Om Malik taught Silicon Valley to read itself
A personal remembrance of the GigaOm founder, True Ventures partner and writer who made Silicon Valley legible, including the late-night founder exchange that showed how his media machine worked.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: On my Om
Why it matters
Malik's career mapped the rise, promise and cost of startup media: sharper, faster and closer to founders, but never immune to money or incentives.
Om Malik (@Om), the journalist, GigaOm founder, photographer and True Ventures partner whose work tracked the commercial internet from dial-up optimism to AI saturation, died on June 24th at Stanford Hospital after what his family described as a long health journey with his heart, according to a post on On my Om. He was 59.…
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