Yazhou Sun

Over the past two months, I kept hearing the same thing—even from my best sources: No one really knows much about Iconiq. So I did dozens of interviews—including with ICONIQ leadership, Anthropic’s CFO, and founders of ElevenLabs and Legora—to color in a firm dedicated to secrecy. Read my first profile since joining Bloomberg: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Read this instead by @yazhous @mhbergen and @newley bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Bloomberg's AI + VC reporting team is hiring a new editor based in San Francisco! Been an absolutely amazing, ambitious (and growing!) team to be a part of, more details on the new role below bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobDet…

US investors are pouring money into Europe’s startup scene, pushing valuations to record high and intensifying competition for early-stage deals. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: HR software startup Factorial is in talks to raise at $2 billion valuation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Datadog challenger @dash0hq is set to reach unicorn valuation in new funding round led by @balderton. H/T @shonaghosh bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

News: I got my hands on Thrive's returns as of last summer and dug into how the concentration strategy is showing up in the numbers bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: @Revolut's investors have been pushing for a new share sell that would value the firm at at least $100 billion. Deliberations are at an early stage and no decisions over the size have been taken. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

UK autonomous driving software startup @wayve has raised $1.5 billion in a latest round as the company prepares to go up against Chinese and US rivals. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Incredible, must read piece Soooo many great quotes but here is just one “It did not seem like a good idea to me that some of the richest people in the world were no longer rewarding people for having any particular skills, but simply for having agency, when agency essentially meant whatever it was that was afflicting Roy Lee.” harpers.org/archive/2026/0…

Nvidia plans to invest up to $1 billion in AI startup Poolside. Scoop w/ @yazhous bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Dutch chipmaker ASML's €1.7 billion investment in French AI startup #Mistral has sparked hope that the company can offer a compelling alternative to American and Chinese AI. Story with @yazhous : bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

ASML’s €1.3B investment into Mistral is winning praise for advancing European AI sovereignty. Some analysts, though, wonder if the cash injection is too little, too late. Story w/⁦@BenoitBerthelot⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Builder.ai gave key creditors revenue estimate that was 4 times the actual result, leading to lenders seizing of most of its cash this week. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If you only want to read one article about DeepSeek, read our cover story for the June issue of @BW: I traveled to Hangzhou -- home to the Little Dragons -- for on-the-ground reporting. For the first time in five years, China’s tech space is buzzing。 shorturl.at/6w3Ak

My colleague @yazhous took a deep dive into what DoorDash's £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion) offer means for Deliveroo. At its peak, the company was valued at more than £7 billion, but dropped dramatically after growth slowed when Covid lockdowns ended. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bloomberg scoop: Uber is in talks to acquire Turkish food delivery platform Trendyol Go by @yazhous @GillianTan @FiratKozok bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology

⚡️New: Revolut boss Nik Storonsky has hinted at making a fresh bid for a US banking license at Slush

“Like private equity had a baby with Google." Fascinating profile of Bending Spoons, a company that has snapped up household apps including @evernote, @WeTransfer and @Meetup. Via @mhbergen

"I literally thought about Africa 1% of my time," said Meg Whitman of her time running eBay & HP. The US Amb to Kenya is now tasked with countering Chinese influence on the continent. Great read by @mhbergen @oliviasolon @LoniPrinsloo1 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @BW