BitTorrent’s Bram Cohen moves back to development team
Bram Cohen, the inventor of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer sharing protocol and founder of the company of the same name, has stepped down as chief executive.
The company has named a new Doug Walker its new CEO, and Cohen will move into the position of chief scientist, once again focusing on the company’s P2P technology. We speculated almost a year ago that Cohen (pictured here) would need to step out of the CEO role as the company… Continue Reading
File sharing company BitTorrent raises $20M
Plenty of rumors have circulated about BitTorrent, the popular San Francisco file-sharing company, speculating on its latest funding round and the fate of its brilliant chief executive.
Here’s word from the horse’s mouth: BitTorrent has raised $20 million in its second round of capital, led by Silicon Valley firm Accel Partners, the company told VentureBeat earlier Thursday. Existing investor DCM participated. And while we don’t know what will happen with Bram Cohen, we came away from… Continue Reading
“Young Guns” form secret Silicon Valley society
That’s what Rolling Stone wants you to believe, in its latest edition. In a story called “Baby Billionaires of Silicon Valley,” Rolling Stone catches up with a group nine entrepreneurs who get together to strategize. This is another hype job, since none of these people are billionaires. (Update: Blake Ross, in comment below, says this is no secret society, and headline is wrong.)
From the piece:
That’s why they’ve gathered here tonight. This is one of the… Continue Reading