Snap’s CEO Says This One Trait Is ‘the X Factor’ for Entrepreneurs
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says anyone looking to follow in his entrepreneurial footsteps should develop their creativity, especially in the age of AI.
The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This battery recycling company is now cleaning up AI data centers In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small…
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Vertical farming company Plenty files for bankruptcy after raising nearly $1B
Vertical farming company Plenty has filed for bankruptcy, the company said in a press release on Monday. In its statement, Plenty said it has received a commitment for $20.7 million in debtor-in-possession financing as part of a proposed restructuring plan. It plans to continue to operate a strawberry farm in Virginia and a plant science […]
French VC firm Founders Future plans US expansion
Founders Future, a Paris-based VC firm with €300 million in assets under management (around $324 million at current exchange rates), is opening up the capital of the holding company that manages Founders Future’s funds and Sowefund. The company has sold a 25% stake in the holding company to MACSF, the Dassault family, CMA CGM Group […]
‘Money Is Pouring In’: President Donald Trump Announces Hyundai, Other Companies Investing Billions in U.S.
At the White House on Monday, Trump announced that Hyundai is investing $20 billion in the U.S.
The Trump administration planned Yemen strikes in an unauthorized Signal chat
The Trump administration’s national security leaders accidentally included the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, in a chat on Signal discussing confidential plans to attack Yemen’s Houthis. “I could not believe that the national-security leadership of the United States would communicate on Signal about imminent war plans,” Goldberg wrote of the March 15 messages, which […]
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Confront Underperforming Employees With Confidence By Following This Guide to Effective Accountability
Are you struggling to hold employees accountable without creating conflict? This guide will show you how to confront underperformance with confidence, ensuring clear expectations, productive conversations and a stronger, more accountable team.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Says There’s One Trait That Contributes ‘an Embarrassing Amount’ to Being Successful
Jassy succeeded founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s CEO in 2021.
Passion-Driven vs. Purpose-Driven Businesses — What’s the Difference, and Why Does It Matter?
Passion and purpose are both powerful forces in entrepreneurship, but they are not the same.
Fair-code pioneer n8n raises $60M for AI-powered workflow automation
Developer tooling is changing rapidly with AI. So companies that are making it easier to adopt AI in their workflows are seeing a boom of attention. After a startup called n8n (pronounced “enay-ten”) pivoted its workflow automation platform to become more AI-friendly in 2022, it said it saw its revenues increase 5X, doubling in the […]