Abram Brown

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The rise of SemiAnalysis’ Dylan Patel, Silicon Valley’s favorite AI commentator• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “The Obit Project,” “Disneyland and the Rise of Automation” and “Unfamiliar”Recently, a close friend of ...

SemiAnalysis, the AI and semiconductor research firm, which also publishes a widely read industry newsletter, expects to do more than $100 million in sales this year, marked growth from a year earlier.SemiAnalysis did closer to $20 million last year, purveying in-depth data and research to startups, investors and the major hyperscalers, according to this week’s Big Read, which details how

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Tech Culture: Billionaire tax brings new boom time to Tahoe haven• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “The Interview: What Does Tucker Carlson Really Believe? I Went to Maine to Find Out,” “Hated by All the Right People,” and “Widow’s ...

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Why Trump officials and VCs love a nuclear power startup’s brute-force approach• Biotech: The case of the disappearing embryo startups• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Are We Doomed?” “Steve Jobs in Exile” and “Lord of ...

It may feel like AI has seeped deep into our lives, but compared to the world within “Certainty,” a new dystopian novel by best-selling author John Twelve Hawks, we’re practically in the Flintstones era. In Twelve Hawks’ realm, self-driving tractor-trailers dominate the highways. Parents ...

Demand for knockoff versions of retatrutide, a peptide-based drug being developed by Eli Lilly, has skyrocketed lately, propelling a gray market that likely exceeds $100 million in annual sales, according to an estimate prepared by The Information that examined many of the market’s biggest suppliers.Retatrutide, or reta as it is commonly called, has become popular among the tech elite, who

Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Pickleball is the past—the tech elite is obsessed with padel.• Plus, an Americana-themed batch of Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “The Americans,” “East of Eden,” “High Desert Daydream,” “Lonesome Dove,” USA vs. Belgium, and “ ...

Utter kitchen chaos unfolded when Brynn Putnam and I got together a week or so ago and she suggested a round of “Chop, Chop,” a collaborative restaurant simulation game created by her startup, Board. Even under her close supervision, I still nearly burned the grilled cheese—then left the tomato ...

• The Big Read: Silicon Valley looks to a new biotech frontier—Montana• Garry Tan’s political dreams require this 32-Year-Old’s ‘grunt’ force• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Dead Rabbit,” “The Amateur” and “The Drama”Here’s a thought that would’ve seemed startling not long ...