A Billion to One

My weekly tech and money newsletter at Vanity Fair.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev Wants You to Vibe Code Your Way Out of the Permanent Underclass

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev Wants You to Vibe Code Your Way Out of the Permanent Underclass

A sit-down with the (sometimes) populist billionaire Vlad Tenev about Trump accounts, mega IPOs, and a world full of “hundreds of thousands of single-person unicorns.”

Meet the Congressional Candidate in the AI Industry's Crosshairs

Meet the Congressional Candidate in the AI Industry's Crosshairs

New York congressional candidate Alex Bores on running against a Kennedy scion, balling with Zohran, and why the midterms could be our last shot at stopping a total AI takeover.

OpenAI Preps Policy Push to “Rethink the Social Contract”

OpenAI Preps Policy Push to “Rethink the Social Contract”

Is OpenAI’s chief futurist prepping for a major breakthrough or just another hype cycle?

At a DC Defense-Tech Conference, No Hegseth—and “Epic Fury”

At a DC Defense-Tech Conference, No Hegseth—and “Epic Fury”

Vanity Fair tech correspondent Julia Black goes inside Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Summit in the first edition of her new column, A Billion to One.

Can a Pro-Tech Podcast Solve OpenAI’s PR Woes?

Can a Pro-Tech Podcast Solve OpenAI’s PR Woes?

This winter, OpenAI hit a comms rock bottom. Will its acquisition of the cult favorite show TBPN be enough to turn it around?