Author: Nadia Fox
Nadia reports on the tech industry with a focus on policy, business strategy, and the people building it.
Bending Spoons went public at an $18B valuation. Its co-founders built the company’s acquisition playbook from the lessons of their own startup’s failure.
Corgi, a Y Combinator-backed insurtech startup, denies stealing Papermark’s open source software, raising questions about AI vibe coding accountability.
Polymarket reportedly paid creators to film fake betting wins on near-perfect replica websites, staging trades and profits that never occurred on the real platform.
Apple’s WWDC 2026 focused heavily on AI, with Siri upgrades and iOS 27 carrying Apple Intelligence features throughout the OS.
OpenAI launched Lockdown Mode to limit sensitive data exposure from prompt injection attacks, while acknowledging ChatGPT remains potentially vulnerable.
Top VCs openly question the AI funding frenzy, where 19-year-olds in San Francisco can reportedly land Series A offers based largely on age and geography.
Vertu’s new AI foldable starts at $6,880, built on open-source Hermes with AI-agent workflows and enterprise integrations aimed at C-suite buyers.
Lucra Sports CEO Dylan Robbins raised $20M for his eSports startup in a VC market fixated on AI, using a deliberate pitch restructuring strategy.
Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical uses AI as a lens to critique concentrated power, democratic erosion, and a tech elite reshaping society for its own benefit.
SpaceXAI loses 50+ employees since February merger as burnout, leadership changes, and talent poaching create retention crisis.












