Catherine Bracy
@catherinebracy.com
Founder + CEO of TechEquity (techequity.us). Author of World Eaters: How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy. Long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
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"The biggest opening in modern American history to limit the unchecked power of the tech elite."
🧵Moments when the public suddenly sees the consequences of unchecked corporate power are RARE.
Dems squandered an opening post-housing crisis. Now is an opening for big reform. We must not make the same mistake with Big Tech today.
I wrote a memo to Democrats @contrariannews.org 🧵🧵🧵
Dems squandered an opening post-housing crisis. Now is an opening for big reform. We must not make the same mistake with Big Tech today.
I wrote a memo to Democrats @contrariannews.org 🧵🧵🧵
Memo to Democrats: Your Anti-Big Tech Majority Is There for the Taking
The backlash against data centers is the perfect opening for a popular mandate to rein in Silicon Valley.
www.contrariannews.org
August 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
"The biggest opening in modern American history to limit the unchecked power of the tech elite."
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OpenAI started as a nonprofit with one promise: ensure AI benefits all of humanity. The billions it amassed belong to the public—not OpenAI's to take. As it moves toward a trillion-dollar IPO, our coalition is demanding the SEC force real disclosure before working families are exposed.
We got California to intervene about OpenAI's corporate switch from nonprofit status. It's time for the SEC to come to the table | Fortune
A little-known Class N share lets the nonprofit Foundation control OpenAI's board even if it sells its 26% equity stake, raising fresh SEC questions.
fortune.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:06 PM
OpenAI started as a nonprofit with one promise: ensure AI benefits all of humanity. The billions it amassed belong to the public—not OpenAI's to take. As it moves toward a trillion-dollar IPO, our coalition is demanding the SEC force real disclosure before working families are exposed.
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The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI’s restructuring began last week at the federal building in Downtown Oakland, and our founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com was there.
These are her initial thoughts on the trial. www.youtube.com/shorts/Ii0NX...
These are her initial thoughts on the trial. www.youtube.com/shorts/Ii0NX...
Eyes on OpenAI
YouTube video by TechEquity
www.youtube.com
May 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over OpenAI’s restructuring began last week at the federal building in Downtown Oakland, and our founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com was there.
These are her initial thoughts on the trial. www.youtube.com/shorts/Ii0NX...
These are her initial thoughts on the trial. www.youtube.com/shorts/Ii0NX...
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When you only eat dinner at strip clubs and Hooters:
Blanche: "There's a lot of things we can be doing, like voter ID. Every time you walk into a restaurant you have to show ID. How about you have to show your idea to vote? That's not anything that's crazy."
May 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
When you only eat dinner at strip clubs and Hooters:
Berkeley, Oakland, Danville
May 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Berkeley, Oakland, Danville
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Whatever the case may be with Elon, @catherinebracy.com has been critical of OpenAI’s restructuring and its potential impact on the future of AI and the nonprofit sector. This is what she had to say about the trial
@kqednews.kqed.org @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1208129...
@kqednews.kqed.org @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1208129...
April 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Whatever the case may be with Elon, @catherinebracy.com has been critical of OpenAI’s restructuring and its potential impact on the future of AI and the nonprofit sector. This is what she had to say about the trial
@kqednews.kqed.org @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1208129...
@kqednews.kqed.org @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1208129...
I read it as “seems like Sarah Friar wants a defense when the cops come calling.”
I can’t be the only one who reads the recent WSJ/Information OpenAI stuff and their top takeaway is “seems like Sarah Friar wants a different/better job”
April 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
I read it as “seems like Sarah Friar wants a defense when the cops come calling.”
Who among us hasn’t prompted the AI to depict us as a doctor only to have it turn us into Jesus instead?
April 13, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Who among us hasn’t prompted the AI to depict us as a doctor only to have it turn us into Jesus instead?
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The Democrats keep telling us the enemy is Hasan Piker, with clumsy dogwhistle Islamophobia that nobody normal responds to—and meanwhile there's this incredibly powerful wave of anti-Silicon Valley sentiment out there rippling through *the very people they need to mobilize* to vote for them
Two data points from a recent drive thru rural Virginia. 1. Many lawn signs saying "No new data centers," "Vote no on data centers," etc. 2. The classic rock channel promoted itself as "Every song chosen by a real human - no AI."
April 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The Democrats keep telling us the enemy is Hasan Piker, with clumsy dogwhistle Islamophobia that nobody normal responds to—and meanwhile there's this incredibly powerful wave of anti-Silicon Valley sentiment out there rippling through *the very people they need to mobilize* to vote for them
I sent two prompts today and got cut off until 9pm.
Anthropic appears to be torturing AI people. Claude Opus 4.6 has become significantly less-performant over time, they also have been messing with rate limits, more token burn in some cases too, documented at length. Anthropic basically saying “no problems on our end sorry”
April 13, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I sent two prompts today and got cut off until 9pm.
STOP CALLING IT THE FERTILITY RATE. WE’RE NOT INFERTILE WE JUST DONT WANT 8000 BABIES.
The U.S. fertility rate continued its slide to historic levels, due to plunging teen pregnancies and far more women delaying motherhood into their 30s and 40s. n.pr/48ppzU9
710,000 fewer babies were born last year in U.S. compared with two decades ago
The U.S. fertility rate continued its slide to historic levels, due to plunging teen pregnancies and far more women delaying motherhood into their 30s and 40s.
n.pr
April 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
STOP CALLING IT THE FERTILITY RATE. WE’RE NOT INFERTILE WE JUST DONT WANT 8000 BABIES.
The war is going so bad, they’re trying to put Epstein back in the headlines. Weird choice.
Melania Trump: The lies linking me with Jeffrey Epstein need to end today. I've never been friends with Epstein. I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, Maxwell. My email reply to Maxwell cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence.
April 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The war is going so bad, they’re trying to put Epstein back in the headlines. Weird choice.
Why is Melania pre-empting war coverage to talk about how she wasn’t friends with Epstein? This is wild. Is she actively trying to throw her husband under the bus?
April 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Why is Melania pre-empting war coverage to talk about how she wasn’t friends with Epstein? This is wild. Is she actively trying to throw her husband under the bus?
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Yesterday, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social sat down with Founder and CEO of TechEquity @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what meaningful leadership on AI looks like and what is at stake for working people and communities across the country.
These were our main takeaways:
These were our main takeaways:
March 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Yesterday, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social sat down with Founder and CEO of TechEquity @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what meaningful leadership on AI looks like and what is at stake for working people and communities across the country.
These were our main takeaways:
These were our main takeaways:
Surely it can’t be good news for oil markets that we’re just gonna keep kicking the can down the road indefinitely. Right? Right?!
AP: Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6. The president made the statement Thursday in a social media post. He said he will hold off on bombing Iran’s energy plants.
March 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Surely it can’t be good news for oil markets that we’re just gonna keep kicking the can down the road indefinitely. Right? Right?!
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On March 29 at 3pm at Manny's SF, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will chat w/ our Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what meaningful leadership on AI looks like and what is at stake for working people and communities across the country.
techequity.us/event/the-ai...
techequity.us/event/the-ai...
The AI Economy: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Decides - TechEquity Collaborative
Join Sen. Chris Murphy in conversation with TechEquity CEO Catherine Bracy on what meaningful AI leadership looks like and what's at stake for communities.
techequity.us
March 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
On March 29 at 3pm at Manny's SF, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social will chat w/ our Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what meaningful leadership on AI looks like and what is at stake for working people and communities across the country.
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Bay Area! Join us!
Join us on March 29th at 3pm at Manny's in SF as he sits down with @catherinebracy.com for a candid conversation about what is actually at stake, what good leadership on AI looks like, & what getting it right means for working people and communities across the country.
techequity.us/event/the-ai...
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The AI Economy: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Decides - TechEquity Collaborative
Join Sen. Chris Murphy in conversation with TechEquity CEO Catherine Bracy on what meaningful AI leadership looks like and what's at stake for communities.
techequity.us
March 19, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Bay Area! Join us!
Reader, we all know what the right answer is here.
One source of the discrepancy could be a lie of omission. Where one company has encoded into their AI that it should decline any requests that involve killing people while the other has had Hegseth to pinky swear that he won’t ask their AI to kill people.
But if he does…oops.
But if he does…oops.
February 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Reader, we all know what the right answer is here.
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One source of the discrepancy could be a lie of omission. Where one company has encoded into their AI that it should decline any requests that involve killing people while the other has had Hegseth to pinky swear that he won’t ask their AI to kill people.
But if he does…oops.
But if he does…oops.
February 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
One source of the discrepancy could be a lie of omission. Where one company has encoded into their AI that it should decline any requests that involve killing people while the other has had Hegseth to pinky swear that he won’t ask their AI to kill people.
But if he does…oops.
But if he does…oops.
He:
- Watched while Anthropic got the screws put to them
- When the winds of public opinion turned, he said he fully supported Anthropic’s position
- Waits until Anthropic gets throttled
- Announces a deal with DoD including some mealy mouthed language about principles
What a 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
- Watched while Anthropic got the screws put to them
- When the winds of public opinion turned, he said he fully supported Anthropic’s position
- Waits until Anthropic gets throttled
- Announces a deal with DoD including some mealy mouthed language about principles
What a 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
February 28, 2026 at 3:35 AM
He:
- Watched while Anthropic got the screws put to them
- When the winds of public opinion turned, he said he fully supported Anthropic’s position
- Waits until Anthropic gets throttled
- Announces a deal with DoD including some mealy mouthed language about principles
What a 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
- Watched while Anthropic got the screws put to them
- When the winds of public opinion turned, he said he fully supported Anthropic’s position
- Waits until Anthropic gets throttled
- Announces a deal with DoD including some mealy mouthed language about principles
What a 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍
I’m sorry…wtaf? This is some nth level villain shit.
February 28, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I’m sorry…wtaf? This is some nth level villain shit.
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It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas
February 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It’s both funny and cosmically correct that the U.S. men’s hockey chodes will have to sit through 2+ hours of rambling from their addled little king while the U.S. Women’s team gets to skip the speech and party with Flavor Flav in Vegas
This is one of the evilest things I’ve seen come out of a tech company in my career, and that’s saying something.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
This is one of the evilest things I’ve seen come out of a tech company in my career, and that’s saying something.
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Now a for-profit, OpenAI has shed its original promises and ethics, and executives are coming for anyone who scrutinizes them for it.
Check out this @moreperfectunion.bsky.social video feat. TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
Check out this @moreperfectunion.bsky.social video feat. TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Now a for-profit, OpenAI has shed its original promises and ethics, and executives are coming for anyone who scrutinizes them for it.
Check out this @moreperfectunion.bsky.social video feat. TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...
Check out this @moreperfectunion.bsky.social video feat. TechEquity Founder and CEO @catherinebracy.com to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...