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If the AI boom collapses, it won’t be as catastrophic as the dot-com crash — but the shockwave will be felt far and wide, Igor Pejic says.The banker and author of a new guide for tech investors titled “Tech Money” told Business Insider this week that Big Tech’s unprecedented dominance…
Since a turtlenecked Steve Jobs strode the global stage, tech executives and venture capitalists have doubled as company hypemen, churning out aspirational koans and fantastical assurances about how their products will change the world. As full-time salesmen — especially in the age of virality and world-historic funding rounds — they’re…
AI companies will get a reality check that slashes their valuations and curbs their spending, Bill Gurley says. Loading audio narration… “One day we’re going to have an AI reset, because waves create bubbles, because interlopers come in,” the legendary venture capitalist said during a Monday interview on CNBC.However, Gurley…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camillia Nwokedi, a 28-year-old content creator based in Pittsburgh. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When the crypto startup I was working for was sold in July 2025, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to go…
These days, parenting means navigating a seemingly endless parade of decisions about technology. Can your toddler watch “Sesame Street” on an iPad? Does FaceTiming the grandparents count toward screen time? Should your teen have access to social media just because “everyone else” seems to?Parents are more cognizant than ever about…
Saul Van Beurden is the man helping Wells Fargo confront a question hanging over banks of every size: What happens to jobs in the age of AI?He and his central team can’t, and shouldn’t, figure out what an AI-ready Wells Fargo looks like alone. The bank must teach employees skills…
Elizabeth Schwartz Cohen lost count of how many times she found herself glued to her phone in her Tel Aviv apartment in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, bracing for the next missile alert and the scramble to a shelter. Loading audio narration… Now, Tel Aviv is under fire once…
Jack Conte, the CEO of creator subscriptions platform Patreon, has a bone to pick with the Big Tech AI models.It’s about compensation.”The creator economy is being left out, loudly and notably,” Conte told Business Insider in an interview. “And by the creator economy, I don’t mean companies, I don’t mean…
I still remember how mortified I felt the day I perched across from my boss, the head of editorial at one of the Bay Area’s most ubiquitous Big Tech companies, on his stiff red office couch. Loading audio narration… With sweaty palms and trembling knees, I asked him to grant…
Data centers have been driving up electric bills. Now, some tech companies are working to change that.At a White House event with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, representatives from several major tech firms signed the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge.””They’re going to be making their own electricity,” Trump said of the tech…
