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Startups & Venture
Meet the baby boomer whose life changed when 2 Gen Z AI founders walked into her plumbing business. She became their first COO
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 28, 2026
Daniel Kjellén is CEO and co-founder of Freda
Commentary
I sold to Visa for $2 billion. I could be on a beach right now, but I’m risking my own money to solve the problem that held my first company back
By Daniel KjellénOctober 24, 2026
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Innovation
Palmer Luckey teams with dire wolf billionaire Ben Lamm to launch $200 million Warhound, unleashing genetically engineered clone dogs of war
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 22, 2026
BoxGroup partner Claire Smilow
Success
Claire Smilow helped BoxGroup earn a roughly $1 billion return on Cursor. Now she’s scouting college campuses for the next generation of founders
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2026
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Commentary
We just raised another $550 million to bring AI to the legal industry. I still believe there will be more work than lawyers
By Max JunestrandOctober 22, 2026
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Commentary
Former Trump, Biden officials: America’s security depends on startups. Weak patent policy is undermining them
By Andrei Iancu and Chris InglisOctober 20, 2026
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Innovation
Exclusive: ‘I’ve seen this movie before’: A Michigan-raised ex-Tesla exec raises $45 million to break China’s grip on batteries
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
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Startups & Venture
Exclusive: Stand raises $70 million at $1 billion valuation to price wildfire risk by treating homes like airplanes in flight
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 15, 2026
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Big Tech
Exclusive: Koch’s venture arm backs a16z-backed Emanate’s push to bring AI to industrial sales
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 14, 2026
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Investing
Exclusive: Meet the 38-year-old founder who left Wall Street for love and created an AI insurance unicorn a decade later
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 7, 2026
Superhuman cofounder Rahul Vohra
Success
This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand
By Emma BurleighOctober 4, 2026
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Big Tech
‘We don’t want to be a policeman of the internet’: How a student of John McPhee turned GPTZero into a $30 million AI-detection business
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 2, 2026
Bonobos cofounder Andy Dunn
Success
One year after a bipolar episode put him in the hospital, Bonobos cofounder Andy Dunn sold his company to Walmart for $310 million
By Emma BurleighSeptember 13, 2026
Kirill Bigai, the cofounder and CEO of learning platform Preply,
Success
The CEO of $1.2 billion learning platform Preply says it all started with his online search for an English tutor
By Emma BurleighAugust 23, 2026
James Francisco Turner Lazaro is founder and CEO of MAKE.
Success
I helped turn a California bank into one of America’s fastest-growing. Now I’m building a company to serve the people that banking has failed
By James Francisco Turner LazaroAugust 22, 2026
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