🧭 Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President

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Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President. Y Combinator has tapped an outsider as its next president — sort of. The storied Bay Area-based accelerator has chosen venture capitalist and Y Combinator alum Garry Tan to serve as the fourth leader in its seventeen-year history. (Alex Konrad / Forbes)

Garry Tan 陈嘉兴 @garrytan

Next year, I'll be going back to Y Combinator as President and CEO. It's a one in ten billion lifetimes kind of opportunity— YC gave me my start, and I'm deeply grateful to the community.

forbes.comY Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next PresidentMidas List investor and Initialized Capital cofounder Garry Tan will take the reins at influential startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2023.

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Secret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean Floor. KINGSTON, Jamaica — As demand grows globally for metals needed to make batteries for electric vehicles, one of the richest untapped sources of the raw materials lies two and a half miles beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. (Eric Lipton / The New York Times)

Eric Lipton @EricLiptonNYT

NEW: The Pacific Ocean could soon be open to mining seabed rocks loaded with nickel, cobalt, other metals to supply EV car batteries. What harm might this cause to aquatic life? Just how did some of these mining deals get struck? A NYT investigation

nytimes.comSecret Data, Tiny Islands and a Quest for Treasure on the Ocean FloorMining in parts of the Pacific Ocean was meant to benefit poor countries, but an international agency gave a Canadian company access to prized seabed sites with metals crucial to the green energy revolution.

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Honda, LG Energy Plan $4.4 Billion EV Battery Factory in U.S. TOKYO—Honda Motor and LG Energy Solution said Monday they plan to build a $4.4 billion electric-vehicle battery factory in the U.S., the latest tie-up between auto makers and battery suppliers seeking to expand capacity by sharing upfront… (River Davis / Wall Street Journal)

Paul Page @PaulPage

The decision by Honda and LG Energy to build a $4 billion electric-vehicle battery plant in the U.S. brings greater shape to a new supply chain forming for electric cars. wsj.com/articles/honda… via @WSJ

wsj.comHonda, LG Energy Plan $4.4 Billion EV Battery Factory in U.S.Tokyo-based Honda and South Korea’s LG Energy join a growing roster of joint ventures between car makers and battery suppliers planning new factories in the U.S.

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Cryptocurrency influencers are peddling bad investment advice to millions of viewers. There's very little anyone can do to stop them. A generation of new hype-men are feeding audiences fascination with cryptocurrencies over social and traditional media. But their predictions are often terribly wrong. Their business practices show that they don't need to be right to make a killing… (Rob Price / Business Insider)

Rob Price 🏔 @robaeprice

NEW: A wave of cryptocurrency influencers are building huge audiences on YouTube and earning big money off their followers — while making wildly inaccurate predictions. Despite this, they’re now being increasingly cited as experts by mainstream media. 🧵 businessinsider.com/the-rise-of-cr…

businessinsider.comThe rise of the crypto hype men: How YouTubers are making fortunes by promoting cryptocurrencies, making wild predictions, and profiting of…Influencers like BitBoy Crypto, Moon Carl, and MMCrypto are making big money and blurring ethical lines while offering bad cryptocurrency advice.

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Elon Musk files another notice to terminate Twitter acquisition, citing additional 'undisclosed' reasons. Elon Musk filed another notice on Tuesday to terminate his acquisition of Twitter, citing additional reasons. Twitter shares were down more than 1% in pre-market trade. The latest filings come after Twitter's former head of security Peiter 'Mudge'…  (Arjun Kharpal / CNBC)

CNBC @CNBC

Elon Musk files another notice to terminate Twitter acquisition, citing additional 'undisclosed' reasons

cnb.cxElon Musk cites whistleblower claims in latest effort to scrap Twitter dealElon Musk filed another notice on Tuesday to terminate his acquisition of Twitter, citing additional “undisclosed” reasons.

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