Human Capital as a Competitive Moat in the Age of A.I. Agents
The use of A.I. agents is becoming increasingly widespread. A recent Cloudera survey of IT leaders across 14 countries found that 56 percent had deployed such tools in the past two years, and 96 percent intended to increase their usage of A.I. agents within the next 12 months. With the promise of speedier, more efficient…
Taktile CEO Maik Taro Wehmeyer Takes A.I. to Wall Street in Bold Lobster Stunt
When searching for a way to unite A.I. and Wall Street, Maik Taro Wehmeyer, CEO of A.I. financial services firm Taktile, decided to go literal. Earlier this week, Taktile placed a 300-pound statue of a lobster—a symbol now associated with A.I. due to the OpenClaw agents popularized on Moltbook—in front of Wall Street’s famed Charging…
How Regulatory Fragmentation Is Reshaping A.I. Startups
For most of the last decade, startups have treated regulation as a downstream problem to address only after achieving product-market fit. In A.I., however, that assumption is now outdated. A.I. regulation is diverging sharply across regions, presenting a landscape that is fragmented and often confusing. The European Union has moved decisively toward a prescriptive, risk-based…
Diane Warren has been nominated 17 times for Best Original Song. Why hasn’t she won yet?
At the Academy Awards on Sunday, we will either see one of the longest losing streaks of all time come to an end or see history being made. Songwriter Diane Warren never won an Oscar for Best Original Song, despite being nominated so many times. If she doesn’t clinch it again, she will be 0…
Big Tech’s $650 Billion Bet on A.I. Infrastructure
The companies building the most capable A.I. models in 2026 are running out of electricity, cooling capacity, chips and the cables connecting them. According to Bridgewater, giants like Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft are set to invest a combined $650 billion into A.I.-related capital spending in 2026 (up from $410 billion in 2025). These are…
Yann LeCun’s Paris A.I. Startup AMI Labs Raises Record $1B Seed Round
In November, Yann LeCun left Meta after 12 years over disagreements with Mark Zuckerberg over the future of A.I. Frustrated with the limitations of large language models (LLMs), the French computer scientist founded AMI Labs, a Paris-based startup focused on developing “world models.” The startup announced today (March 10) that it has raised $1 billion…
Meta Alum Mina Fahmi’s Sandbar Raises $23M to Redefine A.I. Wearable Tech
Mina Fahmi was working as a program manager at Meta when he became enthralled by the advent of large language models. But while he was exhilarated by A.I.’s rapid progress, something about his interactions with the technology didn’t feel quite right. Fahmi wanted to be able to talk through ideas effortlessly while walking around New…
Palmer Luckey’s Nostalgic Gaming Side Hustle Is About to Become a Unicorn
One might know Palmer Luckey as the 33-year-old CEO of Anduril, the defense tech company with close ties to the U.S. government, or as the prodigy who sold Oculus VR to Facebook at just 21. Luckey’s entrepreneurial journey began even earlier—with ModRetro, a venture he launched as a teenager in Long Beach that has grown from…
This smoky lentil sloppy joes packs in the plant-based protein and demands napkins
By ROBIN ARZON This recipe is from the “I Love Sandwiches” chapter in my cookbook “Eat to Hustle.” The chapter is basically my love letter to road-trip food made healthier — inspired by fast-food classics, gas-station gems, and deli-counter staples that I thought I’d never get to eat again after going vegan. Related Articles If…
If you’re struggling to lose weight, could chilling your carbs help?
By J.M. HIRSCH Online influencers claim the secret to low-calorie rice, pasta and potatoes may be as simple as chilling out. Are they right? Not quite. But a small yet solid body of science does suggest that chilling these carbohydrate-rich foods after cooking them still could help people slim down. For several years, wellness and…
