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Mercor Founders - Adarsh Hiremath, Brendan Foody
Success

The world’s youngest self-made billionaire hasn’t taken a day off in 3 years and can’t stop thinking about work—here’s how he keeps from burnout

By Eva Roytburg and Jessica Coacci
November 29, 2025
William Chen, co-founder of Sapient, at Fortune's Brainstorm AI 2025 Singapore conference.
AI

Two Gen Zers turned down millions from Elon Musk to build an AI based on the human brain—and it’s outperformed models from OpenAI and Anthropic

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November 28, 2025
Dr. Fei-Fei Li during a reception for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, at St James' Palace November 5, 2025 in London, England.
AI

She ran her parents’ dry-cleaning business at 18. Today, the ‘godmother of AI’ is advising world leaders and running a billion-dollar startup

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November 24, 2025
Lovable CEO Anton Osika speaking on stage.
AI

Lovable’s CEO targets enterprise customers as the ‘vibe-coding’ unicorn doubles its annual revenue to $200 million in just four months

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November 21, 2025
Can Europe’s financial markets fuel an industrial revival?
Europe

Can Europe’s financial markets fuel an industrial revival?

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November 13, 2025
Vilnius is a nice, green place to live—and it’s turning that into a competitive advantage for its economy
Europe

Vilnius is a nice, green place to live—and it’s turning that into a competitive advantage for its economy

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October 30, 2025
Zach Yadegari
Success

Gen Z coder rejected by the Ivy League despite founding a $30 million app says college is ‘not worth it for most people’

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October 12, 2025
A photo of a poster for friend.com defaced with graffiti.
Big Tech

People destroyed the ‘friend.com’ AI necklace ads with graffiti. The 22-year-old founder loves it: ‘Capitalism is the greatest artistic medium.’

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October 1, 2025
Charlie Javice, the millennial founder convicted of swindling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million, sentenced to 7 years in prison
Banking

Charlie Javice, the millennial founder convicted of swindling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million, sentenced to 7 years in prison

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September 30, 2025
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
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YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup

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September 8, 2025
Zuckerberg, Sanchez, Bezos, Pichai, and Musk at President Trump's inauguration.
Success

America’s billionaires are worth $5.7 trillion—but they’ve only pledged or donated $185 billion of that in the last decade

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September 4, 2025
The Nitro Cart parked on the sidewalk
Success

A millennial couple grew their side hustle into a business bringing in $4.5 million a year—here’s how the cofounder would start it again, with nothing

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August 17, 2025
Palantir's Peter Thiel holds up a wad of cash
Success

These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion

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August 16, 2025
Dario Amodei speaking on stage.
Success

AI is creating billionaire’s at a record pace: There are already 498 AI unicorns—and they’re worth $2.7 trillion

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August 13, 2025
A close-up photo of a young woman who is upset, holding her face
Newsletters

Grieving a death takes a financial and emotional toll in the workplace. This tech startup wants to lighten the load.

By Lila MacLellan and Paolo Confino
August 24, 2022

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