This interview is based on a conversation with John Nuar, 34, who lives in Canton, Michigan. Nuar built a home to live in with his father with dementia, where he…
California is the US state with the most people moving out, with an estimated 229,077 people leaving for other states from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, according to…
This story is based on an interview with Nanik Tagore, 22, a recent graduate and founder of a private training and coaching business from San Francisco. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m half-Indian, and younger people in South…
Elon Musk says AI will create such abundance that governments will provide for all, and work will become a choice. Michael Burry says it’ll be a rocky road to get there.”AI+Robots will be able to do everything, resulting in universal…
After years helping Apple bring products from prototype to production, two former executives are betting the next AI boom won’t happen on screens but rather on on factory floors.Simon Lancaster and Sabrina Paseman’s new firm, Omni Ventures, has raised $33…
AI-native graduates can have a key edge in the workplace, one startup founder says. Clay Bavor, who cofounded Sierra in 2023, said some of the company’s most effective employees are in their early 20s because they’re more comfortable using AI than many experienced workers.”I can’t remember a time when a…
Silicon Valley loves the story of the 20-something dropout who builds a billion-dollar company from a dorm room. It’s a great story. It’s also mostly wrong. A study published in 2020 in the American Economic Review, built on U.S. Census Bureau and IRS data covering 2.7 million business founders from…
As temperatures climb, it’s normal for your air conditioner to work harder. But if your electric bill suddenly jumps, the weather may not be the only culprit. Before assuming you…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chikara Kennedy, the 43-year-old CEO of Chikara Power Coaching, who lives in Mexico. Business Insider has verified Kennedy’s income and employment…
I didn’t expect my kids getting older to make me think so much about my parents.When my kids were little, my wife and I were consumed by the immediate demands of parenting. There were diapers to change, lunches to pack,…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on MyPerfectResume.com. For many professionals, workplace success is not just about doing the job well. It also involves managing how they present themselves, what they say, and even how they appear outside the office.…
Larry Gadea wants the people who work for him to stay up to speed on AI. That might mean doing some homework.The founder and CEO of the workplace software company Envoy said the company is investing in AI training to…
Sometimes JPMorgan executives receive emails from a colleague who signs off in all caps: JACK.JACK, however, isn’t one person. It’s the shared identity of John China and Andrew Kresse, who co-lead the bank’s Innovation Economy team for founders and venture…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Wilczynska, the founder of Swil Arts Studio. She left her job as a software engineer at Google, spent a year traveling with her partner, and discovered watercolors in Thailand. Her…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John Goldstein, a 75-year-old retiree in Newark, New Jersey. The interview has been edited for length…
Andrew Tobias is a New York City millionaire, and he will happily pay more taxes. Just make sure to send him a fruit basket.The financial…
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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” season three, episode three, and for the book “Fire & Blood.”The elusive Daeron Targaryen is finally joining the fray in “House of the Dragon.”Daeron is the youngest son of Alicent Hightower and…
On a sunny Friday morning, a group of nine people gathered at an exercise corner in one of Singapore’s public housing blocks.Clad in workout wear…
Stephen Huang had spent decades building chips in Silicon Valley when ChatGPT’s launch convinced him the market was ready for the AI chip company he…
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With new electric vehicle prices averaging nearly $55,000 and the federal government no longer offering $7,500 in tax credits for plug-in vehicles, California is planning to offer $3,500 in instant rebates to new EV buyers in the state. California officials…
Some of Waymo’s robotaxis in San Francisco weren’t all that autonomous on Independence Day.Several San Francisco residents posted footage Saturday night of Waymo vehicles either malfunctioning, stalling, or being towed away during the chaos of Fourth of July celebrations.”We’re being…
BMW is “here for the long game” in the U.S. as it completes a $1.7 billion South Carolina investment and prepares to build fully electric vehicles at its largest plant, its North America CEO told FOX Business. Sebastian Mackensen, president…
Two Stanford grads believe the $100 billion wearables market has a major blind spot: women’s health.Investors seem to agree.Clair Health, a San Francisco startup cofounded by 22-year-old CEO Jenny Duan and 24-year-old CTO Abhinav Agarwal, has raised $11.6 million in…
I’m the organizer in my friend group. But I’m not by nature an organizer. I love to separate the laundry into piles and then shove the clothes, unfolded, into drawers. I’m also not a glamorous, girl boss who makes everyone…
AI, it seems, is for the experts.In a new working paper, researchers at Harvard Business School and the nonprofit business school, INSEAD, found that AI-native startups are building smaller, flatter teams with fewer entry-level workers than their non-AI peers.The study,…
Corporate attorney Zack Shapiro used to spend hours each workday stuck behind his desk drafting legal documents in Microsoft Word.Now, the founder and managing partner of the boutique AI-native law firm Rains says artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how he…
Playgrounds used to play fast and loose with kids’ safety … which was half the fun anyway. They’re considerably safer today, although some anthropologists argue there are developmental benefits to playing on challenging structures, like those of the past.”Generally, researchers have…
Google cofounder Sergey Brin and John Doerr have donated a combined $94 million to undercut California's proposed billionaire tax. Peter Thiel has donated $3 million to a separate group.Getty ImagesA handful of California’s estimated 214 billionaires are trying to stop…
Editor’s note: In February 2025, Business Insider wrote about a medical professional named “Daniel,” who was secretly juggling two full-time remote jobs and on track to earn about $280,000. (Daniel is a pseudonym, but Business Insider has verified his identity…
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When they were really little, we used to call vacationing with the kids “babysitting with palm trees.” Now that they’re teens, maybe it’s more like “traveling with jerks.”I mean, sometimes they’re grateful and engaged. But just as often, it can feel like every decision…
