Kenrick Cai
I am a technology correspondent at Reuters. I cover Google, its parent company Alphabet, and artificial intelligence.
Until June 2024, I was a staff writer at Forbes Magazine, where I wrote about startups, venture capital, and AI. I was also editor of the AI 50, Cloud 100 and 30 Under 30 for Enterprise Technology.
I received a B.S. from Duke University. I was the news editor for The Chronicle, the university's independent daily newspaper. One summer, I watched movies and wrote words for The Ringer.
I grew up in upstate New York and now live in San Francisco with my cat, Ornette.
Writing
Reuters
Alphabet/Google:
Artificial Intelligence:
OpenAI asks investors to avoid five AI startups including Sutskever's SSI, sources say
Exclusive: OpenAI's huge valuation hinges on upending corporate structure
Exclusive: OpenAI co-founder Sutskever's new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises $1 billion
Forbes
Investigative profile of Stability AI founder Emad Mostaque, whose used misleading claims and exaggerations to turn his startup into one of the buzziest in AI. Follow-up investigation on the business missteps which culminated in his resignation as CEO. (SABEW)
Magazine cover profile on Alexandr Wang, who became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire as cofounder of Scale AI, a startup that manages the human laborers powering AI. Follow-up investigation on business and security concerns within Scale AI's federal arm.
Magazine profiles on Notion founder Ivan Zhao, Databricks cofounder Ali Ghodsi, and Deel cofounder Alex Bouaziz.
Magazine feature on OpenAI's ChatGPT and the rise of generative AI. Online features about the popular chatbot company Character.AI, the venture capital experimentation of prominent AI investors Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, and the existential crises at AGI House, one of the top hacker houses established amid the AI boom.
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