Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
I write about billionaires and their impact on the world for The New York Times. @MSNBC contributor. Proud @PuckNews, @Recode alum.
Priscilla Chan to @ashleevance on the criticism of the Chan Zuckbererg Initiative's science-first direction, in our story + others. "Everyone's entitled to their opinion — especially when you do something so publicly. I want criticism to make us better." open.spotify.com/episode/5vQl6d…
really interesting @kenbensinger + @ShaneGoldmacher story nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/…
A month after Trump's pick for NASA chief @rookisaacman was ousted in large part because of his past donations to Democrats, he donated $440,000 to the Republican National Committee in June, per new filing.
Stripe CEO / co-founder @patrickc donated $150,000 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee last month, per new filing.
Cash on hand as of June 30: Republican National Committee: $80.8 million Democratic National Committee: $15.2 million
here is a story about Sequoia Capital, the preeminent venture firm in Silicon Valley, and how a power-tweeting partner landed a firm that has tried to stay neutral on politics directly in the middle of the culture wars w/ @RMac18 nytimes.com/2025/07/19/tec…
Trump just shouted out Ken Howery, his pick for Ambassador to Denmark, for his work on the crypto bills. nytimes.com/2025/01/16/us/…
Musk has dropped FIFTY points in favorability with R's since March.
Jeez louise, Musk's 3rd party looks close to dead on arrival. He's suffered a 66 pt drop in his net favorable since entering the politics scene. At a -37 pt net fav now! With the GOP, he's down 55 pts in just 4 months to just a +6 pt net fav. 74% oppose a Musk-led 3rd party!
Katie Miller pushes back on-record on rumors that she is no longer working for Elon Musk. "My paycheck still comes from him," she said. reuters.com/world/us/trump…
Jeff Bezos taps former Amazon Alexa head to lead $10 billion Earth fund cnbc.com/2025/07/15/jef…
episode is here + where ever you get yr pods bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
new ep of elon inc, featuring grok, ai "companions" and more importantly an interview with @teddyschleifer. with @danahull and @KurtWagner8
Top super PACs aligned with the crypto industry say they ended Q2 with $141M on hand: