My last magazine story for @forbes.com is a deep dive into the #SPV ecosystem. Who's profiting? How? There's room for ample innovation and ample risk. Why is the space changing so quickly, and what's next? Would love to know what you think: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Inside The Murky Market Selling Pre-IPO SpaceX And OpenAI Shares

Want SpaceX And OpenAI Shares Before The IPO? Inside The Secretive Market Selling Them

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On Sunday, our members placed flyers around Forbes Vice Chairman Mike Perlis’s hometown. Perlis has been absent from bargaining for years, despite our calls for fair wages and workplace protections. Management has no excuses. Forbes employees deserve a fair contract, and we will win one.

Another day. Another neolab fundraise. xAI cofounder Igor Babuschkin is in talks to raise up to $1 billion at an up to $5 billion valuation for a new AI startup, sources tell Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/rashis...

xAI Cofounder Igor Babuschkin In Talks To Raise Up To $1 Billion For A New AI Startup

He’s the latest superstar AI researcher to take advantage of the wave of investment dollars going into so-called ‘neolabs,’ which have no product or revenue.

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Unlike today’s biggest AI labs, SAS—once America’s largest private software co—has always operated slowly, steadily & profitably. Competition from all sides + an upcoming leadership transition will test the company’s longstanding strategy. My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Billionaire Jim Goodnight Built An Analytics Profit Machine. AI Is Forcing Its Reinvention

Unlike most of today’s biggest AI companies, SAS—once America’s largest privately held software company—has always operated slowly, steadily and profitably. Competition from all sides and an upcoming ...

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New for @forbes.com with @richardnieva.bsky.social: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

CoreWeave's Business Depends On OpenAI. What If The AI Company Can't Pay Up?

OpenAI is one of the former crypto miner’s largest contracted customers. Here are the risks and how CoreWeave is thinking about them.

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The AI data center boom put American-funded, America-based data centers on Middle East soil. Here’s how the war—and Iran’s drone attacks on Amazon data centers—is impacting how these capital-intensive projects are thinking about security. My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Middle East War Turns AI Data Center Security Into Its Own Boom

Here’s how the Iran war—and Iran’s drone attacks on Amazon data centers—is impacting how capital-intensive AI data center projects are thinking about security.

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Sheikh Tahnoon is crushing it— This VC firm! Funneled hundreds of millions to Trumps and Witkoffs by investing in World Liberty Financial! Routed $2B of World Liberty’s stablecoin to Binance! And… He’s the UAE’s national security advisor!

Phoebe Liu@pheebini.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi. Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

An excellent example of how deeply intertwined Silicon Valley is with the Persian Gulf. Any interruptions of that capital flow pose a serious risk to the Valley's future viability, esp when AI is so debt-hungry.

Phoebe Liu@pheebini.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi. Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi. Read for more details. With @iainmartin.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

How Abu Dhabi Quietly Bought A Stake In $90 Billion VC Insight Partners

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.

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A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

How Abu Dhabi Quietly Bought A Stake In $90 Billion VC Insight Partners

A workplace lawsuit has opened the lid on the little-known ownership structure of Insight Partners, an investor in OpenAI and Anthropic: It is now partially owned by the government of Abu Dhabi.

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The AI giant's abrupt Sora shutdown is just one example. As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, #OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals + products that haven’t yet become reality. With @rashis.bsky.social for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

The Graveyard Of OpenAI’s Dead Products And Incomplete Deals

As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals and products—including Sora—that haven’t yet become reality.

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The OpenAI Graveyard: All The Deals And Products That Haven’t Happened. With @pheebini.bsky.social. www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

The Graveyard Of OpenAI’s Dead Products And Incomplete Deals

As it announces one of the biggest funding rounds in history, OpenAI has trumpeted hundreds of billions in other deals and products—including Sora—that haven’t yet become reality.

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Three months after a blockbuster $20 billion deal, Nvidia announced its plans for Groq’s inference-speed tech. Here's how it came together and what's next. My latest for @forbes.com, with @iainmartin.bsky.social, @richardnieva.bsky.social and Anna Tong: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

“We Almost Didn’t Do It”: Jonathan Ross On The $20 Billion Deal With Nvidia

The Christmas Eve agreement—billed as Nvidia’s biggest deal in its three-decade history—landed at a precarious moment for Groq. Now Nvidia is betting on Groq’s inference-speed tech inside a newly anno...

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The $10 billion company building the first phase of Stargate says the new initiative is an “and,” not an “or,” to its bet on the world’s biggest data centers. My latest (from yesterday) with Anna Tong for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/annato...

From Gigawatts To Grab-And-Go: Crusoe Leans Into Modular AI Data Centers

Crusoe, Developer Of Massive Stargate Data Center, Is Now Pouring Money Into Small Ones Too

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Speaking of AI, @pheebini.bsky.social unpacked the stories of the 45 new billionaires who joined the list thanks to AI: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

Altman, Amodei, Elon Musk And The 45 New AI Billionaires On Forbes' 2026 Billionaires List

From a creator of an AI search tool for doctors to vibe coders, here’s a map of all the new AI billionaires in 2026.

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Our colleagues were back last weekend in the hometown of @forbes.com CEO Sherry Phillips to spread the news that she is a union buster who continues to deny our members a fair contract. 👎 @nyguild.bsky.social

Rob Walton bought the Broncos in 2022 for a then-record $4.65B, outbidding the pack by $400M. He's quietly continued that spending spree, picking up 10% of the DBacks in 2024. With @ebennovywilliams.bsky.social and @soshnick.bsky.social at @sportico.bsky.social: www.sportico.com/business/tea...

The Richest Owner in U.S. Sports Quietly Expanded His Sports Empire

Rob Walton, who also owns the Denver Broncos, wrote a nine-figure check for a 10% piece of the Arizona Diamondbacks two years ago.

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Phoebe Liu@pheebini.bsky.social · 5mo ago

OpenAI and Anthropic allege improper distillation of their models. Investors have pushed Chinese AI valuations sky-high anyway—raising a harder question about pricing power. My latest for @forbes.com on the above + a couple of new billionaires: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

1/ The U.S. ouster of Maduro in Venezuela and the attacks on Iran have been a boon for oil tanker billionaires. Tanker rates are up to record highs, tanker stocks are up by 60%+ so far this year and tanker resale prices are up to decade highs as well. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...

Greek Mogul On Why Iran Attacks, Elimination Of Gray Fleet Is Boosting Tanker Fortunes

The U.S.’ latest attacks may raise gas prices at the pumps, but Trump’s military operations have already helped boost shipping billionaire fortunes by $45 billion and counting.

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OpenAI and Anthropic allege improper distillation of their models. Investors have pushed Chinese AI valuations sky-high anyway—raising a harder question about pricing power. My latest for @forbes.com on the above + a couple of new billionaires: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

AI’s Copy Fight Is Minting Billionaires In China

OpenAI and Anthropic allege improper distillation of their models. Investors have pushed Chinese AI valuations sky-high anyway—raising a harder question about pricing power.

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By @forbes.com' estimates, the elder Ellison, who is also Oracle’s largest shareholder, doesn’t have enough cash to fulfill his part of Paramount’s $111 billion offer for Warner Bros. We'll know more in the coming days, but here’s how it could play out: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

What The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Means For Larry Ellison’s Fortune

By Forbes estimates, the elder Ellison, who is also Oracle’s largest shareholder, doesn’t have enough cash to fulfill his part of Paramount’s $111 billion offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. Here’s how ...

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The Oracle cofounder’s official residence is now in Manalapan, Florida, not the Hawaii island that he famously bought in 2012, according to previously unreported county records. More details in my latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

From Lanai To Near Mar-A-Lago: Larry Ellison’s Trump Proximity Play

Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison's official residence is now in Manalapan, Florida, not the Hawaii island that he famously bought in 2012.

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Inside a new edition of The Prototype: why @helionenergy.bsky.social latest milestone is a big deal for fusion power, @microsoft.com's project to encode data on glass, and why you shouldn't expect mass job displacement from AI in the near future. Check it out! www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...

Sam Altman’s Fusion Power Bet Just Got Hotter Than The Sun

Fusion power moves closer to commercialization. Storing data for 10,000 years. Why AI won’t necessarily take your job. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

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OpenAI and Anthropic spent more on lobbying in 2025 than ever. My latest for @forbes.com is a breakdown of what the big #AI model makers lobbied on last year and why: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

AI’s Biggest Builders Are Now Its Biggest Lobbyists

OpenAI and Anthropic spent more on lobbying in 2025 than ever. They’re pushing for friendly treatment amid tensions—at least for Anthropic—with the Trump administration.

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Thiel, the king of contrarian investors, told Epstein to pass on Spotify, and also advised against investing in Palantir, the defense-tech firm he co-founded, saying the price was "below market."

Phoebe Liu@pheebini.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Jeffrey #Epstein had access to tech billionaires like Thiel and Musk. But he walked away from deals with major startups—including Spotify & SpaceX—that could have netted him hundreds of millions in total. Deep dive from @iainmartin.bsky.social + me for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

Jeffrey #Epstein had access to tech billionaires like Thiel and Musk. But he walked away from deals with major startups—including Spotify & SpaceX—that could have netted him hundreds of millions in total. Deep dive from @iainmartin.bsky.social + me for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Secretive Silicon Valley Investments

Thanks to his relationships to tech billionaires like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Epstein had access to a number of lucrative tech investments. But he walked away from several deals with major startups...

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New edition of my emerging tech newsletter, The Prototype, is out! This is a space-packed issue, looking at the investment boom into space startups, the recent evacuation from ISS and more. www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr...

Investors Put More Than $55 Billion Behind Space Startups Last Year

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the booming space industry, better space weather forecasts, the first medical evacuation from space and more.

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"They need to make sure big swings are reasonably hedged while raising additional capital. Truly cashing in on the AI boom, though, will mean making a bet and committing to it. Otherwise they’ll be playing an ongoing game of catch up in an AI race where speed is everything."

Phoebe Liu@pheebini.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The mainstreaming of AI is turning into a trillion dollar business, yet the two biggest data center real estate firms have lagged in public markets. Here’s why—and how they could catch up. My latest for @forbes.com: www.forbes.com/sites/phoebe...

NEW: "Rep. Julia Letlow Discloses Over 200 Stock Trades After Deadline As Ban Debate Grows In Congress" #whoops me, for @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Rep. Julia Letlow Discloses 211Stock Trades After Missing Deadline Under STOCK Act

The Louisiana Republican’s office attributed the late disclosures, many dating back to 2024, to a third-party investment firm with discretionary authority.

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