Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing…

Just starting out angel investing? Avoid these 7 mistakes.

Mysty Rusk is founder of San Diego Angel Conference and Executive Director of the Knauss School…

OpenView goes bigger with seventh fund, closing on $570M to invest in business software startups

Three years after announcing its sixth fund, OpenView Venture Partners is back with $570 million in…

Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: efficient growth

Sach Chitnis is co-founder of Jump Capital, a thesis-led, sector-focused and operating-centric venture capital firm specializing…

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices

France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Stanislas…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year of uncertainty

Jack Ma’s whereabouts are making headlines again roughly a year after the billionaire founder of Alibaba…

GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

Microsoft-owned GitHub took down a repository by a user named “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” that contained proprietary source code…

Activist investor Elliott ditches director nomination plans for Salesforce

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to…

First Citizens to acquire Silicon Valley Bank

First Citizens BankShares has agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender that served as…

Why this round of tech-optimism feels different

One of my most joyous technology memories concerns Project Origami. The effort from Microsoft, Intel and…