A new Financial Times profile of Mayayoshi Son opens with SoftBank CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face on Zoom and telling himself, “I have done nothing I can be proud of.” The scene is presented as the prelude to a hoped-for a comeback, with Son largely disappearing from the public eye […]
BlackRock and Microsoft are reportedly planning a $30B AI-focused megafund
Investment powerhouse BlackRock is set to launch a massive AI-focused fund, exceeding $ 30 billion, in collaboration with Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi-backed investment outfit MGX, the FT reported today. According to the outlet, the fund — among Wall Street’s largest — will focus on creating data centers and funding energy infrastructure to support AI. […]
The VC quietly nabbing prized SF property is planning a ‘Y Combinator for restaurants’
Neil Mehta, the VC behind the acquisition of a string of properties on San Francisco’s tony Fillmore Street, made waves earlier this week for reportedly throwing long-established local restaurants to the curb to bring in more high-end retailers. The San Francisco Chronicle talked, for example, to the owner of Ten-Ichi, a neighborhood sushi restaurant for […]
Local experience discovery startup, Bigfoot, adds GenAI to fast-track weekend planning
Can generative AI substitute for having a social graph? California-based local experiences discovery startup Bigfoot is hoping the addition of a conversational interface to its weekend planner website — in the form of an AI chatbot it’s branding Littlefoot which launched last week — will give it a more personalized feel while making it easier […]
Colts' Anthony Richardson planning 'second minicamp' with teammates
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson may have ended the offseason workouts on the sideline, but he fully plans on working with his teammates during the break. Both Richardson and head coach Shane Steichen downplayed the severity of the shoulder soreness the second-year quarterback was dealing with at the end of minicamp. When asked by the […]