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Millions of business owners are about to retire. They should sell to their employees

A once-in-a-generation wealth transfer is underway. There’s a bipartisan tool to ensure that transition builds broader prosperity.

By Matt Helmer and Maxwell JohnsonMay 23, 2026

Everyone is blaming AI for the death of ‘craft.’ Take a good look in the mirror

By Ashley YetmanMay 23, 2026

clay

I’ve spent 25 years studying loneliness. AI is about to make it much worse

By Clay RoutledgeMay 23, 2026

brotman

I’ve spent 25 years in venture capital. Here’s how it quietly shut ordinary Americans out of the AI wealth boom—and what could fix it

By Steve BrotmanMay 22, 2026

ambrose

Former NASA Robotics Chief: America is building the wrong kind of robots — and China knows it

By Robert AmbroseMay 23, 2026

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My startup hit $200 million ARR. But first I walked away from 2.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly went bankrupt

By Joel MorrisMay 23, 2026

Latest Stories

Josh Smith, founder of Montana Knife Company.

Success This 39-year-old quit his lineman job during the pandemic and built a $50 million company in his backyard

By Nick LichtenbergMay 23, 2026

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve nominee for US President Donald Trump, is sworn in during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Economy ‘I almost fell out of my chair’: Fed stalwart Claudia Sahm fears Kevin Warsh’s policies could undo 20 years of policy progress

By Eleanor PringleMay 23, 2026

The quiet death of conscious consumerism, from Everlane and Allbirds to Beyond Meat

Environment The quiet death of conscious consumerism, from Everlane and Allbirds to Beyond Meat

By Phil WahbaMay 23, 2026

A construction worker wearing a yellow helmet wipes his nose with his hand.

North America America is suffering a shortage of construction workers and sabotaging its ability to fill vacancies by wiping out the industry’s immigrant backbone

By Sasha RogelbergMay 23, 2026

Jon McNeill

Success Former Tesla president shares the secret to success he learned from his former boss, Elon Musk: ‘He demands to only work with world-class talent’

By Preston ForeMay 23, 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO filing just told us what business he’s betting on for the future—and it’s not rockets

Investing Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO filing just told us what business he’s betting on for the future—and it’s not rockets

By Shawn TullyMay 23, 2026

How Grab’s CTO sees the superapp’s push into physical AI and automated driving—and why he uses his competitors’ robots in the office

AI How Grab’s CTO sees the superapp’s push into physical AI and automated driving—and why he uses his competitors’ robots in the office

By Angelica AngMay 22, 2026

Trump AI and crpto czar David Sacks sits next to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a dinner table in the White House as Zuckerberg turns to Sacks and says something.

AI Tech billionaires convinced Trump to back off an AI executive order. But much of MAGA favors AI regulation

By Jeremy KahnMay 22, 2026

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Commentary McKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO

By Acha Leke and Chaitali MukherjeeMay 22, 2026

Commentary I spent 8 years building Google Sheets. Now I think apps are on their way out
By Zach LloydMay 13, 2026

himanshu

Commentary I’ve led companies through every major tech disruption. AI washing is the same mistake, every time

By Himanshu PalsuleMay 22, 2026

trump

Commentary Trump Accounts have a bigger problem than billionaire stock donations

By Jin Huang and Stephen RollMay 21, 2026

brigham

Commentary The U.S. freight network is broken by design. One merger could start fixing it

By Brigham A. McCownMay 21, 2026

Elon Musk sits with his fists together, looking up.

Commentary SpaceX will be worth trillions, but the space station that made it possible is worth even more — if we don’t squander it

By Tejpaul BhatiaMay 20, 2026

trader

Commentary The 50-year-old law that governed every software company just broke. Here’s what replaces it

By Martin Casado and Abhishek NagarajMay 20, 2026

Commentary Your grandma should be using AI. really
By Kevin FrazierMay 13, 2026

FJ Campbell, MD, is chief medical officer at Ardent Health.

Commentary A doctor shortage is coming. AI could be the only realistic fix

By FJ CampbellMay 20, 2026

trump

Commentary Milken-Harris Poll: 80% of Americans want AI workforce programs now — and Washington hasn’t delivered

By Karen Kornbluh and Libby RodneyMay 20, 2026

‘Change the World’ idealism is dying in Silicon Valley. We’ll miss it when it’s gone

Commentary ‘Change the World’ idealism is dying in Silicon Valley. We’ll miss it when it’s gone

By Jonathan WeberMay 19, 2026

reorgs

Commentary We found the real reason 70% of transformations fail

By Julia Dhar, Kristy R. Ellmer and Philip JamesonMay 19, 2026

Commentary The SaaSpocalypse isn’t killing software. It’s exposing where software value really lives

By Joel HronMay 19, 2026

Commentary Imposter syndrome used to be a lie. AI made it true
By Jeffrey Sanchez-BurksMay 13, 2026

altman

Commentary Musk vs. Altman: AI safety cannot be one man’s job

By Stavros GadinisMay 18, 2026

Commentary Anaplan CEO: AI isn’t eating software. It’s sorting it

By Charlie GottdienerMay 18, 2026

shyam

Commentary World Economic Forum: women’s health gets only 20% of R&D funding. We must seize this $1 trillion opportunity

By Shyam BishenMay 18, 2026

murdochs

Commentary OpenAI paid $100 million for a talk show. James Murdoch is eyeing an even bigger deal. The hot new asset class is humanity

By Lin CherryMay 17, 2026

dennis

Commentary Freshworks CEO: why agile enterprises are winning the AI race — and what they did differently

By Dennis WoodsideMay 17, 2026

Mary Moreland-Abbott Executive Vice President of Human Resources.

Commentary Gen X is the most indebted generation in America. Their employers can fix that

By Mary MorelandMay 17, 2026

liberman

Commentary We watched social media concentrate. The same thing is happening in AI, only at a deeper layer

By David Liberman and Daniil LibermanMay 16, 2026

olivier

Commentary I’ve been studying Big Tech for a long time. What just happened with Anthropic and the Pentagon terrifies me

By Olivier SylvainMay 16, 2026

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Commentary Would you hire the lawyer who just got sanctioned for using AI?

By Alexandra SmythMay 16, 2026

Commentary Mamdani’s New York is coming to tax your private jet. Here’s how to prepare

By Greg RaiffMay 16, 2026

chase

Commentary San Francisco has $2 trillion in AI wealth and can’t fix its own city. That’s every city’s problem

By Chase GarbarinoMay 15, 2026

lori

Commentary I run Valvoline Instant Oil Change and work with young people every day. They’re in crisis—and we all have to try to help

By Lori FleesMay 15, 2026

michael

Commentary AI is wiping out entry-level jobs. Here’s how colleges can fill the gap

By Michael HansenMay 15, 2026

krishna

Commentary The U.S. has 1,200 AI bills and no good test for any of them

By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Gary Marcus and Stephen HenriquesMay 15, 2026

gene

Commentary I helped design the original Tesla battery. Here’s how America can lead the world again

By Gene BerdichevskyMay 14, 2026

newman

Commentary Newman’s Own Foundation CEO on steward ownership: succession when you don’t want to sell

By Alex AmouyelMay 14, 2026

abel

Commentary I’m a Berkshire Hathaway investor and I was wrong about Greg Abel. Here’s why he’s a better fit than Buffett right now

By Vitaliy KatsenelsonMay 14, 2026

trump

Commentary The deficit just grew by $955 billion in 7 months. It’s time for a constitutional fix to control the budget

By Steve H. Hanke and David M. WalkerMay 14, 2026

250

Commentary For 250 years, America didn’t just invent the future—it built it. That connection is breaking. Here’s how to restore it

By Eric Kutcher, Shubham Singhal, Olivia White and Scott BlackburnMay 13, 2026

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By Preston ForeMay 21, 2026

Despite a $500 million net worth, Shaq just finished his fourth degree. He warns graduates: 'Your character will take you further than your resume'

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By Preston ForeMay 20, 2026

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Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’

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By Preston ForeMay 19, 2026

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