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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mark Pincus, founder of Zynga and author of “Life at the Speed of Play.” It has been edited for length and clarity.Whether I’m doing interviews or just talking with friends, people always want to know more about my parenting. I’m a…
Kevin O’Leary thinks that consultants’ days are numbered.The “Shark Tank” investor, who is these days preoccupied with opening a hyperscale AI data center in Utah, said companies he backs are already turning to AI for work they might once have outsourced to consulting firms.”Even the companies that I invest in…
Sam Altman said AI budgeting had recently become a “huge issue” for some companies — and it sent AI bubble watchers and doomers into a frenzy.During a Tuesday enterprise event, Altman referenced memes like, “My company spent my entire 2026 budget in Q1.” “That went from, at the beginning of this…
Sam Altman is challenging the idea that AI adoption is translating neatly into job cuts.He made the argument during a Monday interview on CNBC before celebrating the official groundbreaking for a massive, 1 gigawatt data center 50 miles southwest of Detroit.”The companies that I know that have adopted AI the…
CEOs want you to embrace AI. Many are also citing it as a reason for job cuts.That disconnect is becoming harder for some to ignore.Lis Cooper, a 30-year-old in Melbourne, recently left their job as a data analyst after growing uneasy about AI. The tools they were asked to use…
More than 35 companies have laid off employees so far in 2026, continuing the trend of significant workforce reductions across a broad range of industries, including tech, media, finance, and retail.Some, including Block, Coinbase, and Standard Chartered, have cited the impact of artificial intelligence as a key reason for the…
Step right up to Elon Musk’s financial merry-go-round. Loading audio narration… Tucked more than 200 pages into SpaceX’s S-1 paperwork, which the company filed on Wednesday, is an outline of how interconnected Musk’s various companies are, including through more than $660 million in payments, goods, and services involving SpaceX and…
From layoffs to IPOs, tech titans are positioning themselves for the next big battle over AI dominance. Loading audio narration… SpaceX’s IPO filing is officially here. OpenAI is also reportedly racing to go public by September, and could confidentially file paperwork as early as Friday. Meanwhile, Meta conducted its long-awaited…
Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who now runs the AI Futures Project, says the artificial-intelligence industry is racing to build systems that companies still do not fully understand or control. Loading audio narration… Kokotajlo spoke with Business Insider’s Reem Makhoul and Barbara Corbellini Duarte in May 2025, explaining that…
