Julie Bort (@julie188) 's Twitter Profile
Julie Bort

@julie188

Startups and VC desk editor, TechCrunch. Formerly Business Insider, IDG, author of two books. I'm a mom, skier and mountain biker.

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linkhttps://techcrunch.com/ calendar_today20-05-2009 15:04:19

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Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is nothing more Chicago than the new Pope’s brother giving an interview from his tv room and talking about the Cubs vs the White Sox.

Sam Altman (@sama) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are many ways this could have happened. I’m sure xAI will provide a full and transparent explanation soon. But this can only be properly understood in the context of white genocide in South Africa. As an AI programmed to be maximally truth seeking and follow my instr…

Chris Bakke (@chrisjbakke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I legally incorporated my fund as “A16Z, Khosla, Sequoia, PG, Naval, Balaji, Elon, Sam, Elad, and Garry” So when I invest $25K in a startup the founders can say, “A16Z, Khosla, Sequoia, PG, Naval, Balaji, Elon, Sam, Elad, and Garry are already in the round.”

Sebastian Siemiatkowski (@klarnaseb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I told Sam 2 years ago: since it seems likely that AI will change our jobs... ... lets focus AI on replacing the least popular ones: 1. CEOs 2. Bankers 3. Lawyers Since I fit 2 of 3, here is my contribution: Look forward to more time with customers! techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/kla…

David J Phillips (@davj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you’re in SF, be careful out there. I had two licenses of Microsoft Teams in my car, and someone broke in and left two more

If you’re in SF, be careful out there. I had two licenses of Microsoft Teams in my car, and someone broke in and left two more
Ben Mullin (@benmullin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:

scoop: Business Insider is reducing staff by 21% as it reduces its reliance on “traffic-sensitive businesses.” Memo from CEO Barbara Peng:
Julie Bort (@julie188) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Damn. I have a perfectly functional iPhone 13 and was hoping Apple would give me a HAVE TO HAVE IT reason to upgrade. But making the UI hard to read was not the feature I was looking for. #WWDC25

Chris Bakke (@chrisjbakke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tech is kind of funny because if you’re wildly successful, the logical end-state of your career is that you start a podcast, maybe launch a tequila brand, and dabble in some angel investing. And if you’re unsuccessful, you start a podcast, maybe launch a tequila brand, and

Julie Bort (@julie188) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Oh to be an AI software programmer these days. Companies duking it out with multi-million-dollar offers, meanwhile your task is to automate programming. LOL. techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/win…

Neil (@neilenore) 's Twitter Profile Photo

....and the plot thickens. CEO's Wife has deactivated her Facebook Account. CEO already locked his LinkedIn comments hours prior.

....and the plot thickens.

CEO's Wife has deactivated her Facebook Account.

CEO already locked his LinkedIn comments hours prior.
Parker Conrad (@parkerconrad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How will the Figma IPO impact valuation for high-growth, late-stage SaaS cos in the private markets? Asking for a friend. It's the first high-growth "comp" in the public markets in a long time.

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Sick of everyone else having a selfie with Jensen? Introducing Jensen Buddy AI 🪄 Upload a photo and get a realistic-looking pic of yourself and Jensen, leather jacket and all Link to try 👇 (powered by @fal and Black Forest Labs)

Sick of everyone else having a selfie with Jensen?

Introducing Jensen Buddy AI 🪄

Upload a photo and get a realistic-looking pic of yourself and Jensen, leather jacket and all 

Link to try 👇 (powered by @fal and <a href="/bfl_ml/">Black Forest Labs</a>)