Elias Schisgall

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[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Some personal news: today’s my first day as a reporter for @WSJ! Couldn't be more excited to join the newswires team covering breaking corporate stories.

Please reach out with tips, ideas, or to add me to your press lists: [email protected]

[Jared Mitovich @jaredmitovich]

NEW investigation in @WSJ: a trail of missteps in the stalled search for Nancy Guthrie

- The lead @PimaSheriff detective was reprimanded for 'poor judgment' handling a homicide 2 months prior
- Deputies on day 1 minimized the importance of dried blood found on Nancy’s front porch
- A search-and-rescue plane sat grounded until dusk after a senior pilot was reassigned days prior
- @FBI says requests for federal assistance came late

This and more from 3 months of reporting with @vbauerlein @HannaCritch (free link): https://t.co/Y8TYqE00H9

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

New: @AnthropicAI just signed a deal to use all of @SpaceX's compute capacity at its Colossus 1 data center.

The deal comes as Anthropic has struggled to amass enough to compute to meet demand. The company also expressed interest in working with SpaceX on data centers in space.

Read more in @WSJ:
https://t.co/xhuCMTA3x7

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Breaking news: Cerebras, a chip startup that counts Amazon and OpenAI among its customers, filed to go public through an IPO.

Its chips are optimized for inference computing, the process by which AI models respond to user queries.

More TK in @wsj:
https://t.co/YVvjsTg6x6

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

The Trump administration’s “debanking” crackdown may be extending to payment processors.

I report on FTC Chair @AFergusonFTC’s letters to Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, and PayPal, warning that denying customers access on political or religious grounds could lead to FTC investigations or enforcement.

Out now in @wsj:
https://t.co/R75yCXtUNe

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Breaking: U.S. Customs and Border Protection is working on a tariff refund system that it says will be operational in 45 days.

The move comes after a judge in the Court of International Trade ruled that the Trump administration must begin repaying payments made for tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court.

More TK in @wsj: https://t.co/4xOI4jdR5h

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Netflix just acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking technology company founded by Ben Affleck.

The A-lister has been developing AI tools designed to preserve creative intent and complement the filmmaking process. He's joining Netflix as a senior advisor.

Read more in @wsj:

https://t.co/DZDpRbMIM9

[Dhruv Patel @dhruvtkpatel]

EXCLUSIVE in @thecrimson — Summers to retire from his academic & faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

He will relinquish his University Professorship, Harvard's highest faculty distinction.

https://t.co/vakXeRVv3e

[keachhagey @keachhagey]

In recent weeks, Anthropic approached 1789 Capital, the firm where President Trump’s son is a partner, about investing in its latest round. 1789 declined for ideological reasons.

The latest on the escalating tensions between Anthropic and the Trump Administration, w/ @AmrithRamkumar @DeborahAcosta @VeraMBergen
https://t.co/m26R9NmBH0 https://t.co/jLh6dTE5QB via @WSJ

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Breaking: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will have to take another stab at their application for a $71.5 billion railroad merger, a railroad regulator ruled today. The setback adds to what is already expected to be a lengthy review process.

In @WSJ:
https://t.co/anIJGMNh2s

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Breaking: @xai, @elonmusk's artificial intelligence company, just completed a Series E funding round for $20 billion, above the company's previous $15 billion target.

I report for @wsj (gift link):
https://t.co/dHJzaX0J2j

[Cam Srivastava @camsrivastava]

SCOOP: Internal docs obtained by @thecrimson show Harvard Salient leaders casually used racial slurs, circulated a draft with Nazi symbols, and criticized women's voting rights — revelations that triggered the board to suspend the conservative magazine.

https://t.co/JoEpoeFGON

[Abby Shih Gerstein @abbysgerstein]

Harvard’s John Adams Society quietly became all-male this semester — shutting women out of a once co-ed conservative debate club.

@JackBReardon and I look into what this means for conservative women on campus in @thecrimson
https://t.co/ny8kX0BlsK

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Big scoop from @thecrimson's @JackBReardon and @abbysgerstein:

Harvard's conservative debating society, the secretive and exclusive John Adams Society, has effectively excluded women from its ranks.

https://t.co/tB35HlMW8U

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Story below:
https://t.co/zBYA3TvdXf

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

News: Meta is acquiring Limitless, a maker of wearable AI devices, as the tech giant looks to divert resources away from the metaverse and toward AI.

Story TK in @WSJ.

[Elias Schisgall @eschisgall]

Starbucks has reached a $39.8 million settlement with New York City to resolve claims that it had violated the city's Fair Workweek Law.

Starbucks will pay restitution to more than 15,000 NYC-based hourly workers. In a blog post, it said the city's law was well-intentioned but complex and burdensome for employers. Today in @wsj:

https://t.co/wdIFGnOI2Q

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

News: Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
https://t.co/dVNc8NqqMV