Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
I write about billionaires and their impact on the world for The New York Times. @MSNOWNews contributor. Proud @PuckNews, @Recode alum.
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Here comes the crypto industry’s big spending against Democrats.
Fairshake is going to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio’s Senate race.
It’s payback after Senate Dems torpedoed the CLARITY Act.
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Fascinating to see Republicans run on AI safety.
New spot from the group Alliance for A Better Future backing Mike Rogers and using recent comments from Sam Altman and Dario Amodei.
Rogers is probably the most vocal guardrails-minded GOP Senate nominee, and now gets air cover for it.
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Mike Rogers attended three AIPAC-hosted fund-raisers in Los Angeles on Sunday, and another is planned for Monday.
Fairshake will report holding a massive $122.8 million in cash on hand in an FEC report later today.
No word yet on its fall spending plans but the CLARITY Act vote, expected in September, looms large.
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Jeff Bezos is now part of sports ownership.
He’s buying into Liverpool Football Club.
With @taniaganguli
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gave $1 million to Public First, the super PAC seeking to slow down AI development with new regulations, per filing tonight.
This is I believe Dario’s first significant political donation.
$2 million+ came from other Anthropic employees.
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It pays to be friends with Elon Musk.
Meet Antonio Gracias. He invested in SpaceX again and again and again, and now stands atop a $65 billion stake in the world's largest IPO.
Gracias is surely going to make billions himself. What will he do with it?
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