Happy Wednesday, folks! DawentsIT here.
Today, we’re talking about what may be my new dream job: ghostwriting tweets. We spoke with one tech founder who moonlights as a ghostwriter for prominent VCs, and rakes in hundreds of thousands of dollars — sometimes for a single thread.
Buckle up, it’s a fun one:
ALL THINGS TECHNOLOGY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY
1.Top VCs are paying ghostwriters big bucks to craft tweets for them. Twitter is Silicon Valley’s most important social club, and some investors are shelling out thousands of dollars to ghostwriters who can make them look good — all in 280 characters or less.
–This person — a founder of a tech startup — started ghostwriting as a side hustle, taking five hours out of his week to come up with original tweets. Last year, he brought in $200,000 with the lucrative side gig.
–VCs, on their hunt for the next superstar startups, must establish themselves on Twitter, and write the kind of content that will get the attention of young founders. That’s where the ghostwriter comes in.
–For anywhere between $100 and $100,000, he writes what he hopes will become “banger” tweets, securing the VC attention from founders (and of course, a big paycheck for himself).
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5.Some Amazon Prime Day deals may not be what they seem. A new study shows that some deals happening during the company’s major sale event might actually be price hikes in disguise.
6.After recalling nearly all of its EVs, Rivian lost $2 billion in market value. In just a single day, electric-vehicle startup Rivian’s market value went tumbling to $27.81 billion.
7.Amazon is cutting some robotics projects in a reorganization of its research efforts in the field. Last week, the company shut down Scout, which had designed a small home-delivery robot. Warehouse robotics startup Canvas, which it bought for over $100 million, is the latest casualty.
8.A huge livestreaming convention has landed Twitch in hot water. Some people who attended TwitchCon, an event by the Amazon-owned streaming platform, are calling for a boycott after witnessing serious injuries, poor organization, and accessibility issues.
9.Review: The Tesla Model Y vs. Kia EV6. Insider’s transportation reporter tested out each of the electric SUVs, and discovered that he’d rather buy the $41,000 EV6 over the $66,000 Model Y.
10.A leaked internal survey shows how Amazon engineers feel about their pay. For the first time this year, Amazon asked engineers about their pay-satisfaction at the company. While employees in tech-adjacent roles are largely happy with their pay, about a third of the group expressed dissatisfaction.
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