Google Breakup, Voter Turnout, Venture Cash Crunch: WTF Highlights
Technology is in a state of rapid change. Google faces a historic antitrust breakup. Advances in artificial intelligence are minting multibillion-dollar startups. And venture capital is still grappling with the hangover of the 2021 boom. Speakers at The Information’s Women in Tech, Media and Finance summit had opinions on them all.
Chelsea Clinton called on Silicon Valley to use artificial intelligence to get out the vote. Marissa Mayer noted a silver lining to a forced breakup of Google. And Forerunner Ventures’ Kirsten Green questioned whether the venture capital model is still effective.