Sacks has tweeted that contrary to media reports, he has no formal role at Twitter and is simply helping out as needed. Sacks and Musk go way back to their days as members of what’s been dubbed the “PayPal Mafia” - a group of early PayPal executives and employees, including billionaire tech entrepreneur and major Republican party donor Peter Thiel, who went on to found or invest in other successful tech companies. Sacks, like Calacanis, co-hosts the popular All-In podcast and is a well-known figure in the tech industry. He was the founding chief operating officer of PayPal, the founder and CEO of Yammer (a work messaging and social media app that sold to Microsoft in 2012 for $1.2 billion), and the interim CEO of Zenefits in 2016. Sacks is a tech investor and entrepreneur. After Silicon Alley Reporter, Calacanis started an early blogging company called Weblogs that sold to AOL for $25 million in 2005. He also fundraised money for a journalist to investigate progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin - whose opponents said he was too lax on crime - ahead of his June 2022 recall.Ĭalacanis has a long history in media as an entrepreneur and journalist. On the topic of content moderation, Calacanis has said in court-revealed texts to Musk that he wants to make Twitter’s algorithm and moderation more “understandable and fair.”Ĭalacanis has been supportive of some Democratic party leaders such as Hillary Clinton in the past. Other ideas Calacanis pitched in texts to Musk include charging users for messaging a large group of users at one time, moving Twitter’s headquarters from San Francisco to Tesla’s extra factory space in Austin, splitting revenue with popular creators to post content on Twitter, and requiring employees to come to the office two times a week. “hy should blue check marks be limited to the elite, press and celebrities? How is that democratic?” Calacanis wrote in a text to Musk in April.
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you have my sword.”Ĭalacanis pitched Musk on charging users for verification check marks several months ago, a controversial idea that Musk has now put in place. In April, when Musk asked if Calacanis wanted to be an adviser for Twitter after the deal was done, he replied: We know that Calacanis has professed his loyalty to Musk as a friend from private texts released in court documents from the Twitter v.
And Calacanis was reportedly the first owner of Tesla’s Model S car.
Musk later invested in Calacanis’s now-defunct Google search competitor, Mahalo. Musk and Calacanis have a friendship going back to Calacanis’s days starting the tech trade rag, Silicon Alley Reporter. He’s also a prolific tweeter and known for being a self-made master networker since his time as an early tech reporter in New York during the dot-com boom. He’s a popular media figure in tech who co-hosts two podcasts, This Week in Startups and All-In. Dion Lee/Vox Getty Images Jason CalacanisĬalacanis is an early-stage tech investor who has invested in Uber and Robinhood. None of Musk’s advisers responded to Recode’s request for comment. To better understand how Musk plans on changing Twitter, it’s worth learning more about the backgrounds, relationships, and beliefs of the key men (none of Musk’s key advisers are women) who have Musk’s ear. Since Musk is the ultimate decision-maker, it’s unclear exactly how much power they hold at Twitter, but these figures have gained overnight influence over one of the world’s most powerful platforms for online communication. Many members of the group are longtime confidants of Musk, and some of them have very little background in social media. In his first two weeks running Twitter, Musk has assembled a tight-knit group of his “war-room” advisers. This website is managed on a digital platform of the National Football League.As Elon Musk carries out his chaotic early days as Twitter’s new CEO - slashing staff, trolling employees and users alike, and freaking out advertisers - you might wonder, who is this guy getting his advice from?
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