Analysis and commentary on the business of technology

The Bay Table

Columns

Three regular voices, each named for a Californian who built something.

Giannini

Business and finance, after A.P. Giannini, the San Francisco banker who lent to the people other banks ignored.

  • Initial public offerings

    Pop idol

    Business & Finance · Giannini ·

  • Reddit's IPO

    Upvoted

    Business & Finance · Giannini ·

  • Instacart's IPO

    Cart blanche

    Business & Finance · Giannini ·

All of Giannini

Warren

Policy, after Earl Warren, governor of California and Chief Justice.

  • California and AI regulation

    Safety in numbers

    Policy & Regulation · Warren ·

  • America and TikTok

    Sell-by date

    Policy & Regulation · Warren ·

All of Warren

Terman

The next generation of founders, after Frederick Terman, the Stanford dean who pushed his students Hewlett and Packard into business.

  • California's school phones

    Calling time

    Policy & Regulation · Terman ·

  • Thiel Fellowship

    Double or quits

    Business & Finance · Terman ·

  • Australia's social-media ban

    Sweet sixteen

    Policy & Regulation · Terman ·

All of Terman