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How Omaha Feels Different Without Warren Buffett at Berkshire Weekend

The first Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting without Warren Buffett at the helm drew fewer attendees and signals a shift for Omaha. We spoke with...

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Early Nvidia Investor Mark Stevens Gives $200M to USC for A.I. Push

Early Nvidia investor Mark Stevens gives $200 million to USC to scale A.I. programs, hire experts and position the university as a tech leader.

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Pinterest CEO Bill Ready’s Early Youth Safety Push Is Paying Off as Scrutiny Rises

Bill Ready prioritized youth protections at Pinterest before regulators did, helping drive user growth and investor confidence.

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GameStop’s Activist Investor CEO Ryan Cohen Makes $56B Bid for eBay

Ryan Cohen is betting big on eBay with a $56 billion offer, but doubts about funding and strategy are already weighing on the deal.

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The Met Gala Is Entering Its Billionaire Era With Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

Jeff Bezos’ honorary chair role ignites debate over whether the Met Gala is becoming dominated by tech wealth and influence.

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Apple’s Tim Cook Shares His Advice for Incoming CEO John Ternus

Apple posts strong quarterly results as Tim Cook outlines leadership advice for successor John Ternus ahead of a major CEO transition.

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Mark Zuckerberg Signals Leaner Future While Meta Doubles Down on A.I. Spending

Meta is cutting staff while boosting A.I. spending. CEO Mark Zuckerberg signals that leaner teams may define the company’s future.

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Meet the Man Who Turns Patagonia Profits Into Global Climate Action Engine

Holdfast Collective's executive director Greg Curtis is quietly deploying Patagonia’s profits into conservation projects worldwide while preserving...

30.04.2026 8

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Spotify’s First Quarter Under New Co-CEOs Highlights Growth Strain

Spotify shares fall after a weak forecast, overshadowing strong Q1 results and marking a rocky start for new co-CEOs.

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The Stanford Economist Studying A.I.’s Jobs Impact Is ‘Mindfully Optimistic’

Economist Erik Brynjolfsson breaks down A.I.’s impact on early careers, the rise of vibe-coding and why human agency will define the future of work.

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Aidan Gomez’s Cohere Acquires Germany’s Aleph Alpha in Sovereign A.I. Push

Aidan Gomez’s Cohere buys Aleph Alpha to expand in Europe, building a sovereign A.I. alternative to U.S. and Chinese tech giants.

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MrBeast Taps His Mom for Wedding Loan as He Reinvests All Earnings in Business

The YouTube star says his focus on reinvesting profits into Beast Industries leaves little room for personal spending, even for his own wedding.

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Victoria Beckham Turns Around Her Fashion Brand After Years of Losses

After a long stretch of losses, Beckham says her namesake business is finally thriving, seeing double-digit revenue growth. The former Spice Girl says...

22.04.2026 6

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Legendary Educator Esther Wojcicki and Former Student Launch $10M A.I. Health Fund

Esther Wojcicki and Mary Minno unveil a new fund and residency program to help academic founders build A.I. health care startups.

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How 1% for the Planet CEO Kate Williams Drives Corporate Giving Amid Nonprofit Crunch

Kate Williams is expanding 1% for the Planet, co-founded by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, driving record corporate donations worldwide.

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Connie Ballmer Gives Record $80M to NPR as Public Media Faces Cuts

Connie Ballmer’s $80 million donation will help fund NPR’s digital strategy as public broadcasters confront funding cuts and uncertain budgets.

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Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour Warns Insider Trading on Prediction Markets Face DOJ Action

Speaking in Washington this week, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour warns insider trading threatens trust in prediction markets and expects federal prosecutors...

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MacKenzie Scott Donates Surprise Record Gift to Meals on Wheels in Crucial Year

MacKenzie Scott’s unexpected $70 million donation, the largest in Meals on Wheels’ history, arrives as local programs across the U.S. strain to...

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Wall Street CEOs’ First Reactions to Anthropic’s Mythos

JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs chiefs voice optimism and caution on A.I.’s future as Anthropic’s Mythos reveals new cybersecurity dangers.

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Mark Zuckerberg Joins Growing Ranks of CEOs Creating A.I. Avatars of Themselves

As Meta invests billions in A.I., it’s building a lifelike digital version of CEO Mark Zuckerberg to interact directly with workers. Meta’s A.I....

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Sundar Pichai Doubles Down on Startups as Google Expects Windfall From Anthropic, SpaceX

Under Sundar Pichai, Google’s A.I. startup investments are proving wiser and more profitable than its in-house A.I. tools so far.

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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...

09.04.2026 10

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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...

08.04.2026 10

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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...

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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.

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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.

10.03.2026 20

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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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