Becky Peterson
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Becky Peterson is a NewYork City-based reporter covering Tesla, SpaceX and all things Elon Musk. She previously worked at Insider, where she revealed the private financials of the spyware company NSO Group, got inside the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, unveiled turmoil at Mark Zuckerberg’s family office, and profiled the Emerson Collective’s Laurene Powell Jobs. Previously, she covered enterprise tech and tech investment banking with a focus on M&A, IPO and venture capital deals in San Francisco. Email her at [email protected].
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$4 trillion Tesla?
Posted byBecky Peterson
Earlier tonight on the Tesla Q3 earnings call Musk he said sees Tesla's path toward out valuing Apple and Saudi Aramco. That would bring Tesla's market cap from $696 billion today to north of $4 trillion. Any of you buying it? What's the path?The Information
Will you keep using Twitter?
Posted byBecky Peterson
Will you keep using Twitter once it's in Elon Musk's control? I'm thinking less about what it will mean for new features or content moderation strategy. How do people feel about ownership when it comes to who has access to Twitter data, DMs, etc?The Information
Why was Katie Haun still on the OpenSea board?
Posted byBecky Peterson
My colleague Aidan reported the switch at OpenSea last week. Seems clear that even if a16z is an LP in Haun Ventures, the two firms would be competing for deals. Why would a16z let Katie Haun keep the a16z board seat in the first place?The Information
Why is Musk being so nice about Andrej Karpathy?
Posted byBecky Peterson
One of the more interesting things about AI head Andrej Karpathy's departure from Tesla is how involved Elon Musk has been in the public messaging. People at Tesla and SpaceX often talk about the random firings or high-level departures that happen with little acknowledgement. (Though Karpathy's departure was not announced inside Tesla either, I am told.) This depart...The Information