Finance
Skip the FOMO approach if you’re pitching Nicolas Sauvage.The founder and president of venture capital firm TDK Ventures said founders can’t sway him with claims that other investors are already buying in or that a funding round is quickly filling up.Sauvage told Business Insider that TDK Ventures takes a deliberate…
Here’s a novel problem companies may have to deal with in the AI era.A nefarious Big Tech employee leaves for a competitor with trade secrets, feeds them to an AI agent or model while employed by the competitor, and runs some tests using those secrets.Maybe the bad-apple employee then creates…
AI data centers have a branding problem, according to venture capitalist Gavin Baker.Baker is a longtime tech investor. He serves as managing partner and chief investment officer at the hedge fund Atreides Management, which has invested in multiple data center-related companies, such as Crusoe. On “The A16z Show,” he made…
Some of the highest-earning college graduates in the US may not have a Harvard degree hanging on the wall.In a recent Business Insider ranking of US colleges with the highest-earning graduates, a small Bay Area school focused on health sciences outperformed Stanford and Harvard, as well as the rest of the…
Are you ready to stick a $500 camera toothbrush in your mouth?Dyson just launched an electric toothbrush and “precision flosser” that blasts water into the gaps between your teeth. How does it find those gaps? Great question — it uses a tiny camera to spot them and power wash away…
Apple is joining Google in taking the plunge into controversial waters.On Tuesday, Apple Maps changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” The move follows President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which he issued amid a trade war with Canada. Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the lake was still labeled Lake…
Mykhailo Fedorov, who helped drive rapid innovation in battlefield technology, particularly drones, before being ousted as Ukraine’s defense minister this summer, is launching a defense tech company.The new company will focus on developing defense technologies intended to strengthen Ukraine and support partners, Fedorov said in a release, promising “more details…
JetBlue Airways is doubling down on premium, and its planes are about to look very different.On Tuesday, the airline officially unveiled the details of its highly anticipated first-class cabin: BlueFirst.The new cabin, which has Bluetooth connectivity, extra space, and enhanced meals and entertainment, will be equipped on Airbus A220, A320,…
A majority of Americans hear themselves in Dolly Parton’s “9-to-5.”Sixty percent of Americans identify as working class, according to a Pew Research analysis of a January 2026 survey. That’s up from 54% in 2024.And the label, historically applied to lower-earning workers, resonates across earnings levels. Middle-income families, who make between…
Western militaries training Ukrainian troops for war with Russia can’t rely on the usual cycle of periodically updated manuals because battlefield lessons are changing too quickly, a NATO commander told Business Insider.Norway is leading multinational training for Ukrainian troops at Camp Jomsborg, a purpose-built camp in eastern Poland, as part…
