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Perplexity’s CEO said Google needs to rethink its stance in the AI browser wars.In a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” on Wednesday, Aravind Srinivas said Google’s business model is at odds with the rise of AI agents — the kind that power AI-native browsers like Comet, Perplexity’s new product.Google’s core business…
The CEO of Brazilian planemaker Embraer has warned that tariffs could be as damaging as the pandemic.Donald Trump has threatened a 50% levy on Brazilian exports from August 1, unhappy with criminal charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of trying to stage a coup.It would be a…
Slate Auto’s new electric vehicle is expected to be unusually cheap, priced in the mid-twenty-thousand-dollar range.Given its anticipated price point, Slate says it has seen interest from five different consumer segments as it prepares to enter the market, CEO Chris Barman said in a recent interview with Sherwood News.First, Barman…
Recent college graduates who are fluent in AI tools could become some of the most valuable hires at major companies, according to Box CEO Aaron Levie.”Hire a bunch of these people,” he said in a Monday interview on the a16z podcast, “because they’re going to flip your company on its…
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has some advice for young entrepreneurs: expect your idea to be copied.Srinivas said that bigger companies will “copy anything that’s good” while speaking at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School. At launch, Perplexity allowed its chatbot to crawl the web. Now, competitive products from OpenAI, Anthropic, and…
As advertising giants try to shed their analog roots, WPP has raided one of the world’s biggest tech giants to find its next leader.The UK-based ad giant on Thursday announced that Microsoft executive Cindy Rose, 59, will succeed Mark Read as chief executive on September 1.Insiders and shareholders told Business…
Garry Tan says too many business students today are being taught to fudge the truth — and warns that going down that road could lead to serious consequences, like jail time.Speaking to an audience of undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students during a live recording of Y Combinator’s Lightcone Podcast, Tan…
Much has changed for the EV industry in the past half-decade, let alone in the 16 years since Rivian, the California-based electric vehicle maker, was founded.Legacy automakers, from GM to Volkswagen, have begun to build out their EV platforms. The Biden administration introduced unique measures to supercharge EV adoption, and…
Billionaire Jared Isaacman led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission before he was initially nominated for NASA administrator. The Washington Post/Getty ImagesJared Isaacman, once Trump's pick to lead NASA, is back in the news amid the president's feud with Elon Musk.Isaacman is a billionaire CEO who dropped out of high school and…
The companies that best take advantage of AI won’t be using it to replace human labor, said GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. Instead, they’ll be upping their hiring of increasingly efficient engineers.”The companies that are the smartest are going to hire more developers,” Dohmke said on an episode of “The Silicon…
