Kevin Xu is the founder of Interconnected Capital, a hedge fund that invests in the digital picks and shovels of the global AI economy. He also writes the Interconnected newsletter, a bilingual English/Chinese newsletter on tech, business, and geopolitics. His insight has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Wired, and other media outlets. He previously worked as a senior executive at GitHub, open source startups, and early stage VC, and served in the White House and Commerce Department under President Obama.
Last Updated: September 25, 2024
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Is China About to Produce the Next ‘Sputnik Moment’?
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Tick Tock for TikTok
Will TikTok succeed in defending itself on First Amendment grounds, or will it be forced to shut down in the U.S.? Or will ByteDance find a creative way out of the problem? What will this case mean for Chinese business interests in the U.S. and the...