ANTHROPIC INVESTORS DISCOVER MONEY BEFORE COMPANY DISCOVERS PROFITSCARTA AND NEWVIEW TEAM UP TO MONETIZE EMPLOYEE DESPERATIONLEGAL AI STARTUP LEGORA RAISES $550M, VALUATIONS ENTER FEVER DREAM TERRITORYMUSK FORMS COMMITTEES TO DISCUSS MERGING HIS TWO COMPANIESTWO VCS RAISE $200M TO BUILD BETTER WAR DOGSNEW YORK VC DISCOVERS GEOGRAPHY SOLVES RISK, CLOSES $450M FUNDOPENAI BUYS PHARMA AI SHOP, DECLARES SELF A DRUG COMPANYSILICON VALLEY DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY REQUIRES PLANNINGANTHROPIC INVESTORS DISCOVER MONEY BEFORE COMPANY DISCOVERS PROFITSCARTA AND NEWVIEW TEAM UP TO MONETIZE EMPLOYEE DESPERATIONLEGAL AI STARTUP LEGORA RAISES $550M, VALUATIONS ENTER FEVER DREAM TERRITORYMUSK FORMS COMMITTEES TO DISCUSS MERGING HIS TWO COMPANIESTWO VCS RAISE $200M TO BUILD BETTER WAR DOGSNEW YORK VC DISCOVERS GEOGRAPHY SOLVES RISK, CLOSES $450M FUNDOPENAI BUYS PHARMA AI SHOP, DECLARES SELF A DRUG COMPANYSILICON VALLEY DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY REQUIRES PLANNING
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Opinion

Trump Reclassifies Weed, VCs Smell Series A

Regulatory arbitrage masquerading as drug policy is now official U.S. government strategy.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Regulatory Arbitrage Theater
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Opinion

Trump Discovers 1920 Law Makes Better Oil Policy Than Diplomacy

Suspending a century-old maritime regulation to manage geopolitical crises is what happens when tariff tweaks become national security strategy.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Regulatory Duct Tape
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VC

VCs Beg Anthropic for Privilege of Losing Money at $800B

The market's most desperate suitors keep getting rejected, and somehow this is being treated as good news.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Frothy and Delusional
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