Silicon Valley
Latino Founders Have a Hard Time Raising Money From VCs
Despite diversity pledges, funding to Latino-founded startups in the US still lags—accounting for only 2 percent of venture investments last year.
Everyone Wants to Be an Entrepreneur
Applications for new businesses rose 20 percent last year, after languishing for a decade. Many newly minted founders attribute it to the pandemic.
Why Big Tech Companies Have Been Quiet on Texas’ Abortion Law
As the anniversary of Roe v. Wade nears, pressure is building from advocacy groups and workers themselves.
The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley
Other regions have tried to capture the tech title for decades. Why haven't they succeeded?
Who Do Young Entrepreneurs Look Up To? Elon Musk
Steve Jobs is dead, Mark Zuckerberg is tarnished. For the next generation of startup founders, the contributions of Bill Gates feel like ancient history.
A New Document Reveals More of Google's Anti-Union Strategy
An administrative law judge orders the company to turn over more documents, including one that describes an effort to convince employees that “unions suck.”
The Future of Tech Is Here. Congress Isn't Ready for It
In a conversation with WIRED, former representative Will Hurd talked AI, the metaverse, China, and how ill-prepared legislators are to grapple with any of it.
Put the System That Enabled Elizabeth Holmes on Trial
Plus: Patents for the early internet, the value of virtual goods, and a traffic jam for the ages.
VCs Lavished Startups With Cash in 2021. Now Comes the Hard Part
“Is it a casino or the future of tech? Everyone’s trying to figure that out.”
How Y Combinator Changed the World
As if launching Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox weren’t enough, the famous accelerator has had an outsize—and mixed—impact on all of us.
The Office Is an Efficiency Trap
As office design evolved over the last century, one feature remained: the goal of filling your life with even more work.
Web3 Is Silicon Valley’s Rosy Vision of the Future
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people.
Great Resignation? Tech Workers Try a Great Reconsideration
More Americans are quitting their jobs than ever before. Some engineers are finding new workplaces to prioritize their own wellbeing.
Elizabeth Holmes Speaks for Herself
The infamous entrepreneur at the center of the Theranos case took the stand this week.
In a Banner Year for VC, Women Still Struggle to Get Funding
“Reading these headlines about record rounds, you have to ask, who is having this experience?” one founder says. “Certainly not the women I know.”
Eric Schmidt Is Funding ‘Super Evolution’
Plus: Google’s evil perception, selfies from space, and lightning striking way more than twice.
A New Book Chronicles the Art of the Thiel
Plus: Inside an early Facebook funding meeting, how units of measurement got so messed up, and a mission for mankind.
Elizabeth Holmes Is on Trial. Silicon Valley Is Watching
“I’m glad the ‘Fake it till you make it’ mantra of Silicon Valley is coming into question,” one investor told WIRED.
Tech Companies Wade Into Abortion Politics in Texas
In 2021, corporations are expected to take a stand on even the most divisive issues.
Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
How the tech world’s unique brand of politics is shaping the fight over who governs California.
Can Tech Ethics Be Learned—or Is Society Doomed?
Plus: An anniversary for Marc Andreessen, a new way to have even more meetings, and a call for an unlikely comeback.
Looking for a New Job in Tech? It’s Your Lucky Day
Flexible WFH policies, signing bonuses, fancy cookies—employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms.
The Pandemic Drives Cofounders to Couples Therapy
Startups are like relationships—at least that’s what some Silicon Valley therapists are pitching.
Reagan-Era Gen X Dogma Has No Place in Silicon Valley
The Gen X investors and CEOs who run the industry are stuck on the idea that private money will protect them from a promised hellscape.