“Fun” one from @danalexander21.bsky.social

So very Meta: "let's make sure we can prove other AI tools are just as bad, rather than focusing our attention on making ours better."

AI valuations have always been mind boggling. But "tranched" funding rounds mystify them even further, allowing VCs to invest at wildly different prices and founders to raise unprecedented amounts of money without any product or revenue. With @iainmartin.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

Important personal news:

Someone finally answered the question of “why are there no major AI boyfriend apps?” The hook was romantasy which is now a major subgenre for women.

Exciting personal news — today is my first day as a business reporter at ProPublica! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

EliseAI started building AI tools back when it wasn't cool. Today it's AI answers phones, responds emails and manages systems for 90% of the largest residential communities in the country. The startup has crossed $200 million in ARR. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

New: Cursor hit $4 billion in annualized revenue, up from $3 billion in late April. The new figure comes ahead of an expected acquisition by SpaceX after its IPO. With @annatonger.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

What's a way to make a killing in the AI boom if you're not an AI researcher or early Anthropic employee? Becoming a "nerd-first" escort. Read my story to find out more about the shifting economics of intimacy in Silicon Valley: www.forbes.com/sites/annato...

“I recall at least one girl describing herself as a ‘Claude Widow’. She’s lost her husband to AI stress.” www.forbes.com/sites/annato...

Uh oh. The head of CBS Entertainment is privately warning that the Bari Weiss train wreck is inflicting significant damage on the broader CBS brand. And shes not alone. Inside Paramount, "some believe she should be relieved of her duties." The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

Bari Weiss' deputy, Charles Forelle, repeatedly accused Pelley of being "rude." "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness," Pelley shot back. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

New: AI insurance company Corgi has doubled its valuation to $2.6 billion with a $106 million fundraise, just weeks after raising $160 million and becoming a unicorn. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

A lasting memory of Bilton is his stolen-valor coverage of Theranos, months after the WSJ’s John Carreyrou broke the story

never forget bsky.app/profile/bgru...

My last magazine story for @forbes.com is a deep dive into the #SPV ecosystem. Who's profiting? How? There's room for ample innovation and ample risk. Why is the space changing so quickly, and what's next? Would love to know what you think: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

I wrote about the queasy feeling I got watching Google I/O about the new AI Search, which — aside from the obvious implications to traffic — feels very WRONG to me about how to interact with the open web. It’s like an HOA for the internet

wake up babe the white house is a six flags

“How many investors in America think they own a chunk of SpaceX when they’re actually funding their ex-roommate’s boyfriend’s coke habit in Miami?” www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

“.. six months on, Beijing has not allowed any of its companies to buy a single one.” @nytimes.com #$NVDA www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/b...

NEW - Anthropic's most advanced AI, Mythos, can recommend patches that bork the software it's trying to fix. Per Cloudflare, "The model doesn’t replace judgement." www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...

I know it's lame to point this out still but it is amazing that the 'Buy Twitter to Save Free Speech' has completely tweaked the dials such that most posts get no immediate feedback unless on a specific set of topics (racism, culture war, AI) & also created a 'pay to speak freely' tier

Jesus, look at this thing: www.justice.gov/opa/media/14... The IRS is apparently "FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED" from investigating Trump, his companies, and his family ever again because the Acting Attorney General (his old personal attorney) says so.

Why would anyone want a Google I/O keynote at their college graduation ...

Unlike today’s biggest AI labs, SAS—once America’s largest private software co—has always operated slowly, steadily & profitably. Competition from all sides + an upcoming leadership transition will test the company’s longstanding strategy. My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

"I’d like to focus on my actual takeaway here: Elon Musk sucks at AI."

Another day. Another neolab fundraise. xAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin is in talks to raise up to $1 billion at an up to $5 billion valuation for a new AI startup, sources tell Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

New: I chatted with Alexandr Wang and new Scale CEO Jason Droege about the company post-Meta deal. Scale says revenue last year was just shy of $1B, and expects it to top $1B this year. (But Meta will account for nearly half of annual revenue) www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

After Cerebras’ long-awaited IPO, CEO Andrew Feldman is now a billionaire worth an estimated $3.4 billion. Check out my story, which involves a secret dance floor and Halloween candy from a Nobel Prize winner. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

🚨NEW🚨 The government subpoenaed Apple, Google and Amazon for data on every single user of a car tinkering app. For Google alone that means over 100,000 users. Privacy and car hacking communities are, unsurprisingly, concerned about overreach. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

As the Strait of Hormuz crisis drags on, interest & investment is surging in the drone boat industry. My latest for @forbes.com profiles a buzzy contender, Havoc, run by a man who came to the U.S. as a 10-year-old refugee from Burma and just raised $100 million: www.forbes.com/sites/monica...

The #10 consumer AI app isn't a coding tool; it’s an erotic chatbot for women. Riding off the romantasy wave, the 3 guys who run Janitor AI serve 100M monthly visitors (80% women) -- for 130k a month. Inside the R-rated Roblox: www.forbes.com/sites/annato...

"When I reached a former longtime senior FBI official to ask whether he’d ever seen personally branded liquor bottles distributed by a previous FBI director, he burst out laughing."

Corgi, an AI insurance startup, just raised $160 million at a $1.3 billion valuation. Its employees work 7 days a week, it owns and operates a 24/7 cafe and has a company-owned Corgi named Trudy, which employees walk and feed with the help of an AI bot. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

"Quote from Count Dankula" — the Russian government

My latest for Forbes charts the rise of MAGA megadonor Robert Low, owner of Kentucky Derby favorite Renegade, who built a $5 billion trucking fortune after stabbing his friend with a hunting knife and getting off on a temporary insanity plea (too many cough drops). 👇 www.forbes.com/sites/johnhy...

AI music startup Suno is battling record labels and angry artists as it upends how millions of people create songs. It's become smash-hit success with some $150 million in estimated 2025 revenue, as the tide starts to turn in its favor. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

New for @forbes.com with @richardnieva.bsky.social: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Eric Trump portrays his bitcoin company as a money-printing machine. It’s actually an arbitrage vehicle that preys on MAGA-minded investors. New investigation released this morning. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

incredible photos of a walrus falling off a pontoon in scotland. source www.facebook.com/groups/scotl...

dateline — oakland federal courthouse

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

I genuinely think some people do not want to look this in the eye/think about it because it is so awful. We wrote what I thought was a pretty eye-opening story about all this and I was surprised by the lack of engagement tbh

Here’s a fun one: The next big AI dataset is…Google’s garbage. The company is partnering with Mill, which makes a smart trash bin, to train the startup’s AI on food waste from Google’s campus. www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

NEW: Battle of the Musk meme stocks A splashy IPO from Elon Musk’s SpaceX could siphon attention, capital and narrative momentum from a Tesla story already straining to justify its valuation #spacex www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

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🚨NEW🚨 Anthropic is investigating complaints its most advanced AI models are introducing bugs and security issues into customer code. One cyber CEO described it as "unusably bad" and tests show Anthropic performing poorly on writing secure code. www.forbes.com/sites/the-wi...