Katie Roof
@Katie_Roof
Roof, like the Fiddler. Venture capital reporter for Bloomberg @technology. LA again via SF and NYC. [email protected] Opinions are my own
People who minimize concerns about antisemitism are likely antisemitic. Just like people who minimize concerns about bigotry for any other group. It’s at best ignorance, but more likely an admission that they don’t have empathy for that group’s struggles and don’t want others to
“If you’re not using AI, you’re going to lose your job to someone using AI” - NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at Hill & Valley Forum
Surprise appearance by @JDVance with All In at Hill & Valley Forum in DC. He spoke about America’s race to outpace China in tech
New: Uber is piloting a new offering in the US (LA, SF, Detroit) that will match female riders and drivers, expanding access to a safety feature it already offers in some intl markets. There will be a new "Women Drivers" ride type on top of UberX, XL etc bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
More: "Like most general-purpose technologies of the past, AI will require new infrastructure— factories to produce chips, data centers to run those chips, and new sources of energy to power it all. America’s environmental permitting system and other regulations make it almost…
BREAKING: White House AI Action Plan President Trump is going to promote the rapid buildout of data centers for AI. The WH also plans to remove “onerous” AI development regulations. Beyond that there’s more than 90 federal policy actions.
Excited to share my first-ever @FortuneMagazine cover story: a deep dive into Meta's superintelligence spending spree, with a massive bet by Mark Zuckerberg on new chief AI officer and Scale AI founder @alexandr_wang. All part of our annual Most Powerful People issue!
NEW: @washingtonpost pivoting WP Ventures, its "3rd newsroom," to a more commercial venture that will live OUTSIDE of its core news brand —It will report into Suzi Watford, the company's strategy chief —Separation easier for brand integrations axios.com/2025/07/22/was…
Ozzy Osbourne, the self-styled Prince of Darkness who helped define heavy-metal music as the singer of Black Sabbath, has died at age 76 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Sources: Bari Weiss is seeking a valuation of between $200M and $250M for The Free Press amid talks with Skydance CEO David Ellison over a potential sale (Financial Times) ft.com/content/0f1ce3… mediagazer.com/250722/p10#a25…
We've raised a $100M Series A from @ThriveCapital, @greenoaks, and a host of great angels. Everyone’s brain can work better. Engineering that idea into reality is the most impactful advancement we can make to life.
Half the world will experience a brain disorder in their lifetime. At @nudge, we're building brain interfaces that are safe, precise, and non-invasive to solve that problem. We've raised a $100M Series A led by @ThriveCapital and Greenoaks to go faster. We're hiring. Join us.
BULLISH SEASON FINALE: Going Private. How Carlyle CEO Harvey Schwartz made it to the highest ranks of finance. His story is not your average Wall Street story -- I'm looking forward to see what you make of it, & where he sees the industry headed, from banking to private markets.…
Lol there is a DNA test that claims I have genes that result in workplace innovation. Can I put this on my resume? 😆
Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to take the Los Angeles Times public over the next year, the billionaire owner told Jon Stewart on Monday night bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Some news: We're building the next big thing — the first-ever AI-only social video app, built on a highly expressive human video model. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been testing it in private beta. Now, we’re opening early access: download the iOS app to join the waitlist, or…
Tesla's retro-futuristic diner officially opens as Elon Musk hints at more locations | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/tes…
Hamas is facing financial crisis now that it’s said to be much harder for them to profit from stealing aid washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
scoop
Netflix and Disney are dabbling in artificial intelligence tools for video made by the startup Runway AI bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
at the end of the day, all ai companies become the same…
SCOOP: Leaked memo from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlines the startup's plans to seek investment from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “Unfortunately, I think ‘no bad person should ever benefit from our success’ is a pretty difficult principle to run a business on.”