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How Whatnot’s founders turned 100 investor rejections into an $20 billion live-shopping rocket ship
Retail
How Whatnot’s founders turned 100 investor rejections into an $20 billion live-shopping rocket ship
By Sarah GlodekAugust 7, 2026
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Success
DoorDash CEO Tony Xu once thought his $87 billion company would only make $100 million. He tells founders to be ‘greedy’ and dream bigger
By Emma BurleighAugust 4, 2026
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Success
Sam Altman reveals the investing advice billionaire Peter Thiel gave him that helped him amass a $3.3 billion net worth without OpenAI equity
By Preston ForeAugust 3, 2026
SpaceX’s record IPO is helping spur a new wave of startups aiming for orbit and opening a vast new market beyond Earth
Startups & Venture
SpaceX’s record IPO is helping spur a new wave of startups aiming for orbit and opening a vast new market beyond Earth
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 2, 2026
Y Combinator‑backed AI startup is under fire after its founder offered instant interviews to partygoers who got company tattoos, then apologized
Startups & Venture
Y Combinator‑backed AI startup is under fire after its founder offered instant interviews to partygoers who got company tattoos, then apologized
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 31, 2026
Cursor’s 25-year-old CEO is a former Google intern who just cemented a $60 billion deal with SpaceX
AI
Cursor’s 25-year-old CEO is a former Google intern who just cemented a $60 billion deal with SpaceX
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJune 16, 2026
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Startups & Venture
Exclusive: Voice AI startup Bland raises $50 million after being rejected by 180 investors
By Lily Mae LazarusJune 16, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg
Success
Just like Gen Z, a young Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says
By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026
Famed startup incubator Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins
Crypto
Famed startup incubator Y Combinator will let founders receive funds in stablecoins
By Ben WeissFebruary 3, 2026
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman
Success
Reddit’s CEO has just become a billionaire—a staggering 20 years after co-founding the company fresh out of college with $12,000
By Emma BurleighNovember 3, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Success
OpenAI may soon be the most valuable private company—but Sam Altman’s net worth won’t jolt, as the CEO holds no equity and makes just $76,001 a year
By Emma BurleighAugust 21, 2025
Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work
Newsletters
Exclusive: Two MIT dropouts raised $21 million for their AI startup that does legacy businesses’ grunt work
By Emma HinchliffeAugust 14, 2025
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Success
Tech CEO slams college entrepreneurship programs for ‘teaching you to lie’—he warns Gen Z that ‘faking it till you make it’ could land them in jail
By Preston ForeJuly 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk stand next to a Tesla Cybertruck on the South Portico of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Newsletters
Tesla’s Cybertruck just can’t catch a break
By Andrew NuscaMarch 17, 2025
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Newsletters
Exclusive: Model ML, a financial research startup automating Wall Street’s grunt work, emerges from stealth 
By Sage LazzaroFebruary 6, 2025
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By Jason MaAugust 7, 2026
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By The Associated PressAugust 5, 2026
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By Eva RoytburgAugust 7, 2026
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