A look at an "etiquette camp" for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/07/te…
Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale Calls For Return To Public Hangings: "Bring Back Masculine Leadership" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/palantir-co-founder-joe-lonsdale-calls-for-return-to-public-hangings-bring-back-masculine-leadership/
In the first successful US prosecution of a spyware operator in 10 years, pcTattletale founder pleads guilty to promoting surveillance apps for unlawful uses (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/06/foun
Did Raiders’ field goal cause worst bad beat of year? Barstool Sports founder thinks so https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/betting/did-raiders-field-goal-cause-worst-bad-beat-of-year-barstool-sports-found…
Wabi, a "YouTube for apps" launched by Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda to let users create and share mini apps without coding, raised a $20M pre-seed (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/replika-founder-raises-20m-pre-seed…
Raise Financial Services, the parent company of Indian stock trading and investment app Dhan, raised $120M led by Hornbill Capital at a $1.2B valuation (Kunal Manchanada/Entrackr)
https://entrackr.com/news/dhan-turns-unicorn-after-120-mn-f…
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs releases BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/apps/the-foursqua
A US judge sentences Keonne Rodriguez, a co-founder of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet, to five years in prison for helping to launder hundreds of millions (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…
Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised CA$180M led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375M (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/photonic-says-its-ready-to-commercialize-quantum-with-180-mi…