A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week collects the best writing on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I select the articles because they are of interest. The selections often include things I disagree with. The articles are only snippets. Click on the headline to go to the original. I express my point of view in the editorial and the weekly video below.

Content this week from

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Contents

• Editorial – The Year of the Mask (again)?

• Essays of the Week

  • The Gospel of ARK Invest

  • Twitter’s value down two-thirds since Musk takeover, says investor

  • Elon Musk reclaims title of world’s richest person

  • Twitter is Approving Far More Government Censorship Requests Under Elon Musk

• Video of the Week

  • The Cure @Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, 2023.05.27

• AI of the Week

  • Improving mathematical reasoning with process supervision – OpenAI

  • Is The AI Hype For Real? $20B In Investments Says Yes – Crunchbase

  • Introducing The Information’s Generative AI Database – The Information

  • VC Giants Accel, Sequoia Scour Portfolio Startups for AI Risk

  • AI Canon – A16Z

• News Of the Week

  • What is the total value of unicorn exits for US universities? Ilya Strebulaev

  • Investors turn to AI-guided dealmaking to gain edge over rivals – FT

  • JPMorgan is developing a ChatGPT-like A.I. service that gives investment advice

  • What’s new on Substack

  • WordPress.com challenges Substack with launch of paid newsletters

• Startup of the Week

  • Apple MR (Read more…)