s technology and innovation economy.

Benzinga · Aug 19

Cami Clark: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife is a Silicon Valley power player. But Claude barely knows her

Cami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, has remained largely unknown outside Silicon Valley’s elite despite her proximity to some of the technology world’s most powerful figures. Her unconventional career includes a women-focused pornography startup, a pitch for investment to Jeffrey Epstein, ties to Eric Schmidt and a proposed…

The Economic Times · Aug 16

'Luxury porn' pitch to Epstein: Anthropic CEO's wife Cami Clark's ties surface

Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit crossed paths with Cami Clark years before she became known as the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and a familiar presence in Silicon Valley’s AI elite.

The Times of India · Aug 16

Accel raises $3.5 billion to invest in emerging global AI startups

The firm, which has backed artificial intelligence companies including Anthropic, Cursor and Perplexity, has raised four separate funds dedicated to backing young startups in a moment when the AI race is upending the fundraising market. A $1.35 billion global expansion fund will be set aside for larger early-stage rounds and…

The Economic Times · Aug 12

Forget the gala, these Silicon Valley schools run their own venture capital funds

A handful of elite Bay Area schools have enlisted parent-donors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery to steer small pools of donated capital into early-stage startups. With massive IPOs back en vogue, schools are lining up for what could come next.

Fortune · Aug 12

The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate

Editorial: Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome development

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta releases open-weight model

Meta CEO presents utopian vision of AI in 6,000-word essay amid Silicon Valley debate over government regulation

The Guardian - US · Aug 10

The Jersey Pump Principle: why AI's trillion-dollar bet could stall like a 1949 gas pump law

Through the lens of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, the path forward for AI looks entirely pre-ordained. History teaches a different lesson.

Fortune · Aug 10

Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs

A new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to grab market share as they try and find ways to turn a profit. New Chinese AI models big and small, from Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 to Alibaba's popular Qwen series,…

The Economic Times · Aug 10

Rocket Companies CEO Varun Krishna wants to fuse Silicon Valley talent with Detroit grit

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Fortune · Aug 10