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Solving the Hospitality Industry’s Data Problem: Q&A With SevenRooms CEO Joel Montaniel

Joel Montaniel’s SevenRooms is more than just another restaurant reservation system. “If you ask a restaurant, ‘What are your top 10, your top...

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A Complete History of Elon Musk’s Fascination with the Magic Number 420

It’s April 20, the unofficial holiday in cannabis culture dedicated to advocating for the legalization of marijuana. The date is strongly associated...

20.04.2024 8

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Elon Musk Says He Will Boost Pay For Tesla A.I. Engineers Amid ‘Craziest Talent War’

Tesla (TSLA) is currently going through a down cycle in business, but CEO Elon Musk said he’s going to increase compensation for the electric...

04.04.2024 4

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Mary Barra Is Still Committed to General Motors’ EV Push Amid Industry Challenges

While electric vehicle makers scramble to deal with a sector-wide downturn this year, General Motors CEO Mary Barra remains fully committed to the...

29.03.2024 3

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Unicorn A.I. Startups Are Suddenly Dying As Big Tech’s Dominance Takes Hold

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is poaching top talent in the A.I. industry.

27.03.2024 3

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MrBeast Lives in a Zero-Bedroom Apartment to be Close to Work: Take a Look Inside

Jimmy Donaldson, best known as MrBeast on YouTube, is running his growing media business like Elon Musk is running his tech empire—by living as...

26.03.2024 10

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Goldman Sachs’s Top Woman Banker Stephanie Cohen Is Leaving After 25 Years

Stephanie Cohen, one of the few female top executives at Goldman Sachs (GS), is leaving the investment bank after a 25-year career in banking, The...

18.03.2024 4

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Michael Dell Shares His First Lesson of the ‘Dell Direct Model’ When He Was 16

Dell (DELL), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of personal computers, is known for inventing and pioneering the “Dell Direct Model,”...

15.03.2024 2

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Starship Reaches New Heights in 3rd Orbital Test On SpaceX’s 22nd Birthday: Videos

SpaceX today (March 14) launched the third orbital test flight of Starship from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. A prototype...

14.03.2024 2

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House Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok in US—What Could Happen Next?

The U.S. House of Representatives today (March 13) approved legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S.—unless the app finds a way to cut ties...

13.03.2024 1

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AMD CEO Lisa Su Talks the Invisible Role of A.I. Chips in Oscar-Winning Films

The A.I. hype in the past year and half has made obscure semiconductor makers like AMD and Nvidia household names. AMD (AMD), short for Advanced Micro...

12.03.2024 3

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SpaceX Sets Target Date For Starship’s 3rd Orbital Test—With a New Flight Path

SpaceX has set a target date for its third orbital test flight with Starship, the company’s massive Mars-colonizing rocket. The Elon Musk-led rocket...

07.03.2024 3

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Jeff Bezos Reclaims ‘World’s Richest Man’ Title After Elon Musk Loses $31B in 2024

Jeff Bezos is once again the world’s richest person after losing the title to Elon Musk more than three years ago. As of today (March 5), the Amazon...

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6 Billionaires Who Recommend Reading Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter Every Year

Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)’s shareholders is a must-read in business highly recommended by investors and...

27.02.2024 10

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Bill Ackman Reveals His Stock Picking Secret in Lex Fridman Podcast

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman had a fruitful 2023 without doing much. With an investment gain of $610 million, or a return rate of 26.7 percent,...

21.02.2024 4

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A Look Inside Space Perspective’s Space Balloon Factory: CEO Interview

It has been nearly three years since Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos flew into space in spaceships built by their respective companies and the...

21.02.2024 2

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Meta’s A.I. Chief Yann LeCun Explains Why a House Cat Is Smarter Than The Best A.I.

"We are missing something conceptually big to get machines to be as intelligent as animals and humans."

15.02.2024 3

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Wall Street Is More Bullish On India Than Ever—But The Real Story Is About China

For decades, China has been the world’s most notable growth story. That narrative is quickly changing as Wall Street investors shift their focus to...

12.02.2024 3

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Elon Musk Launched His Red Tesla Roadster Into Space 6 Years Ago—Where Is It Now?

On Feb. 6, 2018, SpaceX launched the maiden flight of its Falcon Heavy rocket, a booster used for deep space missions, with a special payload on...

06.02.2024 3

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Facebook Turns 20: Where Are Its Five Founders Now?

Exactly 20 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg and his four Harvard classmates and roommates—Eduardo Saverin , Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz  and...

04.02.2024 7

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How a Korean ‘French-Asian’ Bakery Chain Redefines America’s Sweet Tooth: CEO Q&A

If you live in New York or Los Angeles and love to grab a coffee and snack on the go, you are probably no stranger to TOUS les JOURS, the café-style...

27.01.2024 6

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Elon Musk Says He Wants 25% of Tesla to Counter ‘Random Shareholder Advisory Firm’

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said he wants to boost his ownership in the electric carmaker to 25 percent (from the current 13 percent) not because he...

25.01.2024 4

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The World’s Top Hedge Fund Billionaires After a Profitable 2023: Ranking

The year 2023 turned out to be a fruitful one for hedge funds billionaires. The hedge fund industry as a whole generated gains worth $218 billion...

24.01.2024 2

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Elon Musk Demands to Double His Tesla Ownership As the EV Maker Forays Into A.I.

Elon Musk currently owns 13 percent of Tesla, a stake worth $90 billion.

16.01.2024 2

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Sinclair Chairman David Smith Buys The Baltimore Sun From New York Hedge Fund

David D. Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, has bought Baltimore Sun Media, the parent company of The Baltimore Sun and a few...

16.01.2024 2

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Sam Altman Reveals His Most Used App Is Not ChatGPT In Bill Gates Podcast

The mobile app of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been downloaded more than 110 million times globally since its launch in November 2022. The artificial...

12.01.2024 2

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Vietnam’s Richest Man Is Bringing a Tiny, $20,000 Electric Car to the US

VinFast, an electric carmaker from Vietnam owned by the country’s richest person, Pham Nhat Vuong, unveiled a tiny, ultra-affordable electric...

11.01.2024 2

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Elon Musk Says in Podcast He’d Rather Be Dead Than Living to 100 With Dementia

Among the world’s wealthiest individuals, especially those over 50, there seems to be a growing shared passion for discovering the elixir of life....

09.01.2024 3

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Lululemon CEO’s Inclusive Effort Draws Ire From Its Billionaire Founder

Lululemon Athletica, the athleisure apparel brand famous for its $118 yoga pants $68 tank tops, wants to make itself look more down-to-earth under the...

05.01.2024 4

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Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns Amid Lasting Backlash

Claudine Gay became the shortest-serving president in the history of Harvard.

02.01.2024 3

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The Year in Review: 9 People Behind 2023’s Hottest A.I. Chatbots

The past year saw an explosion of artificial intelligence chatbots. The meteoric rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT spurred a crop of startups building...

28.12.2023 6

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Sam Altman Shares Top Leadership Lessons He Learned in 2023

To call 2023 a crazy year for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman would be an understatement. Following 12 months of explosive growth of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Altman...

22.12.2023 4

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Jeff Bezos Looks to Acquire Rocket Giant ULA In Latest Billionaire Space Race Move

ULA has launched more than 150 NASA and Pentagon missions over the years.

21.12.2023 3

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Figma’s 31-Year-Old CEO On Demise of $20B Adobe Merger: ‘Frustrating and Sad’

Figma’s 31-year-old cofounder and CEO, Dylan Field, struck the largest software merger deal in recent tech history at an unfortunate time. On Monday...

20.12.2023 2

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Swarovski US Chief Dissects Americans’ Unique Taste and Luxury Trends: Interview

The holiday season is a bustling time for Swarovski, as gift shoppers and home decor enthusiasts, especially those in the U.S., splurge on the...

20.12.2023 3

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Are Interest Rate Hikes Over? At Least Two Major Bank CEOs Have Doubts

After nearly two years of interest rate hikes, the Federal Reserve seems to finally have inflation under control. Consumer prices in November rose 3.1...

18.12.2023 2

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Entrepreneur Marc Lore Says It’s ‘Crazy Lucky’ He Lost the New York Mets to Steve Cohen

Marc Lore talks entrepreneurship, career lessons, and the sheer luck of losing the New York Mets to Steve Cohen.

14.12.2023 2

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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Sets Date for the Return of Space Tourism Program

After being grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration for more than 15 months, Blue Origin’s space tourism rocket, New Shepard, is cleared to...

13.12.2023 2

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Saba Capital’s Boaz Weinstein Wins Fund Battle Against BlackRock

Hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein, the founder and chief investment officer of New York-based Saba Capital Management, has won a lawsuit against asset...

08.12.2023 3

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Jeff Bezos Turns to Rival Elon Musk to Make His Space Dream Come True

Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper, a satellite-based internet service to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, requires the deployment of more than 3,000...

05.12.2023 7

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Elon Musk Reveals Cybertruck Prices and Sells a $55 Shattered Window Decal

Four years after its dashing reveal, the Tesla (TSLA) Cybertruck is finally starting to roll off the assembly line. Yesterday (Nov. 30), Tesla CEO...

01.12.2023 2

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ChatGPT’s One-Year Anniversary: How It Changed OpenAI and the Internet

Today (Nov. 30) marks the one-year anniversary of the public release of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that has taken the tech world by...

30.11.2023 2

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Shares ‘Detailed’ Succession Plan In Rare Interview

Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is one of the most respected and influential figures in the tech industry. Under his leadership, the iPhone and Mac maker...

28.11.2023 1

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Elon Musk Aims to Launch SpaceX Starship Again as Early as December: Images

On Nov. 18, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the long-awaited second orbital test of Starship, the company’s Mars-colonizing rocket, from its Starbase...

27.11.2023 1

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Sam Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO With Complete Board Overhaul

The OpenAI drama has taken another turn as the A.I. company announced today (Nov. 22) Sam Altman will return as CEO with a significant change to its...

22.11.2023 2

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Inside OpenAI’s All-Powerful Board Deciding Sam Altman’s Fate

After a weekend of boardroom drama at OpenAI, the fate of its cofounder and ousted CEO Sam Altman is still undecided. Although Altman—along with his...

21.11.2023 4

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A Timeline of OpenAI’s (Ongoing) Drama With Sam Altman

It has been a chaotic weekend at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, with a whirlwind of events unfolding around Sam Altman, one of the company’s...

20.11.2023 2

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OpenAI Abruptly Fires Sam Altman After ‘Deliberate’ Board Review

OpenAI announced today (Nov. 17) Sam Altman will step down as CEO and a board member of the A.I. company behind ChatGPT effective immediately. Current...

18.11.2023 2

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Unveils the Company’s First In-House A.I. Chip

At Microsoft (MSFT)’s annual developer conference, Microsoft Ignite 2023, this week, CEO Satya Nadella unveiled the company’s first in-house...

18.11.2023 2

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SpaceX to Launch Starship’s Second Orbital Test This Weekend: What to Know

SpaceX is looking to launch the long-awaited second orbital test of Starship, the company’s Mars-colonizing rocket, as soon as this Friday (Nov....

14.11.2023 2

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