Phoebe Liu

New Haven

Wealth Reporter at Forbes

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Forbes JAPAN 公式サイト（フォーブスジャパン）

2 days ago | forbesjapan.com | Phoebe Liu

フォーブスが4月2日に発表した「世界長者番付」の2025年版では、ハイテク業界の富豪の中でも特に人工知能（AI）関連のビリオネアたちの台頭が目立っていた。2022年にChatGPTが登場して以来、AIをめぐる競争は本格化しており、投資家の熱狂や最先端の大規模言語モデル（LLM）の誕生により新たな富豪が続々と生まれている。たとえば、2021年にOpenAIを離れた7人の元社員は、Anthropic（アンソロピック）を立ち上げて事業を急拡大させ、今年の3月に615億ドル（約8.9兆円。1ドル＝145円換算）の評価額で35億ドル（約5075億円）を調達したことで全員がビリオネアになった。中国の起業家でDeepSeek（ディープシーク）の共同創業者の梁文峰（リャン・ウェンフェン）も、同社がまだ大きな収益を生み出していないにもかかわらず、保有資産が10億ドルを超えたと試算されている。...
Inside Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar's 'next phase'

1 week ago | forbes.com.au | Mark Whittaker |Phoebe Liu |Mary Whitfill Roeloffs

A decade after co-founding Pledge 1%, Atlassian's Scott Farquhar is back at the helm-rallying unicorns and founders to bake giving into business from day one. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar is returning to lead the global philanthropic movement he helped launch a decade ago, becoming chair at Pledge 1%. Pledge 1% made the announcement today as part of a bid to re-energise the movement which has 19,000 companies signed up to give US$3 billion in equity to social causes.
Conheça a Startup Desconhecida Que Recebeu US$ 3 Bilhões de um Investidor Anônimo

1 week ago | forbes.com.br | Phoebe Liu

No final de fevereiro, o cofundador e CEO da Infinite Reality, John Acunto, entrou correndo em um palco amplo em um estúdio em Los Angeles para fazer um discurso bombástico, ainda que com um tom defensivo. “O fator baboseira acabou”, declarou o Acunto, de 53 anos, iluminado por um fundo em azul-neon.
Infinite Reality, la misteriosa startup que ha conseguido 3.000 millones de un único inversor (pero nadie sabe quién es)

2 weeks ago | forbes.es | Phoebe Liu

A finales de febrero, el cofundador y consejero delegado de Infinite Reality, John Acunto, subió al escenario de un estudio de Los Ángeles para pronunciar un discurso grandilocuente, aunque con tintes defensivos. «Se acabó el factor de las tonterías», proclamó Acunto, de 53 años, iluminado por un telón de fondo azul neón.
Metaverse Startup Infinite Reality Publicizes Billion-Dollar Investor

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Phoebe Liu

Metaverse company Infinite Reality announced a massive $3 billion fundraise from a single anonymous investor on January 8 in one of the biggest funding rounds of the year. According to Infinite Reality, that fundraise valued the $75 million (revenue) startup at $12 billion. On Thursday, Infinite Reality, which says it’s now worth closer to $16 billion, announced the identity of the anonymous investor, just one hour after Forbes published an investigation of the company.
The Mysterious Story Of $15 Billion Metaverse Startup Infinite Reality

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Phoebe Liu

Editor’s Note: After publication of this story, Infinite Reality issued a press release disclosing the identity of their anonymous investor. Forbes is continuing to report on this news. See related story here. Florida-based Infinite Reality claims it raised more than $3 billion from a sole unnamed investor. That would make the obscure company the beneficiary of one of the biggest funding rounds of the year. Not all is as it seems.
Apesar da Queda nas Ações, Jeff Bezos e a Amazon Devem Sair Vencedores com as Tarifas

1 month ago | forbes.com.br | Phoebe Liu

O homem mais rico do varejo mundial, Jeff Bezos — fundador e presidente da Amazon — tem cultivado cuidadosamente sua relação com o presidente Donald Trump. Desde a eleição, Bezos tem buscado proximidade, parabenizando Trump publicamente no X (antigo Twitter) e comparecendo à sua posse, para a qual a Amazon fez uma doação. Pelo menos publicamente, ele também tem sido cauteloso ao comentar sobre tarifas.
Forbes JAPAN 公式サイト（フォーブスジャパン）

1 month ago | forbesjapan.com | Phoebe Liu

アマゾンの創業者で会長のジェフ・ベゾスは、世界で最も裕福な小売業者として、トランプ米大統領との関係を慎重に築いてきた。ベゾスは、昨年の大統領選の期間中からトランプにすり寄る姿勢を見せ始め、当選後のトランプにX（旧ツイッター）で祝意を表し、アマゾンが寄付を行った就任式にも出席した。しかし、トランプ政権が4月2日に貿易相手国への相互関税を発表した直後の市場で、アマゾンは明らかに「敗者」に見える。世界最大のオンライン小売業者である同社は、中国製品に大きく依存している。アマゾンの株価は3日の市場で、ナスダックの下落率である6％を上回る9％の急落となり、世界第2位の富豪であるベゾスの保有資産は約160億ドル（約2兆3300億円）減少した。関税が、中国からの輸入品を中心にあらゆる物のコストを押し上げることは明らかだ。「関税は、誰にとっても良くないし、もちろんアマゾンにとっても良くない」と、DAデビットソンのアナリストを務めるギル・ルリアは言う。...
Why Now May Be A Good Time To Bet on Amazon

1 month ago | forbes.com | Phoebe Liu

The world’s richest retail boss, Amazon’s founder and chairman Jeff Bezos, has been carefully tending to his relationship with President Donald Trump. Since the election, Bezos has cozied up to him, congratulating him publicly on X and attending his inauguration, to which Amazon donated. At least publicly, he’s also been careful with what he’s said about tariffs.
Esta startup cibernética de 1.000 millones de dólares impide que sus empleados filtren datos vitales a la IA

1 month ago | forbes.es | Cyrus Farivar |Nina Bambysheva |Phoebe Liu |Yara Elshebiny

Las herramientas de IA cada vez son más comunes en las empresas, los equipos de seguridad corporativa se enfrentan a un nuevo tipo de riesgo: el exceso de intercambio de secretos de la empresa por parte de empleados involuntarios que, sin darse cuenta, introducen información confidencial en herramientas de inteligencia artificial, lo que aumenta la posibilidad de una fuga dañina.