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A profitable digital media company is as much a unicorn these days as a CEO that isn’t afraid to stand up for what they believe. My Latest about The Bulwark’s @SarahLongwell25 The Former GOP Operative Running a News Site for the ‘Politically Homeless’ wsj.com/business/media/the-b…

I reported last month that @johnofa, one of the first partners at Andreessen Horowitz, left his role at the firm due to political disagreements with Marc Ben. Today, he's expanding on that in a column in NYT. "Some of the most powerful players in A.I. — led by some of my friends and former partners, to my great sadness — have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to forestall a more serious and meaningful debate about how A.I. should be governed." nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opini…

OpenAI confidentially files for IPO: wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-kicks…

Current and former SpaceX employees are poised to hit it big when the rocket-and-satellite maker goes public next week. on.wsj.com/4xbwTNW

Bad bets by the CEO of SoftBank left him in despair. An AI spree has Masayoshi Son back on top. on.wsj.com/4vtAS6Y

Sources: Benchmark raised $2B across two new funds, including a $1.25B fund for late-stage bets, its first growth fund after decades focusing on new startups (@kateclarktweets / Wall Street Journal) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)

Scoop: Benchmark has raised $2 billion across two new funds, including its first growth fund, a big shift for a firm that spent decades defending a smaller, focused approach to venture investing. Details here: wsj.com/finance/investing/si…

“60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley is out at CBS News, one day after he openly criticized Bari Weiss and the show’s new leader at a staff meeting on.wsj.com/4x1hyQ9

One of the best stories I’ve read in a long time, with so many wild details. The downfall of the Bill Gates image. wsj.com/business/bill-gates-…

The $965 billion-valuation artificial intelligence lab has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company said Monday. on.wsj.com/4u70Ls0

Here we goooo wsj.com/tech/anthropic-files…

Bill Gates’s employees spent years carefully cultivating his image—down to keeping a custom-size mannequin to test his outfits. Now his image has been shattered. on.wsj.com/437TltH

SoftBank is promising to spend at least $52 billion on building a network of massive data centers in France, helping advance Europe’s goal of tech independence with what would be the continent’s largest AI infrastructure project. on.wsj.com/4nXCsvp

SpaceX’s IPO is set to be the biggest ever. It still relies on a bank of phones to sell the shares. on.wsj.com/4dq9aSq

SCOOP: IMAX is exploring a sale and has approached entertainment companies as potential buyers, according to people familiar with the situation w/@benfritz wsj.com/business/media/imax-… via @WSJ

Three of the hottest startups in history moved closer to becoming trillion-dollar companies on.wsj.com/4nGTzRK

Breaking: SpaceX has officially filed to go public. Here are key findings from what is expected to be the biggest stock debut in history. on.wsj.com/4uroW5E

scoop - anthropic told investors that it is set to turn an operating profit in q2 it expects to grow revenue by 130% to $10.9 billion in the second quarter alone -- which is almost how much openai made for full year 2025 wsj.com/tech/ai/mind-blowing…

Big scoop from @cdriebusch @AAndriotis @berber_jin1 !!

OpenAI has been working with bankers to prepare to file for an IPO in the coming days or weeks: wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-is-pr…