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This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Giada De Laurentiis, a 55-year-old chef, restaurateur, and entrepreneur, based in Los Angeles. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I’m an Emmy Award-winning chef, cookbook author, restaurateur, and entrepreneur. After studying at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, I…
AI is escaping the tech industry. The latest evidence suggests the technology is no longer confined to software engineers and data scientists; it’s spreading into the broader economy — even in Europe.New data from Indeed shows employers are increasingly adding AI directly into job titles for non-tech roles in sales,…
Even business leaders can stumble in job interviews.Matthew Siegel, a principal in Korn Ferry’s executive search practice, told Business Insider he sees the same interview missteps fairly often. Also a former C-suite executive himself, he interviews multiple candidates a day for top jobs at companies ranging from private-equity-backed businesses to…
In 2021, when I joined Business Insider as a workplace reporter, I noticed something strange about my new readers: They were obsessed with the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement. Week after week, I watched them flock to stories about people who stopped working in their 30s and 40s.Having spent much…
Nominated by: Abby Meyers, Bain Capital Ventures (not an investor), and Jimena Nowack, IVP (not an investor)Total funding: $40 million, according to the companyWhat it does: Sandstone helps in-house legal departments tame the flood of requests coming their way. Its software connects with a company’s existing systems and draws on…
Mary Steenburgen, 73, says she isn’t haunted by the roles she missed out on because they led her to the life she has now.Speaking on Saturday’s episode of The Daily Beast’s “Obsessed” podcast, the actor said she made “one big mistake” in her career by passing on a role that…
Every so often, a Chinese company releases a new AI model, and Americans freak out.That’s what happened last week when China’s Moonshot AI debuted Kimi K3, which crushed a bunch of notable benchmarks. By most accounts, Kimi K3 rivals some leading US models at a fraction of the expense.The new…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ananya Joshi, a 26-year-old Indian national who lost her job in 2025, had to exit the US because of her visa status, and moved to Germany for a new opportunity. It has been edited for length and clarity.I inherited the American…
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” season three, episode five, and for the book “Fire & Blood.”Alys Rivers may not be a dragonrider or a soldier, but the self-proclaimed “barn owl cursed to live in human form” is one of the most formidable figures in “House of the…
I retired at 53 and have been slow traveling around the world with my husband for almost 2 years.Last month, while we’d been renting a villa in Bali, everything next door would usually grow quiet by sunset. That’s when we got a knock on the door.”There will be a party…
