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Tolan, an AI companion that looks like a cartoon alien, is popular with a surprising demographic: mothers.”The little aliens have been a hit with, like, moms 35 to 45-ish years old,” Tolan founder Quinten Farmer said on a recent episode of the “Access” podcast.”A lot of the folks we serve…
Vibe coding is just one small part of the engineering puzzle, says DoorDash’s CEO.”Only certain parts of a software engineer’s day are writing code, and it’s great that we have models today to write the code for us,” Tony Xu said on an episode of the “Uncapped” podcast released Tuesday.…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he doesn’t believe people would want an AI to replace his job.”I think for my job, for example, I think the world wants to know about the person that’s going to be responsible for the decisions of a company, and who they’re going to hold…
AI is changing how we work, but it hasn’t changed timeless career truths — like the fact that putting in extra effort will get you ahead.That’s according to PwC’s US CEO, Paul Griggs. The senior partner, who started as an intern at the Big Four consulting firm about 30 years…
Christopher Nolan’s latest epic, “The Odyssey,” had an opening weekend at the box office worthy of the gods.The movie, based on the centuries-old poem by Homer, took in the third-best domestic opening of the year with $124.5 million and $264.1 million globally.That’s not a shock to most in the business.…
Curative CEO and founder Fred Turner believes in the SaaSpocalypse.During an interview on the “20VC with Harry Stebbings” podcast, the health insurance executive was asked whether he bought the theory that software-as-a-service was dying.”Yes,” Turner said, bluntly.When asked why, he said, “I see the number of contracts that we’re canceling.…
There’s a founder making waves in the AI industry that’s not an American tech billionaire like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, or Dario Amodei.Yang Zhilin is the 34-year-old researcher and entrepreneur behind the Chinese company Moonshot AI and its new open-weight Kimi K3 AI model, which seized Silicon Valley’s attention this…
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says he has a hunch when the chipmaker’s downfall began.”I think one of the fundamental things is, and as you look at the great technology companies today, they’re deeply technical,” Gelsinger told “All-In Podcast” cohost Jason Calacanis during an interview taped at the Raise Summit…
“Podcasting” is a term that’s so old it refers to a device you can’t even buy anymore.But it’s outdated for another reason, says podcast executive Chris Balfe: The line between traditional podcasts — delivered via audio files — and TV talk shows delivered over the internet — has basically collapsed,…
As AI reshapes software engineering, the CEO of a buzzy vibe-coding startup is betting that developers will become more valuable, not less.During a live Q&A with Business Insider, Emergent CEO and cofounder Mukund Jha said he doesn’t see AI as a competitor to developers. He said he expects demand for…
