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Rashi Shrivastava

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Staff writer @Forbes covering tech and artificial intelligence. I write The Prompt, a newsletter on all things AI. Tips: [email protected] or Signal: rashis.17.

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Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 16d

A series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner into a $50 billion company, serving compute to the likes of OpenAI and Microsoft. Elated to share my latest @forbes.com cover story with @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

How CoreWeave’s GPU Bet Made Four Risk-Loving Cryptominers AI Billionaires

Creative financing and an enormous appetite for risk helped CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator ride the AI data center boom to a $6.7 billion personal fortune. But as bubble fears mount, his reliance on bil...

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Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 7d

This was all found in hundreds of emails obtained via public records requests for comms between various police departments and Amazon's law enforcement and school safety lead, an ex-cop himself.

Yes, Amazon has also been pushing AI surveillance at schools.

Thomas Brewster @thomasbrewster.bsky.social · 7d

🚨NEW🚨 Amazon has been developing drone surveillance tech for American cops, from gun detection to repurposing Twitch's streaming code.

It's also pushing all manner of surveillance tools, including Flock car tracking and AI that constantly monitors all prison calls.

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Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI Surveillance

Inside Amazon’s Aggressive Push To Get Cops Using AI

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Legal AI startup Legora is in talks to raise funding at $1.8 billion valuation, multiple sources told Forbes. The startup is raising between $100 million to $150 million, one of the sources said. With @iainmartin.bsky.social.
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Legal AI Startup Legora Is In Talks To Raise Funding At A $1.8 Billion Valuation

Just four months after its Series B funding round, the Stockholm-based legal AI startup is picking up more capital.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Axiom Math, a nascent startup that's developing an AI math whiz, has poached top tier AI talent— largely from Meta. Founded by 24-year-old Stanford dropout Carina Hong, it's raised $64 million in seed funding from B Capital, Greycroft and others.

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Former Meta Researchers Are Building An AI Math Whiz

Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.

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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 8d

My TikTok book is out in stores today!

Why should you read it? Because 1 in 5 Americans now get their news from this thing. We should all understand how it works.

It was inevitable that strongmen would seek to control a tool this powerful. The book is the story of what happened when they did.

W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · Feb 3

The rise of the most effective attention-algorithm ever invented, and the superpower struggle to control it.

EVERY SCREEN ON THE PLANET: THE WAR OVER TIKTOK by Emily Baker-White.

In Stores 9.30.25.
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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Just checkin in about the fate of CapCut and a bunch of other apps that millions of Americans use

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Will TikTok’s Parent Company's Other Apps, Be Saved, Or Banned?

U.S. law requires a ban of CapCut, Gauth, Lemon8, Coze, and many other ByteDance- owned apps, unless they are sold in the TikTok deal that President Trump announced today.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Trump's $100,000 H1-B fee is a "blessing in disguise" for European AI startups that need more senior level talent, founders say. The "human tariff" will likely impact early stage US startups that use equity for compensation. With
@richardnieva.bsky.social.

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Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Is A Gift To European AI Startups

Hiring foreign workers just got more expensive for American tech companies. But that’s opened up new recruiting opportunities for non-U.S. AI startups.

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Richard Nieva @richardnieva.bsky.social · 13d

We chatted with European startup founders who think Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee could be a boon for the region: “We almost say thank you to Trump, in a way. He’s really helping us keep our talent.” With @rashis.bsky.social
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Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Is A Gift To European AI Startups

Hiring foreign workers just got more expensive for American tech companies. But that’s opened up new recruiting opportunities for non-U.S. AI startups.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 15d

The “dirty secret” in the field of AI is that it's humans that are making choices about what data AI models ingest to answer questions, not machines, Manifest AI cofounders said. The research lab claims its new model architecture can help fix that.

www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...

This Research Lab Is Giving AI A Better Memory

Plus: The biggest AI infrastructure deal in history.

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Iain Martin @iainmartin.bsky.social · 15d

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang just bet $500 million that a tiny data center startup can become a British rival to Coreweave. www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

Nvidia Keeps Minting New Coreweave-Style AI Data Center Unicorns

Nscale, a tiny London-based startup, just landed $500 million in backing from AI chip giant Nvidia to help build a massive data centers for OpenAI in the U.K. and Europe.

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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 16d

2/ A closer look at financials here: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 16d

3/ The core of what's at risk here, and how CoreWeave's cofounders are thinking about it: www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 16d

New @forbes.com magazine cover story—from @rashis.bsky.social and me—is our take on #CoreWeave, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the #AI boom. It's a fascinating firm built on bold bets, complex risk & no shortage of luck. Would love to hear what you think:

www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 16d

But up ahead is a laundry list of challenges: deepening debt, high interest rates, rivals fast encroaching on its turf, and local opposition to a new facility in Pennsylvania. “You’re gonna break things along the way,” cofounder Brannin McBee says. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

How CoreWeave’s GPU Bet Made Four Risk-Loving Cryptominers AI Billionaires

Creative financing and an enormous appetite for risk helped CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator ride the AI data center boom to a $6.7 billion personal fortune. But as bubble fears mount, his reliance on bil...

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 16d

Intrator helped pioneer GPU-backed financing that helped CoreWeave borrow $29 billion to fund the buildout of its infrastructure. The scale is the secret sauce, says cofounder Brian Venturo. “The capital intensity of this business is all that matters.”

www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

How CoreWeave’s GPU Bet Made Four Risk-Loving Cryptominers AI Billionaires

Creative financing and an enormous appetite for risk helped CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator ride the AI data center boom to a $6.7 billion personal fortune. But as bubble fears mount, his reliance on bil...

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 16d

A series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner into a $50 billion company, serving compute to the likes of OpenAI and Microsoft. Elated to share my latest @forbes.com cover story with @pheebini.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

How CoreWeave’s GPU Bet Made Four Risk-Loving Cryptominers AI Billionaires

Creative financing and an enormous appetite for risk helped CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator ride the AI data center boom to a $6.7 billion personal fortune. But as bubble fears mount, his reliance on bil...

Reposted by Rashi Shrivastava

Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 21d

Friends, let me introduce you to a new, truly wild genre of YouTube vids

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Bizarre AI Generated Anti-Trump Videos Are Getting Billions Of Views On YouTube

Violent slapstick videos that glamorize dictators and dunk on Trump have become some of the most watched political content on YouTube in 2025.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · 28d

NEW: Accordance, which is building an AI tool for accountants and tax professionals, has raised $13 million in funding from top VCs like Khosla Ventures. The industry is facing a massive shortage and CEO David Yue is betting that AI can fill the gaps.

www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...

This AI Startup Is Training The Next Generation Of Accountants

Plus: Travel chatbot gives out a Molotov cocktail recipe.

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Phoebe Liu @pheebini.bsky.social · 29d

The listing comes as #OpenAI gears up for an astronomical employee share sale that could make many in OpenAI’s ranks rich enough to afford the mansion.

Scoop for @forbes.com:

www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Sam Altman Is Selling His Most Valuable Known Property

The listing comes as OpenAI gears up for an astronomical employee share sale that could make many in OpenAI’s ranks rich enough to afford the mansion.

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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · Aug 26

Intel has been touting partnerships with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms as Trump announces that the USG is taking a stake in the company:

www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

Intel Worked With Chinese Firms Sanctioned For Enabling Human Rights Abuses

As the U.S. government takes a 10% stake in Intel, Forbes has learned the tech company partnered with sanctioned Chinese surveillance firms Uniview, Hikvision and Cloudwalk.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · Aug 13

Two former Meta AI employees described the culture within the company's GenAI org as "chaotic." Senior leaders disagreed on technical approaches, teams were given overlapping mandates and people fought for credit, they said.
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How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent

At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · Aug 13

Before its high profile, billion-dollar recruitment blitz, the Facebook-parent employed some of the best AI researchers including founders of startups like Perplexity, Mistral and World Labs.
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How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent

At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · Aug 13

Insiders at some of Silicon Valley’s biggest AI companies say that prior to the fresh hiring of the last few months, the “prevailing belief” has been that Meta didn’t have much AI talent left to poach from.
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How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent

At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · Aug 13

Meta has seen a significant brain drain among its AI talent in recent years, largely due to a chaotic culture and lack of vision, ex Meta AI employees told Forbes. Even amid a hiring spree, Meta continues to lose AI researchers. With @richardnieva.bsky.social.

www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

How Meta Lost Its Way With AI Talent

At Meta, a chaotic culture and lack of vision have led to brain drain, with rivals saying its AI talent is lackluster. But Zuckerberg’s frenzied hiring spree hasn’t stopped the departures.

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Victoria Feng @victoriafeng.bsky.social · Aug 6

AGI might come soon. I talked to students who have dropped out of college now because of it: www.forbes.com/sites/victor...

Fear Of AGI Is Driving Harvard And MIT Students To Drop Out

AGI — a theoretical AI that can do many of the same tasks as humans can — could come within a decade. College students, including from elite universities, are abandoning school now to work full-time o...

Rashi Shrivastava @rashis.bsky.social · Jul 24

SCOOP: AI coding startup Cognition, which recently acquired Windsurf, is in talks to raise north of $300 million at a $10 billion valuation, according to sources familiar. Founders Fund and KV are involved. With @richardnieva.bsky.social and @iainmartin.bsky.social.

www.forbes.com/sites/richar...

AI Coding Startup Cognition In Talks To Raise At $10 Billion Valuation

The deal, backed by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, comes as the startup announced it is buying up the remains of rival Windsurf.