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Jessica Lessin✓

@Jessicalessin

Working for a better journalism future. Founder, @theinformation. Founder, @lessinmedia. Co-host @moreorlesspod

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    RT @stevelevine: Scoop: Anduril wanted a new six-building manufacturing complex near Long Beach Airport up and running by March 1, 2027. But Southern California Edison couldn't have enough grid power ready by then. That problem opened the door to Critical Loop, a startup founded by SpaceX and Palantir veterans, landing its first contract to provide temporary battery backup to giant industrial users. The Electric.
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    Kurzweil is replicating himself. Sounds right. Great profile on singularity founder by @AmyDMarcus
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    This is interesting. @theinformation readers want more intel on Anthropic revenue concentration.
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    While everyone is busy reading Claude's take on the Anthropic S-1 on X (have you ever seen so many charts!), I am struck by how much tech news there is today that is being overlooked. This, for one:
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    Follow scoop from @validapau: DoorDash is closing in on Instacart.
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    Doordash $DASH in advanced to buy Instacart $CART for around $17 billion. @theinformation
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    RT @theinformation: Exclusive: Instacart is exploring a sale and has held preliminary talks with DoorDash and Uber. A takeover could value the $12 billion grocery delivery company at roughly $16 billion to $17 billion, including a typical acquisition premium. Full story:
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  8. Jessica Lessin✓@Jessicalessin
    The @theinformation WTF lineup, starting tomorrow. I cannot wait to sit down with these women. Kim Posnet, head of investment banking Goldman Sachs Paige Todd, co-founder of Flock Whitney Wolfe, founder, Bumble Bari Weiss, Editor-in-chief, CBS news Lynn Martin, President, NYSE Amanda Petersen Corio, head of energy and power at Google Anne Wojcicki, founder and CEO, 23andMe Lori Goler, president CZI Janice Chen, co-founder Mammoth Bioscience Tina Wu, founder of Noho Kimmy Scotti, managing partner, Neo Ami Badani, CMO, Arm Nidhi Chappell, President of AI Infrastructure, Nscale Sara Heck, head of public policy, Anthropic Whitney Cummings, writer, comedian
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    RT @_pheebini:
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    Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we’re investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means the 200+ neoclouds are going to see guppy-level death and consolidation. Some will make it through, but not many.
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    Pretty much. As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers. SpaceX closed $40B of debt for GPUs, but we’re investment grade and have Starlink & launch revenue. That means the 200+ neoclouds are going to see guppy-level death and consolidation. Some will make it through, but not many.
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    I think today’s SpaceX mega debt deal might be an even more important event for the global economy than the Anthropic s-1.
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    Just pointing out the facts here: That photo is not Pui-Wing Tam.
    graham starr @GrahamStarr
    BREAKING per Breaker, @puiwingtam will be NYT's next Business Editor! Masthead expecrted to announce to newsroom this afternoon.
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    BREAKING per Breaker, @puiwingtam will be NYT's next Business Editor! Masthead expecrted to announce to newsroom this afternoon.
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  18. Jessica Lessin✓@Jessicalessin
    Recursive self-improvement for humans is a lovely idea.
    Arianna Huffington @ariannahuff
    Right now, 75% of Americans are anxious and afraid about AI. People are even bringing their concerns into their therapy sessions, sorting through everything from how AI impacts their jobs to more existential fears about humanity’s future. These concerns are real. But they’re only part of the story. To go deeper, I sat down with @DanielaAmodei. As president of @AnthropicAI, she is a unique figure in AI.
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    Right now, 75% of Americans are anxious and afraid about AI. People are even bringing their concerns into their therapy sessions, sorting through everything from how AI impacts their jobs to more existential fears about humanity’s future. These concerns are real. But they’re only part of the story. To go deeper, I sat down with @DanielaAmodei. As president of @AnthropicAI, she is a unique figure in AI.
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  20. Jessica Lessin✓@Jessicalessin
    Good one.
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    More or less this week... coming tomorrow.
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    RT @validapau: SCOOP w/ @aaronpholmes: Datadog $DDOG recently offered to buy cloud cybersecurity startup Upwind Security for nearly $4 billion.
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    RT @joelight: One fun way for journalists to use AI: Ask the strongest model to which you have access to do a deep dive on your work and find where it was cited or otherwise had an impact. You'll find things you had absolutely no idea about
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    RT @theinformation: Sam Altman says the company needs to figure out when AI becomes too powerful to safely develop or release. Internally dubbed “pacing 2.0,” the effort would establish limits on AI systems that can continuously improve themselves. Read more:
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    RT @aaronpholmes: Microsoft is nominating Stripe cofounder John Collison to its board, per filing, and docking Satya Nadella's pay 6%:
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  26. Valida Pau✓@validapau
    Doordash $DASH in advanced to buy Instacart $CART for around $17 billion. @theinformation
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