Lydia Moynihan
Lydia Moynihan is a financial correspondent at the New York Post.
Background
Lydia Moynihan covers the most notable stories at the intersection of Washington, Wall Street, and Silicon Valley. She regularly appears on Fox News, CNBC, and Fox Business and hosts NYNext, a podcast providing indispensable reporting on people, places, and policies shaping New York. During her time at The Post, she’s conducted interviews with notable business leaders including Barry Diller, Bill Ackman, and Eric Schmidt, as well as senators and presidential candidates. She’s broken dozens of stories, including efforts to ban TikTok, Rudy Giuliani’s indictment, and Trump’s SPAC, and has hosted panels at the 92NY, the Future Investment Initiative, and Global Alts.
Latest Articles
DOT AI program easing flight traffic, control tower headaches — but still Dems oppose
October 30, 2026 | 7:35am“We want to get to a place where you get on a plane and you know exactly when you will land,” said Rebecca Guy, the FAA’s acting chief technology officer...
Anthropic’s delay in reporting ‘rogue agent’ Georgia vote hack alarms government officials
October 26, 2026 | 6:32pmBoth the incident and Anthropic’s handling of it are raising alarm bells, just days before the midterm elections.
Soros-backed New Mexico AG behind $25B Meta lawsuit accused of seeking ‘tax on speech’
October 22, 2026 | 5:11pmNew Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez entered into politics with a 2016 run for district attorney backed by more than $100,000 in spending from a George Soros-funded super PAC.
Data stolen from AI companies could alter the course of history — they urgently need top security vetting against spies
October 21, 2026 | 6:09pmOne source told me he hopes the OpenAI breach becomes a wake-up call about who is hired and how they’re vetted
Tech money from Anthropic and SpaceX is transforming philanthropy, but will that cash benefit woke causes or real Americans?
October 19, 2026 | 5:50pmArchitect of Trump Accounts Brad Gerstner said he is working to expand the remit of Trump Accounts to make it accessible to anyone under 40.
Elon Musk just gave us a great reminder that flying cars, not killer robots are the bright future ahead
October 16, 2026 | 5:45pmSome billionaire founders deserve to be celebrated.
Quantum computing presents threat to all cryptocurrencies, digital assets and passwords: ‘Industry is scrambling’
October 14, 2026 | 7:10pm"The question is what do we do about it," said one big crypto investor.
Trump-backed Lukoil bid aims to restart refineries, deliver billions to US Treasury
October 9, 2026 | 4:48pmThe deal sets a new precedent in Washington.
City Hall won’t save us from AI — but it could push away innovation
October 6, 2026 | 5:57pmEven if you think artificial intelligence needs to be reined in, do you really think NYC city officials should be the ones to do it?
Tech companies launching their own programs to train grads because they ‘can’t rely’ on Ivy Leagues
October 1, 2026 | 6:00am"It used to be the case that you could rely on somebody who went to an Ivy or Ivy-equivalent to be top notch,” said Palantir's Jordan Hirsch. “But that’s not...
The White House proved today that embracing AI is a winning message
September 29, 2026 | 6:30pm“This kind of innovation in government is just a preview of what is possible with super intelligence,” President Trump said.
US-Greenland security deal also paves way for investment, data centers: Arctic commissioner
September 23, 2026 | 7:31pmThe security deal gives President Trump a position of authority as they discuss both national security and their opposing sides in the artificial intelligence race.
Tyler Hassen defends DOGE: ‘Don’t just drain the swamp, flood it with talent’
September 22, 2026 | 4:40pm“So much of the narrative about Doge has been written from people who weren't inside the room,” Tyler Hassen told The Post.
AI assistant Instinct’s valuation has quadrupled to $10B in a month, but is it worth the hype?
September 17, 2026 | 4:37pm"This is the first AI assistant I’ve recommended my wife and kids, who aren't techies, should use," said John Borthwick of Betaworks, an early investor in Hugging Face (but who...
Elon Musk’s mother sleeps in her son’s garage at Starbase: ‘That’s a luxury’
September 15, 2026 | 2:18pm“If I have a couch or a mattress on the floor, then I'm good," Maye Musk told The Post
Do Anthropic and OpenAI want AI regulation to save humanity, or are they just trying to squeeze out competition?
September 14, 2026 | 6:39pmSo-called AI doomers are embracing CCP-aligned senators and the widely reviled head of the teacher's union to provide guidance on regulating the fast growing technology.
Conservative creators claim TikTok has started heavily censoring their videos over the last month
September 10, 2026 | 5:15pm“I basically know every single video will be removed before I even press upload," Chloe Trapanotto, who has nearly 500,000 followers on TikTok, told The Post.
San Francisco’s drug-addled Union Square gets a rebirth with $75M bet from rookie real estate investors
September 1, 2026 | 7:42pm“Forget blood in the streets,” Max Raskin of Uris Acquisitions joked. “We bought when there was feces in the street.”
What Meta’s historic agreement to limit teens’ social media access means for its competitors — and will they follow suit
August 26, 2026 | 5:04pmMark Zuckerberg and Co. are implementing landmark restrictions as part of a massive settlement, and they're urging Snap, TikTok and YouTube to follow suit.
Companies owning their own AI and having sovereignty is the future: Palantir CEO
August 26, 2026 | 6:00am“We cannot have a society where all the value goes to 2,500 people sitting in Silicon Valley,” Chief Executive Alex Karp said at a company boot camp last week.