What happened this week in tech? - Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable at a steep discount to its ZIRP-era valuation, but early-stage investors make out well. - Jeff Dean leaves Google DeepMind and Demis Hassabis steps back amid an overhaul of Google’s AI teams. - Fresh TVPI data from Carta shows how wide the gap is between a good and great outcome in venture. - Hardware companies from nuclear reactors to automated manufacturing raise billion-dollar rounds. - Two profiles on Sequoia dig into the inner workings of the firm under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady. - Earnings calls spook the markets on SpaceX but give Palantir a big boost. - Jasmine Sun travels to the Midwest to discover why Americans hate data centers so much. - Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product.