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Perplexity AI CEO Believes No Publisher Should Own the Right to Reported Facts

On Dec. 7, 2022, seven days after OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a former OpenAI research scientist named Aravind Srinivas, who’d left the company just...

02.11.2024 6

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OpenAI’s New Board Chair Bret Taylor Shares the Story of Saving Sam Altman’s Job

Bret Taylor, the new board chairman of OpenAI, said he wasn’t planning on engaging in much board work when the high-flying A.I. company was on the...

31.10.2024 3

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck Is Most Excited About a ‘Completely Unfunded’ Mission

Rocket Lab, an emerging rival of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is doing a lot of important things. The New Zealand- and Long Beach, Calif.-based company is...

30.10.2024 5

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A Former SpaceX Engineer Is Building an Airplane Anyone Can Fly in One Hour

In 2020, Nikita Ermoshkin, then an engineer at SpaceX, decided to get a private pilot license so that he could take day trips from his home in Los...

23.09.2024 8

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Tech Billionaire Jared Isaacman Completes World’s First Private Spacewalk

Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire and space enthusiast, this morning (Sept. 12) became the first private citizen to walk in space, successfully...

12.09.2024 4

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How Lumen’s First Woman CEO Drives Giant A.I. Deals With a Culture of ‘Empathy’

As interest and demand for A.I. applications soar, so does the less sexy but crucial A.I. infrastructure industry—think semiconductors, data centers...

12.09.2024 4

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Q&A With GameStop Co-Founder Gary Kusin: Mentoring, Management Lessons, and the Fallacy of ‘Finding Your Passion’

"You don't go and start companies based on where you have passion; you find a problem that you think you can solve."

13.08.2024 3

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Tech CEOs and Finance Moguls at Sun Valley 2024: So Far in Photos

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg and her husband, Tom Bernthal, arrive at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2024. Kevork...

10.07.2024 5

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SpaceX’s Valuation Tops $200B, Signs $1B NASA Contract to Remove ISS

SpaceX's private-market valuation has soared from $36 billion in early 2020 to where it is today.

27.06.2024 3

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This A.I. Startup Founded by Ex-Meta Researchers Could Change Biology Forever

EvolutionaryScale, an A.I. biotech startup founded by a group of former Meta researchers, today (June 25) came out of stealth mode and released a...

25.06.2024 20

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Larry Ellison Says Oracle Is Building Huge Data Centers as A.I. Deals Proliferate

Oracle yesterday (June 11) announced a pair of cloud deals with Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI to broaden the availability of...

12.06.2024 4

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SpaceX Test Launches Mars-Colonizing Starship For the 4th Time: Videos

SpaceX today (June 6) launched the fourth orbital test of Starship and achieved several important goals set out by CEO Elon Musk, marking another...

06.06.2024 4

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Elon Musk Shares Unconventional Views on Future Jobs, Biden’s 100% Chinese EV Tariffs

"If you want to do a job that’s kind of like a hobby, you can do a job."

24.05.2024 20

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Retirement Timetable Isn’t Perpetually 5 Years Anymore

The CEO of the largest bank in America may be retiring within the next few years. Answering a question about succession planning at JPMorgan Chase...

21.05.2024 20

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Gets FDA Green Light to Implant Brain Chips in More Humans

Neuralink, the brain-computer interface startup led by Elon Musk, has achieved another milestone as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave a...

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OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs 6 Months After Failed Sam Altman Ouster

Sutskever's job security has been a topic of speculation on social media since Altman was reinstated CEO last November.

15.05.2024 20

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GameStop Co-founder Gary Kusin Says He’s Not Surprised By the Meme Stock Frenzy At All

GameStop co-founder Gary Kusin compares GameStop's loyal customers with Taylor Swift fans.

13.05.2024 40

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Steve Huffman Says Reddit’s ‘Real People’ Content Is Increasingly Valuable in the Era of A.I.

Reddit surprised Wall Street with its first quarterly earnings report as a public company.

08.05.2024 20

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What Warren Buffett Really Thinks of A.I. and Investing in the Tech

At Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)’s annual shareholder meeting on Saturday (May 4), the investing conglomerate’s chairman Warren Buffett shared a...

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Warren Buffett to Host Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting with Succession in Focus

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04.05.2024 20

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Turnaround Plan, Explained

Massive layoffs, rescinding internship offers, a surprise visit to China…Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has been making a series of unusual and swift...

02.05.2024 20

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One of the Most Coveted Banking Jobs In the World Is Up for Grabs

The British bank HSBC today (April 30) announced that its CEO Noel Quinn is stepping down without naming a clear successor, leaving one of the...

30.04.2024 9

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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...

23.04.2024 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 30

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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 7

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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 4

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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...

05.03.2024 30

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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...

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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 10

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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 10

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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 20

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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 9

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 9

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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 8

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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 60

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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 4

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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 9

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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 20

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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 20

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