Silicon Valley goes to DC to push for more AI, less government

Tech shifts right, somewhat, but minus the Old Guard’s views on trade

In my recent interview with former Substack project manager and San Francisco Standard contributor Jasmine Sun, she relayed her experience working in Silicon Valley in the late 2010s and witnessing the tech industry’s progressive lean firsthand. At the time, Google employees pushed back on the company’s involvement with the Chinese government to suppress search results in the country in such a way as to mock its motto, “Don’t Be Evil.” Data outf…

Silicon Valley comes to DC to push for more AI, less government

By Jackie Davalos, Bloomberg Top Silicon Valley executives lavished praise on the Trump administration, supporting its efforts to cut the size of the federal government and create more business opportunities for US tech companies during a summit with lawmakers and officials. The increasingly cozy relationship between tech and the White House was evident throughout Wednesday’s Hill and Valley Forum. The daylong conference hit on some favorite tal…

Silicon Valley goes to DC to push for more AI, less government

Top Silicon Valley executives lavished praise on the Trump administration, supporting its efforts to cut the size of the federal government and create...

How Armenia is trying to build a Silicon Valley in the South Caucasus

In Armenia tech education starts early. In a typical three-storey state school in the suburbs of Yerevan, the Armenian capital, nine-year old Slavik is demonstrating his invention, a box with three LED lights.  Next to him, 14-year-old Eric and Narek are showing their smart greenhouse model that monitors temperature and controls fans automatically through a mobile app. Other children are enthusiastically showcasing their inventions: games, robot…

In Washington, Silicon Valley’s Iconoclasts Cheer an America-First Consensus

After years of cool, sometimes hostile relations between the tech sector and the federal government, the once-fringe Silicon Valley cohort that got behind Trump now wields outsized power in Washington — and is leading the charge on the need to beat China at advanced weaponry and AI, and to reinvest in American industrial power.The new dynamic was on clear display at the annual Hill and Valley Forum — the largest and arguably most successful that…