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WSJ’s Top 250 directors, plus Exxon’s vote, Elliott’s win, and Tesla’s new director

Trade Wire - BUY/SELL Top Stories: Chipotle Chief Strategy Officer and former CFO Jack Hartung is joining the board of Tesla, where he will be greeted by his son-in-law–a non-executive, salaried employee of Tesla since  2016–and Elon’s brother Kimbal, who served on Chipotle board from 2013 to 20 ...

Ousted Luminar CEO Austin Russell wants to buy the company; also, VLGE is making it easier to world build and shop on Roblox

Austin Russell was replaced in May following an ethics inquiry, but now he wants to use his new AI lab to buy Luminar. Plus, 50 fashion brands are launching their shoppable worlds for VLGE's World Fashion Week, founder Evelyn Mora says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices. ...

Luminar claims founder Austin Russell is dodging a subpoena in the bankruptcy case; plus, Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media?

Lidar-maker Luminar says its founder and former CEO Austin Russell has been evading requests for information — including a subpoena — that the company needs in order to decide whether it should take legal action against him. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have ...

Luminar sale approved despite last-minute mystery bid

An unidentified bidder submitted a Hail Mary offer that was "substantially higher" than the winning bid at auction. Founder Austin Russell has been circling a bid, but it's not clear he was behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Live from CII Spring Conference 2026: Bertram, sausage sandwiches, and Starbucks

Thanks to Adam, Felix and the Tallen AV team.  Thanks to the Council of Institutional Investors for having us, and hopefully we alienated just enough people to get invited back. This is Proxy Countdown. Welcome to the big CII show for the week of March 9, 2026 alongside my tag team partner Matt ...

Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University (Part 3)

Welcome back to Readerzz! Today we’re closing out our series on Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University with Michael Gibson. Last episode, we covered the talent-scouting framework, Vitalik and the birth of Ethereum, the founding of 1517 Fund, and the ha ...

Stephen Balaban on 14 Years of Lambda and the Future of AI

Stephen Balaban is co-founder and, as of a recent leadership change, CTO of Lambda, the AI cloud infrastructure company he and his twin brother started in 2012. It took five pivots — augmented reality, a facial-recognition contact book, a camera embedded in a baseball cap, the AI image app Dream ...