So what if it’s geeky power grid gear. Entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators are working hard on developing the next-generation of compressed air energy storage technology. Like an air battery. And Bill… Read more »
Airbnb is out raising additional capital. And it’ll need it as in Europe it wants to drive out key competition, especially since only one company will prevail in the peer-to-peer vacation… Read more »
Peter Thiel is leading a large investment into an air energy storage startup called LightSail Energy. Thiel joins Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures as investors. Compressed air energy storage tech pumps… Read more »
Reuters reports that Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel is close to investing about $150 million at a $2.5 billion valuation in vacation sharing startup Airbnb. Thiel netted $400 million this year when… Read more »
European vacation rentals site HouseTrip has everything going for it right now: not least fast growth and a fresh new round of funding. Co-founder Arnaud Bertrand lays out why he thinks… Read more »
Airbnb is reportedly in talks to raise even more money, with a financing round said to be led by Peter Thiel. The cash infusion of $150 million would be more than… Read more »
British arch-satirist Armando Iannucci – best known for his documentary-style dissections of the political classes — is getting ready to take on his next project: a black comedy based on Silicon… Read more »
Founders Fund and Dustin Moskovitz’s Good Ventures have led a $15 million round in a company that is trying to replicate the intelligence of the human brain in software. Vicarious’ goal… Read more »
Sounds creepy, but someday we may need to change out the blood cartridges in our printers before we can print out dinner. Peter Thiel’s Breakout Labs is investing in a cultured… Read more »
Meet America’s young entrepreneurs: not through The Social Network or an overly dramatic reality TV series, but in a new documentary following the next class of Thiel Fellows, individuals emboldened (and… Read more »