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A.I.

Sam Bankman-Fried

The S.B.F. Pandemic

The Bankman-Fried industrial complex is imploding, with massive turmoil brewing for the donor who was seen as the Democratic Party’s next great hope. Does all of that money just disappear?
Theodore Schleifer • November 11, 2022
Theodore Schleifer • November 9, 2022
The Achilles Thiel
Peter Thiel
As Peter Thiel poured $33 million into his acolytes J.D. Vance and Blake Masters, Republican power brokers fantasized that they had found their heir to Sheldon Adelson or the Koch Brothers. The truth, it turns out, is quite different.
Eriq Gardner • November 7, 2022
The Apple-Epic Grudge Match, Round Two
Apple C.E.O. Tim Cook.
A multi-billion dollar suit over Apple’s “internet tax” could affect everything from the survival of Elon Musk’s Twitter to the geopolitics behind TikTok.
Eric Schmidt
Theodore Schleifer • November 1, 2022
Eric Schmidt’s Exclusive New Club
The multi-hyphenate former Google C.E.O., philanthropist, D.C. player, and uber-connector has now started a charitable network that could one day rival the Gateses. Plus, updates on Elon’s SWAT team and Thiel’s last fundraiser for Blake Masters.
Hillary Clinton
Theodore Schleifer • October 25, 2022
Hillary’s New Play, Newsom’s Midterm Post-Mortem, & a Thiel Shake-Up
Inside scoops on the latest rumblings and grumblings at the intersection of politics, donorworld, philanthropy, and legacy-burnishing.
Pres. Biden
Theodore Schleifer & Tara Palmeri • October 17, 2022
Biden’s Blessing
Biden’s inner circle is pondering throwing their juice behind a Silicon Valley-inflected outside political group. The move would represent a break with the past, and the unmistakable westward march of Democratic influence.
Eleni Kounalakis
Theodore Schleifer • October 11, 2022
The Pelosi Succession Wild Card & More Suns Drama
Could there be a new contender to take on Christine Pelosi for her mother’s historic seat? Plus, fresh reporting on whether Larry Ellison or Laurene Powell Jobs will make a bid for the Phoenix Suns.
AOL co-founder Steve Case.
Theodore Schleifer • October 5, 2022
Steve Case on Miami, Biden & J.D. Vance
A decade ago, the AOL co-founder began sounding the alarm about too much tech money being focused in Silicon Valley. Was Miami really what he had in mind? And does he regret choosing a right-winger like Vance to be his front man?
mackenzie scott
Theodore Schleifer • October 4, 2022
The Future of the MacKenzie Machine
Notes on the aftermath of MacKenzie Scott’s divorce from Dan Jewett, and how the split will affect her vast billion-dollar donation machine.
Laurene Powell Jobs
Theodore Schleifer • September 28, 2022
Silicon Valley’s Wall Street Bets & The Phoenix Suns Sweepstakes
A phalanx of Silicon Valley super-personas have quietly flooded into an obscure regulatory battle to legalize a new type of political betting that makes PredictIt look quaint. Plus, why Laurene Powell Jobs should buy the Phoenix Suns—and why Jeff Bezos shouldn’t.
rick scott and mitch mcconnell
Tara Palmeri & Theodore Schleifer • September 26, 2022
Inside the ’22 Blame Game
Assessing the current state of play in the Washington war room: McConnell vs. Masters; McConnell vs. Trump; Trump vs. Trump; Trump vs. DeSantis; and the post-Pelosi hunger games.
gavin newsom
Theodore Schleifer • September 20, 2022
Gavin Newsom’s Trojan Horse
The slick-haired, Peloton-sculpted governator has aligned himself against progressives in a bizarre, only-in-California spat that has divided Silicon Valley’s big-money factions.
blake masters
Theodore Schleifer • September 13, 2022
Thiel vs. McConnell, Round 2
New insider reporting on the Blake-Mitch-Thiel love triangle, an intriguing new political hire at Laurene Powell Jobs’s Emerson Collective, and a richly-priced Obama fundraiser at the epicenter of Silicon Valley.
amy klobuchar
Eriq Gardner • September 12, 2022
Defund the Thought Police?
Notes from America’s forever war over censorship in Congress, between the White House and Mark Zuckerberg, and in the Texas court where Netflix is still fighting over Cuties.
Zuckerberg
Theodore Schleifer • September 6, 2022
Zuck’s Money Man & Larry Page’s Larry Page
A tour through the subterranean world of Silicon Valley’s most elite and clandestine family offices.
Peter Thiel
Theodore Schleifer • August 30, 2022
Can Thiel and McConnell Strike a Deal?
As Republicans unexpectedly labor to retake the Senate, the standoff between Thiel, the consummate contrarian, and McConnell, the consummate pragmatist, has suddenly become one of the most important relationships in the G.O.P. financial universe. Who is going to foot the bill for Vance and Masters: their ole mentor or potential future boss?
marc andreessen
Theodore Schleifer • August 23, 2022
Andreessen’s Politics, MacKenzie’s Network & The Left’s M.V.P.
A candid conversation with Dmitri Mehlhorn, the Democratic donor insider, about Trump, Cheney, 2024, and beyond. Plus, the latest dish surrounding Silicon Valley’s most important V.C., MacKenzie Scott’s friends, and the hottest party this weekend in Los Angeles.
Kim Kardashian
Eriq Gardner • August 22, 2022
Kim K & A $4.5B Heist: 10 Great Crypto Legal Dramas
The crypto boom unleashed a tidal wave of ingenuity from Wall Street to Hollywood—startups, scams, and, yes, outright theft. Now come the lawsuits, and an army of lawyers to fight over the wreckage.