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Jessica Mathews
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Jessica Mathews is a former senior writer for Fortune, where she covered transportation, defense tech, and Elon Musk’s companies. Previously, she wrote the daily dealmaking newsletter Term Sheet, where she won an EPPY award for best business/finance blog. Before joining Fortune, she covered wealth management and custody as a reporter at Financial Planning magazine. Jessica was a 2018 Dow Jones News Fund intern, and she interned at CNBC in 2017. She is a graduate from The King’s College in New York City. Originally from Memphis, Tenn., you can now find her biking around Bentonville, Ark.
Photo illustration of Chris Dixon and Perry Chen with the New York skyline and blockchain cubes with the Kickstarter logo.
Companies
The untold story of Kickstarter’s crypto Hail Mary—and the secret $100 million a16z-led investment to save its fading brand
By Leo Schwartz and Jessica MathewsMarch 11, 2024
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Tech
SpaceX’s ‘crusade’ against the NLRB starts today as wrongful termination hearing begins
By Jessica MathewsMarch 5, 2024
The startup behind the aspirational Hyperloop tunnel project in Northern Italy has struggled to pay employee salaries and rent this year, documents show
Tech
The startup behind the aspirational Hyperloop tunnel project in Northern Italy has struggled to pay employee salaries and rent this year, documents show
By Jessica MathewsMarch 2, 2024
The guy who bought the first Apple Vision Pro in New York says it’s a ‘bit heavy’ and he doesn’t use it as much as he expected—but he isn’t returning it
Tech
The guy who bought the first Apple Vision Pro in New York says it’s a ‘bit heavy’ and he doesn’t use it as much as he expected—but he isn’t returning it
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 29, 2024
Photo collage of Elon Musk near The Boring Company tunnel and a tesla with clippings from OSHA documents regarding reported injuries at the construction sites.
Newsletters
Here’s what it’s like to dig tunnels at Elon Musk’s Boring Company
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 28, 2024
Photo collage of Elon Musk near The Boring Company tunnel and a tesla with clippings from OSHA documents regarding reported injuries at the construction sites.
Tech
‘We have consistently flirted with death’: Elon Musk wanted the Boring Co. to build a tunnel system below Las Vegas. Former employees say they feared for their lives while working there
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 27, 2024
Reddit tests the IPO market during a treacherous time for unprofitable startups: ‘Sophisticated investors won’t be excited about buying’
Tech
Reddit tests the IPO market during a treacherous time for unprofitable startups: ‘Sophisticated investors won’t be excited about buying’
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 22, 2024
Startups have taken big strides this year to bring back space travel
Newsletters
Startups have taken big strides this year to bring back space travel
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 20, 2024
Tonight’s SpaceX launch—if successful—will be major milestone towards Elon Musk’s plan to send humans to Mars
Tech
Tonight’s SpaceX launch—if successful—will be major milestone towards Elon Musk’s plan to send humans to Mars
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 13, 2024
Exclusive: Thrive Capital has invested in more than a dozen other VC firms from its growth fund, emails show
Tech
Exclusive: Thrive Capital has invested in more than a dozen other VC firms from its growth fund, emails show
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 12, 2024
The Term Sheet handoff
Newsletters
The Term Sheet handoff
By Jessica MathewsFebruary 1, 2024
The dawning of the unicorpses: The boom and bust of billion-dollar startups
Newsletters
The dawning of the unicorpses: The boom and bust of billion-dollar startups
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 26, 2024
The FTC’s inquiry into Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet’s AI alliances is the opening shot in a showdown that could reshape tech
Tech
The FTC’s inquiry into Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet’s AI alliances is the opening shot in a showdown that could reshape tech
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 25, 2024
Photo illustration of a unicorn's horn bursting a bubble.
Magazine
From unicorns to unicorpses: Why billion-dollar startups and even VC firms keep imploding
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 25, 2024
Founder fraud cases are stacking up, even as federal prosecutors warn about ‘fake it till you make it’ culture
Newsletters
Founder fraud cases are stacking up, even as federal prosecutors warn about ‘fake it till you make it’ culture
By Jessica MathewsJanuary 22, 2024
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