August 03, 2025

Iconiq's Will Griffith explains how his firm celebrated Figma's IPO and why investors sold shares: Will Griffith is a seed investor in Figma. Investors didn't want to sell millions of shares. He explains why they did it anyway. Read More

The uproar over Vogue's AI-generated ad isn't just about fashion: "Modeling as a profession is already challenging enough without having to compete with now new digital standards of perfection that can be achieved with AI," Sarah Murray told TechCrunch. Read More

Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny: A surprising figure is celebrating Figma's successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of "letting startups grow into independently successful businesses." Read More

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Anthropic cuts off OpenAI's access to its Claude models: Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI's access to its Claude family of AI models. Read More

Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple 'must' win in AI: Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: "Apple must do this. Apple will do this." Read More

Inside OpenAI's quest to make AI do anything for you: OpenAI developed the first AI reasoning model less than a year ago, but the technology has shifted Silicon Valley's focus to agents. Read More

Kleiner Perkins is having a very good week: With two IPOs this week alone, Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid has reason to celebrate. Read More

Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M in damages: The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims about Autopilot's capabilities. Read More

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What founders should think about if looking to raise a Series C: And it starts with a reality check, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao. Read More

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