Industry PACs raised $125 million to oppose pro-regulation candidates
sharp, sobering piece from @johnofa, a16z's first general partner, on the rise of AI, regulation, and the cues the valley is taking from how it handled its headlong push into crypto
“You don’t achieve balanced, intelligent regulation by silencing debate — you get it by engaging seriously and earning trust,” John O’Farrell writes about internal threats to Silicon Valley. https://nyti.ms/4vHBbew
Good for John O'Farrell @johnofa . Great column.
wow oh wow, a16z’s first outside gp @johnofa in @nytopinion today:
“You don’t achieve balanced, intelligent regulation by silencing debate — you get it by engaging seriously and earning trust,” John O’Farrell writes about internal threats to Silicon Valley. https://nyti.ms/4vHBbew
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA https://youtube.com/shorts/xY0lFlrIsWw?is=relGCq9EYj3TFjY5
This is
What we want to be working on right 👍▶️
Gavin uses the algo to surface investigative reporting across the search 🔍🔎
The important part 〽️ of what Danh and I were trying to do was the crowdsourcing -- crowd'$ there = conversion :)
wow oh wow, a16z’s first outside gp @johnofa in @nytopinion today:
@MikeIsaac I'm trying to figure out how to work this into a sentence @daveweigel
Because it'll sound like my thing about Jeff Beck yesterday @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA https://youtube.com/shorts/C0QyaiCjkF8?is=P3J_9JC6jnk-swlW
It's taking the existing models and monetizing them differently @SallyGold @myhlee
The price point 👉☝️ on their ads is sustainable
At some point 👉☝️ it might not be given the economic climate
@scottlay told clients open rate was 90%
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA https://youtube.com/shorts/KKLNRrlU38M?is=fRkC76qvFGzmHEzH
It sounded better in my head and he'd only told me about the Bridge Benefit thing once or twice before :)
“The message to every other legislator seems clear: Touch A.I. regulation, and we will come for you, too.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opinion/silicon-valley-ai-politics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA @SallyGold @myhlee @scottlay They closed the thing in Santa Cruz recently
He recreated AIG
I do realize what I'm attempting is something that hasn't been tried previously Reddit :)
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA I already know what Becerra is walking into @SallyGold @myhlee
Everything was frozen second 🥈🪙🏆 muni
I unfroze myself
And found a way to put real information on a real channel
You absolutely can trust anything on my feed is authentic Matt Gaetz
@MikeIsaac @daveweigel @sherlyholmes @ZavalaA PSS goes on hiring spree
Then lays off half the newsroom over 3-4 years
Industry PACs raised $125 million to oppose pro-regulation candidates
sharp, sobering piece from @johnofa, a16z's first general partner, on the rise of AI, regulation, and the cues the valley is taking from how it handled its headlong push into crypto
“You don’t achieve balanced, intelligent regulation by silencing debate — you get it by engaging seriously and earning trust,” John O’Farrell writes about internal threats to Silicon Valley. https://nyti.ms/4vHBbew
