The Information Assigns Jemima McEvoy to Cover OpenAI
The Information has assigned reporter Jemima McEvoy to cover OpenAI. This expands her role at the technology news publication after more than a year of reporting for its Weekend section.
McEvoy will focus on OpenAI. She brings experience in investigative reporting, profiles of business leaders, and coverage of major technology companies, investors, and venture capital firms.
Her new role follows several stories about important people in Silicon Valley, new technology companies, and the financial relationships that shape the industry.
During her time at The Information, McEvoy has written detailed feature stories and breaking news reports about technology leaders, investors, and startups.
Her work includes profiles of Masha Bucher, an investor whose connections to Jeffrey Epstein have drawn attention; David Holz, who founded Midjourney, a company that creates images using artificial intelligence; and Zach Frankel, an investor linked to technology companies such as Cognition and Ramp.
These stories have looked at the careers, business plans, and relationships of people working in technology and investment.
McEvoy has also worked with other reporters on investigations and profiles of well-known artificial intelligence leaders and venture capital investors.
Her reporting includes a story about OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, which examined their political donations and activities.
She also helped write a story about Sequoia Capital's leaders and investment plans as the venture capital firm puts more focus on artificial intelligence.
Another story she worked on examined Cami Clark and her place in the work and personal circles around Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company that competes with OpenAI.
McEvoy also helped create The Information's first list of the 50 Most Influential People in Tech. The list looked at people shaping the technology industry's business decisions and plans.
Along with longer feature stories, she has helped report breaking news about technology startups and how they raise money.
Her reporting includes stories about Valar Atomics, a nuclear energy startup, and Shield AI, a defense technology company. These stories covered fundraising talks, company values, and business developments.
She has also reported on cultural and lifestyle trends among technology leaders and investors, including the growing popularity of padel in Silicon Valley.
These stories combine news about businesses with coverage of the people, relationships, and wider trends that affect the technology industry.
Before joining The Information, McEvoy spent five years at Forbes, where she covered billionaires, their companies, and their financial interests.
Her work at Forbes gave her experience reporting on private wealth, company ownership, investments, and the activities of well-known business leaders.
This experience is useful for her new role covering OpenAI. The company's growth has attracted major investments and attention from technology leaders, financial institutions, and policymakers.
McEvoy will cover a company at the center of the artificial intelligence industry. Changes in its technology, funding, leadership, and business partnerships can affect many different industries.
OpenAI does business with major technology companies, cloud computing providers, investors, and organizations that use artificial intelligence tools.
Reporting on the company means looking at both its new technology and the business decisions that guide its growth.
McEvoy's earlier reporting on OpenAI's leaders, venture capital firms, and competing AI companies has given her experience with many of the people and organizations connected to her new role.
She also gained early journalism experience as an intern at CBS News.
She studied at New York University and served as editor-in-chief of Washington Square News, the university's independent student newspaper.
Her appointment to cover OpenAI marks a move away from the wider feature stories and technology culture coverage she produced for The Information's Weekend section. She will now focus on reporting about one of the artificial intelligence industry's most closely watched companies.
The new role brings a reporter with experience in profiles of business leaders, investigative journalism, and financial reporting to The Information's coverage of OpenAI and the wider AI industry.