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matt
The AI gold rush is real — but great companies don’t need to mine it

As capital floods into anything labeled “AI,” disciplined investors should remember what has always built enduring businesses: fundamentals.

By Matt WitheilerApril 4, 2026
LI
AI adoption isn’t the hard part, it’s building employee agency
By Teuila Hanson and Mohak ShroffApril 3, 2026
I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
I helped build Uber and Discord and now my tools help fuel billion-dollar unicorns. But Silicon Valley is losing the AI race to itself
By Sumeet VaidyaApril 3, 2026
wyle
What HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ gets right—and wrong—about treating alcohol use disorder
By Jonathan Hunt-GlassmanApril 2, 2026
messi
Apollo and FC Barcelona just proved legacy markets are losing their grip on business
By Mike SimasApril 2, 2026
kroenke
Why American billionaires are abandoning Wall Street for English soccer clubs
By Andrés MartinezApril 2, 2026
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By Orianna Rosa RoyleApril 4, 2026
trump
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By Bernard Condon and The Associated PressApril 4, 2026
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herrick
CommentaryI’ve been advising wealthy family offices on real estate for decades. This market requires another look at your 100-year plan
By Belinda G. SchwartzMarch 7, 2026
  • Gen Z’s enthusiasm for all things touchable is resurrecting the analog economy—and costing parents
    CommentaryGen Z’s enthusiasm for all things touchable is resurrecting the analog economy—and costing parents
    By Luba KassovaFebruary 24, 2026
adams
CommentaryTrump’s former Surgeon General: voters widely support vaccine access and want Washington to focus elsewhere
By Jerome AdamsMarch 7, 2026
schmidt
CommentaryEric Schmidt: big tech should power its own AI ambitions 
By Eric SchmidtMarch 6, 2026
sarandos
CommentaryWhat Netflix’s acquisition of Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company really shows
By Lin CherryMarch 6, 2026
iran
CommentaryBypassing Hormuz: how technology, not territory, will win the new energy war
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
nicole
CommentaryAI mastered language. The physical world is next
By Nicole FraenkelMarch 6, 2026
  • trump
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    By Steve H. HankeFebruary 24, 2026
The President is surprised by the lack of European support for military action against Iran—he shouldn’t be
EuropeThe President is surprised by the lack of European support for military action against Iran—he shouldn’t be
By Kamal AhmedMarch 6, 2026
khosla
Commentary$3.7 billion whisper: the explosive growth of quiet corporate activism
By Sona KhoslaMarch 6, 2026
rail
CommentaryCongress is about to chase rail freight onto American roads. It risks thousands of deaths
By Michael F. GormanMarch 6, 2026
hormuz
CommentaryHung up on Hormuz: the old-world order of oil was just shattered by the closing of Iran’s key global chokepoint
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
travis
CommentaryI help manage one of the world’s most constrained supply chains, up close to the defining energy bottleneck of the decade
By Travis EdmondsMarch 6, 2026
  • may
    CommentaryThe AI leadership reckoning is here
    By May HabibFebruary 24, 2026
shlomo
CommentaryTech billionaire Shlomo Kramer: the cyber selloff proved that Wall Street can’t price tech anymore
By Shlomo KramerMarch 5, 2026
dell
CommentaryTime on his side: Michael Dell the real business icon as Icahn the activist recedes from view
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 5, 2026
trump
CommentaryThe housing paradox: why banning institutional investors could make affordability worse
By Sean DobsonMarch 5, 2026
vradenburg
CommentaryPoor brain health costs the world economy $5 trillion a year. The world is waking up to the crisis
By George VradenburgMarch 5, 2026
mossadegh
CommentaryOne key difference on America and Iran, then and now: the CIA had a plan for what would happen in 1953
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationMarch 4, 2026
altman
CommentarySam Altman, Jensen Huang and the other AI kingpins only have themselves to blame for the scare rippling through the economy right now
By Kevin ManeyMarch 4, 2026
wong
CommentaryLegal AI is splitting in two—and most people miss the difference
By David WongMarch 4, 2026
cuban
CommentaryTrump promised lower drug prices. Here’s how Congress virtually guaranteed the opposite
By Tony LoSassoMarch 4, 2026
gen z
CommentaryMillennials invented the experience economy and Gen Z is reinventing travel itself
By Nick FilatovMarch 4, 2026
wolfgang
CommentaryEurope doesn’t lack tech talent. Its leaders lack execution
By Wolfgang OelsMarch 3, 2026
zuck
CommentaryBoards aren’t ready for the AI age: What happens when your CEO gets deepfaked?
By James RichardsonMarch 3, 2026
Why Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI
EuropeWhy Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI
By Dave McCannMarch 2, 2026
heitmann
CommentaryHere’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight
By Tim HeitmannMarch 1, 2026
world's fair
CommentarySomething big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
putin
CommentaryExclusive analysis: we looked at the 400 western firms still in Russia. Their paltry size strips Putin’s bluff bare naked
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Henriques, Jake Waldinger and Giuseppe ScottoFebruary 27, 2026
roth
CommentaryThe AI resource reallocation challenge: How can companies capture the value of time?
By Erik RothFebruary 27, 2026
will
CommentaryI’m one of America’s top pollsters and I’ve got a warning for the AI companies: customers aren’t sold on ads
By Will JohnsonFebruary 27, 2026
the pitt
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By Robert RabenFebruary 26, 2026
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Commentary3 lessons from investing’s ‘moneyball’ moment
By David BoothFebruary 25, 2026
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