Sequoia nears first Asia-Pacific deal since regional split
Sequoia is closing in on making its first deal in India and the broader Asia Pacific region since its split with former partners, according to four sources familiar with the…
Arlan Hamilton announces changes at Backstage Capital, will step into advisory role
Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, announced Friday that her role at the firm she started in 2015 will evolve. “After 12 years of being deeply involved in the day-to-day…
GoPro Hero 13 Black Hands On: The Most Versatile Action Cam Yet, But It Comes at a Cost
Magnets. Of course, it would be magnets. GoPro has a new action cam, the Hero 13 Black, and on its face, it looks a hell of a lot like last…
Consumer tech is bouncing back, and consumer founders like Brynn Putnam are bouncing back with it
When Brynn Putnam sold her last company, Mirror, to Lululemon for $500 million at the start of the pandemic, it looked to this editor like she’d sold the smart fitness…
From AI agents to enterprise budgets, 20 VCs share their predictions on enterprise tech in 2025
While AI is lauded by some as the biggest technological breakthrough since the industrial revolution, enterprises — arguably the tech’s biggest potential customer base — have been slow to adopt…
Advertisers Might Not Like Meta’s ‘Free Speech’ Overhaul, but Does It Matter?
There has been a lot said about Mark Zuckerberg’s sudden, intense courtship of the incoming Trump administration—dropping fact-checking in favor of X-style crowdsourcing (nobody paid attention to fact-checks, but community…
Someone Likely Used a Sophisticated Phone-Spying Device at the 2024 DNC
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has come to the conclusion that someone likely deployed a mobile phone surveillance system during the Democratic National Convention last summer, according to a new report…
The Best Phones You Can Buy in 2025
The smartphone audience is so wide that it’s difficult to settle on just one of the best phones of 2025. Some of us want huge screens, fast processors, and tons…
From forced landings to stuffed animal heads, headhunter Peterson Conway is defense tech’s wildest power broker
In 2023, defense tech recruiter Peterson Conway VIII pulled up to the offices of nuclear fusion startup Fuse in a black Suburban, donning his signature cowboy hat. He picked up…
New York’s top VCs under 30
The next generation of New York City investors are already making their mark in the Big Apple. They come from big-name venture firms like Female Founders Fund and Lerer Hippeau…