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…
A.I. Adoption Without Literacy Is a Governance Risk
As companies race to embed A.I. into their operations, the governance debate has stalled in the wrong place. Regulators deliberate over mandates, policymakers debate guardrails and developers argue over technical controls. These questions are important, but they overlook the most immediate driver of responsible A.I. governance: the people using these systems every day. Without investing…
Beef prices are high. This butcher has suggestions
By Sono Motoyama, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — The price of ground beef has gone up 51% since February 2020. In the past year, the U.S. has seen record low cattle numbers because of drought over the past few years. Tariffs on imports, rising input costs and cattle disease have also put pressure on beef prices….
How Pickle’s Brian McMahon and Julia O’Mara Are Building the Airbnb of Clothing
In Pickle’s early days, founders Brian McMahon and Julia O’Mara racked up more than 4,000 subway rides across New York City, hand-delivering rented clothes to early users of their peer-to-peer fashion app. The grind paid off. Today, Pickle says one in four female Manhattan residents aged 18 to 25 has used the platform, which has…
Crypto Has Been Renting Access to the Financial System. Kraken Just Bought In.
For over a decade, every crypto exchange moved dollars the same way. Funds went through a partner bank that sat between the platform and the actual payment system. That bank charged fees for the privilege, introduced settlement delays and could exit the relationship whenever regulatory pressure mounted. The arrangement worked well enough during bull markets….
