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Lyft CEO on the time Bill Gates told him he was making ‘the stupidest decision I’ve ever heard anyone made’

The year was 1996, and Gates called his star employee into his office. “You mean to tell me you’re leaving this company for some tiny, little internet bookstore?”

By Nick Lichtenberg

October 1, 2025

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How Georgia’s top accounting official uses technology and change management to champion a new era in government finance

By Sheryl Estrada

Escape from New York: Impending election of a democratic socialist mayor has the wealthy fleeing to the suburbs

By Nick Lichtenberg

Assort Health’s Jeff Liu and Jon Wang.

Exclusive: Assort Health raises $76 million Series B to build on voice AI healthcare platform

By Allie Garfinkle

Neither the U.S., the U.K., nor France have balanced their budgets.

Nobody thinks a government bond crisis is going to happen, but Wall Street is talking about it anyway

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaking in China.

China says Nvidia violated antitrust laws as it ratchets up pressure ahead of U.S. trade talks

September 15, 2025

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Arts & Entertainment

Trump suggests a TikTok deal is close as he reveals crunch talks with Xi Jinping while the Ellisons wait in the wings

By Josh Boak, Nick Lichtenberg and The Associated Press

September 15, 2025

Hair dryers from drones and makeup mirrors from movie animators: How L’Oréal makes open innovation work

Hair dryers from drones and makeup mirrors from movie animators: How L’Oréal makes open innovation work

September 15, 2025

Software developer coding on their laptop.

AI engineers are being deployed as consultants and getting paid $900 per hour

September 14, 2025

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev attending the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

Robinhood CEO says just like every company became a tech company, every company will become an AI company—but faster

September 13, 2025

China starts probes targeting US semiconductor sector

China starts probes targeting US semiconductor sector

September 13, 2025

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen

The founders who cashed out on YouTube, Reddit, and Instagram—and missed out on becoming today’s billionaires

By Preston Fore

September 13, 2025

One of the most common reasons that AI products fail? Bad data

One of the most common reasons that AI products fail? Bad data

By Jessica Mathews

September 12, 2025

Sam Altman and Satya Nadella on stage.

OpenAI’s deal with Microsoft could pave the way for a potential IPO

By Beatrice Nolan

September 12, 2025

FTC

FTC launches inquiry into the great teenage chatbot companion problem

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

September 12, 2025

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Opendoor brings back its founders and welcomes a new CEO from Shopify—who could earn $2.8 billion if he sends the stock soaring

By Amanda Gerut

September 11, 2025

Ramp CEO Eric Glyman gesticulating onstage at Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2025

Startups & Venture

Why the founder CEO of $22 billion Ramp tracks every single day his unicorn startup has been in existence

By Jason Del Rey

September 11, 2025

Elon Musk escalates feud with Sam Altman by reviving baseless conspiracy theory that OpenAI researcher was murdered

Elon Musk escalates feud with Sam Altman by reviving baseless conspiracy theory that OpenAI researcher was murdered

By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva Roytburg

September 11, 2025

Sundar Pichai

Google got caught saying the open web is in ‘rapid decline,’ and publishers are up in arms about its AI ‘content theft’

By Nick Lichtenberg

September 11, 2025

Larry Ellison

Oracle’s blockbuster earnings swell Larry Ellison’s fortune by $100 billion in 30 minutes to put him neck and neck with Elon Musk

By Bernard Condon and The Associated Press

September 11, 2025

Oracle founder, chairman and CTO Larry Ellison.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s ability to secure Nvidia GPUs has made it the cloud contender it never was and allowed Ellison to briefly surpass Elon Musk as the world’s richest man

September 11, 2025

Arjun Sethi looks at the camera on stage on a panel.

Is there a crypto bubble? Yes, says CEO of $15 billion exchange Kraken

September 11, 2025

Google’s AI is the ‘worst’ for stealing content, says People CEO

Google’s AI is the ‘worst’ for stealing content, says People CEO

By Jeff John Roberts

September 11, 2025

Klarna IPO on Wall Street

Klarna made a solid debut on the New York Stock Exchange with shares up 15% in first day of trading

By The Associated Press and Ken Sweet

September 10, 2025

Larry Ellison surpasses Elon Musk as world’s richest person after Oracle’s stock gives him a $101 billion net worth boost

Larry Ellison surpasses Elon Musk as world’s richest person after Oracle’s stock gives him a $101 billion net worth boost

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 10, 2025

For OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, research chops rather than ‘big marketing efforts’ are the key to winning customers

For OpenAI’s chief revenue officer, research chops rather than ‘big marketing efforts’ are the key to winning customers

By Sharon Goldman

September 10, 2025

human skills

‘Human skills’ are at a premium again now that big companies are backpedaling on error-prone AI

By Nick Lichtenberg

September 10, 2025

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Apple’s ultrathin iPhone impresses fans but not investors

September 10, 2025

Twilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—he’s listening for one word in particular, and you’re not hired if you say it too much

Twilio CEO interviews candidates for 45 minutes over dinner—he’s listening for one word in particular, and you’re not hired if you say it too much

By Orianna Rosa Royle

September 10, 2025

Robinhood says its latest product will fix social media trading

Robinhood says its latest product will fix social media trading

By Jeff John Roberts

September 10, 2025

Photo of AI researcher and former Meta AI executive Joelle Pineau who was recently hired by Canadian AI company Cohere to help oversee its strategy.

Cohere looks to shed its underdog status with a star AI hire, new CFO and $7 billion valuation — chasing ‘ROI over AGI’

By Sharon Goldman

September 9, 2025

Apple iPhone Air

This is Apple’s first iPhone ‘Air’

September 9, 2025

Ōura CEO insists they’ll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir

Ōura CEO insists they’ll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 9, 2025

Tim Cook clasps his hands, looking solemn

All 8 new products Apple just announced at its ‘Awe Dropping’ September event

September 9, 2025

Anticipation builds for Apple’s ‘awe dropping’ iPhone 17 reveal

September 9, 2025

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