Marc Lore says that AI will soon enable anyone open a restaurant
Wonder wants to turn its robotic kitchens into AI-powered “restaurant factories,” letting anyone spin up a virtual food brand with a prompt.
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15 Things About Running A Small Business in 2026 That Are The Same as 2006
A lot has changed in business over the past 20 years — but the real value often lies in understanding what hasn’t, and why those constants still shape performance today.
Nuro receives driverless testing permit ahead of Uber robotaxi service launch
The Silicon Valley AV startup has not started driverless testing yet.
The 3 Questions I Use to Audit My Leadership — and Keep My Team Moving Forward
Most leaders don’t realize where their impact is breaking down — until it’s too late. Here’s a simple way to see it in real time.
Public Relations Has Become Machine Relations — Most Founders Have No Idea What This Means
AI now decides whether your earned media gets surfaced, cited or ignored. Here is why founders need to rethink PR strategy right now.
The New Security Risk Every Business Using AI Needs to Know About (and How to Protect Yourself)
Executives who underestimate the risks of autonomous systems are leaving their organizations exposed to the fastest-growing attack vector in the enterprise.
Your Employees Know What Phishing Looks Like. They’re Still Getting Fooled. Here’s Why.
AI phishing works because it exploits the way people communicate at work. Fixing it requires security teams and communications leaders working together.
Why Your Brand Needs to Start Using Real Photos, Not Generic Imagery
Here’s how to invest in custom visuals and turn that content into years of stronger engagement, trust and brand differentiation.
SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw
SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers’ agents use to a select few like Nvidia’s NemoClaw.
Bumble’s paying users are slipping as it bets on an overhaul later this year
Paid users fell 21% compared to the same quarter last year. CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd described this as a ‘deliberate’ shift.