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Meet a 28-year-old Canadian woman who turned her pen-pal side hustle into a subscription side hustle with over 1,000 members

In October 2024, Kiki Klassen launched the Lucky Duck Mail Club, a monthly mail service that sends members a piece of art, inspiring quote and message.

By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
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Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union
By Carlos GarciaJanuary 17, 2026
Fortune 500 Power Moves: Which executives gained and lost power this week
By Fortune EditorsJanuary 16, 2026
Former OpenAI CTO and now cofounder and CEO of Thinking Machines Mira Murati
Wave of defections from former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s $12 billion startup Thinking Machines shows cutthroat struggle for AI talent
By Jeremy Kahn and Sharon GoldmanJanuary 16, 2026
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2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 16, 2026
Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 15, 2026
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EconomyDollar sinks as Trump’s new tariffs raise fears about U.S. debt and reserve currency status. ‘When it’s lost, economic collapse will follow’
By Jason MaJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsAfter adding Trump administration statements, ’60 Minutes’ to air report on deportations that Bari Weiss abruptly pulled
By David Bauder and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
AIAn AI-generated version of Trump’s voice is used in ad that promises an ‘all new Fannie Mae’ to tackle housing affordability
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsMoscow cheers NATO crisis as the Ukraine war stifles Russia’s economy, forcing companies to use 4-day weeks and lay off workers
By Jason MaJanuary 18, 2026
EuropeEU mulls responding to Trump by reviving €93 billion tariff move
By Alberto Nardelli, Jorge Valero and BloombergJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsArmy readies 1,500 paratroopers specializing in arctic operations for possible deployment to Minnesota if Trump invokes Insurrection Act
By Konstantin Toropin and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
BankingBlackRock’s Rick Rieder bid for Fed chair is gaining traction
By Josh Wingrove, Saleha Mohsin, Joshua Green and BloombergJanuary 18, 2026
PoliticsDemocrats think a war-powers resolution limiting Trump on Greenland would get more GOP votes than the one for Venezuela
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026
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InnovationOcean technology startup that sold 200,000 carbon credits faces scientists’ doubts: ‘Trust us, it sinks’
By Helen Wieffering and The Associated PressJuly 3, 2025
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SuccessBolt’s millennial founder has just ‘killed’ its unlimited PTO perk because it was actually causing burnout
By Preston ForeJuly 2, 2025
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NewslettersAbridge CEO Shiv Rao on raising $300 million, a prospective IPO, and the future of healthcare
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 2, 2025
TechFigma files for IPO nearly two years after $20 billion Adobe buyout fell through
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 1, 2025
CommentaryEx-E*Trade CEO: The right way to open private markets to retail investors—with the benefit of hindsight
By Mitchell CaplanJuly 1, 2025
Dan Schlosser, Mackenzie Burnett, and Jeff Anders
NewslettersExclusive: Ambrook raises $26.1 million Series A to provide farmers and ranchers with better accounting software
By Allie GarfinkleJuly 1, 2025
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TechLongtime Bessemer investor Mary D’Onofrio, who backed Anthropic and Canva, leaves for Crosslink Capital
By Allie GarfinkleJune 30, 2025
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NewslettersNew York’s tech elite are melting down over the election of Zohran Mamdani. Is the city destined for a San Francisco-style rebellion? 
By Leo SchwartzJune 30, 2025
Synthesia co-founder Victor Riparbelli
NewslettersWhat makes an AI avatar seem human, according to Synthesia’s CEO
By Allie GarfinkleJune 27, 2025
Rob Rueckert and Ken Elefant
NewslettersExclusive: Sorenson Capital raises $150 million third fund to chase security and enterprise software deals
By Allie GarfinkleJune 26, 2025
NewslettersExclusive: Counterpart Ventures closes $132 million third fund to link CVCs and startups
By Allie GarfinkleJune 25, 2025
Metaview founders Siadhal Magos and Shahriar Tajbakhsh.
AIExclusive: Uber and Palantir alums raise $35M to disrupt corporate recruitment with AI
By Beatrice NolanJune 25, 2025
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NewslettersThe Senate just passed a stablecoin bill, but don’t hold your breath for crypto legislation to sail into law
By Leo SchwartzJune 24, 2025
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NewslettersHarvey raises $300 million at $5 billion valuation to be legal AI for lawyers worldwide
By Alexandra SternlichtJune 23, 2025
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TechInside the rise of Alexandr Wang and Meta’s $14 billion bet that the MIT dropout will help bring AI supremacy
By Sharon Goldman and Allie GarfinkleJune 22, 2025
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NewslettersFemale founders are optimistic that AI could solve challenges they face funding and scaling startups
By Emma Hinchliffe and Nina AjemianJune 20, 2025
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NewslettersCrypto VCs were once an exotic species—now they’re part of the tech ecosystem
By Jeff John RobertsJune 20, 2025
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NewslettersSouth Loop Ventures’s Zach Ellis on investing in Texas and diverse founders
By Allie GarfinkleJune 19, 2025
Raaz Dwivedi, Anish Agarwal, Ahmed Lone, and Raj Agrawal
NewslettersTraversal emerges from stealth with $48 million from Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins to reimagine site reliability in the AI era
By Allie GarfinkleJune 18, 2025
TechExclusive: Health tech startup Tennr raises $101 million at $605 million valuation to fix the patient referral process
By Leo SchwartzJune 18, 2025
Moveworks CEO Bhavin Shah (left) on stage at Web Summit with Sarah Myers West of the AI Now Institute.
NewslettersIn Q1 2025, enterprise SaaS M&A deal count hit 210, according to PitchBook
By Allie GarfinkleJune 17, 2025
TechWhatsApp introduces ads, fulfilling a plan its cofounders hated so much they left over it
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 16, 2025
TechInside the rise of Whatnot, the wildly-entertaining, FOMO-inducing, $5 billion shopping app you’ve never heard of
By Jason Del ReyJune 16, 2025
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NewslettersTerm Sheet Next: How Facebook’s former chief revenue officer is coaching the next generation of startup founders
By Leo SchwartzJune 16, 2025
TechWorkWhile, flexible labor platform, raises $23 million Series B
By Allie GarfinkleJune 16, 2025
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AISelf-made billionaire college dropout Alexandr Wang signs $14.3 billion deal to bolster Meta’s AI efforts: ‘There’s a huge premium to naivete’
By Nino PaoliJune 14, 2025
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NewslettersWhy Salesforce, PayPal, and Team Car Care leaders call AI agents a game changer for finance
By Sheryl EstradaJune 13, 2025
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NewslettersChime rises 37% as the IPO market opens up
By Luisa BeltranJune 13, 2025
FinanceAll-wing plane startup JetZero plans to build a $4.7 billion plant in North Carolina
By The Associated PressJune 13, 2025
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AIExclusive: Easy-to-deploy industrial robot startup emerges from stealth with $8.5 million in seed funding
By Jeremy KahnJune 13, 2025
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