Art by Mark Sullivan.
Art by Mark Sullivan.
The Big Read

OpenAI Readies Itself for Its Facebook Era

The startup has imported a massive number of former Meta staff and has turned its attention to strategies favored by the older tech giant for boosting revenue and users.
The Arena

Despite NBA Scandal, Sports’ Gambling Habit Will Be Hard to Break

The 2025–26 NBA season kicked off this week with loads to get excited about: new broadcasts from NBC’s Peacock and Amazon Prime Video, a blockbuster double-overtime opening matchup between the...
Form left: Miami Heat's Terry Rozier, FBI's Kash Patel and Portland Trail Blazer's Chauncey Billups. Photos via Getty
Art by Clark Miller
Art by Clark Miller
The Arena

Moneyball for Minors: Inside the Booming Business of Youth Sports Apps

There’s a bonanza of youth sports apps for streaming games, tracking stats and coordinating jam-packed club team schedules. Investors are circling, parents are wound up over the apps and kids are just trying to have some fun.
The Top 5

The Best New Places for a Tech Holiday Party

Many in tech have seen plenty of reasons to celebrate lately—with AI valuations soaring and paydays getting bigger and bigger. And pretty soon it’ll be time to consider the all-important event for...
Art by Clark Miller
Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read

E-Commerce Startups Are Back From the Dead

Online shopping has returned to pandemic highs—partly driven by a new generation of young brands that hope not to repeat their predecessors’ mistakes.
Artificial Intelligence

Rise of the Cursor Resistance: Why Some Techies Want to Ignore AI Coding Tools

Over the summer, two software engineers at Mixus, a San Francisco–based artificial intelligence startup, staged a bit of a rebellion by refusing to follow instructions to rely heavily on Cursor or...
Art by Clark Miller
The Arena

Sports Braces for a New Referee: AI

About halfway through a panel discussion at The Information’s first-ever sports business event this week, Bill Schlough, chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants, asked our capacity...
Sara Germano (left) and Bay FC's Aly Wagner. Photo by Erin Beach
Art by Clark Miller (photo: Getty Images)
Art by Clark Miller (photo: Getty Images)
The Big Read

Can Reed Jobs Be More Than the Son of Steve?

The Apple co-founder’s son has thrown himself into investing in biotech moon shots.
Electric Vehicles

The Chinese Billionaire Whose Robots and Cars Should Worry Detroit—and Silicon Valley

For years, Chinese billionaire He Xiaopeng has been pegged as an Elon Musk wannabe, and his electric vehicle company, XPeng, as a mere Tesla copycat. And until recently the company seemed...
Art by Clark Miller; Getty Images.