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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 CoacciNovember 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
By Eva RoytburgNovember 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
By Eva RoytburgNovember 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
By Beatrice NolanNovember 21, 2025
Can Europe’s financial markets fuel an industrial revival?
Europe
Can Europe’s financial markets fuel an industrial revival?
By Riddhi KanetkarNovember 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
By Anna HeimOctober 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’
By Jessica CoacciOctober 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.’
By Eva RoytburgOctober 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
By Sydney LakeSeptember 30, 2025
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
Success
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
By Jessica CoacciSeptember 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
By Emma BurleighSeptember 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
By Jessica CoacciAugust 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
By Muskaan ArshadAugust 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
By Jessica CoacciAugust 13, 2025
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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 ConfinoAugust 24, 2022
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