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Startup Founders Embrace Bootstrapping as Venture Capital Loses Its Shine

Startup Founders Embrace Bootstrapping as Venture Capital Loses Its Shine

Bootstrapped startups show that profitability and control can outweigh flashy VC rounds.

04.09.2025 5

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Serena Williams Endorses High-Flying Weight Loss Startup Funded by Her Husband

Serena Williams Endorses High-Flying Weight Loss Startup Funded by Her Husband

Serena Williams partners with Ro as global ambassador, adding celebrity power to the booming GLP-1 sector.

28.08.2025 2

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Dot-Com Déjà Vu? Sam Altman Warns Investors of Overhype in A.I.

Dot-Com Déjà Vu? Sam Altman Warns Investors of Overhype in A.I.

OpenAI’s chief warns investors may be overexcited about A.I., even as valuations soar.

26.08.2025 3

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Pop Mart CEO Wang Ning Joins China’s Richest as Labubu Craze Explodes

Pop Mart CEO Wang Ning Joins China’s Richest as Labubu Craze Explodes

Pop Mart’s Labubu toys are fueling a 240 percent stock surge and making CEO Wang Ning one of China’s youngest billionaires.

21.08.2025 2

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OpenAI’s Education Head Says Real Learning Takes Struggle—Not Just ChatGPT Help

OpenAI's education head says the company is building global guardrails to ensure A.I. strengthens—not replaces—real education.

10.07.2025 5

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Meta’s Yann LeCun Defends Open-Source A.I. Amid Geopolitical Tension

At the AI for Good Summit, Meta’s Yann LeCun made a passionate case for open A.I. as both a safer and more strategic global approach.

09.07.2025 4

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Strong Winds Ahead for Clean Energy Sector As ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Takes Effect

The "Big Beautiful Bill" threatens to derail the clean energy transition, slash grid capacity and raise energy costs.

08.07.2025 20

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23andMe’s Trove of DNA Data Stay with the Company’s Founder Anne Wojcicki

A bankruptcy court approved the $305M sale of 23andMe to a nonprofit led by Anne Wojcicki, raising questions about data protection.

02.07.2025 3

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This Immigrant-Led Startup Aims to Help Everyone Navigate Trump-era Visa Rules

Backed by Y Combinator, Gale uses software and attorney oversight to help companies navigate shifting U.S. immigration rules.

27.06.2025 3

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Macy’s CEO Warns of Price Hikes as Tariffs Squeeze Department Stores

Tariffs are reshaping Macy’s pricing, sourcing and product lineup as department stores navigate global cost volatility.

31.05.2025 3

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I Tried an A.I.-Powered Facial—Here’s What the Tech Got Right (and Wrong)

Unlike other fields disrupted by technology, A.I. in skincare isn't about saving time.

26.04.2025 3

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Venmo Co-Founder Iqram Magdon-Ismael Aims to Fix What Social Media Broke

Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismael is back—this time trading peer-to-peer payments for memecoins and viral authenticity.

20.03.2025 3

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This Startup By a Former SpaceX Engineer Makes a Stephen Hawking-Approved Wheelchair

Kalogon’s technology adapts in real time to the user’s body shape and movement, automatically shifting pressure points to simulate the health...

15.03.2025 9

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Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer Is Approaching A.I. Differently: SXSW Interview

"We serve the creative professional who wants to have the sanctity of their work protected."

12.03.2025 4

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Wall Street’s DEI Retreat: Where Major Banks and Asset Managers Stand

Some firms quietly retreat while others make just enough adjustments to sidestep political backlash.

26.02.2025 3

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How Teachers Are Actually Using A.I. to Reduce Burnout

A.I. tools are being integrated in both online education and real classrooms to help teachers tackle complex decisions.

03.02.2025 3

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Why Wall Street Banks Are Suddenly Quitting A Global Climate Group

Morgan Stanley headquarters building in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images From Goldman Sachs (GS) to Morgan Stanley (MS), many of the...

07.01.2025 4

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How A.I. Is Actually Changing the Physical World Through ‘Digital Twins’

A screenshot of a digital twin warehouse created using Kalypso’s parent company Rockwell Automation’s Emulate3D software with Nvidia’s Omniverse....

12.12.2024 4

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A.I. Agents Are Changing How Retailers Hire Holiday Season Workers

Every October and November, brick-and-mortar and online retailers stock up on temporary workers to meet spiking demand of the holiday shopping...

27.11.2024 6

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How A.I. Is Disrupting Pharma: The High-Stakes Race to Revolutionize Drug Discovery

For better or worse, A.I. in the pharmaceutical industry has reached a fever pitch—a point of no return. Ever cautious, the Food and Drug...

12.11.2024 5

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How Will A.I. Regulation Move Forward in the US After California’s SB 1047 Veto?

On Sept. 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a controversial piece of policy about A.I. The bill, whose full name is the Safe and...

10.10.2024 3

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OpenAI’s SearchGPT Could Mark the Beginning of the End to Google’s Search Dominance

Arvind Jain, a former Google (GOOGL) engineer and now CEO of the enterprise A.I. search platform Glean, never saw Google’s approximately 90 percent...

27.09.2024 3

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Who Is Telegram’s Billionaire Founder Pavel Durov Who Suddenly Made Headlines?

Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old billionaire founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, who has historically flown under the radar,...

27.08.2024 10

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What a Harris Presidency Could Mean to A.I. Policy

With Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket for the 2024 presidential election, experts are weighing what A.I. policy could look...

20.08.2024 2

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MIT Launches the First Ever Comprehensive Database of A.I. Risks

Curiosity around A.I. is on the rise, and numbers reflect that. The most recent Census data shows the use of A.I. for business purposes rose to 5.4...

15.08.2024 2

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