Elon Musk and Peter Thielβs Party Pal Is Tasked With Buying Greenland for Trump
Yet another person with ties to a network of powerful techno-billionaires is set to join the Trump administration.
Surprise! Donald Trumpβs big, audacious ambition to buy Greenland from Denmark has a tech angle. Ken Howery, named as U.S. President-elect Trumpβs pick to be the next ambassador to the country (and thus chief broker of any deal), is one more part of the rich seam of tech people running through Trumpβs upcoming administration.Β Part [β¦]
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From Keith Rabois to Matt Miller, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists donβt traditionally move around very much β especially those who reach the partner or general partner level. VC funds have [β¦]
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Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour confirmed on a podcast interview that his employees asked social media influencers to promote memes about the FBIβs raid on the home of his archrival, the CEO of Polymarket.Β Both companies offer competing events-betting markets, a new kind of betting industry where people wager about the outcomes of events ranging from [β¦]
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Today longtime Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman announced on X he would be transitioning from partner to partner emeritus.
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