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I’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

We’re entering a phase where AI stops being a topic and starts being infrastructure. It will show up in how work actually gets done.

By David HeacockFebruary 8, 2026
Joanna Griffiths, the founder and president of Knix
The founder of $400 million company Knix sees a hypnotherapist to ‘rewire’ her brain and work through her fear of failure
By Emma BurleighFebruary 8, 2026
broker
We 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
Dorsey’s Block cutting up to 10% of staff in efficiency push
By Natasha Mascarenhas, Emily Mason and BloombergFebruary 7, 2026
The U.S. construction industry’s need for labor is soaring and will need half a million new workers next year while AI giants ramp up spending
By Jason MaFebruary 7, 2026
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CommentaryPatient private capital is needed to help Asia plug its healthcare gaps
By Abrar MirFebruary 8, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentSuper Bowl ads go for silliness, tears and nostalgia as Americans reel from ‘collective trauma’ of recent upheaval — ‘Everybody is stressed out’
By Dee-Ann Durbin, Mae Anderson, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
PoliticsTrump calls U.S. Olympian a ‘real Loser’ as athletes speak out against administration policies, while Jake Paul tells critics to ‘live somewhere else’
By Fernanda Figueroa and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
HealthDr. Oz begs Americans to get inoculated against measles as outbreaks spiral around the country. ‘Take the vaccine, please’
By Matt Brown and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
EconomyRussian officials are warning Putin that a financial crisis could arrive this summer, report says, while his war on Ukraine becomes too big to fail
By Jason MaFebruary 8, 2026
InvestingBessent sees ‘unruly’ Chinese trading behind gold price swings
By Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Hadriana Lowenkron and BloombergFebruary 8, 2026
InvestingGambling stocks sag as prediction markets steal Super Bowl bets
By Peyton Forte, Denitsa Tsekova and BloombergFebruary 8, 2026
PoliticsJapanese prime minister’s landslide win gives her party a lower-house supermajority and more room to enact a right-wing agenda
By Mari Yamaguchi, Foster Klug and The Associated PressFebruary 8, 2026
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AIAmazon’s AWS launched a gen AI innovation lab for customers two and a half years ago. Here’s what it’s learned about going from pilot to production
By John KellDecember 19, 2025
Mike Repole sits in front of a microphone
SuccessBillionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to persuade people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’
By Dave SmithDecember 19, 2025
SuccessThe scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 19, 2025
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moodys Analytics, during a Senate Budget Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 4, 2023.
EconomySneaking unemployment rate means the U.S. economy is inching closer to a key recession indicator, says Moody’s
By Eleanor PringleDecember 19, 2025
David Ko stands in front of a blue and purple "Fortune" background.
HealthThe CEO behind the world’s top sleep and meditation app says most leaders are operating at ‘about 20%’ without a ‘fully recharged’ battery
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 19, 2025
Future of WorkThe new American Dream has parents easing up on college expectations for their kids: 35% are now open to trade school instead
By Sydney LakeDecember 19, 2025
C-SuiteAn AT&T exec manifested his C-suite position when he was earning his MBA: ‘I literally came up with a plan to become a CISO’
By Brianna Monsanto and IT BrewDecember 19, 2025
RetailWalmart’s women truckers surge thanks to $115,000 starting pay and other perks bringing in nontraditional candidates
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 18, 2025
unemployed
CommentaryThe AI efficiency illusion: why cutting 1.1 million jobs will stifle, not scale, your strategy
By Katica RoyDecember 18, 2025
Joe Anders and Kate Winslet
SuccessHer two Gen Z children have starred in her films, but Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet says nepo baby allegations are ‘silly’
By Emma BurleighDecember 18, 2025
David Kostin
SuccessAs graduates face a ‘jobpocalypse,’ Goldman Sachs exec tells Gen Z they need to know their commercial impact 
By Preston ForeDecember 18, 2025
Future of WorkLinkedIn CEO says it’s ‘outdated’ to have a five-year career plan: It’s a ‘little bit foolish’ considering the pace AI is changing the workplace
By Sydney LakeDecember 18, 2025
Woman working on laptop in airport.
SuccessNew York rent is so expensive this hybrid-working intern commuted by plane once a week—and it saved her thousands
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 18, 2025
Muddu
CommentaryIT service is reaching its breaking point. At Salesforce, we see 3 tipping points
By Muddu SudhakarDecember 18, 2025
small business
CommentaryOur data shows that companies of 500 and fewer workers mostly avoided the AI layoffs. They’re making AI work for them
By Gabby BurlacuDecember 18, 2025
Sophia Romee is the General Manager of the GenAI Studio at the College Board
CommentaryGen Z is on the fence about AI in the classroom. That’s a good thing
By Sophia RomeeDecember 18, 2025
Businesswoman discussing ideas with colleagues in meeting at tech startup office
SuccessWant a job in AI-era tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders want to see your GitHub projects and internships
By Preston ForeDecember 18, 2025
SuccessExclusive: This Chanel chief launched her 40-year luxury career off the back of a failed teaching exam and a chance encounter at a student forum
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 18, 2025
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EconomyMamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
By Georgia Hall and BloombergDecember 17, 2025
Future of WorkNew year, new job? Not so fast—more than half of employers aren’t planning to hire in Q1
By Paige McGlauflin and HR BrewDecember 17, 2025
Gen Z in military uniform
SuccessBritain’s defense chief calls on Gen Z grads leaving university to skip corporate jobs and join the military as war with Russia becomes a growing risk
By Emma BurleighDecember 17, 2025
layoffs
CommentaryThe AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design
By Kevin OakesDecember 17, 2025
SuccessTech CEO Bryan Johnson says he’ll make humans immortal by 2039—first he just needs to sort out ‘buggy’ issues like ‘mistakenly causing cancer’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 17, 2025
Norbert Jung
CommentaryFactory 2030 runs on more than code. As a CEO, I see the power of agentic AI—and the trust gap that we must close
By Norbert JungDecember 17, 2025
A group of three robots waiving hello to the audience from a stage.
NewslettersGoogle researchers unlock some truths about getting AI agents to actually work
By Jeremy KahnDecember 16, 2025
AIIBM, AWS veteran says 90% of your employees are stuck in first gear with AI, just asking it to ‘write their mean email in a slightly more polite way’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 16, 2025
Arnab
AIAccenture exec gets real on transformation: ‘the data and AI strategy is not a separate strategy, it is the business strategy’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 16, 2025
Matt Garman speaks on stage in front of a screen showing colorful concentric circles on a black background.
Future of WorkAWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’—and bad for business: ‘At some point the whole thing explodes on itself’
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 16, 2025
Photo of Reese Witherspoon
Arts & EntertainmentReese Witherspoon says, ‘I don’t think my career would be possible’ in the age of AI and social media: ‘It’s a different world’
By Sydney LakeDecember 16, 2025
Chris Kempczinski
SuccessAs millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, McDonald’s CEO dishes out some tough love career advice for navigating the market: ‘You’ve got to make things happen for yourself’
By Preston ForeDecember 16, 2025
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Elon Musk warns the U.S. is '1,000% going to go bankrupt' unless AI and robotics save the economy from crushing debtAn image of a popular article
By Jason MaFebruary 7, 2026
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Gen Z Patriots quarterback Drake Maye still drives a 2015 pickup truck even after it broke down on the highway—despite his $37 million contractAn image of a popular article
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 7, 2026
Success
Even with $850 billion to his name, Elon Musk admits ‘money can’t buy happiness.’ But billionaire Mark Cuban says it’s not so simpleAn image of a popular article
By Preston ForeFebruary 6, 2026
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