Executives at Anduril and Palantir, crypto industry advocates, and investors giving through AIPAC helped fund the Democratic leader preparing to become speaker.
How Zapier Pulled Off Its One-and-Done Approach to Fundraising
Zapier CEO and Co-founder Wade Foster is a fundraising contrarian. But he doesn't think he should be. He shares how it's possible to approach financing as a boost — not a crutch — and ways to approach key business decisions early on to keep the itch to fundraise at bay.
From Code To Cash: Stack Overflow Co-Founder Jeff Atwood’s Unorthodox Path To Philanthropy
The more I looked at it, the more I thought the money should be actually out there working to make the world better in some form.
Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Project Power as G.O.P. Reels in a Reordered Washington
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, expected to be the next House speaker, said his party would focus on affordability after seizing control of Congress. President Trump focused on his renovation projects as Republicans grasped for answers.
Marc Andreessen – Why Andreessen Horowitz Is Investing in Rap Genius
Rap Genius announces their $15,000,000 Series A financing the only way they know how…….!!!!
Think tank tied to tech billionaires played key role in Biden’s AI order
Researchers from the RAND Corporation — which took more than $15 million this year from a group financed by a Facebook co-founder — were a driving force behind the White House’s sweeping new AI reporting requirements.
El-Sayed on Track to Win US Senate Primary, Overcoming AIPAC's $30 Million Onslaught | Common Dreams
"We all knew they were going to spend their money," said Abdul El-Sayed. "We didn't know that they were going to outspend us $11 to $1. And yet we're still standing."
Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.
An analysis of tax forms by The Intercept show Kraft’s charity and LLC have donated to Friends of the IDF and AIPAC’s super PAC.
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about China.
Patrons - Omarchy
The people and companies funding the Omacom Foundation. Founding patrons contribute $1,000,000 to the mission; distinguished patrons, $100,000.
Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say
People familiar with the arrangements allege pay-to-play business practices by one of President Donald Trump’s biggest online acolytes. Financial documents show details.
Silicon Valley Needs a Valleywag. Peter Thiel Just Proved It.
Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member who co-founded PayPal and Palantir, has plenty of reasons to hate Gawker...
Apolitical Kirk Herbstreit is actually a GOP fundraiser
He headlined a pro-Tuberville PAC event last week.
The 1% hide their money offshore – then use it to corrupt our democracy | Aditya Chakrabortty
From US billionaires to City barons, the super-rich are buying political influence as never before. Our politicians now work for them, not for us
The Only Moat is Taste - AT Protocol
Ricardo Méndez is a technologist, advocate and investor who’s been working on the decentralized web for years. He joins for a conversation about how to think about building sustainable businesses on a network that upends all of our assumptions.
An Abundance of Influence
A group of YIMBY Big Tech donors took over San Francisco politics. Now they’re setting their sights on the rest of the country.
today, we're announcing our €3,8M ($4.5M) seed financing round, led by byFounders with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Antler, Thomas Dohmke (former CEO of GitHub), Avery Pennarun (CEO of Tailscale) among other incredible angels. read more on what's next: blog.tangled.org/seed
announcing our €3,8M seed round
blog.tangled.org