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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our look at why Intel's new(ish) CEO is under fire from US President Trump and a Congressional committee:

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Intel CEO Dogged by Decades of China Chip Investing, Board Work

For more than three decades, Lip-Bu Tan invested in the Chinese economic boom, placing the kind of no-brainer bets that enriched venture capitalists and fund managers around the world and across the U...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hey NYT Connections writers: MUSCLE NICKNAMES PLUS “S” is a trash category

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jul 29

Anthropic raising as much as $5 billion at a $170 billion valuation, with Iconiq leading the round. Scoop with new details by @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @kateclark.bsky.social; more news to come:
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Anthropic Nears Deal to Raise Funding at $170 Billion Valuation

Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in a new round of funding that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $170 billion, according to a person familiar with the matte...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jul 25

homophones of synonyms
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concepts of plans

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jul 15

The words of the prophets were written on … a library wall. Washington, DC.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 21

Perplexity, challenging Google with a tool that summarizes search results and helps users refine queries to get the best responses, has been in the crosshairs of Meta and Apple. Busy day for Bloomberg Tech. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity

Apple Inc. executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 20

Watching broadcast news is a study in the present progressive, like reading Brett Easton Ellis.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 18

Spotter was a vital source of funding to content creators. But, CEO Aaron DeBevoise says, "The world has changed." Last year, Spotter missed financial goals and cut 40% of staff. @aishacounts.bsky.social explains how it went down:
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SoftBank-Backed Startup Misses Financial Goals, Slashes Staff

Just a couple years ago, Spotter Inc. was one of the most valuable startups in the booming business of YouTube celebrity. The company, which boasted a new way for social media stars to fund their oper...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 17

OpenAI CEO @samasama.bsky.social said Meta offered his staffers $100 million signing bonuses. "So far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Altman said on a podcast with his brother @jaltma.bsky.social
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Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said Meta Platforms Inc. has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to buil...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 16

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is so good at networking that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once publicly busted his chops over it. @ellenhuet.bsky.social digs into his `high beta' background.
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Scale AI’s Wang Brings to Meta Knowledge of What Everyone Else is Doing

Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 10

Builds on our earlier reporting around Meta's plans to make a big investment in ScaleAI: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 10

Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta

Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 10

Wanna know more about what Apple just announced at WWDC? Join Mark Gurman for a Live Q&A here:
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Live Q&A: Ask Mark Gurman Anything About Apple’s WWDC 2025

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Edward Ludlow answer your questions about Apple’s annual WWDC conference

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 5

SF Mayor Daniel Lurie onstage at #bloombergtech with @bradstone.bsky.social talking up SF as a place that’s open for business and how to ensure the city doesn’t become overly dependent on a single boom-bust industry.

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Jun 4

Tomorrow and Thursday, Bloomberg Tech is back!
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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · May 27

My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.

Kurt Wagner @kurtwagner.bsky.social · May 27

🚨 New Businessweek Feature 🚨

What is behind Mark Zuckerberg's rightward swing toward President Trump?

I'd wager it's less about personal politics, and more about a finely tuned sense of self-preservation... w/ @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social

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Mark Zuckerberg Loves MAGA Now. Will MAGA Ever Love Him Back?

Meta’s CEO has done everything he can to win over Trump, and it’s not clear how much he has to show for it.

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Saritha Rai @saritharai.bsky.social · May 14

The "Tech Madman" founder threatening US dominance in the AI race
The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek
The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down
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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · May 9

Cool piece on Ditto AI, the `Black Mirror' of dating apps, by one of my Cal students, Jessica Blough
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The 'Black Mirror' of dating apps takes California colleges by storm

Ditto, a Berkeley-born dating app, aims to use AI to solve some of the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · May 1

Apple also mentioned "trade and other international disputes" in its results readout. That phrase wasn't included three months earlier.

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · May 1

Amazon didn't refer to tariffs and trade policies the last time it issued guidance, in February.

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · May 1

Amazon shares are lower in after-hours trading. The ecommerce giant just issued a forecast for operating income that fell short of estimates. Amazon said its predictions are "subject to substantial uncertainty." ... Mentioned factors such as tariff and trade policies, inflation, interest rates.

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Apr 21

25 points!

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Apr 21

Jimmy Buckets! @warriorsofficial.bsky.social

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Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Apr 19

OH at a bar in Baltimore
Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.

Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · Apr 16

Bloomberg first reported in January, days into Trump’s presidency, that the administration was considering these tighter restrictions.