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Emily Lyons said commas in her bank account didn’t help her feel relieved, but rather scared of losing all she had gained.

By Sydney LakeMarch 25, 2026
Faris Sbahi, CEO of Normal Computing.
Exclusive: Normal Computing raises $50M from Samsung Catalyst to tackle soaring AI chip costs and power demands
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 25, 2026
The growing problem of ‘tech addiction’ spawns a new detox economy
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 25, 2026
Origin cofounders Chris Bruce (left) and Pete Craghill.
Exclusive: AI-powered benefits platform Origin raises $30 million in fresh funding to bring CHROs visibility into benefits usage and spend
By Jeremy KahnMarch 25, 2026
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Perplexity CEO says AI layoffs aren’t so bad because people hate their jobs anyways: ‘That sort of glorious future is what we should look forward to’
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 24, 2026
The rise and uncertain future of $29 billion AI coding startup Cursor
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 24, 2026
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AINew college grad unemployment will spike to 35% in 2 years, senator warns, forcing ‘Dario, Sam’ to quit AI fear-mongering
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 25, 2026
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EconomyMark Zandi warns recession odds are creeping toward 50%, and the Iran war could launch us into economic turmoil by midyear
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 25, 2026
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EnergyTrump wrote the tariff playbook. Now Iran is using it on the world’s most important oil route.
By Eva RoytburgMarch 25, 2026
Big TechMeta and YouTube found liable in landmark child social media harm case, ordered to pay $3 million—with punitive damages still to come
By Kaitlyn Huamani, Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026
NewslettersThe ROI for AI isn’t one-size-fits-all, says data storage CTO
By John KellMarch 25, 2026
PoliticsTrump taps Zuckerberg, Huang, Ellison for tech advisory council—but excludes Musk and Altman
By Sharon GoldmanMarch 25, 2026
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Real EstateThe median first-time homebuyer is now 40. Zillow’s CEO says don’t expect that to change anytime soon
By Jake AngeloMarch 25, 2026
EuropeRishi Sunak is giving advice to CEOs on AI. Here are his golden rules
By Kamal AhmedMarch 25, 2026
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CryptoExclusive: Accounting startup Cryptio raises $45 million to help big firms keep track of digital assets
By Ben WeissMarch 12, 2026
Oro cofounders from left: Sudhir Bhojwani, Lalitha Rajagopalan, and Yuan Tung.
Startups & VentureExclusive: Oro Labs, which uses AI to streamline corporate procurement, raises $100 million
By Jeremy KahnMarch 12, 2026
AIThis startup is helping tech giants and real estate developers find land for data centers—and using its own GPU cluster to do it
By Jessica MathewsMarch 11, 2026
NewslettersExclusive: Translucent, an AI-native healthcare finance startup, raises $27 million Series A
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 11, 2026
NewslettersAnthropic’s Department of War lawsuit is even higher-stakes amid the AI boom
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 10, 2026
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Startups & VentureThis Harvard dropout took a company public before 30. Now he’s raising $205M to fix the business side of medicine
By Catherina GioinoMarch 10, 2026
SuccessMeet the millennial who turned a $400 side hustle into TikTok Shop’s biggest teeth whitening brand in the UK—now he splashes $335 a month on haircuts and lost $20K on crypto
By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 10, 2026
NewslettersRobinhood wants everyone to be able to invest in hot startups like Databricks and Ramp, but how much risk will investors take on?
By Leo SchwartzMarch 9, 2026
InvestingTo justify a $1.5 trillion market cap after its IPO, SpaceX would need to earn more than Berkshire Hathaway. Here’s why that’s unlikely
By Shawn TullyMarch 8, 2026
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SuccessThis AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’
By Emma BurleighMarch 8, 2026
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Startups & VentureBillionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts how awesome life could be in 2040—even if AI wipes out colleges and jobs
By Fortune EditorsMarch 7, 2026
SuccessRing is one of the largest companies ever to come out of Shark Tank. Its CEO says he prepared for his pitch like an Olympic athlete
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 7, 2026
Startups & VentureFebruary was the biggest month in venture history, thanks to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo in particular
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 6, 2026
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Success‘It’s just not the moment for plant-based meat right now’: Beyond Meat is just Beyond now, CEO says
By Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2026
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CommentaryAI mastered language. The physical world is next
By Nicole FraenkelMarch 6, 2026
NewslettersMeet the breakout VC who goes deep to make a ‘360-degree’ behavioral map before investing in founders
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 6, 2026
AIVenture dollars to female founders doubled to a record $73 billion last year—but Anthropic and Scale AI skewed the data
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 6, 2026
Big TechThis VC backed CrowdStrike and Anduril. His due diligence starts with your parents
By Allie GarfinkleMarch 6, 2026
AIAnthropic’s investors could be the key to ending its Pentagon standoff—but some investors have opposite views
By Jessica MathewsMarch 5, 2026
Startups & VentureSilicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla has ‘no plans to leave California’ amid billionaire tax uproar—but he has another idea to fix the wealth loophole
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 5, 2026
NewslettersExclusive: NYSE parent company invests in crypto exchange OKX at $25 billion valuation as part of push into blockchain-based stocks
By Ben WeissMarch 5, 2026
Startups & VentureExclusive: The Pentagon is committing $150M to a maritime-tech VC fund and appears to be ramping up venture deals
By Jessica MathewsMarch 5, 2026
InvestingSpaceX is poised to raise more money in its IPO than was raised in last year’s 90 IPOs combined
By Shawn TullyMarch 5, 2026
AsiaKorean startup Wrtn is on track to pass $100M in annual recurring revenue, riding a loneliness-epidemic-fueled boom in AI entertainment
By Nicholas GordonMarch 5, 2026
CryptoExclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say
By Ben Weiss and Leo SchwartzMarch 4, 2026
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CryptoExclusive: Cyclops raises $8 million to build stablecoin infrastructure for payments companies
By Carlos GarciaMarch 4, 2026
NewslettersThe French AI startup gunning for Workday, Oracle, and SAP
By Lily Mae LazarusMarch 4, 2026
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CommentaryLegal AI is splitting in two—and most people miss the difference
By David WongMarch 4, 2026
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CommentaryMillennials invented the experience economy and Gen Z is reinventing travel itself
By Nick FilatovMarch 4, 2026
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By Catherina GioinoMarch 4, 2026
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