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Andy Jassy Bets $200B on A.I. to Cement Amazon’s Tech Dominance

Under Andy Jassy, Amazon is pouring $200 billion into A.I. infrastructure to dominate the cloud and secure its next decade of growth. With record...

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Amid Uncertainties, Delta CEO Ed Bastian Warns Oil Crisis Could Reshape Airline Industry

Delta CEO Ed Bastian, speaking from his three decades of experience in the industry, predicts rising fuel prices will accelerate airline mergers and...

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Jeff Bezos Is Quietly Building an A.I. Dream Team at Project Prometheus

New hires from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Tesla strengthen Project Prometheus’s bid to lead industrial A.I. innovation.

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The Exec Behind Anthropic’s Revenue Surge Unpacks the A.I. Giant’s ‘Secret Sauce’

In a candid interview, Anthropic’s growth chief Amol Avasare credits openness and trust for driving the A.I. firm’s record-breaking revenue growth.

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Warren Buffett Still Clocking In 5 Days a Week as Berkshire Enters Greg Abel Era

In his first interview since retiring as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett discussed his new office routine and how his voice still carries...

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British Billionaire Chris Rokos Makes Largest Modern-Era Gift to Cambridge

Hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos is pledging £190 million to launch a new school of government at Cambridge in what marks the largest modern gift...

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Nike’s Turnaround CEO Elliott Hill Says He Needs At Least 2 Years to Find His Footing

Nike’s CEO says its turnaround is a long game, inspired by Camp Nou’s rebuild and a renewed focus on core sports.

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Apple Turns 50: the 7 CEOs Who Built It and Who Comes Next

Apple turns 50 on April 1. A look at all seven CEOs—from Steve Jobs and John Sculley to Tim Cook—and how their decisions defined the world’s...

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Jamie Dimon Launches JPMorgan Push to Revive the American Dream

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon launches a major initiative to revive the American Dream through housing, business and community investment.

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The Priest Inside Anthropic’s A.I.

Father Brendan McGuire left the tech industry to serve God. Now he's back—helping Anthropic build something resembling a conscience.

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Bluesky’s Former CEO Jay Graber Unveils Her First Product in Innovation Chief Role

Jay Graber, now Bluesky’s chief innovation officer, introduces Attie, a social A.I. app designed to put personalization power back to users.

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Bret Taylor Leads OpenAI Foundation’s $1B Drive for A.I. Safety and Health

The OpenAI Foundation, under OpenAI chair Bret Taylor, embarks on an ambitious $1 billion plan for A.I. safety, health and societal resilience in...

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Block CFO Amrita Ahuja Defends Jack Dorsey’s A.I.-Driven Layoffs

Ahuja argues that internal A.I. tools like Goose have boosted developer productivity by 40 percent, giving Block the “confidence” to shrink...

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Flying Car Billionaire Brett Adcock Launches Startup to Build Personal A.I.

Billionaire Brett Adcock is building Hark, a “human-centric” A.I. lab that fuses multimodal models with custom-designed devices to create...

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XPrize’s Peter Diamandis Funds Films to Challenge Hollywood’s Dystopian Narrative

The XPrize founder is inviting filmmakers to pitch optimistic sci-fi worlds, one of which will be turned into a feature film.

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The Executive Who Sells Cryonics to the Ultra-Wealthy Chasing Immortality

Alcor CEO James Arrowood discusses cryonics, wealthy clients and the stakes behind preserving bodies for the future. "I'm talking to billionaires when...

19.03.2026 9

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How Harvey’s 31-Year-Old CEO Winston Weinberg Is Reshaping Big Law with A.I.

From junior associate to founder, Winston Weinberg built Harvey into a dominant A.I. platform now reshaping how law firms operate.

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Shishir Mehrotra’s Push to Remake Grammarly Shows the Risks of A.I. Leadership

The CEO’s bid to turn Grammarly into an A.I. powerhouse now hinges on whether he can rebuild trust with the very experts his tool impersonated.

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Jensen Huang Bets on OpenClaw With Nvidia’s New NemoClaw Agent Platform

Positioning Nvidia at the center of agentic A.I., Jensen Huang introduced NemoClaw to add security, privacy and governance on top of OpenClaw agents.

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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Says A.I. Is Changing Who Gets Into YC

Citing booming A.I. productivity, Tan says Y Combinator is rethinking credentials, co-founder norms and even where its next hubs will be based.

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Spotify Co-CEO Gustav Söderström Puts Listeners in Charge of Taste Algorithms

The co-CEO frames editable Taste Profiles as the next step in Spotify’s push for deeper personalization across music, podcasts and audiobooks.

14.03.2026 10

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Taktile CEO Maik Taro Wehmeyer Takes A.I. to Wall Street in Bold Lobster Stunt

After installing a 300-pound lobster by Wall Street's bull, Maik Taro Wehmeyer reveals Taktile Labs to benchmark A.I. for banks.

13.03.2026 10

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Porsche’s New CEO Michael Leiters Outlines Turnaround Plan Amid Company ‘Crisis’

Three months into his role, Michael Leiters launches a sweeping plan to revive Porsche after falling profits and sales declines.

11.03.2026 10

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Yann LeCun’s Paris A.I. Startup AMI Labs Raises Record $1B Seed Round

The ex-Meta A.I. chief assembles a powerhouse team to pursue smarter, more grounded artificial intelligence at AMI Labs.

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Meta Alum Mina Fahmi’s Sandbar Raises $23M to Redefine A.I. Wearable Tech

Sandbar CEO Mina Fahmi aims to bridge humans and machines with the Stream ring, an A.I.-powered wearable debuting this summer.

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Palmer Luckey’s Nostalgic Gaming Side Hustle Is About to Become a Unicorn

The Anduril founder and Oculus creator brings his retro gaming dream to life as ModRetro eyes unicorn status with its Game Boy-inspired console.

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Costco CEO Ron Vachris Pledges to Return Tariff Refunds to Shoppers

Ron Vachris reinforces Costco’s low-price legacy, promising to return tariff refunds and strengthen the retailer’s bond with loyal members.

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How Pickle’s Brian McMahon and Julia O’Mara Are Building the Airbnb of Clothing

Pickle founders Brian McMahon and Julia O’Mara discuss building their peer-to-peer clothing rental app and turning Gen Z closets into a marketplace.

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Apple TV Chief Eddy Cue Brings His Formula 1 Passion to Streaming and Apps

Apple’s services chief Eddy Cue is betting big on Formula 1, launching U.S. race coverage on Apple TV and weaving the sport across Apple’s ecosystem.

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Sam Altman Caught in Fallout From Dario Amodei’s Pentagon Standoff

Sam Altman scrambles to contain fallout from a rushed Pentagon deal that reshaped Silicon Valley’s AI rivalry.

03.03.2026 10

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Bezel CEO Quaid Walker Brings Prediction Markets to Luxury Watches

Quaid Walker’s Bezel joins forces with Kalshi to let users trade on luxury watch prices, brand moves and industry rumors for as little as $1.

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Greg Abel’s First Shareholder Letter: Same Playbook, Minus Warren Buffett’s Folksy Flair

In his debut shareholder letter, Berkshire CEO Greg Abel vowed to preserve the company’s key cultural values.

02.03.2026 10

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Jensen Huang’s A.I. Bets Beyond GPUs: 10 High-Flying Startups Backed by Nvidia

From OpenAI’s $110 billion raise to Anthropic and xAI, Jensen Huang is using Nvidia’s capital to shape the next generation of A.I.

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Jack Dorsey Recasts Block as an A.I.-First Company

Jack Dorsey is cutting thousands of jobs at Block to center the fintech giant on A.I., embedding tools like Goose, Square AI and MoneyBot across...

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Wayve CEO Alex Kendall Raises $1.5B to Steer Europe’s Robotaxi Dreams

Alex Kendall’s Wayve lands $1.5 billion in funding at an $8.6 billion valuation, accelerating plans to deploy self-driving cars in London and expand...

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As Jamie Dimon Signals Exit, 5 JPMorgan Execs Emerge as CEO Contenders

As Jamie Dimon marks 20 years as CEO, JPMorgan’s board eyes internal successors including Marianne Lake and Mary Erdoes.

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After Selling to Apple, Dark Sky’s Creators Are Reinventing Weather Forecasting Again

After selling Dark Sky to Apple, Adam Grossman and his co-founders return with Acme Weather, blending data-heavy forecasts with playful alerts.

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Dara Khosrowshahi Doubles Down on Uber’s Robotaxi Strategy

Dara Khosrowshahi deepens Uber’s AV strategy with a new division focused on infrastructure, insurance and partner support.

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Sam Altman Defends A.I. Energy Use With Human Comparison, Sparking Debate

Sam Altman defends A.I. against water overuse allegations, but concedes energy consumption is real and calls for transition to nuclear, wind and...

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Warren Buffett’s Final Berkshire Bet Brings Him Back to Newspapers

Warren Buffett’s final Berkshire Hathaway investment reflects a full-circle return to the newspaper business that launched his career.

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Make India Their Next A.I. Battleground

In New Delhi, Altman and Amodei signal that India is central to their battle for global A.I. dominance.

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Meta’s Controversial A.I. Chief Alexandr Wang Outlines His Superintelligence Playbook

Alexandr Wang says Meta’s vast global reach gives it a decisive edge in delivering “personal superintelligence” tailored to each user’s goals.

19.02.2026 10

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Humain CEO Tareq Amin Injects $3B Into Elon Musk’s xAI to Power Saudi A.I. Ambitions

Humain CEO Tareq Amin led a $3 billion investment in Elon Musk's xAI, strengthening Saudi Arabia’s role as a capital and infrastructure force...

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DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Warns AGI Remains Years Away Despite A.I. Breakthroughs

Demis Hassabis warns A.I.’s uneven reasoning limits progress toward AGI, despite breakthroughs like AlphaFold and Olympiad-level math performance.

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Fei-Fei Li and Andrej Karpathy Back a New A.I. Use Case: Simulating Human Behavior

Backed by Fei-Fei Li and Andrej Karpathy, Simile raises $100 million to use A.I. simulations that predict analyst questions and business outcomes.

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Why Bill Ackman Is Making a $2B Bet on Mark Zuckerberg’s A.I. Vision

Ackman is betting that Meta’s heavy A.I. spending will ultimately outweigh Wall Street’s short-term fears.

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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s $1.4B Data Center Push Powers Europe’s A.I. Autonomy

Arthur Mensch is scaling Mistral AI’s European infrastructure with $1.4 billion investment in Sweden, fueling the region’s bid to rival OpenAI and...

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Oura’s Marketing Chief Doug Sweeny Brings Smart Rings to the Olympics

Oura's chief marketing officer Doug Sweeny details the company's Olympics partnership and how wearable data is reshaping elite sports performance.

12.02.2026 8

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Hugging Face’s Monetization Chief Jeff Boudier Isn’t Interested in Chasing Money

Hugging Face’s Jeff Boudier reveals a contrarian approach to growth, profitability and trust in an A.I. industry obsessed with scale.

12.02.2026 7

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MrBeast Expands His Business Empire With Gen Z Banking App Acquisition

MrBeast is buying Step, a popular fintech app for teens, marking his first major push into digital banking and financial literacy.

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