Sign in

Tom Giles

@tomgiles.bsky.social
236 followers 33 following 60 posts

I oversee global tech coverage for Bloomberg and teach business journalism at Cal. I'm also a board member at American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley. Opinions mine.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Tom Giles
Mark Gurman @markgurman.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
NEW: Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs. Details on the plan here. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Apple Readies a Low-Cost Laptop to Rival Chromebooks and Windows PCs
Apple Inc. is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first time, developing a budget Mac aimed at luring away customers from Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs.
12568
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our look at why Intel's new(ish) CEO is under fire from US President Trump and a Congressional committee: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Intel CEO Dogged by Decades of China Chip Investing, Board Work
For more than three decades, Lip-Bu Tan invested in the Chinese economic boom, placing the kind of no-brainer bets that enriched venture capitalists and fund managers around the world and across the U...
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hey NYT Connections writers: MUSCLE NICKNAMES PLUS “S” is a trash category
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Anthropic raising as much as $5 billion at a $170 billion valuation, with Iconiq leading the round. Scoop with new details by @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @kateclark.bsky.social; more news to come: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Anthropic Nears Deal to Raise Funding at $170 Billion Valuation
Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise as much as $5 billion in a new round of funding that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $170 billion, according to a person familiar with the matte...
021
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
homophones of synonyms = concepts of plans
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The words of the prophets were written on … a library wall. Washington, DC.
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Perplexity, challenging Google with a tool that summarizes search results and helps users refine queries to get the best responses, has been in the crosshairs of Meta and Apple. Busy day for Bloomberg Tech. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity
Apple Inc. executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI, seeking to address the need for more AI talent and technology.
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Watching broadcast news is a study in the present progressive, like reading Brett Easton Ellis.
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Spotter was a vital source of funding to content creators. But, CEO Aaron DeBevoise says, "The world has changed." Last year, Spotter missed financial goals and cut 40% of staff. @aishacounts.bsky.social explains how it went down: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
SoftBank-Backed Startup Misses Financial Goals, Slashes Staff
Just a couple years ago, Spotter Inc. was one of the most valuable startups in the booming business of YouTube celebrity. The company, which boasted a new way for social media stars to fund their oper...
001
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
OpenAI CEO @samasama.bsky.social said Meta offered his staffers $100 million signing bonuses. "So far none of our best people have decided to take them up on that," Altman said on a podcast with his brother @jaltma.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said Meta Platforms Inc. has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to buil...
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Scale AI's Alexandr Wang is so good at networking that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once publicly busted his chops over it. @ellenhuet.bsky.social digs into his `high beta' background. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Scale AI’s Wang Brings to Meta Knowledge of What Everyone Else is Doing
Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang is such an enthusiastic networker that his former roommate — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman — once jokingly told him to tone it down a bit.
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Builds on our earlier reporting around Meta's plans to make a big investment in ScaleAI: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta
Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Zuck's plans for a `superintelligence' unit, first reported by Bloomberg, stem from internal frustration and disappointment with the latest Llama release. Scoop by @kurtwagner.bsky.social and @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Zuckerberg Is Personally Recruiting New ‘Superintelligence’ AI Team at Meta
Mark Zuckerberg, frustrated with Meta Platforms Inc.’s shortfalls in AI, is assembling a team of experts to achieve artificial general intelligence, recruiting from a brain trust of AI researchers and...
122
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Wanna know more about what Apple just announced at WWDC? Join Mark Gurman for a Live Q&A here: www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
bloomberg.com
Live Q&A: Ask Mark Gurman Anything About Apple’s WWDC 2025
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Edward Ludlow answer your questions about Apple’s annual WWDC conference
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
SF Mayor Daniel Lurie onstage at #bloombergtech with @bradstone.bsky.social talking up SF as a place that’s open for business and how to ensure the city doesn’t become overly dependent on a single boom-bust industry.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Tomorrow and Thursday, Bloomberg Tech is back! www.instagram.com/reel/DKcor64...
instagram.com
Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
My colleagues @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @kurtwagner.bsky.social spoke to more than 50 people for this in-depth look at efforts by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to woo Trump.
073
Reposted by Tom Giles
Saritha Rai @saritharai.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The "Tech Madman" founder threatening US dominance in the AI race The June cover of Businessweek magazine: Inside China's DeepSeek The startup's sudden emergence shows how China’s AI industry is thriving despite US efforts to slow it down @bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
52515
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Cool piece on Ditto AI, the `Black Mirror' of dating apps, by one of my Cal students, Jessica Blough . www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
sfgate.com
The 'Black Mirror' of dating apps takes California colleges by storm
Ditto, a Berkeley-born dating app, aims to use AI to solve some of the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Apple also mentioned "trade and other international disputes" in its results readout. That phrase wasn't included three months earlier.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Amazon didn't refer to tariffs and trade policies the last time it issued guidance, in February.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Amazon shares are lower in after-hours trading. The ecommerce giant just issued a forecast for operating income that fell short of estimates. Amazon said its predictions are "subject to substantial uncertainty." ... Mentioned factors such as tariff and trade policies, inflation, interest rates.
200
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
25 points!
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Jimmy Buckets! @warriorsofficial.bsky.social
100
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
OH at a bar in Baltimore Life is about drinking. If you ain’t drinking you ain’t living.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Bloomberg first reported in January, days into Trump’s presidency, that the administration was considering these tighter restrictions.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Headline crossing the Bloomberg Terminal just now: Trump Tariffs Wipe Out $2.5 Trillion From US Stock Market
054
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Seen in a certain business news place of work. #monetization
020
Reposted by Tom Giles
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 31/03/2025
Test your knowledge. Play Pointed, the weekly news quiz that tests what you know — and how confident you are that you know it. Can you score a perfect 190?
bloomberg.com
Pointed: The News Quiz for Risk-Takers by Bloomberg
Wager your points, leverage your bets and answer wisely. A new quiz is available to play each week.
2142
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
OpenAI Close to Finalizing Its $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
OpenAI is close to finalizing a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp. — with investors including Magnetar Capital, Coatue Management, Founders Fund and Altimeter Capital Management in ...
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email Clogs Government Inbox
Elon Musk’s demand for federal workers to submit five bullet points detailing their week’s work has hit a new snag: the inbox is full.
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New detail on that mega round for OpenAI--the largest ever for a VC-backed business, according to Pitchbook. Scoop by @kateclark.bsky.social, @katieroof.bsky.social, @shiringhaffary.bsky.social and @gilliantan.bsky.social shows investors, tranches and timing.
120
Reposted by Tom Giles
Katie Roof @katieroof.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Discord has now hired its banks for IPO. Scoop www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Chat App Discord Is Working With Goldman, JPMorgan on Planned IPO
Discord Inc., a social communications platform popular with video-game players and programmers, is working with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on an initial public offering, acc...
012
Reposted by Tom Giles
Mark Anderson @markc-anderson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Chinese startup Manus claims to have vaulted ahead of leading artificial intelligence developers in the US. It launched a preview version of what it called a general AI agent that it claims performs better on some fronts than OpenAI’s Deep Research. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
China’s Manus Follows DeepSeek in Posing Challenge to US AI Lead
Some early users were enthusiastic about the product’s capabilities; others complained it took too long and crashed.
032
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
We all have a choice
110
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Watching The Matrix. I think it’s the right thing to do.
130
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Big news at Bloomberg Tech; congrats to @markgurman.bsky.social, our new managing editor of global consumer tech! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/b...
talkingbiznews.com
Bloomberg names Gurman its ME of consumer tech - Talking Biz News
Tom Giles, senior executive editor of global technology coverage at Bloomberg News, sent out the following on Thursday: For months, we at Bloomberg Tech have been overhauling how we cover consumer tec...
1281
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Elon Musk's X seeks to raise money at a valuation of at least $44 billion, what he paid for the blogging site. A valuation that high would be a turnabout for a business that's undergone a drop in users, advertisers and sales. Scoop by @katieroof.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Musk’s X in Talks to Raise Money at a $44 Billion Valuation
Elon Musk’s X is in talks to raise money from investors at a valuation of at least $44 billion. The money will be spent on initiatives such as payments and video products, and will help pay down some ...
024
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Timely, as we just asked @aishacounts.bsky.social to start covering the creator economy, a new role at Bloomberg www.linkedin.com/posts/aishac...
linkedin.com
Aisha Counts on LinkedIn: The creator economy could approach half-a-trillion dollars by 2027 | 81 comments
New year, new job! I’m starting off the year as Bloomberg’s new creator economy reporter! I’ll be chronicling the vast world of content creators and the… | 81 comments on LinkedIn
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I'm really interested in seeing what Slow Ventures does with this fund: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Former Facebook Employees Launch Venture Fund for Social-Media Influencers
Slow Ventures, a company founded by a group of former Facebook employees, has launched a $60 million fund to invest in online content creators.
100
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on undocumented workers even as Musk advocated for a border crackdown. In many posts on X he has criticized local and federal officials for not doing enough to vet the migrants they take in. By @julialove.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
The Undocumented Workers Who Helped Build Elon Musk’s Texas Gigafactory
Tesla and SpaceX both relied on their labor while Musk advocated for a border crackdown.
051
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Let’s go Ontario, where my dad’s family comes from. !
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Chinese businesses are getting creative in navigating trade curbs and developing more efficient AI models. Here’s our list of Chinese AI startups to watch.
020
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Bloomberg is partnering with the Tarbell Fellowship, which trains early-career journalists to cover AI. Tarbell fellows work alongside seasoned editors and reporters in newsrooms far and wide, and one will be posted with my team at Bloomberg. Learn more here: www.tarbellfellowship.org/programme
tarbellfellowship.org
Tarbell Fellowship
A one-year programme for early-career journalists covering AI.
020
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“DEI is not a threat; it’s a gift” — Alicia Keys, as she receives the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the Grammy’s
021
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Gaga … “trans people are not invisible” at this years Grammys
000
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Shakira dedicates her Grammy to immigrants in the US. A group who could use some good vibes right about now. @shakiarraa.bsky.social
010
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
As @ashleycarman.bsky.social writes, "While liberals are trying to build their answer to Joe Rogan's podcast, Brett Cooper is creating the right's version of Call Her Daddy that'll appeal to Gen Z women who don't identify as feminist and are anti-abortion" www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
bloomberg.com
The Conservative Star Who Wants to Host the ‘Call Her Daddy’ of the Right
The first episode of Brett Cooper’s new podcast has already garnered more than two million views on YouTube.
121
Reposted by Tom Giles
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 31/01/2025
New: Apple has canceled a project to build advanced augmented reality glasses that would pair with its devices, marking the latest setback in its effort to create a headset that appeals to typical consumers
bloomberg.com
Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses
Apple Inc. has canceled a project to build advanced augmented reality glasses that would pair with its devices, marking the latest setback in its effort to create a headset that appeals to typical con...
2412628
Tom Giles @tomgiles.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
One of Russia's richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the US, exposing gaps in the enforcement of rules intended to target elites who enable Kremlin policies, people said. -- @KatrinaManson www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Russian Oligarch Held Stake in Musk’s SpaceX Through Trust While He Was Sanctioned
Citigroup administered Heritage Trust and decided it didn’t need to block the trust’s assets after Suleyman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter
0186