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A startup CEO says its six-figure bill for a single month of AI is a milestone, not a warning sign. Loading audio narration… In a Saturday LinkedIn post, Swan AI CEO Amos Bar-Joseph shared a screenshot of what he said was an Anthropic receipt totaling $113,421.87, writing he had “never…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Xiankun Wu, the CEO and cofounder of Kuse, an AI-powered visual workspace headquartered in San Mateo, California. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In the near future, you may have a workplace with AI employees,…
Nike’s “Win Now” turnaround plan isn’t seeing immediate results. Loading audio narration… The sports giant announced its third-quarter earnings results for fiscal year 2026 on Tuesday, and revenue remained flat at $11.3 billion. Nike shares moved lower after market close, falling more than 8% despite the company delivering better-than-expected results.On…
Warren Buffett is no longer Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO. But he’s still picking stocks, fielding offers, and commuting into the office. Loading audio narration… In a CNBC interview on Tuesday, his first since stepping down as CEO, the famed investor and Berkshire chairman shed light on how his life has changed…
Jason Hoff stood next to a 1906 Mercedes. It was originally built in a piano factory on Long Island. Loading audio narration… It’s a reminder, he joked, that the auto industry tends to repeat itself.”You’ll never guess why they even built this in that factory,” the Mercedes-Benz North America CEO…
CoreWeave pivoted from a crypto-mining firm to a $43 billion AI company. Its CEO says being “nerdy” helped the transformation. Loading audio narration… Michael Intrator, the company’s cofounder and CEO, said CoreWeave’s early days in crypto gave it an edge in understanding how to use GPUs, the chips now powering…
OpenAI and Disney just called off their partnership, giving new Mouse House CEO Josh D’Amaro a big test less than a week into his reign. Loading audio narration… The Disney deal gave Sora, OpenAI’s AI video platform — which the company plans to shut down — permission to use iconic…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hady Kfoury, the founder and CEO of Naya, a Middle Eastern-inspired food chain. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I created Naya to share the authentic Middle Eastern flavors I grew up with, in a modern and fast-casual way.…
Box CEO Aaron Levie says tech companies won’t be the last to see AI budget balloon. Loading audio narration… “This will of course start in engineering, where we already know developers can run multiple agents in parallel, or have projects going over night,” Levie wrote on X. “But this eventually…
The leaders of the robotaxi industry are trying to prove their self-driving technology can scale. Safety is table stakes. The challenge now is to make a profitable business case.Motional, a Boston-based robotaxi outfit, believes this is the differentiator — so much so that the company stopped short of launching a…
