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Locals Cheer as Plan for Utopian Tech City Hits the Skids

DAVID VS GOLIATH

A major development backed by a who’s who of Silicon Valley power brokers was shelved Monday for at least two years—part of a supposed bid to study its environmental impact.

Michael Daly | Published Jul 23, 2024
opinion

Billionaires’ Sneaky Plan for a Utopia Is Already Backfiring

‘NO RESPECT’

It turns out that if you act shady, people don’t trust you.

Michael Daly | Published Oct 04, 2023

Utopian City Investors First Tried to ‘Fix’ San Francisco

WHO’S WHO

The tech and finance titans pushed for aggressive housing development in the Bay Area. Now they’re buying up land to build a new metropolis.

Emily Shugerman | Published Sep 01, 2023

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opinion

Mayor Hell-Bent on Stopping Tech Billionaires’ Utopia Plan

‘NOT OUR FIRST RODEO’

She is meeting with a congressman and other officials to come up with a “defense” to the sketchy proposal for a new California city.

Michael Daly | Published Aug 31, 2023
opinion

Tech Billionaires’ Utopian Dreams Are Dystopian Nightmares

ATLAS CRUSHED

A cadre of anarcho-capitalist plutocrats want to remake society through the power of monopoly and a “free market” rigged in their favor.

Matt Lewis | Published Aug 31, 2023

The Former Whiz Kid Behind Tech Billionaires’ Utopia Plan

‘WHO IS GOING TO STOP ME?’

Jan Sramek was the next big thing in high finance before he faded from the spotlight, only to re-emerge as the mastermind of a massive land grab.

Emily Shugerman | Published Aug 28, 2023

Tech Billionaires Behind Secretive Plan for New Metropolis

CITY SLICKERS

A firm cloaked in mystery has bought up $800 million worth of land. Now the investors are unmasked.

Tracy Connor | Published Aug 25, 2023

Silicon Valley Mega-Fund Drops Ton of Cash…on WeWork Founder

LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN

Andreessen Horowitz is drinking the Adam Neumann Kool-Aid.

Noah Kirsch | Published Aug 15, 2022

Marc Andreessen on the Skype Sale

PLAYING CATCH-UP

The computer giant just scooped up the Web phone service Skype in a bid to catch up to Google and Apple—and crowned Marc Andreessen, its main investor, the new king of tech.

Dan Lyons | Published May 10, 2011

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