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Ashlee Vance

Ashlee Vance is a technology journalist and author focused on Silicon Valley, startups, and the commercial space industry. He is best known for the New York Times bestselling biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future and for When the Heavens Went on Sale.

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Hi. I’m a writer, TV host and producer
-About
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When my wife received a cancer diagnosis recently, I did what any well-connected journalist+husband would do
-The Shape of a Modern Cancer Journey
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Rockets spew fire and produce tons of noise, which makes them cool and sexy, if you’re into fire and noise, which is to say, if you’re human
-Two Men, One Space Gun
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A few weeks ago, we went to visit Impulse Labs, which has produced the world’s most advanced and most ambitious cooktop
-Cooking Perfection with the World's Most Advanced Stove
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Dina Radenkovic has set out to reshape women’s health
-The Start-up Making IVF and Egg Freezing Faster and Less Awful
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Elon Musk called in the evening. Or at least my evening
-How a Dishwasher Engineer Challenged Elon Musk’s Grip on Commercial Space
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The utopian dream of the printers becoming a household appliance as ubiquitous as the personal computer has largely faded
-A 3D Printer Isn’t Cool. You Know What’s Cool? A 3D-Printing Factory
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Over the past few months, OpenAI has vacuumed an incredible amount of data into its artificial intelligence language systems
-Trillions of Words Analyzed, OpenAI Sets Loose AI Language Colossus

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"Ashlee Vance's new book is a tremendous look into arguably the world's most important entrepreneur"

The Washington Post

"Through incisive reporting and colorful prose, Ashlee Vance takes us on a thrilling ride to the outer limits of human achievement"

Sheelah Kolhatkar

"Ashlee Vance's portrait of Elon Musk at mid-life is an essential read"

Financial Times

"Ashlee Vance writes about a new kind of space race marked by private companies launching rockets and putting a massive number of satellites into orbit"

Associated Press

"Ashlee Vance's stellar biography captures Musk's remarkable life story and irrepressible spirit"

Richard Branson

"A new biography by journalist Ashlee Vance provides a wealth of insights about how this tech titan operates"

Forbes

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