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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 4

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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 5

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

24.02.2026 9

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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...

23.02.2026 4

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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.

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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 4

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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.

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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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‘Vibe Coding’ Inventor Andrej Karpathy Has a New Term for A.I. Engineering

A year after coining “vibe coding,” Andrej Karpathy says the future belongs to engineers who manage A.I. agents, not lines of code.

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek’s $70M A.I. Bet Takes Center Stage at Super Bowl

A.I. stole the spotlight at the Super Bowl as Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek unveiled AI.com after a $70 million domain purchase.

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Goldman Sachs’ Information Chief Marco Argenti Deepens A.I. Push with Anthropic

Goldman Sachs has been using Anthropic's A.I. tools internally for six months, Chief Information Officer Marco Argenti revealed. From coding to...

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Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Clash Over Ads and the Future of A.I.

What started as a technical arms race between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei has evolved into a public feud over narrative control.

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Sara Hooker Raises $50M to Challenge A.I.’s Conventional Wisdom

Sara Hooker’s new startup Adaption Labs is challenging A.I.’s reliance on massive data and compute power with adaptive, real-time learning.

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Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski Triple ElevenLabs’ Valuation to $11 Billion, Solidifying Their Grip on A.I. Voice

The fast-growing startup is still “hungry” for expansion, according to CEO Mati Staniszewski.

04.02.2026 5

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Waymo Valued at $126B as Co-CEOs Accelerate Robotaxi Expansion

Led by co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov, Waymo hits a $126 billion valuation while expanding robotaxis across the U.S. and abroad.

04.02.2026 6

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Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman Calls for Global Cooperation as Aid Funding Slumps

The foundation plans to spend down its $86 billion endowment while rallying donors to reverse global aid declines.

03.02.2026 5

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Philanthropy Shuffles Staff Amid A.I. Pivot

Zuckerberg and Chan’s philanthropy is restructuring to prioritize A.I.-powered biomedical research over social programs.

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Team USA Athletes to Get First-Ever Pensions Under $100M Ross Stevens Gift

Team USA’s Milan Cortina roster will be the first to receive retirement benefits, thanks to a $100 million donation funding the Stevens Awards.

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Jeff Bezos Backs Nuclear Power With $3.5M Grant From Earth Fund

The Bezos Earth Fund is funding a new effort to standardize nuclear reactor builds as electricity demand surges.

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Defense Tech Startup Anduril Launches ‘AI Grand Prix’ to Recruit Top Engineers

The defense tech company is using a global autonomous drone race to find top engineering talent.

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Waabi Raises $1B to Expand From Self-Driving Trucks to Robotaxis

Autonomous trucking startup Waabi raised $1 billion from investors and Uber as it prepares to enter the competitive robotaxi market.

29.01.2026 4

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Former Citi CEO Sandy Weill Gives $120M to UC Davis Vet School That Cared for His Dog

Former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill donates $120 million to UC Davis’ veterinary school, inspired by the care of his late dog, Angel.

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Dario Amodei Warns of A.I.’s Direst Risks—and How Anthropic Is Stopping Them

In a 20,000-word essay, Anthropic’s CEO urges regulation and new defenses against A.I.-enabled bioweapons.

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