founding

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Rivian lost $3.6 billion last year and hasn’t been profitable since its founding in 2009.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It has transformed since its 2002 founding from a rocket-launching company into an internet provider, social-media platform and, most recently, an AI company with plans for orbital data centers in space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Soundgarden founding member and guitarist Kim Thayil gives us “A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond,” out on June 9.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

In this Money Talks: Author and financial journalist Brendan Greeley tells Elizabeth Spiers about his new book, The Almighty Dollar—and the astonishing power this currency held long before the founding of the United States.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The story of Dad’s burn had become something of a founding myth: it was told over and over, to newcomers but also to the old.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover