SpaceX reportedly files for IPO but it’s keeping the numbers secret (for now)
SpaceX reportedly files for IPO but it's keeping the numbers secret (for now) The world’s first trillionaire? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images What’s expected to be the biggest IPO in human history is reportedly underway. SpaceX has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to […]
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me
Confronting the CEO of the AI company that impersonated me Today, I’m talking with Shishir Mehrotra, who is CEO of Superhuman — that’s the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product. Shishir also used to be the chief product officer at YouTube, and he’s on the board of directors at Spotify. […]
Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple
Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple Halide running on an iPhone. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Lux Optics co-founder Sebastiaan de With made headlines when he joined Apple in late January. The company was behind Halide, one of the most popular photography apps for the iPhone, which […]
Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie
Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie What inner life? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images I admit, this is an innovation I did not see coming: Silicon Valley has invented the philosophical zombie from the classic thought experiment “lol how crazy would it be if there were a philosophical zombie.” Until recently, […]
Prediction markets are trying to lure journalists with partnership deals
Prediction markets are trying to lure journalists with partnership deals Prediction markets are working to ingratiate themselves with mainstream news and culture: The Golden Globes broadcast in January was plastered with Polymarket odds, the AP is licensing election data to Kalshi, and a partnership between Polymarket and Substack means more prediction market data in newsletters. […]
Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet?
Oh, you think the government will regulate Kalshi and Polymarket? Wanna bet? Who’s keeping an ear out for insiders? | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has a problem: It’s not very good at policing insider trading. And insider trading has become a pressing concern for prediction markets. […]
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal In September, Donald Trump claimed that “the United States is getting a tremendous fee” for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that fee is expected to be in the range of $10 billion. The […]
Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff
Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff According to Reuters, Meta is looking to offset spending on AI and data centers with a massive round of layoffs. Sources familiar with the matter say the company could lay off as much as 20 percent of its staff, eliminating roughly 15,800 positions. […]
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber will step aside Bluesky Social Jay Graber speaks on stage during 2025 Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit & Gala at Jacob Javits Center on June 05, 2025 in New York City. () | Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company Jay Graber became the first CEO of Bluesky in […]
Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games
Sony appears to be testing dynamic pricing on PlayStation games A site called PSprices has been tracking prices on Sony’s digital game store and noticed something unusual: some games were being offered at different prices to different users. What’s more, those offers are tracked in the PlayStation API with experiment identifiers like IPT_PILOT and IPT_OPR_TESTING. […]