Chris Johnston

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Johnston |Lindsay Dodgson |Henry Blodget

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura McDonough, 38, the founder of L. Rose Recruiting, who is based in Winter Park, Florida. The following has been edited for length and clarity. When the pandemic hit, I was working full time as a talent acquisition manager for a tech company that made hotel software. As you can imagine, hotels weren't exactly thriving, so some of us were let go. I was six months pregnant with my daughter at the time, and really unsure what was going to happen.

6 days ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Johnston |Theron Mohamed |Henry Blodget

Howard Marks' memos are considered must-reads by many in the financial world, including Warren Buffett. Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, helped write a chunk of his latest missive. Marks, the billionaire co-founder and co-chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, has been writing memos for 35 years and turns 80 next year. That makes it perhaps a little surprising that he's drafted in a machine as a contributor.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Johnston |Nora Redmond |Henry Blodget

Telegram cofounder and CEO Pavel Durov said all of his 100-plus children will get a slice of his billions — eventually. The boss of the messaging platform told French outlet Le Point that he's the "official father" of six children from three partners, and has more than 100 offspring in 12 countries after donating his sperm. "I make no difference between my children. There are those who were conceived naturally and those who come from my sperm donations," Durov said.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Johnston |Nora Redmond |Henry Blodget

Clients have complete confidentiality over the contents of their safe. However, Sewnarain has an idea of the most common items stored based on what some have said. "I think the core assets in the vault are first the physical gold, silver, and platinum, followed by very high-value jewelry and diamonds and watches," he said. Sewnarain said some clients will store documents such as wills, business papers, letters of wishes, and legal contracts.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Chris Johnston |Pete Syme |Henry Blodget

Archer Aviation is considering creating an AI flight manual for its air taxis, its CEO told Business Insider. "We look at using AI and LLMs [large language models] to help simplify things," Adam Goldstein said in an interview at the Paris Air Show this week. "So, we can look at anything from a flight manual — which may be quite complex, that you can query and ask questions — to internal tools to help us move faster.