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Pro Weekly: A Surprising Dip in Sentiment About Tech

Pro Weekly: A Surprising Dip in Sentiment About Tech

By Akash Pasricha · Dec 22, 2023 8:00am PST

We’ve been surveying our readers monthly since February to gauge their sentiment toward the tech industry and 14 well-known tech companies. In general, we’ve found that readers’ outlook tends to track the performance of tech stocks in the weeks prior to the survey. That relationship broke down this month.Stocks have been on a tear since early... We’ve been surveying our readers monthly since February to gauge their sentiment toward the tech...

Pro Weekly: The Hiring Boom at AI Companies

Pro Weekly: The Hiring Boom at AI Companies

By Akash Pasricha · Dec 15, 2023 8:00am PST

Earlier this week, I published our latest Org Chart, documenting the people running artificial intelligence powerhouse Anthropic, one of OpenAI’s biggest rivals. In the reporting, I learned that Anthropic’s headcount has more than tripled this year to 300, from 85 at the start of the year. It’s a staggering growth rate. But given the... Earlier this week, I published our latest Org Chart, documenting the people running artificial...

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Pro Weekly: 12 Companies That Could Go Public Next Year

By Akash Pasricha · Dec 8, 2023 8:00am PST

My colleague Cory this week previewed potential 2024 initial public offerings, highlighting the fact that many of the candidates are more than a decade old. Cory also helped us update The Information’s Tech IPO Tracker, where we’ve revised our assessments of which companies will—and won’t—make it to the public markets anytime soon.The tracker... My colleague Cory this week previewed potential 2024 initial public offerings, highlighting the...

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Pro Weekly: The OpenAI Drama Spurs Soul-Searching at AI Startups

By Akash Pasricha · Dec 1, 2023 8:00am PST

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Pro Weekly: The OpenAI Drama Spurs Soul-Searching at AI Startups

By Akash Pasricha · Dec 1, 2023 8:00am PST

Last week’s drama at OpenAI is still fresh on the minds of founders leading artificial intelligence startups in our Generative AI database. Several of them told me this week the saga has spurred reflections about their own boards, discussions with directors and new priorities around AI safety.Sasha Orloff said that Puzzle, the AI accounting... Last week’s drama at OpenAI is still fresh on the minds of founders leading artificial...

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao leaving court after pleading guilty to violating money-laundering laws. Photo by David Ryder/Getty.

Pro Weekly: A Historic Week for AI and Crypto Org Charts

By Akash Pasricha · Nov 24, 2023 8:00am PST

Welcome back!What a week for tech news, and what a week for The Information’s Org Charts! The OpenAI and Binance shake-ups prompted major reorganizations at the biggest companies in artificial intelligence and crypto, respectively, all of which we’ve reflected in the companies’ Org Charts. At OpenAI, Sam Altman is back as CEO after the... Welcome back!What a week for tech news, and what a week for The Information’s Org Charts! The ...

Pro Weekly: Software Budgets Rising

Pro Weekly: Software Budgets Rising

By Scott Thurm · Nov 17, 2023 8:00am PST

Readers of The Information are spending more on software, especially programs related to artificial intelligence and the cloud, and expect to boost software budgets further in 2024, although perhaps at a slower pace.Our latest survey also found that readers expect conditions for tech companies to improve in the coming months, but they are... Readers of The Information are spending more on software, especially programs related to...

Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of Anthropic. Photo via Getty.

Pro Weekly: AI Pushes Cloud Vendors to New Heights

By Akash Pasricha · Nov 10, 2023 8:00am PST

Running a big cloud-hosting service is a good business. Thanks to artificial intelligence, it’s getting even better. This week, we made two big additions to our Cloud Database: OpenAI and Anthropic. OpenAI is spending more than $400 million per year on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service, according to The Information’s reporting. In... Running a big cloud-hosting service is a good business. Thanks to artificial intelligence, it’s...

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Pro Weekly: Behind the Explosion of Generative AI Startups

By Akash Pasricha · Nov 3, 2023 8:00am PDT

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Pro Weekly: Behind the Explosion of Generative AI Startups

By Akash Pasricha · Nov 3, 2023 8:00am PDT

Time flies! We launched our Generative AI Database five months ago, and this week we added our 100th (and 101st) companies, with inside reporting about who’s backing each company, how much revenue the company has generated, the machine-learning model it uses and the cloud providers it relies on.The numbers make clear just how much investors are... Time flies! We launched our Generative AI Database five months ago, and this week we added our...

Pro Weekly: How Our Readers Are Using AI

Pro Weekly: How Our Readers Are Using AI

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 27, 2023 8:00am PDT

The Information’s readers are using artificial intelligence to create voice-overs for TikTok videos, summarize legal documents and maintain their lawns, among other tasks, they say in interviews.In our recent survey of 593 subscribers, almost 90% said they use AI, and two-thirds of that group said they are paying for one or more generative AI... The Information’s readers are using artificial intelligence to create voice-overs for TikTok...

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Pro Weekly: Companies Turn to New Leaders As Growth Slows

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 20, 2023 8:00am PDT

As tech companies grapple with slower growth, a focus on profitability and tumbling valuations, many are shuffling their leadership. Our Org Charts reflect those changes.Logistics startup Flexport last week named the leaders who will report to founder Ryan Petersen, whom the board reinstated as CEO last month. Since Petersen and the board... As tech companies grapple with slower growth, a focus on profitability and tumbling valuations,...

London-based ticketing platform Dice raised $65 million in the third quarter. Photo via Getty.

Pro Weekly: Creator Economy Investors Go Global

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 13, 2023 8:00am PDT

Now more than ever, the creator economy is a global economy. That was a key takeaway from the third-quarter update to our Creator Economy database, which now tracks more than 460 startups that have raised more than $13 billion in venture funding since early 2021. Creator-focused startups raised more than $472 million in the third quarter,... Now more than ever, the creator economy is a global economy. That was a key takeaway from the...

Alexander Kvamme, co-founder and CEO of Pathlight. Photo courtesy of Pathlight.

Pro Weekly: Generative AI Startups Hedge Their Bets

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 6, 2023 8:00am PDT

Alexander Kvamme, co-founder and CEO of Pathlight. Photo courtesy of Pathlight.

Pro Weekly: Generative AI Startups Hedge Their Bets

By Akash Pasricha · Oct 6, 2023 8:00am PDT

Our Generative AI database includes 78 companies, more than half of which are developing their own machine-learning models. The others rely on models from OpenAI or rivals such as Anthropic and Cohere. But a growing number of companies in our database use more than one machine-learning provider, including Pathlight, which uses five.San Francisco... Our Generative AI database includes 78 companies, more than half of which are developing their...

Pro Weekly: The Market Sets the Mood

Pro Weekly: The Market Sets the Mood

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 29, 2023 8:01am PDT · 1 comment

Earlier this month, we asked The Information’s readers how they felt conditions for tech companies would change over the next six months. The results surprised us: Equal numbers of people thought conditions would improve and worsen. That sentiment was less optimistic than we’d seen during the summer and broke a trend of progressively sunnier... Earlier this month, we asked The Information’s readers how they felt conditions for tech...

Pro Weekly: Readers Temper Their Optimism About Tech

Pro Weekly: Readers Temper Their Optimism About Tech

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 22, 2023 8:00am PDT

Readers of The Information are feeling the back-to-school blues. In our latest monthly survey, around 30% of the 680 respondents said they anticipate conditions for technology companies will improve in the next six months, roughly the same as the percentage of people who think conditions will worsen. The rest don’t think much will change.... Readers of The Information are feeling the back-to-school blues. In our latest monthly...

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Pro Weekly: The Most Popular Clouds for Generative AI Startups

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 15, 2023 8:00am PDT

Since we last wrote in detail about our Generative AI Database, we’ve added 14 companies to our catalog, including text-to-presentation startup Tome and voice-generator startup Resemble AI. A tie binds several of these firms: Ten use Amazon as their cloud computing provider. Since we last wrote in detail about our Generative AI Database, we’ve added 14 companies to our...

Instacart submitted documents for an initial public offering on Aug. 25. Photo via Instacart

Pro Weekly: IPO Chatter Doesn’t Move Private Markets

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 8, 2023 8:00am PDT

Instacart submitted documents for an initial public offering on Aug. 25. Photo via Instacart

Pro Weekly: IPO Chatter Doesn’t Move Private Markets

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 8, 2023 8:00am PDT

Chatter around initial public offerings appears to be enticing investors to bid for shares of private companies on secondary markets, but not always the price they’re willing to pay for those shares. Caplight, which tracks private markets, said the dollar value of bids to buy shares of pre-public companies more than doubled this year... Chatter around initial public offerings appears to be enticing investors to bid for shares of...

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Pro Weekly: What Companies’ Cloud Spending Reveals

By Akash Pasricha · Sep 1, 2023 8:00am PDT

As companies have shifted more of their computing tasks to cloud providers, their payments to Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and others have become a significant cost of doing business. New updates to The Information’s Cloud Database reveal how those payments rise and fall with those companies’ financial results.Take Robinhood, for... As companies have shifted more of their computing tasks to cloud providers, their payments to ...

The Companies Readers Think Will Go Public

The Companies Readers Think Will Go Public

By Akash Pasricha · Aug 25, 2023 8:00am PDT

The Information readers have heard the chatter about a coming wave of initial public offerings. In our monthly survey, more than 40% of the 660 respondents expected new listings to pick up this year, and almost 60% expected the pace to accelerate by the first half of 2024. Equally interesting is which companies respondents think will go... The Information readers have heard the chatter about a coming wave of initial public offerings....

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Pro Weekly: Creators Meet Creative Destruction

By Akash Pasricha · Aug 18, 2023 8:00am PDT

For the creator economy, it’s a moment of what economists call creative destruction. Six startups in our Creator Economy Database have been acquired this year, and three others have shut down. At the same time, entrepreneurs continue to form new companies aimed at creators and investors continue to back them. To that end, we added six... For the creator economy, it’s a moment of what economists call creative destruction. Six startups...

David Wadhwani, president of Adobe's digital media business. Photo by Getty.

Pro Weekly: Behind Adobe's Matrix Magic

By Akash Pasricha · Aug 11, 2023 8:00am PDT

David Wadhwani, president of Adobe's digital media business. Photo by Getty.

Pro Weekly: Behind Adobe's Matrix Magic

By Akash Pasricha · Aug 11, 2023 8:00am PDT

Let’s talk about the matrix. No, not “The Matrix”—rather, Adobe’s matrix.My colleague Kalley published an org chart earlier this week outlining the 64 people with power at Adobe. Artificial intelligence is front and center for the company, with multiple C-suite executives managing people working on AI initiatives, including Firefly, the company’... Let’s talk about the matrix. No, not “The Matrix”—rather, Adobe’s matrix.My colleague Kalley...