
Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey just turned Silicon Valley into a Mafia game
Founders Fund's new show puts 12 tech names in a deception game, signaling how far Silicon Valley's media playbook is spreading.
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Founders Fund's new show puts 12 tech names in a deception game, signaling how far Silicon Valley's media playbook is spreading.

The K-pop group says owning its flaws and leaning into humor helped it move past internal conflict and win bigger, which is a useful playbook for any brand under pressure.
Pink is using vishing and IT impersonation to steal credentials, bypass MFA, and extort victims, a reminder that identity controls fail fast when people are the weakest link.

Apple's latest software lets Filtr block in-app ads, raising the stakes for app publishers, ad sellers, and privacy teams.

Canada is betting more than $2.3 billion that it can scale AI without losing control of it, a signal boards and policymakers cannot ignore.
A late KISS-era guitar just proved again that iconic instruments are alternative assets with real price discovery, especially when provenance and pop-culture gravity line up.
Capgemini says global millionaire ranks jumped 7.9% in 2025, a reminder that equity rallies are still the fastest wealth engine for boards, allocators, and founders watching who can fund the next move.

Universal Music is tying a marquee Chinese pop star to a broader platform play, while also betting on a Thai distributor's local reach.

Swift's fortune now comes mostly from songs, shows, and ownership, a blueprint that matters to any artist, operator, or investor watching entertainment economics.

Meta’s VR fitness game is getting a second life as an independent company, a move that could reset how platforms unwind consumer products without torching the user base.

While competitors scramble to raise eye-popping sums through public markets, OpenAI's leader is recalibrating his vision amid monetization struggles.

Anthropic cofounder Chris Olah, worth $8B, used his Vatican platform to argue that even well-intentioned AI companies need outside oversight.