Wen Shao

Fortune

Wen Shao is a technology reporter at Fortune covering artificial intelligence and the companies building it. Based in San Francisco, she focuses on how AI models are developed, evaluated and commercialized, along with the infrastructure that powers them. Before joining Fortune as a Tarbell Fellow, she covered technology and policy for The Paper in Shanghai, including large language models, brain-computer interfaces and other emerging technologies. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.

Stories by Wen
Wen Shao — Fortune
Jev, an AI for making quick decisions, has been a viral hit in Silicon Valley. But OpenAI is hot on its heels
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Oct 8, 2026
Wen Shao — Fortune
Nvidia backs startup Reactor as buzz grows for world models
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Oct 6, 2026
Wen Shao — Fortune
Exclusive: Nine-person Halluminate raises $30 million, counts four top U.S. AI labs as customers
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Oct 1, 2026
Wen Shao — Fortune
AI could make more companies worth hacking, Anthropic report suggests
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Sep 24, 2026
Wen Shao — Fortune
Google wants Spirit Airlines’ data. Micro1 wants to pay more
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Sep 14, 2026
Wen Shao — Fortune
Google shipped four Gemini Flash models in 106 days. But its flagship frontier model is still nowhere to be seen.
By Wen Shao / Fellow
Sep 3, 2026