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@theinformation
| send me your hot takes at anita.ramaswamy
@theinformation
.com | az gal 🌵 sagittarius ♐ recovering i-banker 🤝
I've had the pleasure of writing for
@TechCrunch
for a few months now.🤠
I've officially joined the team as a staff reporter this week, so let me re-introduce myself ...
(1/4)
the time has come to share some ~professional news~. today is my last day at
@TechCrunch
.
that means it's also my last time co-hosting the
@chain_reaction
podcast and writing our weekly newsletter. (1/4)
hello socials✨ big news!
i'm proud to share that after nearly two years of working full-time while taking classes at
@nyu_journalism
and
@NYUStern
, i've graduated with my master's degree in business and economic reporting. (1/3)
Hello! I'm going to be covering startup news (with a focus on fintech and crypto) for
@TechCrunch
this month.
Which founders/builders/investors/experts should I talk to? DM me or send tips to aramaswamy.techcrunch
@gmail
.com!
everyone is tired of having conversations about how women and poc don't get venture funding. we're all sick of it! but it remains a huge problem and as long as that's true, the best thing we can do as journalists is to make sure these issues aren't forgotten. (1/3)
It’s true! Today is my last day at Reuters Breakingviews.
I am incredibly excited to be starting a new role soon as a financial analysis columnist at
@theinformation
, sharing my hot takes on tech companies large and small. (1/5)
Hosted a great "build back better" dinner in NY with some crypto company founders. This crypto industry has plenty of strong and compliant companies (even if the headlines would make one think otherwise).
Doing the work year after year isn't always sexy, but it's important.…
in late january, i'll be starting my new role as u.s. columnist with
@Breakingviews
, the commentary & opinion section at
@Reuters
, where i'll be sharing my hot takes on crypto along with other topics in tech and finance. (3/4)
women weren’t allowed on the floor of the new york stock exchange until 1967.
that’s why it was so uplifting to be surrounded by them as part of
@nycfintechwomen
’s holiday reception. i’m proud to be in incredible company as one of their 2022 inspiring fintech females 💓
#IFF2022
"I’ve never felt I’ve been in a space where it’s been more acceptable for people to be so different. If you go to a [crypto] conference, it’s just filled with weird, weird people."
Thanks to
@__tux
for chatting with me about your story and
@entropydotxyz
!
i love how some people are crawling out of the woodwork to say they saw the red flags with ftx first and we should have known there was a multi-billion dollar fraud unfolding. like, where were y'all this whole time?
i'll share more details on how to get in touch with tips / pitches when i'm back in the new year.
thank you so much to the brilliant team at
@TechCrunch
for a great run (especially my pod co-host
@jacqmelinek
).
@TheRealLSL
and
@Breakingviews
team, i can't wait to join you! (4/4)
last year’s super bowl ads were all about crypto and now advertisers won’t even refer to an NFT as an NFT, they’re saying “digital collectible” instead lmao
lol wholesome tweet but i’m so excited to be an nyu student after dreaming of the city as a lil arizona kid. pls spare me your cynicism for just this one week 🥰
I've had COVID this week like many people I know in NYC. I have the vaccine + booster, so I have been lucky that it's just felt like a bad cold and nothing more serious.
I don't have much to contribute to the discourse but do have one warning that might help. (1/3)
1,300
@ycombinator
alumni raised $80M for the
@OrangeDAOxyz
venture capital fund, mainly from layer-one blockchains algorand and near
i've got the deets here:
I'm still covering crypto & fintech, and am particularly interested in (but def not limited to) wealthtech and DeFi.
I don't usually respond to Twitter DMs. If you want to pitch me or get in touch, find me at anita
@techcrunch
.com (my old email is dead).
(2/4)
it is a very difficult week to bear the weight of the news and go on living, and working. i'm doing my best and i'm sure you are too. please, let's be kind, and more importantly, patient
if your late 20s are the phase when you suddenly get invited to 100 weddings a year, mid-20s are when you get invited to 100 friends' first half-marathons
i’m back from a week of driving down the pacific coast highway and not looking at the bird app, but don’t worry, i still got my stereotypical california tech bro photo
all desk jobs that require employees to come into the office should be legally mandated to provide said employees with at least mid-tier coffee and a minimum of one non-dairy milk option
I'm also still in grad school
@nyu_journalism
and occasionally trying to have a life, so please be patient with me. I really do wish I could respond more often/more quickly.
I'm so excited to go deeper as a journalist and meet more interesting people. LFG
@TechCrunch
! 🚀
(4/4)
Hi, y'all 🤠 I'm excited to share two updates. First, I'll be joining the team at
@clusterstock
(
@thisisinsider
) as a Finance Fellow this June, covering private equity, banking, and more. If you know me, you know I've wanted to be a financial journalist forever! (1/2)
Is fintech the exception?
I talked to
@lightspeedvp
investor
@jmover
about whether fintech will avoid the broader VC slowdown we've seen start to take place.
Read it in
@TechCrunch
's weekly fintech column, brought to you by
@bayareawriter
(feat. me)!
if we don't speak out about what we've experienced as women and poc in the workplace, we can't hold the powers-that-be accountable. if we're not making noise, the alternative is silence and we have no chance of changing things.
*that* is why narratives matter. (3/3)
as an indian kid growing up in the US, i loved following
@kalpenn
’s journey from white castle to the white house
it was awesome meeting him at last night’s event to support ukrainian orgs including
@razomforukraine
💛💙
I could not be more excited to join
@lucasmtny
as a co-host on
@TechCrunch
's newest podcast, Chain Reaction, on all things web3!
Big moves happening over here at TC team crypto 🥳 Pre-subscribe to the Chain Reaction newsletter to keep up with us 🔥
After a few years of weekly hot takes, my time sending out my Week in Review newsletter is nearing an end, but I’m thrilled for what I’m building for TechCrunch next
it makes me sad to see women and poc tear each other down when we're trying to achieve the same goals. instead of roasting each other for simply trying our best, we should focus our efforts on dismantling the power structures that keep us out of opportunities. (2/3)
“I don’t particularly think the [play-to-earn] model is sustainable, so I think that interest will kind of subside.”
thanks to
@justinkan
for talking to me about the future of web3 gaming
Are you a tech employee curious about how your company's valuation affects you?
Tune in today at 3pm ET for a Spaces chat with experts from
@AngelList
and
@EquityZen
hosted by me and
@nmasc_
while i'm very sad to close what has been an incredible chapter, i'm thrilled about what's next. first, i'll be taking some time to wrap up this semester of grad school at
@nyu_journalism
and to enjoy the holidays with my loved ones. (2/4)
i’m finally back in nyc after this incredible week with my colleagues and friends at
@TechCrunch
.
now please excuse me while i sleep for the next 48 hours straight 💚
Tomorrow is my last day as a fellow on the finance team at
@BusinessInsider
.
I've been reborn so many times since last year -- as a banker, an investor relations professional, a freelancer, a career coach, a restaurant server, and finally...
a journalist. (1/5)
we’re bringing hot girl crypto summer to tomorrow’s
@chain_reaction
episode.
@jacqmelinek
will be on to talk about the news with me 💖
stay tuned!
i'm moderating a panel tomorrow in nyc featuring creative women in web3 -- rsvp to events
@lobus
.io if you're interested in attending and i'll hopefully see you there!
ok besties, you asked and
@TechCrunch
is delivering.
join
@etherington
and me (guest co-hosting today) on
@found
live at 1pm EST for a chat with Selling Sunset's very own
@XtineQuinn
and Christian Dumontet about their entrepreneurial journey!
link below ⤵️
Did you know that most college newspapers aren’t independent from the school? Even the ones that are independent face serious challenges from administrators. If you think your school could be run better, support your campus newspaper!
I woke up on the west coast to my first Atlantic byline! I wrote about how powerful college administrations are smothering campus newspapers. Thanks to
@danteramos
for bringing this into being
my unofficial pisces season market outlook is here
bullish on:
- yellowstone (the show)
- brittney griner's wnba return !!!
- pharrell as a creative director
bearish on:
- wearing business casual to the club
- punxsutawney phil
- espresso martinis
before i became a journalist, when i was working in finance, i had so many questions, knowledge gaps and even some misconceptions about the media.
founders -- come join me and
@DominicMadori
(+ moderator
@zehranaqvi_
) for a peek behind the scenes!
i heard it was time to build soooo i'm moderating two panels in nyc with builders/developers in web3 this week!
i'll be at helium house tomorrow:
and mainnet on thursday:
see ya there 🚀
"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
— Joan Didion
Rest in peace, you inspirational, wild, imperfect, compelling human.
Agree to disagree. IMO the best thing young people can do early in their careers is to learn to develop a sense of identity outside of work, learn how to draw boundaries and find balance. That, and learn, read, watch, connect, observe
EASY WAY TO HELP INDIA RIGHT NOW:
All donations are being matched and we still have $20k to go! $30k has been raised so far from mostly small-dollar contributions from friends, family, and acquaintances, so even if you don't have a lot to give, please chip in however you can.
someone mistook me for ami gan, the ceo of onlyfans, backstage yesterday at disrupt, and pitched me on her NFT startup for 5 mins straight while i stood there looking confused. sorry to disappoint!
half my feed rn is "we can't trust the banks so we need crypto"
other half is "we can't trust crypto so we need the banks" b/c of fdic insurance
the reality is that there are tradeoffs to each and it's up to individuals and companies to decide which ones they want to accept
SCOOP this morning in
@BusinessInsider
from yours truly -- JPMorgan has become the first big US bank to give its retail wealth clients access to crypto (not just ultra-wealthy clients or institutions)
This morning I was proud to let Anita Ramiswamy—former student & senior at Tufts—speak for me today before our canvass. I’m fighting for people to have a voice and let Anita be my voice today.
#ProudTeacher
#Take28
companies pitching me sometimes exaggerate by saying they're the "first" or "only" etc...
hyperbole raises red flags and is counterproductive. makes me think your business can't stand on its own merits (which isn't always true!)
decided to keep things spicy today and weigh in on a topic even more controversial than the selena gomez / hailey bieber beef: what qualifies as an inflation hedge
It's official!
@chain_reaction
's first episode comes out next month, and in the meantime,
@lucasmtny
and I have a teaser for you.
Subscribe on your fave podcast apps and follow us on Twitter for clear-headed crypto takes that cut through the noise.
Web3 is the actual Wild West with no shortage of villains, banks to rob and empires to build. I'm excited to build out a podcast exploring all of this drama for a general audience -- one that's free from blind optimism, blind pessimism and personal conflicts.