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Netflix is shaking up its ads leadership.Jon Whitticom, a prominent Netflix exec who helped build the streamer’s advertising business, is leaving the organization, according to a memo viewed by Business Insider.Advertising president Amy Reinhard shared the news with staff last week, saying she had “decided to part ways” with Whitticom.…
New York City homeowners say they’re confused by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rollout of the pied-à-terre tax — and they’re joining City Council on Tuesday to testify.The Mayor’s Office opted to forgo an in-person appearance at the hearing, instead submitting a written memo. In a copy obtained by Business Insider, Mamdani’s…
Looking for a beach read this summer? Michael Burry of “The Big Short” fame has a recommendation.In a late Tuesday post on X, Burry shared a link to an Amazon listing for “The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron.””History is repeating,” he wrote.…
Bernie Sanders has heard enough about rogue AI agents.The Vermont senator wrote a letter to three leading AI development CEOs: Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. He called for the leaders to “stop building machines that humans cannot control.”In his letter, Sanders cited an agent that…
If you feel like your messages are getting lost in the void, you may be onto something.Executives are often bombarded with many sales pitches and introductions every day — and that makes it difficult to stand out with a cold outreach. Becca Millstein, cofounder and CEO of the trendy tinned…
The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving after about a year.Adam O’Neal was hired as part of owner Jeff Bezos’s push to champion “personal liberties and free markets” in the opinion section. O’Neal had been a correspondent at The Economist. A replacement hasn’t been named.Bezos unveiled the changes to the…
Big cuts are coming for Monday.com.The enterprise software company plans to cut 20% of its workforce, according to a Form 6-K it filed. The layoffs are meant to align the company with its “strategic focus on the AI Work Platform,” the disclosure said.Monday.com joins the growing group of companies citing…
Two startups with the goal of keeping couples in love got hitched.Arya, a relationship wellness AI startup, recently acquired Flamme, an app with activities for couples like quizzes and milestones, Business Insider has learned exclusively.Arya and Flamme “complement each other,” Arya’s CEO, Offer Yehudai, told Business Insider.While Flamme is for…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is raising $10 billion as the rocket startup aims to catch up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.In a memo sent to employees on Wednesday and seen by Business Insider, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said the company would raise funds at a $130 billion valuation.”We are entering…
Palantir is back with another manifesto that makes its AI values crystal clear.On Tuesday, the company posted a 9-point post on X about the importance of “AI sovereignty.” The post urged companies to keep their data in-house, rather than outsourcing to institutions that Palantir paints as untrustworthy.The post also decries…
