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Suresh Venkatarayalu, Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell AJ Wijesinghe, Chief AI Officer, Ecolab
AI‘Sometimes it’s more expensive than having humans’: Ecolab gets real about AI’s limits in the physical world

Honeywell CTO Suresh Venkatarayalu said customers “really demand 99.9999%” accuracy, while frontier models “could be at 85%.”

By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
Future of Work
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
Paul Fipps, the president of global customer operations at ServiceNow
AI
Top ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered
By Emma BurleighOctober 2, 2026
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Top futurist Amy Webb sees Fortune 500 firms suffering from ‘learned helplessness’ with AI, like taxi drivers who need Google Maps
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
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The ‘golden passport’: Argentina to offer citizenship for foreigners that make a $350,000 contribution to its treasury—or invest $800,000 in its bonds2 hours ago
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A filmmaker spent Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ last 34 days of freedom filming her. The result is like nothing you’ve ever seen on screen
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A filmmaker spent Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ last 34 days of freedom filming her. The result is like nothing you’ve ever seen on screen
By Emma HinchliffeOctober 2, 2026
France debt crisis: Bond investors have rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of a sovereign default, analyst says
Economy
France debt crisis: Bond investors have rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of a sovereign default, analyst says
By Jason MaOctober 2, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question in the Oval Office at the White House on September 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Economy
Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt
By Eleanor PringleOctober 2, 2026
Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead
Politics
Billionaire George Soros has donated $102 million ahead of the midterms—and now the Democrats are coming out ahead
By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 2, 2026
Jolly, the mascot for the Muse AI agent, during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. Meta Platforms Inc. is expanding its smart-glasses lineup with camera-free models, support for the popular new Muse assistant and a hearing-aid mode.
AI
A Clippy marketing moment with Muse: ‘Meta has given AI a cute face’
By Tatiana SatauaOctober 2, 2026
Ben Affleck wearing a suit jacket, behind a purple background
Success
Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’
By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026
Trump says Biden overcharged Obamacare customers. Now almost 1 million of them are getting $500 checks—here’s who qualifies
Personal Finance
Trump says Biden overcharged Obamacare customers. Now almost 1 million of them are getting $500 checks—here’s who qualifies
By Sydney LakeOctober 2, 2026
Ewout Steenbergen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Booking Holdings at the Fortune AIQ Summit at the New York Stock Exchange on October 1, 2026.
Conferences
Booking Holdings CFO says even AI hyperscalers don’t know their ROI—but he’s learning from his ‘AI coach’
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
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A filmmaker spent Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ last 34 days of freedom filming her. The result is like nothing you’ve ever seen on screen
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GM’s Mary Barra says ‘I’m done making predictions’—but sees fully autonomous driving in 2028
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When pre-IPO shares are too good to be true
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Ford CEO Jim Farley says the line between engineers and skilled tradespeople is now ‘completely blurred out’
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Google’s journey back to the AI frontier
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AI’s biggest players promise to police themselves at the White House
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The Return of Uber’s Ousted Founder | Fortune DailySeptember 30, 2026
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The End of College? Inside a16z’s School for Tech Titans | Fortune DailySeptember 29, 2026
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The Careers AI Can’t Replace ft. Mike Rowe | Fortune DailySeptember 28, 2026
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When AI Becomes Management | Fortune DailySeptember 27, 2026
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Inside Chevron’s Massive Bet on AI & Energy | Fortune DailySeptember 23, 2026
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Effective Altruism Explained: Why the Pentagon Is Attacking AI 'Doomers' | Fortune DailySeptember 22, 2026
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When to Spend Everything ft. Bill Perkins | Fortune DailySeptember 21, 2026
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Why Viral Views Don’t Equal a Business (And What Does) | Fortune DailySeptember 20, 2026
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How Lucy Guo Became a Self-Made AI Billionaire | Fortune DailySeptember 16, 2026
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Inside Gap’s High-Stakes Comeback | Fortune DailySeptember 15, 2026
AI
‘We can’t trust them completely’: AI research fellows warn that labs are running models with the safeguards off behind closed doors
AI
‘We can’t trust them completely’: AI research fellows warn that labs are running models with the safeguards off behind closed doors
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
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AI
ServiceNow unpacks the Fortune AIQ list, where the widest gap between AI leaders and laggards is training for humans
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
Future of Work
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
Suresh Venkatarayalu, Chief Technology Officer, Honeywell AJ Wijesinghe, Chief AI Officer, Ecolab
AI
‘Sometimes it’s more expensive than having humans’: Ecolab gets real about AI’s limits in the physical world
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry
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Sam Altman: Safety Standards 'Not at a Place' to Push AI Capabilities Much FurtherSeptember 11, 2026
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Why GM's CEO Mary Barra is Still Bullish on Electric VehiclesSeptember 9, 2026
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Bill Ackman's takes on Mamdani, Trump and investing in the age of AIAugust 4, 2026
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FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026
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$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026
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Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026
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Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026
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Google’s AI boss made OpenAI issue code red. Now he wants to solve disease. | Titans and DisruptorsFebruary 10, 2026
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Pfizer CEO took on COVID. Now he wants to cure cancer | Titans and DisruptorsJanuary 27, 2026
Success
Paul Fipps, the president of global customer operations at ServiceNow
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Top ServiceNow exec on clients delivering ‘life-changing’ results with AI agents—and he’s seeing it now at Standard Chartered
By Emma BurleighOctober 2, 2026
Ben Affleck wearing a suit jacket, behind a purple background
Success
Ben Affleck says predictions that AI will wipe out jobs—or kill us all—are just propaganda: ‘In fact, more people technically are being employed’
By Preston ForeOctober 2, 2026
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Larry Fink on the lost ‘bedrock of America’ and ‘a big divide’ between wages and investment wealth
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Paramount’s new co-CEO once hired a barista he met at a café with no résumé. His advice to Gen Z: ‘Look up and make eye contact’
By Preston ForeOctober 1, 2026
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Inside Wonder's Plan to Automate Restaurants: From Robotic Kitchens to Drone Delivery | Term SheetAugust 25, 2026
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This Mentalist Says He’s Training ChatGPT to Hypnotize People | Term SheetAugust 13, 2026
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The $11.5B Startup 100 Investors Turned Down | Term SheetJuly 28, 2026
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How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026
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The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026
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The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026
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This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026
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From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026
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How to raise a CEO: The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki | Term SheetApril 21, 2026
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The Startup Fighting to Save the American Farm with Modern Finance | Term SheetApril 7, 2026
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How Winston Weinberg built his $11 billion AI Company | Term SheetMarch 17, 2026
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Chemistry cofounder: “more talented founders than ever” are moving into health care | Term SheetFebruary 3, 2026
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Exelon CEO on if our utilities can handle the AI boom | Term SheetJanuary 21, 2026
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OpenAI Researcher turned VC on what we’re missing on the AI Bubble January 13, 2026
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“Healthcare isn't working for anybody,” says Cityblock Health’s Dr. Toyin Ajayi | Term SheetNovember 4, 2025
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Vet care for the 21st century with Modern Animal’s Steven EidelmanOctober 29, 2025
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“Success disasters,” data privacy, and unlocking growth with Oura CEO Tom HaleOctober 21, 2025
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"Bubbles have almost always preceded some important technological shift”: OpenAI's COOOctober 6, 2025
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The Sociology of Startup Success with VC Powerhouse Hans TungOctober 1, 2025
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The “Egoless” Company Culture that Powers Supabase with CEO Paul CopplestoneSeptember 24, 2025
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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatowski on the IPO, Loving Walmart, and Embracing AISeptember 10, 2025
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The Brave New World of AI Cyber Crime with Evan Reiser from Abnormal AIAugust 27, 2025
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Nvidia + AMD’s Deal & Unfiltered Chat with OG VC, Canvas Prime’s Rebecca LynnAugust 13, 2025
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OpenAI Raises More Capital, Joby Aviation’s Air Taxi Play & The Power of Community in TechAugust 6, 2025
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Figma IPO: What Investors Need to Know, and Understanding Defense TechJuly 30, 2025
From the Magazine
MagazinePalo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora is building a defense against the dark side of AI

Cybersecurity’s AI reckoning has arrived, and Arora has become a go-to advisor to CEOs.

By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 30, 2026
In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
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In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
By Ruth UmohSeptember 30, 2026
Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
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Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 28, 2026
The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
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The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
By Indrani SenSeptember 27, 2026
How social media remade the luxury watch market
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How social media remade the luxury watch market
By Adam EraceSeptember 26, 2026
Energy
Power lines and utility poles stand in front of La Perla neighborhood along the coast in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Energy
Puerto Rico’s power rates jump 18% to a record high, nearly double the US mainland average
By Danica Coto and The Associated PressOctober 2, 2026
Current price of oil as of Oct. 2, 2026
Personal Finance
Current price of oil as of Oct. 2, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerOctober 2, 2026
‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night
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‘Europe needs to shed its naivety’: Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen on Chinese competition and the energy issue that keeps him up at night
By Sam BirchallOctober 2, 2026
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Environment
‘You need to clean up the mess your generation has left’: Volkswagen’s guilty boomer gets real about sustainability, China—and his spam folder
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Fortune Rankings
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Leadership
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Startups & Venture
Meet the 32-year-old founder who raised $3.5 million to help Gen Z feel not so alone in the world
By Joshua HongOctober 2, 2026
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AI
ServiceNow unpacks the Fortune AIQ list, where the widest gap between AI leaders and laggards is training for humans
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
Future of Work
Creative class guru Richard Florida confronts 189k job wipeout: ‘AI is both an enhancing technology and eliminating technology’
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
amy
AI
Top futurist Amy Webb sees Fortune 500 firms suffering from ‘learned helplessness’ with AI, like taxi drivers who need Google Maps
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Takeaways from the Fortune AIQ 75
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AIFrom Pfizer to UPS, the newest members of the AIQ 75 share the secrets to upping their AI game

How Pfizer, Lumen, Cisco, UPS, Palo Alto Networks, and Thermo Fisher are moving AI beyond pilots—using it to reshape drug discovery, networks, logistics, cybersecurity, and daily work.

By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
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AI
How bottom-line-focused financial firms are finding ROI in AI
By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
AI
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
AI
How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
AI
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Features
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
AI
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
By Fortune EditorsSeptember 15, 2026
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AI
Exclusive: Sam Altman addresses AI doomsday fears in new interview
By Alyson ShontellSeptember 12, 2026
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
AI
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
By Alexei OreskovicSeptember 12, 2026
Apple unveils $2,000 iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone
Big Tech
Apple unveils $2,000 iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone
By Sebastian HerreraSeptember 9, 2026
Real Estate
Americans rebel against Trump’s red-baiting, sending socialism to a record high in opinion polling
Politics
Americans rebel against Trump’s red-baiting, sending socialism to a record high in opinion polling
By Catherina GioinoOctober 2, 2026
Current refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 2, 2026
Personal Finance
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Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 2, 2026
Personal Finance
Current ARM mortgage rates report for Oct. 2, 2026
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Personal Finance
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 2, 2026
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Commentary
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Bessent said ‘I am the house.’ The bond market disagreed
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Lightspeed Commerce CEO: our study analyzed half a million AI shopping responses and revealed who gets to compete
CapitalismBy Joao Gomes
Capitalism may be reinventing socialism — and probably not how you think
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I’m a humanitarian leader who’s all in on AI. Here’s why
FedBy Katica Roy
The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies
AI agentsBy Michael Morris
I study tribal psychology and build AI agents for my business students—the rogue OpenAI ‘swarm’ alarmed me
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