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Tesla reveals solar plans that could advance Elon Musk’s push to outpace US panel capacity
Tesla has revealed a $10.1 billion proposal for a solar factory in Texas, offering the clearest look yet at how CEO Elon Musk could pursue his ambitions to ramp up solar manufacturing in the US, documents show. In a tax-incentive application filed in Texas, Tesla proposed a solar factory…
Paul Graham’s advice to founders struggling to make time for family: ‘You can’t get those years back’
Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham is back at the startup accelerator this week, talking with founders about the challenges they’re facing — including how to make time for family. Graham said on X on Wednesday that it’s one of the most common questions he gets from founders of “big, established YC…
Garry Tan says founders who tokenmaxx on AI agents will be 2 years ahead
Y Combinator’s CEO has a message for founders worried about burning too many AI tokens: Burn, baby, burn. On an episode of the A16z podcast released on Wednesday, Garry Tan said that founders should give themselves permission to spend heavily on AI tokens — even if it comes with a hefty price tag…
Jennifer Garner, 54, says there’s an advantage to becoming an entrepreneur later in life
Jennifer Garner, 54, said entering the business world later in her career has made it easier to admit what she doesn’t know. Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of “Forbes Talks,” the actor said one thing she enjoys about entrepreneurship is getting to be a beginner again. “I’m learning. This is all new…
I was rejected from the H-1B lottery 3 times. I spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in the US.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sohan Sethi, 29, an Indian national who faced three H-1B lottery rejections before becoming an O-1 visa holder. He works in data analytics and AI at a healthcare company. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was sitting at the…
David Protein founder’s candy launch is full of AI typos. The brand’s president says it’s intentional ‘rage bait.’
In HallPass’ product shot, sugar is “suger,” and package is “pacaage.” The lower-calorie candy company comes from some big names in food. Its cofounders are Peter Rahal, the cofounder of David Protein and RxBar, and Michael Tierney, the founder of Stuffed Puffs. It also operates under Medici…
A ‘made with AI’ label on Karoline Leavitt’s departure message on X intensifies the AI watermark debate
Karoline Leavitt’s goodbye to the White House came with an unexpected disclosure. The outgoing White House press secretary announced Wednesday that she would leave her role at the end of August after struggling to balance the job’s demands with raising two young children. “The truth is since…
Departing Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has been in talks for a $10 billion valuation for his new AI startup
Jeff Dean spent 27 years helping build Google. Now, investors could be betting $1 billion that he can build the next big thing in AI outside it. The legendary Google engineer has been in discussions for $1 billion in financing at a valuation of around $10 billion for his new AI startup, Discovery…
Twitch confirms Amazon is training its AI models on livestreams
Amazon is training its AI models on Twitch livestreams, and its users are not happy about it. Twitch, which Amazon owns, announced on Wednesday that users could opt out to prevent Amazon’s AI models from training on their content. That announcement also served as official confirmation that the…
Google falsely said Sam Altman was dead — and suggested vandalized public sources could be to blame
Sam Altman is not dead, contrary to what a Google result earlier today may have told you. Early Wednesday, users on X and Reddit pointed out that the Google search result for the OpenAI CEO’s name said he had died that same day. Google acknowledged the incorrect result several hours later. “Thanks…