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Verne Kopytoff

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Senior editor, Fortune. Three words: Tech, tennis, travel

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Verne Kopytoff
25 days
No major company has dared to try since.
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As Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the U.S., Google’s brief effort building smartphones in Texas 12 years ago offers critical lessons
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Motorola's failed bet on assembling phones in the U.S. offers important lessons for Apple today.
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OpenAI’s hiring of legendary former Apple design boss Jony Ive is a $6.5 billion move to dominate the AI age by creating the next iPhone
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The deal for the startup founded by the iPhone's chief designer is OpenAi's biggest ever.
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Verne Kopytoff
3 months
Meanwhile, I have so little free time it takes me weeks to change a lightbulb.
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Verne Kopytoff
3 months
Among the many surprising takeaways from the group chatting techies story: Billionaires have have hella free time on their hands.
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4 months
Maintaining guidance is the new raising guidance.
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Verne Kopytoff
5 months
On Valentine’s Day, she was fired, along with a third of her colleagues, via an email from an anonymous DOGE account.
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The U.S. Digital Service was created in 2014 to bring digital best practices to the federal government. In its new incarnation, the office is focused on eliminating bureaucracy and cutting costs.
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Verne Kopytoff
6 months
What OpenAI's new focus on product design tells us about the future of AI:
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OpenAI’s is rushing to make its products more intuitive and useful as it tries to fend off Google, Meta, and DeepSeek.
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Verne Kopytoff
6 months
RT @editorialiste: Fortune Brainstorm AI returns to London from May 6-7. Want to participate in our invite-only gathering about the next ge….
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Verne Kopytoff
6 months
Immigrant AI talent worry Trump could make an already broken visa system worse  
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The U.S. depends on immigrants for top AI talent. But many struggle getting visas that would allow them to do the work.
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Verne Kopytoff
7 months
Trump AI and crypto ‘czar’ role is being scaled back as David Sacks clings to Silicon Valley commitments
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A Sacks spokesperson says he will comply with all relevant ethics rules, though he also intends to wear the czar's crown while continuing to work at VC firm Craft Ventures.
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Verne Kopytoff
8 months
You may recognize one of the co-chairs
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Verne Kopytoff
8 months
Let's get the party started: Fortune Brainstorm AI starts now. Watch the stream here:
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Watch AI experts and important players in the tech space come together in Silicon Valley to discuss the future of AI technology.
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Verne Kopytoff
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I'm old enough to remember Eric Schmidt denying Google planned to launch a browser. Of course, 15 months later, it did just that:
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Google Inc. has no plans to build its own Web browser software to compete with rival Microsoft Corp., Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday.
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