Tech Culture Reporter

Rya Jetha

Business Reporter

Kevin V. Nguyen

Keeping Figma weird: Inside tech’s design darling after a blockbuster IPO

Business

The company’s “maker” culture birthed some of its most game-changing products. But with a stock price hanging over everyone’s head, will the work still feel like play?

Culture Reporter 

Zara Stone

AI vibe-coders try to resurrect SF’s civic hacking scene

Culture

Using AI tools and riding a wave of Lurie-era optimism, a crew of civic hackers want to fix San Francisco.

‘The hot girl at the club’: How founding engineers became Silicon Valley’s biggest catch 

Referral bonuses, luxury retreats, and secrecy — startups are doing everything to land the right founding engineer. 

Tech & Government Reporter

Margaux MacColl

An SF startup is pitching Trump on militarizing humanoid robots

The year-old robotics firm Foundation thinks its competitors are alarmingly pacifist, leaving money and American exceptionalism on the table.

‘Burnout is a myth’: Stern words for new workers at SF’s tech intern fest  

Once a 3,000-person merch-fest, Internapalooza is now an exclusive event for Silicon Valley’s most brilliant and hardcore interns. 

Startups

Keeping Figma weird: Inside tech’s design darling after a blockbuster IPO

AI vibe-coders try to resurrect SF’s civic hacking scene

‘The hot girl at the club’: How founding engineers became Silicon Valley’s biggest catch

An SF startup is pitching Trump on militarizing humanoid robots

‘Burnout is a myth’: Stern words for new workers at SF’s tech intern fest