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Welcome to the Age of the Broligarchs | Vince Bzdek
One of the most remarkable things about the inauguration Monday was the prominence of place given to tech titans during the ceremonies. Magnates worth more than $1 trillion were seated right behind the president and a row ahead of Donald Trump’s Cabinet as Trump was sworn in. Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO…
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Denver is ‘open’ to A.I., mayor says at first city summit
With the rise of artificial intelligence, there’s been many conferences and business events to discuss the moral, risky and money-making — or saving — implications across industries. But Denver’s DenAI Summit is the first event of its kind to be hosted by a city government, showing Mayor Mike Johnston administration’s openness to adopting the technology. “One…
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Venture capital funding surges to first-half records in Colorado, U.S.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Venture funding surged to record levels for the first half of the year in Colorado Springs, statewide and nationwide, according to a report from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association. Nearly all such funding in Colorado Springs came in the first quarter, when software…
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Venture capital funding surges to first-half records in Colorado, U.S.
Venture funding surged to record levels for the first half of the year in Colorado Springs, statewide and nationwide, according to a report from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association. Nearly all such funding in Colorado Springs came in the first quarter, when software developer Quantum Metric landed the city’s largest-ever venture financing, totaling…
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A Big Tech reckoning is coming, and Coloradans may lead the way | Vince Bzdek
Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, had dinner about a year ago with the man who probably has more power over our public debate than any other person right now, Mark Zuckerberg. The CEO of Facebook now owns four of the biggest social media companies in the world. “It would be difficult to find…
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EDITORIAL: Colorado AG Phil Weiser crusades to protect free speech from social media monopolies
As free speech comes under attack, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser plans to save it. When social media services emerged on the scene, they glorified and leveraged free speech as protected in the First Amendment. Suddenly, thanks to computer technology and the internet, everyone had a veritable printing press. Rich and poor alike could develop…