Lazy Tensor · Financial & Technology Desk
The people, money, and decisions shaping the future of technology.
Lazy Tensor Capital examines the investors, institutions, and financial decisions shaping the next generation of technology companies. Through original reporting, investor profiles, interviews, and independent analysis, we explore how capital influences innovation—and how emerging technologies are changing the economics of building businesses.
Inaugural Feature
CAPITAL / THE INVESTORS / ANALYSIS
As artificial intelligence lowers the cost of creating software, the investment philosophy that helped define Silicon Valley’s startup era faces a new test: what makes a young company valuable when building the product is no longer the hardest part?
Flagship Editorial Series
The people behind the capital. The thinking behind the investments.
An original Lazy Tensor series examining the investors whose decisions influence which technologies, companies, and ideas receive the resources to grow. The series explores investment philosophies, professional backgrounds, successful decisions, missed opportunities, and the changing relationship between capital and entrepreneurship.
CAPITAL / THE INVESTORS / ANALYSIS
Independently researched analysis of an investor’s published ideas, investment decisions, and influence, drawing on public records, published interviews, investor essays, regulatory filings, and other verifiable sources.
CAPITAL / THE INVESTORS / PROFILE
A reported feature examining an investor’s background, investment philosophy, career, and professional influence, clearly distinguishing firsthand reporting from information obtained through public sources.
CAPITAL / THE INVESTORS / CONVERSATION
An original interview conducted by Lazy Tensor, used only when an actual conversation with the subject has taken place.
CAPITAL / THE INVESTORS / ANALYSIS
As artificial intelligence lowers the cost of creating software, the investment philosophy that helped define Silicon Valley’s startup era faces a new test: what makes a young company valuable when building the product is no longer the hardest part?
Sunny Tisch · · 10 min read
Edition Dossier
Investor Analysis · Silicon Valley
As AI reduces the cost of building software, Paul Graham’s startup philosophy offers a lens on the changing economics of founders, venture capital, and competition.
