Hacker News with Generative AI: Jeff Bezos

Bezos-backed Slate Auto unveils affordable EV truck (nbcnews.com)
Slate Auto, a firm backed in part by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is unveiling a low-cost electric truck that can also change into an SUV.

Electric Vehicles, Automobiles, Startups, Amazon, Jeff Bezos

5 points by SirLJ 15 hours ago | 0 comments

Blue Origin spaceflight faces more backlash after launch: This is beyond parody (yahoo.com)
Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space tourism company, completed its latest spaceflight on Monday with a six-member all-female crew that included pop singer Katy Perry; CBS Mornings host Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, an author, TV host turned philanthropist and Bezos’s fiancée.

Space Tourism, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Celebrity News

8 points by donsupreme 11 days ago | 6 comments

The EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos (techcrunch.com)
Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could start production as soon as next year, according to multiple sources and documents that link the billionaire’s family office to the startup.

Electric Vehicles, Startups, Jeff Bezos, Michigan

9 points by Element_ 18 days ago | 1 comments

What Game Is Jeff Bezos Playing? (wsj.com)
The world’s third-richest man does not often show deference. But Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and space pioneer, is a businessman, like any other, trying to make his way in the era of Donald Trump.

Business, Politics, Jeff Bezos

34 points by Bostonian 55 days ago | 30 comments

Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit (npr.org)
The Washington Post's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, announced a sweeping new libertarian vision for the paper's opinion sections on Wednesday, just four months after his decision to kill a presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris triggered hundreds of thousands of subscribers to cancel.

News Media, Jeff Bezos, Politics

288 points by layer8 58 days ago | 253 comments

Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees (nytimes.com)
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times.

Space Industry, Layoffs, Business, Jeff Bezos

6 points by lxm 71 days ago | 1 comments

Jeff Bezos Dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago (bbc.com)
Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has become the latest billionaire to meet Donald Trump at his Florida resort.

Politics, Business, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos

10 points by belter 128 days ago | 4 comments

Jeff Bezos's DC Mansion Has Made Its Social Debut (washingtonian.com)
When Jeff Bezos had purchased a vast Kalorama property and set about remodeling it to accommodate throngs of partygoers, social Washington began speculating that the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner was angling to revive Katharine Graham‘s role as the capital’s premier host.

Real Estate, Washington D.C., Social Events, Jeff Bezos

4 points by mooreds 178 days ago | 1 comments

Jeff Bezos is no longer relentlessly focused on customer satisfaction (theverge.com)
The fallout from the non-endorsement of Kamala Harris at The Washington Post is here: more than 200,000 canceled subscriptions, NPR reports.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Media, Politics, Business

6 points by ecliptik 179 days ago | 0 comments

First Look Inside Blue Origin's New Glenn Factory with Jeff Bezos [video] (youtube.com)

Space Exploration, Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Video, Manufacturing

23 points by skagenpilot 253 days ago | 3 comments

"Jeff Bezos and Amazon tried to imprison my husband" (twitter.com)

Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Lawsuits, Social Media

229 points by FlamingMoe 259 days ago | 101 comments

Jeff Bezos' family office is making big investments in AI (cnbc.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Investments, Business, Jeff Bezos

14 points by gsky 264 days ago | 1 comments

Jeff Bezos has a vision to colonize space with a trillion people (msn.com)