The New Media Landscape Attention. Distribution. Power. Taste. This is how the future of media will be built and there are already thousands of creators ahead of the curve, doing just this. We've just published the ultimate map covering creators building new media across tech, each one who you should be paying attention to, including: Going independent: @alexeheath, @EricNewcomer, @Emily_Sundberg, @TaylorLorenz, and @alexrkonrad. Startups & Venture: @TurnerNovak, @saranormous, @MollySOShea, @eladgil, @eostudiojiyoon, @siliconvalleymm, @bhalligan, @cleoabram, @jaltma, and @tbpn. Documentaries: @willsclips_. AI: @clairevo, @natebjones, @danshipper, @petergyang, and @azeem. Money & Careers: @cherie_luo, @benln, and others. The Creator Economy: @jlouderb, @ColinandSamir, @kyurieff, and @jasmineaenberg. Business: @thesamparr, @ShaanVP, @gregisenberg, @simonsquibb and others. Product: @lennysan, @emilykramer, @Kevin_Indig, @ElenaVerna, @majavoje and others. We just launched a brand new site where you can find the latest new media channels. This will become the largest and go-to home for new media creators over time: Don't see yourself? You can add yourself to the site now!

(23) How Silicon Valley sold Washington an AI race Have been saying this for some time...great piece No doubt some advocates of this story are true believers with legitimate concerns. There are also others chasing government contracts, looser regulation and investment returns. But whatever the motivations, there is evidence that the China AI race narrative may be based on fundamental misconceptions and misrepresentations of China’s actual AI priorities and actions.

Meet the Robot+Data@Silicon Valley Robotics Center Event, sponsored by Fabric Foundation! Friday, May 8 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm in San Francisco Register: Our team will be there to meet with attendees and chat all things robotics and physical AI!

Anduril's $5 Billion Raise: How Silicon Valley Built a $61 Billion Defense Industrial Giant in Nine Years @anduriltech just closed the largest defense tech funding round in history. On May 13, 2026, Anduril raised $5 billion in Series H financing at a $61 billion valuation, led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The valuation more than doubled in under a year from the $30.5 billion established in June 2025, when Founders Fund led a $2.5 billion Series G. Total capital raised now exceeds $11 billion. The revenue trajectory justifies the valuation leap. Anduril doubled revenue to $2.2 billion in 2025 and projects approximately $4.3 billion for 2026, another 100% year-over-year increase. That growth comes at a cost: the company expects an operating loss of roughly $1.2 billion in 2026, reflecting heavy upfront investment in Arsenal-1 manufacturing ramp and R&D. Anduril does not expect to turn profitable until 2030. This is a scale-before-margin bet, and the company @PalmerLuckey founded is rebuilding the defense industrial base at Silicon Valley speed. The contract portfolio validates the Pentagon's confidence. In March 2026, the U.S. Army awarded Anduril a 10-year enterprise contract with a ceiling of up to $20 billion, consolidating more than 120 separate procurement actions into a single framework - the largest single deal Anduril has landed. In May, the U.S. Space Force selected Anduril among 20 contractors for the Golden Dome space-based interceptor program, a $3.2 billion pool to develop missile defense prototypes by 2028. Anduril is also partnering with Palantir to develop Golden Dome's AI-powered command-and-control software, using its Lattice platform to process real-time data from satellites, drones, radar, and sensors to coordinate automated defense responses. Arsenal-1 is the physical proof that Anduril has crossed from software company to defense manufacturer. The hyperscale manufacturing facility in Ohio, with a final planned footprint of nearly 5 million square feet (with the first two phases spanning 1.7 million square feet), launched the production line for the YFQ-44A Fury Collaborative Combat Aircraft in March 2026. An autonomous wingman for the U.S. Air Force's CCA program, the Fury has already completed semi-autonomous flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base. Production lines for Roadrunner interceptors and Barracuda cruise missiles are slated to join the facility by the end of the year to achieve multi-line manufacturing. Furthermore, the Department of Defense has agreed to purchase more than 10,000 low-cost containerized cruise missiles (LCCM) over three years from a consortium including Anduril, which will provide its Barracuda-500M surface-launched cruise missiles. In nine years Anduril has grown from a startup founded by the former creator of Oculus into a defense platform valued at more than a tenth of Lockheed Martin's market cap. The difference is speed and architecture: the Lattice operating system, the autonomous Hivemind pilot, and hyperscale manufacturing running at consumer electronics pace rather than traditional defense timelines. The defense industrial base is being rewritten, and the authors are from Silicon Valley.

EverMind is Hiring: Technical PM (Agent OS & Memory) Based in Silicon Valley | Shanghai | Beijing What we need: Tech + Product: Deeply understand Agent execution mechanics under the hood (OpenClaw/Hermes Agent is a +). AI-Native: Fluent in Vibe Coding. You can spin up working demos yourself to validate concepts. LTM Focus: Intensely driven to build an Agent OS with true Long-Term Memory. Flexible setup: Open to part-time/intern as a trial. DM me to chat!

Sweden’s AI startups are flying. Stockholm has the highest concentration of unicorns outside Silicon Valley and, attracts more VC per capita than any European hub. What's its secret?

Jurors rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, delivering a major victory to CEO Sam Altman in Silicon Valley’s biggest grudge match. The nine-member jury’s decision on Monday, following three weeks of testimony and legal arguments, came after just two hours of deliberation. The jury found, and the judge agreed, that Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit. The decision removes significant uncertainties that have clouded OpenAI’s future as it grapples with intensifying competition and prepares for an IPO that could come as soon as this year. Read more:

"In America, many of the most important businesses are also the least visible. They are not always headquartered in New York or Silicon Valley. They are not driven by the next quarter, the next headline or the latest swing in investor sentiment. Yet over decades, and often generations, family businesses have helped shape communities, create jobs and build industries that become part of the fabric of American enterprise. At a time when much of the business conversation is defined by speed, scale and disruption, family businesses reflect a different model of success, one grounded in endurance, stewardship, resilience and trust," Byron D. Trott is chairman and co-CEO of merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners, writes. Read more:

1️⃣ Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI assistant rocketed to the top of Apple Inc.'s iPhone download charts, stirring doubts in Silicon Valley about the strength of America's lead in AI. 📖: #DeepSeek# #AI#