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A 26,000-Pound Truck Full of Doritos Is Heading to Walmart. Nobody Is Behind the Wheel.
PepsiCo's 41 autonomous trucks have hit a 99% on-time delivery rate with zero accidents. The Teamsters union is not happy about it.
News and Trends
Buying a Franchise
He Gave Up Medical School to Make Better Ice Cream in His Parents’ Garage. Now He Has 16 Locations and $6.8 Million in Annual Sales.
Danny Golik built a machine named Lola that flash-freezes orders in under six minutes. CEO David Leonardo is now scaling it nationwide.
Business News
How Today’s Tough Job Market Could Haunt Recent Graduates for Years
Young graduates are entering the toughest hiring climate since the pandemic.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
‘Chat Is Dead’: OpenAI Plans to Relaunch a Version of ChatGPT That Prioritizes Agents Over Answers
With an IPO looming in the future, the chatbot that started the AI boom is getting its biggest overhaul since its launch.
Business News
Are Billionaires Done Investing In AI Startups? Here’s the Surprising Thing They’re Betting On Instead.
Goldman Sachs says 25% of family offices already invest in sports. Another 25% want in. A $225 million pickleball deal explains why.
Business News
Kevin O’Leary Said Demands to Shrink His Utah Data Center Were ‘Outrageous.’ Now He’s Admitting He ‘Screwed Up.’
After facing fierce public opposition over environmental concerns, O'Leary agreed to cut the project's developed land by 75%.
Tech
4 AI Prompts That Tripled a One-Person Business’s Revenue in 12 Months (No Team, No Funding, No Guessing)
Find the AI prompt that could triple your revenue this year.
By Ben Angel
Business News
Small Business Owners Are Now Overseeing Entire Teams of AI Agents. Here’s What the New Technology Can Do.
Small business owners are shifting from using AI as a tool to managing it as a workforce, with AI agents handling core operations like customer service.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Mark Cuban Tells Recent Graduates to ‘Start Your Job Search’ At This Kind of Company
These businesses already account for roughly half of net job creation in recent years.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
Arby’s Was Written Off. Then This Investor Rescued It. Now He Wants to Do the Same Thing for Pizza Hut.
The private equity firm circling Pizza Hut turned Arby's into a $20 billion empire. Now it wants another comeback story.
Business News
Airbnb’s Brian Chesky Passed on OpenAI — Now He’s Quietly Building His Own AI Company
The Airbnb founder has said AI chatbots aren't robust enough for the travel industry. So he's building a company to deliver what he needs.
Business News
US Tech Layoffs Hit a Two-Year High in May. But There’s a Catch: ‘The Labor Market Is Being Reshaped’
AI is the leading reason for job cuts, with 38,242 positions eliminated in May. But the full picture is more complicated than it looks.
Business News
Zoom and Google Already Had This Product. But He Built It Anyway and Hit $1.5 Billion: ‘Care More About Your Particular Problem’
Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in a market that Zoom and Google already owned. His secret had nothing to do with technology.
Business News
This Common ‘Negative Perception’ Is Holding Back New Graduates, Says a Top Deloitte Executive
The majority of college students use AI regularly, according to a new poll.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
McDonald’s Is Launching Its Biggest-Ever Global Campaign. The Secret Weapon Is a Paper Cup.
The Golden Arches are putting World Cup royalty on collectible cups to drive repeat traffic all summer long.
Business News
Meta Moves Forward With Its Controversial Plan to Track Employees — But There’s a Way Out
Over 1,500 Meta employees signed a petition opposing the tracking system, which monitors keystrokes and mouse activity.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
SpaceX Is About to Break the Biggest IPO Record in History With a $1.77 Trillion Valuation: ‘More Than Every U.S. IPO Combined in the Last Two Years’
Trading begins on the Nasdaq next week under the ticker SPCX, and Anthropic and OpenAI are already warming up in the on-deck circle.
Business News
Nvidia CEO Says He Uses a Simple Philosophy to Decide How Much He Pays Workers
The AI boom has turned several Nvidia executives into billionaires.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
This Startup CEO Works 7 Days a Week and Sleeps on a Mattress in the Office: ‘Most Intense Workplace Culture in America’
Employees at the startup are also expected to work seven days a week and can take a rest day "every now and then."
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
McDonald’s Rolls Out a New Growth Plan As Rivals Close In: ‘There Is No Such Thing As Second Place’
After four straight quarters of growth, McDonald's is still reinventing its menu, stores and drive-thru to keep up with the competition.
Business News
Florida Is Suing Sam Altman and OpenAI Over Public Safety Risks: ‘People Are Getting Hurt’
The Sunshine State is the first to sue OpenAI and hold its CEO personally liable, painting a damning picture of the AI arms race.
Business News
This Weather Startup Is Beating the World’s Top Forecaster. Here’s Its Unlikely Secret Weapon.
A Stanford startup sold its weather data for years. Then it figured out the one thing rivals couldn't copy.
Business News
Arianna Huffington Thinks Work-Life Balance Is the Wrong Goal — Here’s What She Says Matters Instead
Huffington said that no one with a truly “interesting job” can reliably shut their laptop down at 5 p.m. and stop thinking about work.
By Sherin Shibu
Buying a Franchise
Discounts Don’t Cut It Anymore — Here’s How One Franchise Is Upping the Loyalty-Program Game
The chicken chain is trying to stand out from the pack by offering members WWE suites, NBA seats and exclusive merch drops.
Business News
Here’s How Much the World’s Most Valuable Company Pays Staff, Including Software Engineers and Researchers
Federal filings show that the company is spending aggressively to attract and retain top talent.
By Sherin Shibu
Business News
Nvidia CEO Declares That PCs Are About to Get Their First ‘Reinvention’ in 40 Years — Here’s What’s Changing
The world's most valuable company is entering the PC chip market, partnering with Microsoft to reimagine the computer for AI.
Business News
New Survey Says AI Is Falling Woefully Short on One Big Promise — It ‘Should Be Making Executives Uncomfortable’
A new Bain & Co. survey of 951 large companies found that AI cost savings are coming in far below what executives projected.