Erin Griffith
@ering.bsky.social
NYT reporter covering startups & venture capital
Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
Writing a book about startups in the 2010s🦄
“Dependence is problematic,” Robert said. “On the other hand, it’s good for business.”
Talking about chatbots but applies to any addictive business … social media, cigarettes, junk food, gambling…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
Talking about chatbots but applies to any addictive business … social media, cigarettes, junk food, gambling…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Dependence is problematic,” Robert said. “On the other hand, it’s good for business.”
Talking about chatbots but applies to any addictive business … social media, cigarettes, junk food, gambling…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
Talking about chatbots but applies to any addictive business … social media, cigarettes, junk food, gambling…
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
I'm back from a very long book+mat leave! My first story is a look at what's going on with VC funding for AI startups.
I've written a version of this story a few times over the last couple years, but each time, the frenzy has gotten crazier:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
I've written a version of this story a few times over the last couple years, but each time, the frenzy has gotten crazier:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster and Faster
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm back from a very long book+mat leave! My first story is a look at what's going on with VC funding for AI startups.
I've written a version of this story a few times over the last couple years, but each time, the frenzy has gotten crazier:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
I've written a version of this story a few times over the last couple years, but each time, the frenzy has gotten crazier:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
the recap of seasons 1-3 of The Morning Show is so unintentionally hilarious. thank you for reminding me of the roughly 9 million ABSURD plot twists I forgot about, none of the which make any sense together. (i love this insane show)
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 AM
the recap of seasons 1-3 of The Morning Show is so unintentionally hilarious. thank you for reminding me of the roughly 9 million ABSURD plot twists I forgot about, none of the which make any sense together. (i love this insane show)
June 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Is an event that those involved call "the blip" really dramatic enough for an entire movie? It wasn't a gripping rise and fall. It's a tiny, kinda-pointless-in-the-end blip that happened along the rise.
I will say Andrew Garfield as Altman is pretty good
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
I will say Andrew Garfield as Altman is pretty good
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Luca Guadagnino to Direct True-Life OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’ for Amazon MGM
Andrew Garfield, 'A Complete Unknown' scene-stealer Monica Barbaro, and 'Anora' actor Yura Borisov are circling lead roles in the story of Sam Altman's firing and rehiring.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Is an event that those involved call "the blip" really dramatic enough for an entire movie? It wasn't a gripping rise and fall. It's a tiny, kinda-pointless-in-the-end blip that happened along the rise.
I will say Andrew Garfield as Altman is pretty good
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
I will say Andrew Garfield as Altman is pretty good
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
anyone else see Mountainhead? I shared some thoughts here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
no charm, only money
did you roomcuck yourself?
substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
anyone else see Mountainhead? I shared some thoughts here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Erin Griffith
I wrote a story in 2014 about a digital payments startup called Clinkle. At the time, a source provided me with photo of Clinkle CEO Lucas Duplan burning (fake) money with Richard Branson. It became a metaphor after Clinkle crashed.
Now Duplan filed a DMCA takedown to get it removed from Google.
Now Duplan filed a DMCA takedown to get it removed from Google.
June 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I wrote a story in 2014 about a digital payments startup called Clinkle. At the time, a source provided me with photo of Clinkle CEO Lucas Duplan burning (fake) money with Richard Branson. It became a metaphor after Clinkle crashed.
Now Duplan filed a DMCA takedown to get it removed from Google.
Now Duplan filed a DMCA takedown to get it removed from Google.
This is too funny sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/o...
OpenAI spent $3 million on that Jony Ive and Sam Altman video
From hiring cops and extras to moving a city bus stop, OpenAI managed to produce what may have been history’s most expensive coffee date.
sfstandard.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is too funny sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/o...
Reposted by Erin Griffith
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
May 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RFK Jr. said multiple times during his house and senate hearings today that no scientists have been fired from federal agencies. Our reporting has shown that hundreds, if not thousands, of scientists have been let go from NIH/CDC/FDA
this piece looking back on NYC dining is hitting me so hard with nostalgia, ESPECIALLY this sam sifton riff on the scene at roberta's in 2008
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
this piece looking back on NYC dining is hitting me so hard with nostalgia, ESPECIALLY this sam sifton riff on the scene at roberta's in 2008
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
fashion trends are moving too fast or i'm too old to follow them.
anyway, skinny jeans are apparently "back" already
www.vogue.com/article/best...
anyway, skinny jeans are apparently "back" already
www.vogue.com/article/best...
From Kate Moss to Taylor Swift—It’s Time to Revisit Black Skinny Jeans
Super slim-leg jeans are back and every generation is wearing them in this wash.
www.vogue.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
fashion trends are moving too fast or i'm too old to follow them.
anyway, skinny jeans are apparently "back" already
www.vogue.com/article/best...
anyway, skinny jeans are apparently "back" already
www.vogue.com/article/best...
🩸BLOOD FLOWER🩸
Scoop: Elizabeth Holmes is advising her partner on the launch of a new biotech startup. It's name? Blood flower
npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
npr.org/2025/05/10/n...
Elizabeth Holmes's partner raises millions for new biotech testing startup
The incarcerated former Silicon Valley star is advising her partner on a new health tech startup. Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors in her blood-testing company Theranos.
npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🩸BLOOD FLOWER🩸
Reposted by Erin Griffith
the new york sewer rats have finally elected a new rat pope
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
the new york sewer rats have finally elected a new rat pope
2 obsessive thoughts i've had about the west village girlies story:
1. how do they afford it and if they're rich, why be so basic?
2. carrie bradshaw lived in the UES!!!!!!!!!! (I know the satc ladies hung out downtown but they did not live there!)
1. how do they afford it and if they're rich, why be so basic?
2. carrie bradshaw lived in the UES!!!!!!!!!! (I know the satc ladies hung out downtown but they did not live there!)
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
2 obsessive thoughts i've had about the west village girlies story:
1. how do they afford it and if they're rich, why be so basic?
2. carrie bradshaw lived in the UES!!!!!!!!!! (I know the satc ladies hung out downtown but they did not live there!)
1. how do they afford it and if they're rich, why be so basic?
2. carrie bradshaw lived in the UES!!!!!!!!!! (I know the satc ladies hung out downtown but they did not live there!)
big news, Geely is bidding for Zeekr.
almost as significant as the time flink acquired cajoo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
almost as significant as the time flink acquired cajoo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Geely Submits Bid to Take US-Listed EV Brand Zeekr Private
Billionaire Li Shufu is ramping up a push to streamline his sprawling business empire, with his Hong Kong-listed Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. offering to take premium electric-car maker Zeekr privat...
www.bloomberg.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
big news, Geely is bidding for Zeekr.
almost as significant as the time flink acquired cajoo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
almost as significant as the time flink acquired cajoo.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Sovereignty outran Journalism. at least it wasn’t tyranny 🙃
May 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sovereignty outran Journalism. at least it wasn’t tyranny 🙃
I'm not sure i will ever be able to comprehend the deep and enduring hatred my dog feels for the US Postal Service.
Today a nice mail lady even gave him a treat, which he accepted then immediately returned to growling and calls to abolish the USPS.
Today a nice mail lady even gave him a treat, which he accepted then immediately returned to growling and calls to abolish the USPS.
May 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm not sure i will ever be able to comprehend the deep and enduring hatred my dog feels for the US Postal Service.
Today a nice mail lady even gave him a treat, which he accepted then immediately returned to growling and calls to abolish the USPS.
Today a nice mail lady even gave him a treat, which he accepted then immediately returned to growling and calls to abolish the USPS.
ahaha Quince sells discount gold bars they really do have a dupe of everything
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ahaha Quince sells discount gold bars they really do have a dupe of everything
honestly perfect headline
techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/c...
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
honestly perfect headline
techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/21/c...
Reposted by Erin Griffith
The story gets you all excited about this molecule in the air of a distant planet that is believed to only be produced by living organisms, and then it ends this way:
April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The story gets you all excited about this molecule in the air of a distant planet that is believed to only be produced by living organisms, and then it ends this way:
Reposted by Erin Griffith
My new favorite scientist
“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet (Gift Article)
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My new favorite scientist
“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
“I’m not screaming, ‘aliens!’” said Nikole Lewis, an exoplanetary scientist at Cornell University. “But I always reserve my right to scream ‘aliens!’”
🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/s...
Reposted by Erin Griffith
Congrats to TurboTax, which has worked for two decades to stop Americans from being able to file taxes for free.
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Congrats to TurboTax, which has worked for two decades to stop Americans from being able to file taxes for free.
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Oh man, someone hacked the crosswalks in Palo Alto to have Zuck's voice assure people there is nothing they can do to stop AI slop from being forcefully inserted into every facet of their conscious experience. And Musk talking about how lonely he is.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/s...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/s...
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices | TechCrunch
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.
techcrunch.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Oh man, someone hacked the crosswalks in Palo Alto to have Zuck's voice assure people there is nothing they can do to stop AI slop from being forcefully inserted into every facet of their conscious experience. And Musk talking about how lonely he is.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/s...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/s...
so goldman's approach to tariffs is "if we don't talk about them maybe they're not real"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
Goldman Sachs Avoids Mentioning the Word ‘Tariffs’ Amid Trump Trade Policy Uncertainty
Wall Street’s top firms have been reluctant to criticize President Trump’s trade policy, but Goldman took it to a new level on Monday.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
so goldman's approach to tariffs is "if we don't talk about them maybe they're not real"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/b...