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Sources: after Google's $32B deal, each of Wiz's four co-founders is set to get $2B in post-tax cash; Index is set to net $4B, Insight $2.7B, and Sequoia $3B (Sofia Chierchio/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sofiachierchi

Wiz’s Founders And Investors Cash Out As Google’s $32 Billion Takeover Closes
Two years after rejecting a $23 billion offer, Israel-based Wiz secured the largest acquisition in Google’s history and will deliver billion-dollar returns to its founders and investors.

Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen reflect upon their 20 years as media entrepreneurs together and how the media landscape changed since Politico's 2007 launch (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/politico-founders-axios-media-vandehei-allen

Behind the Curtain: 20 years of media revolution
We alone didn't start this fire. But we surely lit or fanned it — and then had front-row seats to witness the blaze.

Ce soir, c'est Rêve de Dragon via Foundryvtt.
#Foundryvtt #ReveDeDragon #jdr

Crypto accounting startup Cryptio raised a $45M Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global and reports having 450 clients, including Circle (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/cryptio-series-b-fundraise-b…

Exclusive: Accounting startup Cryptio raises $45 million to help big firms keep track of digital assets
BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global led the Series B fundraise, which closed three weeks ago.

Jay and Kristen Ruskey
—who pioneered California’s coffee-growing movement from their farm in the hills of western Goleta
—both died suddenly on Sunday due to what’s being described as a ‘tragic accident.’
On Tuesday, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the Ruskeys died in Cambria.
There does not appear to be any crime or foul play involved, according to the department,
and autopsies will be performed this week. 
The co-founders …

Sources: Cursor is in early talks to raise billions in a new funding round at a post-money valuation of up to $60B; one source puts the round size at $5B (Tom Dotan/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/cursor-weighs-fresh-fundraise-as

Cursor Weighs Fresh Fundraise as Debate Rages on Coding Firm's Prospects
Very early discussions involve a $5 billion raise at a valuation of up to $60 billion

A profile of Eric Migicovsky's Core Devices, a five-person company that he says is "not a startup" and aims to be "sustainable", as it builds new Pebble devices (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/pebble-f…

Pebble founder says his new company is 'not a startup' | TechCrunch
Pebble's founder talks about how his new company is doing things differently.

A late-2025 amendment to California's wealth tax proposal treats founder control as ownership, a move that could end founder-controlled startups in the state (Mike Solana/Pirate Wires)
https://www.piratewires.com/p/californias-tech-industry-kill-switch

California's Tech Industry Kill Switch
it’s not a tax on “wealth,” the union’s ballot prop is designed to target the very

Sources: Elon Musk pushed out two more xAI co-founders after getting frustrated with xAI's coding product progress and brought in "fixers" from SpaceX and Tesla (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5

Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters
Tesla and SpaceX managers sent in to review work as billionaire’s start-up struggles to keep pace with rivals

Elon Musk announces an xAI reorganization that "required parting ways with some people", after two xAI co-founders announced they were leaving this week (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/11/musk-announces-xai-re-o…

Musk announces xAI re-org following co-founder departures, SpaceX merger
The reorganization "required parting ways with some people," Elon Musk said Wednesday on X.