Reid Hoffman leaves Microsoft’s board to go ‘founder mode’ with AI drug startup Manus

Reid Hoffman is stepping down from Microsoft‘s board of directors after nearly a decade. The company disclosed the departure in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Hoffman said he wants to go “founde [...]

FGS Global CEO Alex Geiser on CEOs playing ‘full combat chess’ at Semafor Summit

FGS Global chief executive officer Alex Geiser shares how CEOs are playing ‘full combat chess’ at the Semafor Summit [...]

UK tech secretary backs driverless cars as Burnham’s team gets cold feet

Britain’s tech secretary backs driverless cars and British AI startups. The likely next prime minister’s team has doubts, and her own job is on the line. Liz Kendall wants Britain to back its own [...]

Shell Foundation CEO Jonathan Berman talks blended finance at Semafor Summit

Shell Foundation's chief executive officer Jonathan Berman talks blended finance at the Semafor Summit [...]

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick 'encouraged' by AI developments at Semafor Summit

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick 'encouraged' by AI developments at Semafor Summit [...]

Inflection AI returns to consumer market with Pi Journeys after Microsoft upheaval

Inflection AI, the Palo Alto startup that two years ago became Silicon Valley's most famous cautionary tale about the brutal economics of frontier AI, announced Tuesday that it is returning to th [...]

The Lisbon Airport is turning away private jets inbound for the Web Summit

Startup founders and government officials have been confronted with a unique flavor of first-world problem at this year's Web Summit, Financial Times reports. The Lisbon Airport has been forced t [...]

USC pres. Beong-Soo Kim on AI and future of higher education at Semafor Summit

USC president Beong-Soo Kim talks about AI and the future of higher education at the Semafor Summit [...]

U.S. Sen. Todd Young talks prediction market legislation at Semafor Summit

Senator Todd Young talks about prediction market legislation at the recent Semafor Summit [...]