Startup Investing for the Masses, Plus xAI Unveils New AI Model 2/18/25

Silicon Valley startups have generally been off-limits to the public, cutting ordinary investors out of peak value creation. But now, those rules are getting a second look under President Trump’s new SEC. Plus, Elon Musk’s startup xAI is now showing off its new model called Grok 3, and said the deep research tool is outperforming comparable offerings from OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek.