Erin Griffith
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NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital Writing a book about startups in the 2010sš¦
i will now be whispering "driverless taxis do not run from rage" under my breath every time i see one zip by
about 1 month ago
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It has been suggested to me that this premise would make a funny musical and I 100% agree
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New story from me: Trapped! Inside a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/t...
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Trapped! Inside a Self-Driving Car During an Anti-Robot Attack.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside-a-self-driving-car-during-an-anti-robot-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T1A.UmUE.0cTR9BQzB9bp&smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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New story about how Hollywood (and the world) sees the tech industry, from "Silicon Valley" to "Mountainhead," to a promising new show called "The Audacity." ā¬ļø
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/t...
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Silicon Valleyās Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/silicon-valley-pop-culture.html
about 1 month ago
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New story about how Hollywood (and the world) sees the tech industry, from "Silicon Valley" to "Mountainhead," to a promising new show called "The Audacity." ā¬ļø
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/t...
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Silicon Valleyās Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/silicon-valley-pop-culture.html
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to everyone pining for a reboot of "Silicon Valley," I have bad news from the showrunner: āIt would feel like a period piece, because at its core, itās optimistic, and I think weāre living in a post-optimistic world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/t...
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Silicon Valleyās Image Takes a Dark Turn in Pop Culture
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/technology/silicon-valley-pop-culture.html
about 1 month ago
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about 2 months ago
An eye-opening story from
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and Karen Weise on how Jeffrey Epstein worked his way into the inner sanctum of Microsoft's C-suite
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...
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How Jeffrey Epstein Ingratiated Himself With Top Microsoft Executives
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/jeffrey-epstein-microsoft-executives.html
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One of
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Here is Epstein asking Peter Thiel if he should invest in Spotify or Palantir. Thiel was (and still is) Palantir's chairman and tells Epstein there is "no need to rush." This is one of several emails where Thiel gives Epstein advice. Epstein later invested $40m into one of Thiel's VC funds.
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For example, here is Coinbase cofounder Fred Ehrsam in 2014 emailing w/ people around Epstein, including crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce, asking to meet Epstein before the financier invested $3m in Coinbase. Coinbase was a two year old startup. Epstein netted multimillion dollar returns from this.
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Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships. We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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Jeffrey Epsteinās Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/epstein-investments-palantir-coinbase-thiel.html
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New: we dug into Epsteinās dealmaking in Silicon Valley. He used his connections with techās elite to get into hot startup deals, some of which paid off handsomely (coinbase) and others that did not (jawbone). W/
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+ matt Goldstein
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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Jeffrey Epsteinās Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/epstein-investments-palantir-coinbase-thiel.html
3 months ago
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pour one out for the salesforce ones
3 months ago
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āDependence is problematic,ā Robert said. āOn the other hand, itās good for business.ā Talking about chatbots but applies to any addictive business ⦠social media, cigarettes, junk food, gamblingā¦
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
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Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use āIā?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/technology/why-do-ai-chatbots-use-i.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 months ago
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I'm back from a very long book+mat leave! My first story is a look at what's going on with VC funding for AI startups. I've written a version of this story a few times over the last couple years, but each time, the frenzy has gotten crazier:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
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A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster and Faster
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/ai-deal-making-faster.html
5 months ago
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Why is every story about de blasio these days so damn entertaining
www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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Exclusive: British newspaper spoke to the wrong de Blasio, not an āimposterā
How a Long Island vintner, with the help of ChatGPT, prompted a transatlantic journalistic debacle.
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/29/2025/british-newspaper-spoke-to-the-wrong-deblasio-not-an-imposter
6 months ago
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the recap of seasons 1-3 of The Morning Show is so unintentionally hilarious. thank you for reminding me of the roughly 9 million ABSURD plot twists I forgot about, none of the which make any sense together. (i love this insane show)
7 months ago
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"We were promised Mamala and instead we got Mountainhead."
tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-bezos-...
10 months ago
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Is an event that those involved call "the blip" really dramatic enough for an entire movie? It wasn't a gripping rise and fall. It's a tiny, kinda-pointless-in-the-end blip that happened along the rise. I will say Andrew Garfield as Altman is pretty good
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Luca Guadagnino to Direct True-Life OpenAI Movie āArtificialā for Amazon MGM
Andrew Garfield, 'A Complete Unknown' scene-stealer Monica Barbaro, and 'Anora' actor Yura Borisov are circling lead roles in the story of Sam Altman's firing and rehiring.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/luca-guadagnino-to-direct-openai-movie-1236236357/
11 months ago
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anyone else see Mountainhead? I shared some thoughts here:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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no charm, only money
did you roomcuck yourself?
https://substack.com/@erin/note/p-165071053
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I wrote a story in 2014 about a digital payments startup called Clinkle. At the time, a source provided me with photo of Clinkle CEO Lucas Duplan burning (fake) money with Richard Branson. It became a metaphor after Clinkle crashed. Now Duplan filed a DMCA takedown to get it removed from Google.
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This is too funny
sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/o...
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OpenAI spent $3 million on that Jony Ive and Sam Altman video
From hiring cops and extras to moving a city bus stop, OpenAI managed to produce what may have been historyās most expensive coffee date.
https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/openai-video-steep-price/?taid=6839bada1dc7320001737575&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
11 months ago
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11 months ago
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
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this piece looking back on NYC dining is hitting me so hard with nostalgia, ESPECIALLY this sam sifton riff on the scene at roberta's in 2008
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
11 months ago
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fashion trends are moving too fast or i'm too old to follow them. anyway, skinny jeans are apparently "back" already
www.vogue.com/article/best...
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From Kate Moss to Taylor SwiftāItās Time to Revisit Black Skinny Jeans
Super slim-leg jeans are back and every generation is wearing them in this wash.
https://www.vogue.com/article/best-black-skinny-jeans
11 months ago
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š©øBLOOD FLOWERš©ø
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12 months ago
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12 months ago
the new york sewer rats have finally elected a new rat pope
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2 obsessive thoughts i've had about the west village girlies story: 1. how do they afford it and if they're rich, why be so basic? 2. carrie bradshaw lived in the UES!!!!!!!!!! (I know the satc ladies hung out downtown but they did not live there!)
12 months ago
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big news, Geely is bidding for Zeekr. almost as significant as the time flink acquired cajoo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Geely Submits Bid to Take US-Listed EV Brand Zeekr Private
Billionaire Li Shufu is ramping up a push to streamline his sprawling business empire, with his Hong Kong-listed Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. offering to take premium electric-car maker Zeekr privat...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-07/geely-submits-bid-to-take-us-listed-ev-brand-zeekr-private?cmpid=BBD050725_MONEYSTUFF&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=250507&utm_campaign=moneystuff
12 months ago
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Sovereignty outran Journalism. at least it wasnāt tyranny š
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I'm not sure i will ever be able to comprehend the deep and enduring hatred my dog feels for the US Postal Service. Today a nice mail lady even gave him a treat, which he accepted then immediately returned to growling and calls to abolish the USPS.
12 months ago
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ahaha Quince sells discount gold bars they really do have a dupe of everything
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honestly perfect headline
techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/c...
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
The story gets you all excited about this molecule in the air of a distant planet that is believed to only be produced by living organisms, and then it ends this way:
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My new favorite scientist āIām not screaming, āaliens!āā said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. āBut I always reserve my right to scream āaliens!āā š
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
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Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.OhXe.NLO71XuZkomS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p
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about 1 year ago
Congrats to TurboTax, which has worked for two decades to stop Americans from being able to file taxes for free.
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
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Oh man, someone hacked the crosswalks in Palo Alto to have Zuck's voice assure people there is nothing they can do to stop AI slop from being forcefully inserted into every facet of their conscious experience. And Musk talking about how lonely he is.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/s...
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Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices | TechCrunch
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/silicon-valley-crosswalk-buttons-hacked-to-imitate-musk-zuckerberg-voices/
about 1 year ago
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so goldman's approach to tariffs is "if we don't talk about them maybe they're not real"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
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Goldman Sachs Avoids Mentioning the Word āTariffsā Amid Trump Trade Policy Uncertainty
Wall Streetās top firms have been reluctant to criticize President Trumpās trade policy, but Goldman took it to a new level on Monday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/goldman-sachs-earnings-tariffs.html
about 1 year ago
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The women of the Blue Origin flight "are like payload specialists with a specialty in marketing private rockets. If the flight proves anything, it is that women are now free to enjoy capitalismās most decadent spoils alongside the worldās wealthiest men."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/a...
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Blue Originās First All-Female Spaceflight Stunt
Blue Originās all-female flight proves that women are now free to enjoy capitalismās most extravagant spoils alongside rich men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/arts/blue-origin-lauren-sanchez-katy-perry.html
about 1 year ago
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the debanking that the crypto industry accused the banks and govt of conspiring to do is nothing compared to **revoking peoples social security numbers**
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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Pressuring Migrants to āSelf-Deport,ā White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Securityās ādeath master file,ā the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html
about 1 year ago
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have we gotten to the part where everyone says the stock market is tanking bc of DEI yet
about 1 year ago
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Ozy Media's claim to fame was that it "discovered" big liberal names like AOC and Trevor Noah before they were famous. They were funded by Laurene Powell Jobs and partnered with all the mainstream media outlets. Carlos Watson was on the board of NPR! How did he convince Trump to pardon him?
about 1 year ago
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which famous white collar criminal will be next in line for a pardon... elizabeth holmes, sam bankman-fried, ryan salame, charlie javice (convicted literally today)... it may be time to update this headline
about 1 year ago
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OH MY GOD
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...
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about 1 year ago
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so far three of my group chats have changed their names to "___ PC Small Group," how about you all?
about 1 year ago
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More pardons for white collar fraud
www.wsj.com/us-news/trum...
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Trump Pardons Nikola Founder Trevor Milton
Milton was convicted of fraud in 2022 for statements about zero-emission trucks.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-948b1311?st=TsSz8Y&reflink=article_copyURL_share
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Hegseth is literally denying a story that the NSC has already confirmed and in which receipts were printed verbatim. Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.
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Nick Denton reveals that Marc Andreessen was a frequent source for Valleywag
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
about 1 year ago
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at what point is it ok to post severance spoilers, i'm so upset!
about 1 year ago
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I interviewed this guy ~20 years ago at my very first job and recall he gave some extremely crazy quotes even back then
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about 1 year ago
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