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A16z’s Move to Require Partiful Invites Stirs Tech Week Drama

Venture capital juggernaut Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) pulled a power move at this year’s Tech Week — and it’s become the conference’s most compelling niche drama.Tech Week, whose current iteration was started by A16z in 2022, returned to New York City this month with a full calendar of events just as…

Ex Big Tech Leader Says Soft Skills Are More Important Than Hard Ones

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Jennifer Dulski, the CEO of Rising Team, from the San Francisco Bay Area. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve held several leadership positions in Big Tech. I was the director of product management for Google Shopping from…

Inside the Exclusive NYC Tech Week Happy Hour at IBM’s Headquarters

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Southeast Asia’s Tech Startups Are Chasing the American Dream

Yoeven Khemlani knew he wanted to build a product for engineers like him.The Singaporean’s friends told him they were spending tons of time maintaining code, web scraping, and translating their work for different markets. In July 2024, he launched JigsawStack, a company to create small models that could automate those…

No More Long Lines? AI and Other New Tech Transforms Amusement Parks.

It is a truth universally acknowledged: Lines are the worst part of amusement parks.Sure, too many $8 pretzels can gut your budget, but there’s something uniquely taxing about waiting in line for a popular ride on a sticky summer day.There might be a fix, however: artificial intelligence. New technology of…

OpenAI Engineer: Students Should Intern at Both Big Tech and Startups

Janvi Kalra, an engineer at OpenAI, thinks students should diversify their experiences after college, with at least one internship at a Big Tech firm and another at a startup.That way, she said on an episode of The Pragmatic Engineer podcast, you have a better idea of what career path you…

Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey End Feud to Develop AI Military Tech

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Anduril founder Palmer Luckey — once on warring sides of the tech culture clash — are giving new meaning to the adage: all is fair in love and war.The two executives buried the hatchet and announced a partnership Thursday to build next-gen extended reality gear…

3 Moms With Tech Jobs Share How RTO Has Changed Their Lives, Families

For working parents — and in particular, mothers — holding a full-time job requires an intricate balancing act to keep up with both professional and caregiving responsibilities.While remote work during the pandemic made that balance more manageable for many women, companies that once championed flexible work have been slowly walking…

Recruiters Still Reach Out to Me Even After I Left Big Tech

This as-told-to-essay is based on a conversation with Daliana Liu, a data scientist and career coach. Business Insider has verified Liu’s employment with documents. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After finishing my undergraduate math degree at a college in China, I moved to California to get my Master’s in…

How the Port of Corpus Christi Is Using AI Tech to Improve Operations

The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas is among the United States’ most important seaports. It’s the country’s third-largest port by tonnage, and it exports more US crude oil than any other domestic port. 2024 was a record year, with the port recording more than 200 million tons of shipments,…