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A parcel of land recently purchased by Flannery Associates near Rio Vista, California—part of a stealth campaign by Silicon Valley elites with a dream of turning a swath of California farmland into a new age city.
DAVID VS GOLIATH

Locals Cheer as Plan for Utopian Tech City Hits the Skids

A major development backed by a who’s who of Silicon Valley power brokers was shelved Monday for at least two years—part of a supposed bid to study its environmental impact.

Michael Daly

Cows graze on a parcel of land that was recently purchased near Rio Vista, California.
opinion
‘NO RESPECT’

Billionaires’ Sneaky Plan for a Utopia Is Already Backfiring

It turns out that if you act shady, people don’t trust you.

Michael Daly

A photo illustration that shows Michael Moritz, Reid Hoffman, Marc Andreessen, Patrick and John Collison, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Nat Friedman
WHO’S WHO

Utopian City Investors First Tried to ‘Fix’ San Francisco

The tech and finance titans pushed for aggressive housing development in the Bay Area. Now they’re buying up land to build a new metropolis.

Emily Shugerman

Mayor Catherine Moy
opinion
‘NOT OUR FIRST RODEO’

Mayor Hell-Bent on Stopping Tech Billionaires’ Utopia Plan

She is meeting with a congressman and other officials to come up with a “defense” to the sketchy proposal for a new California city.

Michael Daly

A photo illustration of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel and a burning planet Earth.
opinion
ATLAS CRUSHED

Tech Billionaires’ Utopian Dreams Are Dystopian Nightmares

A cadre of anarcho-capitalist plutocrats want to remake society through the power of monopoly and a “free market” rigged in their favor.

Matt Lewis

An illustration of a businessman silhouette, futuristic skyline, money, and map of Solano County, California.
‘WHO IS GOING TO STOP ME?’

The Former Whiz Kid Behind Tech Billionaires’ Utopia Plan

Jan Sramek was the next big thing in high finance before he faded from the spotlight, only to re-emerge as the mastermind of a massive land grab.

Emily Shugerman

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Reid Hoffman, Laurene Powell Jobs, Marc Andreessen
CITY SLICKERS

Tech Billionaires Behind Secretive Plan for New Metropolis

A firm cloaked in mystery has bought up $800 million worth of land. Now the investors are unmasked.

Tracy Connor

  Adam Neumann
LET’S TRY THIS AGAIN

Silicon Valley Mega-Fund Drops Ton of Cash…on WeWork Founder

Andreessen Horowitz is drinking the Adam Neumann Kool-Aid.

Noah Kirsch

Marc Andreessen speaks during an interview in San Francisco, California on February 24, 2011.   (
PLAYING CATCH-UP

Marc Andreessen on the Skype Sale

The computer giant just scooped up the Web phone service Skype in a bid to catch up to Google and Apple—and crowned Marc Andreessen, its main investor, the new king of tech.

Dan Lyons

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