Kurt Wagner
@kurtwagner.bsky.social
Journalist at Bloomberg. Go Mariners. Go Seahawks.
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NEW: Meta won its FTC antitrust trial. The judge found that the company did not violate antitrust laws in its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
That means Meta WILL NOT be broken up. It was always a long shot for that to happen, but crisis averted.
That means Meta WILL NOT be broken up. It was always a long shot for that to happen, but crisis averted.
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NEW: Meta won its FTC antitrust trial. The judge found that the company did not violate antitrust laws in its purchases of WhatsApp and Instagram.
That means Meta WILL NOT be broken up. It was always a long shot for that to happen, but crisis averted.
That means Meta WILL NOT be broken up. It was always a long shot for that to happen, but crisis averted.
New: Meta will start using chatbot conversations to target people with advertising. This will start in Dec and there is no way to opt-out
People use chatbots for all kinds of very personal things. Soon you may see ads on FB/IG related to those personal things.
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People use chatbots for all kinds of very personal things. Soon you may see ads on FB/IG related to those personal things.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meta to Start Using Chatbot Conversations to Target Advertising
Meta Platforms Inc. will soon start using interactions with its AI chatbot to more effectively tailor the content and advertising that people see on Facebook and Instagram.
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October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New: Meta will start using chatbot conversations to target people with advertising. This will start in Dec and there is no way to opt-out
People use chatbots for all kinds of very personal things. Soon you may see ads on FB/IG related to those personal things.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
People use chatbots for all kinds of very personal things. Soon you may see ads on FB/IG related to those personal things.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg just debuted a new pair of AI display glasses that work with a neural wristband to enable hands-free messaging. You can see your messages in the periphery of the frame. Story from @markgurman.bsky.social
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September 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
New: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg just debuted a new pair of AI display glasses that work with a neural wristband to enable hands-free messaging. You can see your messages in the periphery of the frame. Story from @markgurman.bsky.social
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Tesla's board offered Elon Musk, a man running four other companies at the same time, a $1 TRILLION pay package.
He would need to hit several ambitious benchmarks over a ten-year period. But my god...
$1,000,000,000,000
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He would need to hit several ambitious benchmarks over a ten-year period. But my god...
$1,000,000,000,000
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Tesla Offers Elon Musk an Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package
Tesla Inc. proposed a new compensation agreement for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk potentially worth around $1 trillion, a massive package without precedent in corporate America.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tesla's board offered Elon Musk, a man running four other companies at the same time, a $1 TRILLION pay package.
He would need to hit several ambitious benchmarks over a ten-year period. But my god...
$1,000,000,000,000
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
He would need to hit several ambitious benchmarks over a ten-year period. But my god...
$1,000,000,000,000
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Well this is fun…
Elon Musk tried to recruit Mark Zuckerberg to help him buy OpenAI (Zuck did not participate) … w/ @rachelmetz.bsky.social
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Elon Musk tried to recruit Mark Zuckerberg to help him buy OpenAI (Zuck did not participate) … w/ @rachelmetz.bsky.social
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Musk Tried to Enlist Zuckerberg to Help Finance Bid for OpenAI
Elon Musk tried to enlist Mark Zuckerberg for his unsolicited bid to buy OpenAI this year, the startup said in a court filing.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Well this is fun…
Elon Musk tried to recruit Mark Zuckerberg to help him buy OpenAI (Zuck did not participate) … w/ @rachelmetz.bsky.social
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Elon Musk tried to recruit Mark Zuckerberg to help him buy OpenAI (Zuck did not participate) … w/ @rachelmetz.bsky.social
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New: Meta is restructuring its AI teams again after a big hiring spree. The org now has four distinct teams, all rolling up to Alexandr Wang (formerly Scale AI). This is according to an internal memo sent by Wang this morning... via @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
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August 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New: Meta is restructuring its AI teams again after a big hiring spree. The org now has four distinct teams, all rolling up to Alexandr Wang (formerly Scale AI). This is according to an internal memo sent by Wang this morning... via @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I don't understand how this can *ever* make it into a policy document as acceptable chatbot behavior. Pretty inexcusable.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don't understand how this can *ever* make it into a policy document as acceptable chatbot behavior. Pretty inexcusable.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
New: Former Twitter CEO @para.ga is moving past the Elon Musk drama & started an AI company.
“I don’t think Twitter defines me,” he told us in an interview. “If I do a good job, I’m hoping this company will define me.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (gift link w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social)
“I don’t think Twitter defines me,” he told us in an interview. “If I do a good job, I’m hoping this company will define me.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (gift link w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social)
Twitter’s Ex-CEO Is Moving Past His Elon Musk Drama and Starting an AI Company
Parag Agrawal says AI agents are the target customers for his new startup, Parallel.
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August 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New: Former Twitter CEO @para.ga is moving past the Elon Musk drama & started an AI company.
“I don’t think Twitter defines me,” he told us in an interview. “If I do a good job, I’m hoping this company will define me.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (gift link w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social)
“I don’t think Twitter defines me,” he told us in an interview. “If I do a good job, I’m hoping this company will define me.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (gift link w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social)
What happens when Mark Zuckerberg moves into the neighborhood? Great read about the Facebook founder's years-long effort to build a private compound in Palo Alto
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What happens when Mark Zuckerberg moves into the neighborhood? Great read about the Facebook founder's years-long effort to build a private compound in Palo Alto
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...
New: Meta found some business partners for its major Louisiana data center project
August 8, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New: Meta found some business partners for its major Louisiana data center project
Not the pivot I was expecting....
Linda Yaccarino has a new job: Running eMed, "a telehealth company that offers access to weight-loss drugs"
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Linda Yaccarino has a new job: Running eMed, "a telehealth company that offers access to weight-loss drugs"
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August 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Not the pivot I was expecting....
Linda Yaccarino has a new job: Running eMed, "a telehealth company that offers access to weight-loss drugs"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Linda Yaccarino has a new job: Running eMed, "a telehealth company that offers access to weight-loss drugs"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Zuckerberg has picked a chief scientist for Meta's new superintelligence unit: Shengjia Zhao, who joined Meta from OpenAI in June. He was part of the team behind the original version of OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
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Meta Says Open AI Hire is Superintelligence Group Chief Scientist
Mark Zuckerberg has named Shengjia Zhao, an artificial intelligence researcher who joined Meta Platforms Inc. from OpenAI in June, as the chief scientist for the social media company’s new superintell...
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July 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New: Zuckerberg has picked a chief scientist for Meta's new superintelligence unit: Shengjia Zhao, who joined Meta from OpenAI in June. He was part of the team behind the original version of OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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What could go wrong?
July 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
What could go wrong?
What's it like to cover Elon Musk?
I spoke to my good friend and tremendous reporter @teddyschleifer.bsky.social for our Elon Inc. podcast about how he's covering the world's richest man
Teddy's covers Musk as closely as anyone - great perspective!
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I spoke to my good friend and tremendous reporter @teddyschleifer.bsky.social for our Elon Inc. podcast about how he's covering the world's richest man
Teddy's covers Musk as closely as anyone - great perspective!
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Forget DOGE. Musk Is Suddenly All In on AI
Podcast Episode · Elon, Inc. · 07/15/2025 · 35m
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July 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What's it like to cover Elon Musk?
I spoke to my good friend and tremendous reporter @teddyschleifer.bsky.social for our Elon Inc. podcast about how he's covering the world's richest man
Teddy's covers Musk as closely as anyone - great perspective!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
I spoke to my good friend and tremendous reporter @teddyschleifer.bsky.social for our Elon Inc. podcast about how he's covering the world's richest man
Teddy's covers Musk as closely as anyone - great perspective!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
New: Meta has nabbed two more top AI researchers from Apple for its Superintelligence Labs group. The hiring spree continues... w/ @markgurman.bsky.social
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July 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New: Meta has nabbed two more top AI researchers from Apple for its Superintelligence Labs group. The hiring spree continues... w/ @markgurman.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New: Meta's board went to trial Wednesday over shareholder claims that they overpaid the FTC several years ago to personally protect Mark Zuckerberg from being held responsible for Cambridge Analytica
This morning the two sides reached a settlement. Zuck was set to testify next week
This morning the two sides reached a settlement. Zuck was set to testify next week
July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New: Meta's board went to trial Wednesday over shareholder claims that they overpaid the FTC several years ago to personally protect Mark Zuckerberg from being held responsible for Cambridge Analytica
This morning the two sides reached a settlement. Zuck was set to testify next week
This morning the two sides reached a settlement. Zuck was set to testify next week
Update: Meta has closed its PlayAI deal, and the "entire" PlayAI team is planning to join the company next week, according to an internal memo.
The group will report up to Johan Schalkwyk, who just joined Meta from Sesame a few weeks ago.
The group will report up to Johan Schalkwyk, who just joined Meta from Sesame a few weeks ago.
New: Meta is in advanced talks to make another AI acquisition, this one a small voice AI startup called PlayAI. There is a LOT happening with Meta AI these days... w/ @margimurphy.bsky.social
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Meta in Talks to Buy AI Voice Startup PlayAI in Push for Talent
Meta Platforms Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire PlayAI, a small startup using artificial intelligence to replicate voices, part of the social media company’s push to nab top talent and catch up in...
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July 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Update: Meta has closed its PlayAI deal, and the "entire" PlayAI team is planning to join the company next week, according to an internal memo.
The group will report up to Johan Schalkwyk, who just joined Meta from Sesame a few weeks ago.
The group will report up to Johan Schalkwyk, who just joined Meta from Sesame a few weeks ago.
I've been wondering for a while now whether X might just slowly fade away from advertising. Its main value seems to be in providing training data to xAI anyways? Linda Yaccarino's departure seems to signal that X is becoming a very different kind of business...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I've been wondering for a while now whether X might just slowly fade away from advertising. Its main value seems to be in providing training data to xAI anyways? Linda Yaccarino's departure seems to signal that X is becoming a very different kind of business...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New: Linda Yaccarino is out as the CEO of X.
July 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New: Linda Yaccarino is out as the CEO of X.
A @markgurman.bsky.social scoop:
Meta has hired Apple’s top AI models exec for its new superintelligence group. Ruoming Pang is joining Meta, and so is OpenAI’s Yuanzhi Li and Anthropic’s Anton Bakhtin
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Meta has hired Apple’s top AI models exec for its new superintelligence group. Ruoming Pang is joining Meta, and so is OpenAI’s Yuanzhi Li and Anthropic’s Anton Bakhtin
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Apple Loses Its Top AI Models Executive to Meta’s Hiring Spree
Apple Inc.’s top executive in charge of artificial intelligence models is leaving for Meta Platforms Inc., another setback in the iPhone maker’s struggling AI efforts.
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July 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A @markgurman.bsky.social scoop:
Meta has hired Apple’s top AI models exec for its new superintelligence group. Ruoming Pang is joining Meta, and so is OpenAI’s Yuanzhi Li and Anthropic’s Anton Bakhtin
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meta has hired Apple’s top AI models exec for its new superintelligence group. Ruoming Pang is joining Meta, and so is OpenAI’s Yuanzhi Li and Anthropic’s Anton Bakhtin
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New: Mark Zuckerberg just announced a major AI reorg internally at Meta. Everything now falls under a new group called "Meta Superintelligence Labs, which will be run by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman.
Zuckerberg also announced 11 new hires, including several from OpenAI and Google's DeepMind
Zuckerberg also announced 11 new hires, including several from OpenAI and Google's DeepMind
June 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New: Mark Zuckerberg just announced a major AI reorg internally at Meta. Everything now falls under a new group called "Meta Superintelligence Labs, which will be run by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman.
Zuckerberg also announced 11 new hires, including several from OpenAI and Google's DeepMind
Zuckerberg also announced 11 new hires, including several from OpenAI and Google's DeepMind
New: Meta is in advanced talks to make another AI acquisition, this one a small voice AI startup called PlayAI. There is a LOT happening with Meta AI these days... w/ @margimurphy.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meta in Talks to Buy AI Voice Startup PlayAI in Push for Talent
Meta Platforms Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire PlayAI, a small startup using artificial intelligence to replicate voices, part of the social media company’s push to nab top talent and catch up in...
www.bloomberg.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New: Meta is in advanced talks to make another AI acquisition, this one a small voice AI startup called PlayAI. There is a LOT happening with Meta AI these days... w/ @margimurphy.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Reposted by Kurt Wagner
New Elon Inc, coving the big(?) robotaxi launch(?) and “oh yeah X has an advertising business” with @karacarlson.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Robotaxi’s Underwhelming Texas Rollout
In this week’s episode of Elon, Inc., we discuss how Musk’s attempt to catch up to Waymo may earn him some traffic tickets.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
New Elon Inc, coving the big(?) robotaxi launch(?) and “oh yeah X has an advertising business” with @karacarlson.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
not fully sure what to make of this if I'm being honest but find it interesting: House Bans WhatsApp From Staffers’ Government-Issued Devices
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US House Bans WhatsApp From Staffers’ Government-Issued Devices
Meta’s WhatsApp messaging platform has been added to a list of apps banned from government-issued devices for congressional staffers in the US House of Representatives, a move driven by concerns about...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
not fully sure what to make of this if I'm being honest but find it interesting: House Bans WhatsApp From Staffers’ Government-Issued Devices
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Full story here w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social @rachelmetz.bsky.social (gift link)
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June 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Full story here w/ @shiringhaffary.bsky.social @rachelmetz.bsky.social (gift link)
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