Post B2V9Qnb46MsNBegf7Q by fj@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B2V9QmFP7PxH0BXqiW by fj@mastodon.social
2024-07-15T13:15:28Z
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Silicon Valley Tech investors used to claim they were backing companies "to make a world a better place”, and to some extent they were (fooling themselves into) believing that.But now it seems like most prominent venture capital partners from a16z, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Craft Ventures ... are spending their days spouting very nationalistic bigoted pro-Trump ideology on X.Are there any still, not entirely batshit crazy, VCs in the US?
(DIR) Post #B2V9Qnb46MsNBegf7Q by fj@mastodon.social
2024-07-15T19:51:41Z
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And now … ex-Silicon Valley VC JD Vance becomes Trump’s running mate.“Vance moved to San Francisco to work in the tech industry as a venture capitalist. He served as a principal at Peter Thiel's firm, Mithril Capital, between 2016 and 2017.“https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-15/trump-taps-rising-republican-star-jd-vance-as-running-mate
(DIR) Post #B2V9QorPP5Xl6dLEES by fj@mastodon.social
2024-07-17T14:08:51Z
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“Silicon Valley can’t let Musk and the All-In crew define its political identity. I still think the majority of tech workers oppose Trump. They need to be much louder about it.” https://www.newcomer.co/p/silicon-valleys-trump-embrace
(DIR) Post #B2V9QpvLRwHoP8Bt0S by fj@mastodon.social
2025-02-19T06:13:18Z
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Please someone bring a camera when you're breaking the news to a16z's Marc Andreessen, who said he was forced to support Trump because Lina Khan was preventing his fund to get exits.https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/trump-enforcers-affirm-lina-khans
(DIR) Post #B2V9QqhYYgqooekO9Y by fj@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T13:51:10Z
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The amount of accepted bigotry in Silicon Valley VC circles, especially around a16z and Sequoia partners, is quite remarkable. I'm honestly quite stunned that some European pension and sovereign funds are still investing with them.
(DIR) Post #B2V9QrYjMzNxTZcr2G by fj@mastodon.social
2025-07-18T09:58:57Z
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a16z's Andreessen who counts university endowments amongst its investors says: “I view Stanford and MIT as mainly political lobbying operations fighting American innovation at this point [...] They declared war on 70% of the country and now they’re going to pay the price”.https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/12/marc-andreessen-private-chat-universities-diversity/
(DIR) Post #B2V9QsU9vTK4LgUiY4 by fj@mastodon.social
2025-07-23T04:36:33Z
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https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/114900382529660407
(DIR) Post #B2V9QtY5yK47eBLNK4 by fj@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T04:43:02Z
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The standards of compliance have gotten so low that a Sheikh bribing the president of the USA with a $2 billion deal negotiated through a Silicon Valley VC is not even news anymore.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chips-witkoff-world-liberty.html
(DIR) Post #B2V9QvGRav8Oy16J5U by fj@mastodon.social
2025-09-23T08:36:48Z
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“What’s happened to Silicon Valley? Why did the Ayn Rand–loving heroes of tech become Donald Trump’s bootlickers?”“[Tech VCs and CEOs] may believe that submitting to Trump’s protection racket protects their shareholders. But tech giants are certainly capable of standing up for the long-term viability of their industry. And for democracy. So far they are doing the opposite. "https://www.wired.com/story/silicon-valley-politics-shift/
(DIR) Post #B2V9QwFluuBu2DnHg8 by fj@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T06:24:40Z
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Silicon Valley Tech CEOs, who have long been claiming to champion free speech, have effectively been muzzled by this administration. Caught between their fiduciary duty and Trump’s intimidations, none has the courage to speak up first.This is almost a textbook case of a prisoner’s dilemma.Extract from: https://omny.fm/shows/odd-lots/andrew-ross-sorkin-on-the-stock-market-crash-that-shattered-america
(DIR) Post #B2V9QxCGPQykxd9zqi by fj@mastodon.social
2025-11-11T13:12:49Z
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“A large part of the venture capital model is serving as a recruitment mechanism into tech fascism. You’ve got all these people with these companies who want this money from the venture capitalists, and increasingly it’s seen as sort of a litmus test of whether you're gonna go along with these ideas.”https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/10/Man-Who-Tracks-Silicon-Valley-Nerd-Reich/
(DIR) Post #B2V9QxypUrpLOFsmY4 by fj@mastodon.social
2025-12-15T11:05:02Z
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Alors que l'Europe se reprend en main et re-développe des capacités technologiques souveraines, il faut se rappeler de comment le renseignement américain et #InQTel ont sabotés, avec l'aide du groupe de private equity américain Texas Pacific Group, le géant français de la carte à puce Gemplus. Méfiance donc quand des VC affiliés avec le #NerdReich cherchent à rentrer au capital des boîtes européennes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wMxldl3Alk
(DIR) Post #B2V9QylOaIfvosbZFQ by fj@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T10:46:40Z
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Great podcast episode with Christine Lagarde. Europe has talent, which needs funding. The #CapitalMarketsUnion is urgent.“Instead of having these massive savings travel across the Atlantic to be invested in the US and for US investors and venture capitalists to then come back to possibly invest in some selected projects which suits them. We should just indicate that there is a will and there is a way to invest in Europe.”https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-economics-show/id1746352576?l=en-GB&i=1000742551132&r=692
(DIR) Post #B2V9QzJmWSBHXWh1qS by fj@mastodon.social
2026-01-09T09:37:00Z
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I'm amazed that Lutnick doesn't see the irony when he goes on a podcast with VCs & talks about China dumping Chinese EV overproduction to kill Volkswagen.The 🇺🇸 VC ecosystem has been doing the same thing with private money in Europe. American VC-backed companies with their deep pockets have been running services at loss in order to eliminate competition for a long time, knowing that because of the deeper capital markets in the US they can win at that game.We need the #CapitalMarketsUnion now!
(DIR) Post #B2V9R0Fv2IgYRptSSm by fj@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T13:39:37Z
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What the #NerdReich of Silicon Valley VCs (Thiel, Praxis, Chamath ... ) don't understand is that not everyone lives in a world where everything is transactional.Greenlanders don't share their values. Greenlanders can't be bought.📺Full Interview: https://www.viory.video/en/videos/a3110_18012026#MakeAmericaGoAway #Greenland #NuDetNuUK
(DIR) Post #B2V9R6TxszUBl8VlBo by fj@mastodon.social
2026-01-20T09:25:41Z
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“Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat [Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists] weirdos, it makes perfect sense.”https://newrepublic.com/article/205102/oligarchs-pushing-conquest-greenland-trump