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Lauren Goode

Senior Correspondent

Lauren Goode is a senior correspondent at WIRED covering all things Silicon Valley, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, venture capital, startups, workplace culture, and tech's most interesting people and trends. She also cowrites Backchannel with Steven Levy, a weekly newsletter that puts the biggest tech stories in perspective. Previously she worked at The Verge, Recode, and The Wall Street Journal. Please send story tips (no PR pitches) to ChaoticGoode.12 on Signal.

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