Jessica Lessin

@sallyshin It depends what kind of company. We did it! I think the SF standard is doing it too.

I recently moved back to NY from SF and moved back into media from tech. My one takeaway: SF is the land of tech and NY is the land of media. It’s hard to build a media company in SF, and it’s hard to build a tech company in NY.

Yup. Thanks @StartupHubAI for recognizing @theinformation in your Tech Media power rankings. I concur with this assessment.

Breaking News: Elon Musk Loses OpenAI Lawsuit "In the end it came down to time, and the jury decided that Musk had run out." — The Information's Editor-in-Chief @Jessicalessin

Jurors rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI, delivering a major victory to CEO Sam Altman in Silicon Valley’s biggest grudge match. The nine-member jury’s decision on Monday, following three weeks of testimony and legal arguments, came after just two hours of deliberation. The jury found, and the judge agreed, that Musk waited too long to bring his lawsuit. The decision removes significant uncertainties that have clouded OpenAI’s future as it grapples with intensifying competition and prepares for an IPO that could come as soon as this year. Read more: thein.fo/42DHTFZ

Reaction from Musk adjacent folk so far: "This was as expected. No big deal. At least he tried."

Bam: theinformation.com/briefings/musk…

This will be an hour of total knowledge dropping and fun. Can’t wait to grill (I mean interview) @JoannaStern on her hilarious and important book!

@TheRideshareGuy @driverlessguy_ This has to be very shaped by how many vehicles they put on the road right?

Is Waymo’s growth in California flattening? 🤔 The data sure looks like it.. In our latest piece on @driverlessguy_, we examine Waymo’s growth trend in California based on the recently released trip data from the CPUC, and a couple of things stood out: 📉 California weekly ride growth slowed sharply between January and March 2026, with weekly ride additions falling from +14.8k to just +2.7k rides/week 📊 That represents an 82% deceleration in the pace of growth from January to March. 🌎 Meanwhile, growth outside California appears to be accelerating, with non-California weekly ride additions jumping from -448 in January to +11.6k rides/week in March 🚕 Waymo now operates across 11 US cities with roughly 3,000 robotaxis and more than 500,000 paid rides per week ⚖️ The slowdown could point to several factors: fleet constraints, expansion trade-offs, a strategic shift toward newer cities, or challenges moving beyond the early adopter phase 📍 California may still be growing, but the data suggests it’s entering a more mature phase where gains come more incrementally than explosively Check out the full story here 👉 thedriverlessdigest.com/p/is-waymos-gr…

@davidkariuki24 I was referring to the Cerebras IPO

Chat what does this mean

OpenAI shareholders should be very happy today.

What's the state of the art of video software to predict which clips are going to perform best and clip them? Clearly AI can be awesome at this.

Anduril announced today it raised $5 billion and doubled its valuation to $61 billion. (We reported back in February) The company said revenue doubled to $2.2 billion in 2025. It forecasts doubling that number in 2026 to 4.3 billion, @theinformation reported. (theinformation.com/articles/andur…)

Yup. Now the question is for how long. @LauraBratton5 @aaronpholmes theinformation.com/articles/anthr…

That “I’m using a new, overhauled version of @theinformation app feeling” … :)

Couldn't be more excited to interview @JoannaStern next week at the Commonwealth Club in SF. We'll be discussing her new book "I am Not a Robot," the crazy ways we use AI and leaving WSJ to start a new media company. So really, nothing much to talk about :) Hope to see you there. …monwealthclub.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/insta…

Sam Lessin sold his company to Facebook in 2010, served as VP of product during its fastest growing years, and then co-founded @slow, one of the most successful early stage VC firms. Among his many successful investments was Solana, purchased at four cents a coin. In episode zero of Cars and Capitalists, Sam (@lessin) and I discuss: - Miata vs Porsche (00:00) - Frankl and Man's Search for Meaning (1:32) - Will AI destroy personal meaning (12:15) - The Catholic Church as the OG rocketship (27:00) - A little wisdom on parenting (31:45) - Buying Solana at four cents a coin (36:42) - Market timing science fiction (45:45)

Excited to chat with this stellar crew about compute and infrastructure! Wednesday, May 20. 11 a.m. PST. RSVP: theinformation.com/events/lvs-ins… @sk7037 @AnjneyMidha @JeremieEO

The Information | TITV | May 11, 2026 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Exclusive: xAI is facing fresh layoffs and employee departures just weeks after SpaceX secured an option to buy coding startup Cursor for $60 billion. Cursor employees have already started meeting with xAI teams as Elon Musk restructures the company and rethinks its AI strategy. thein.fo/4uBxma4

@davemorin @mvanhorn You are UFO pilled

For some fun this morning, had my claws rapidly research all of the new UFO files released by the Pentagon last night. Built the UFO GOAT CLI you can use to do your own research that is now available here in @mvanhorn's Printing Press Library: github.com/mvanhorn/print…