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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 Bernard Condon and The Associated PressApril 4, 2026
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CommentaryWhy PayPal’s board chose to act early—and what other boards can learn
By Betsy AtkinsFebruary 12, 2026
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    By Kamal AhmedFebruary 3, 2026
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CommentaryForget ‘peak oil’: the era of scarcity is dead, and now we’re drowning in abundance
By Siddharth MisraFebruary 12, 2026
TrumpRx
CommentaryTrumpRx is here and it helps, though a bit less than advertised
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Henriques, Ferron Chen, Asuka Koda and Vanessa McLennanFebruary 11, 2026
saunders
CommentaryBausch + Lomb CEO: Standing still is the new falling behind
By Brent SaundersFebruary 11, 2026
shumer
CommentarySomething big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided
By Matt ShumerFebruary 11, 2026
profusek
CommentaryIt isn’t partisan politics to admit that stakeholder capitalism went too far, too fast 
By Robert ProfusekFebruary 11, 2026
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    CommentaryWhile elites debate geopolitics, Americans are rethinking college in the search for economic mobility
    By Ed MitzenFebruary 3, 2026
Agentic commerce will reward the fastest learners, not the biggest retailers
CommentaryAgentic commerce will reward the fastest learners, not the biggest retailers
By Simon JamesFebruary 10, 2026
abhas
CommentaryI’m Cloudera’s chief strategy officer and here’s why your $1 billion AI budget just became obsolete
By Abhas RickyFebruary 10, 2026
chapman
CommentarySam Altman told me AI should be ‘an equalizing force in society.’ That’s why I’m working on the $1.6 trillion AI gender gap
By Valerie ChapmanFebruary 10, 2026
women
CommentaryAmerica is shorting one of its best assets as the $38 trillion national debt runs out of control 
By Katica RoyFebruary 10, 2026
trump
CommentaryThe economy isn’t K-shaped. For 87 million, people, it’s desperate and for another 46 million it’s elite
By Josh TanenbaumFebruary 10, 2026
  • american dream
    CommentaryWe need more capitalists, not necessarily more capitalism
    By Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBrideFebruary 3, 2026
hudson
CommentarySanofi CEO: The enterprise AI shift will reshape pharma in 2026
By Paul HudsonFebruary 10, 2026
journalists
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By Charles Edward Gehrke and The ConversationFebruary 9, 2026
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By Christopher VollmerFebruary 9, 2026
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CommentaryWeight Watchers CEO: what the GLP-1 Super Bowl ads are missing
By Tara ComonteFebruary 9, 2026
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CommentaryThe next 18 months of the agentic era will feel like a slow-motion stress test for CEOs. Most will make the same critical mistake
By Amy Eliza WongFebruary 9, 2026
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By Abrar MirFebruary 8, 2026
nfl
CommentaryThe Super Bowl was made for TV and instant replay was made for visual AI. Here’s how it could be better and what it would look like
By Jason CorsoFebruary 8, 2026
tipping
CommentaryI’m the chief growth officer at a payments app and I know how America really tips. Connecticut, I’m looking at you
By Ricardo CiciFebruary 8, 2026
heacock
CommentaryI’m a CEO who grew a ‘boring’ air filter business into a $260 million company, and AI is going to help blue-collar, everyday people just like me
By David HeacockFebruary 8, 2026
broker
CommentaryWe studied 70 countries’ economic data for the last 60 years and something big about market crashes changed 25 years ago
By Josh Ederington, Jenny Minier and The ConversationFebruary 8, 2026
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By Mark Robert Rank and The ConversationFebruary 8, 2026
sarandos
CommentaryNetflix dominates streaming. No wonder it’s trying to redefine the market
By Hal SingerFebruary 7, 2026
johnsson
CommentaryWhen the music stops: the unravelling of AI companies’ flawed valuations
By Mikael JohnssonFebruary 6, 2026
desantis
CommentaryUnderstanding corporate leaders’ muted Minnesota response: the example of Disney, Florida and conservative retaliation
By Alessandro Piazza and The ConversationFebruary 5, 2026
grace
CommentaryI’m a 25-year-old founder who loves robots but too many humanoids are militant and creepy-looking. Things need to change—just look at Elon Musk
By Grace BrownFebruary 5, 2026
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CommentaryActivist investors are more dangerous to CEOs than ever. Here are 3 ways to safeguard your leadership
By Sam WolfFebruary 5, 2026
warsh
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By Daniel J. ArbessFebruary 5, 2026
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