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Why Apple is so volatile
“If you’re wondering why the stock is volatile,” tweeted Andreessen Horowitz’ Benedict Evans late last night, “this is everything you need to know.” What Evans offers his 82,000 followers is the...
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Visa exec Alex Rampell joins Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner
TrialPay co-founder and CEO Alex Rampell has agreed to join venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner, just months after selling the transactional advertising and payments startup...
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The world’s highest valued cybersecurity startup is now worth $3.5 billion
When Orion Hindawi began discussions with potential investors for what would be his company’s third round of funding in less than a year, he noticed something had changed. A year ago they cared about...
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If Ray Lane hated HP’s Autonomy move so much, how did it happen?
Since Hewlett-Packard closed its $11 billion purchase of Autonomy in late 2011, we’ve learned a lot that raises questions about why this deal, controversial since the get-go, ever went through. Last...
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Visa and others sign on to offer this new employee benefit
Visa V , along with a handful of Silicon Valley companies and venture capital firms, will offer employees genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer as a benefit. The testing, announced Wednesday,...
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What people are saying about the huge Dell-EMC deal
Dell set off a whirlwind of chatter Monday by announcing plans to acquire technology giant EMC EMC for roughly $67 billion. Analysts, techies, and corporate rivals all weighed in on the pros and cons...
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Q&A: Ted Ullyot, policy chief, Andreessen Horowitz
Fortune: On-demand startups like Uber, which are built on the backs of independent contractors, keep colliding with regulators. Are their concerns founded? Ullyot: A concept I like is "regulatory...
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This Startup Wants to Make Installing Industrial Sensors A Breeze
Big companies are paying the likes of General Electric and IBM huge amounts of money to install Internet-connected sensors on their assembly lines and industrial equipment to collect data about their...
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The (Very Contradictory) Year in Unicorns
Early in 2015, Fortune deemed tech's current boom "The Age of Unicorns," citing the proliferation of startups valued at $1 billion or more. We wondered if those good times might be nearing an end. But...
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Exclusive: Illumio Taps Former NSC Guru as Strategy Chief
Illumio, the hot cybersecurity startup that aims to protect corporate infrastructure in internal data centers and outside clouds, has hired Nathaniel Gleicher, former director for cybersecurity policy...
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Airbus’ Venture Capital Arm Lands in Silicon Valley
Airbus has opened a new Silicon Valley venture capital arm whose first investment is in a company that wants to build cars, helicopters, and airplanes using open source designs. The fund, Airbus...
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DataGravity Cuts Jobs In Effort to Reduce Spending
DataGravity, a startup focused on securing stored corporate data against hacker attacks and other threats, is cutting jobs. Among those affected by the layoffs was Michael White, head of DataGravity...
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When Software Tries to Eat Regulation
Last night Zenefits, the corporate benefits software company, announced that its CEO and founder Parker Conrad had stepped down. Chief operating officer David Sacks became CEO. In an email to employees...
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VMware Exec Martin Casado Joins Andreessen Horowitz
Martin Casado, the pioneer of software-defined networking who spearheaded VMware’s work in that area, is joining Andreessen Horowitz as general partner. Casado co-founded Nicira, based on his...
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Marc Andreessen Just Ended His Two-Week Twitter Vacation
Marc Andreessen is back from his brief, self-imposed break from tweeting. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is a billionaire with a penchant for tweeting from the hip, so to speak, and he saw quite...
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Android Guru Rich Miner Joins Dialpad Board
Rich Miner, half of the brain trust behind the popular Android mobile operating system, is now on the board of Dialpad, a new-age phone company that just changed its name from Switch.co. This is a good...
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What Does Google Want With 4chan Founder Chris Poole?
Google goog has made a surprising and fascinating hire: Christopher Poole, better known to many as “moot”, the founder of infamous meme mine and troll haven 4chan. “I can't wait to contribute my own...
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Smart Storage Startup DataGravity Pulls the Plug on Its Hardware Business
DataGravity, a startup that aims to secure corporate data where it is stored, is getting out of the hardware business and will focus on providing software that runs on other vendors’ storage arrays....
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Death of Intel’s Andy Grove Felt Across Tech Industry
Andrew Grove, Intel’s legendary co-founder and former CEO, passed away on Monday at 79, Intel said. He was one of the business world's most revered leaders who helped to usher in today's era of...
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Jumio Will Sell to Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin
Jumio, a startup that provides identity verification software to customers, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. Its next move: sell to Facebook co-founder Eduardo Severin. Amid investigations over its...
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