Lauren Steussy

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Lauren Steussy |Ana Altchek |Henry Blodget

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Morgan Brown, Dropbox's VP of product and growth for AI products. The following has been edited for length and clarity. We're sitting at a really interesting time. My first job was at a tech startup in 1999 during the dot-com boom, and the world was changing incredibly fast.

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Lauren Steussy |Sarah Perkel |Henry Blodget

Jack Clark, the cofounder of Anthropic, "a lot" of parents will want an AI teddy bear to help entertain their kids — himself included. "I think most parents, if they could acquire a well-meaning friend that could provide occasional entertainment to their child when their child is being very trying, they would probably do it," he said on an episode of the Conversations with Tyler podcast that posted last week.

3 days ago | businessinsider.com | Lauren Steussy |Kelsey Vlamis |Henry Blodget

Canadians' US-travel boycott hasn't shown signs of slowing down. Canadian residents returning from the US, either by car or by plane, was down more in April than any other month this year, according to data released Monday by the Canadian government. Together the car and plane returns marked the sharpest year-over-year declines since Canadians started boycotting US travel earlier this year, citing President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods and comments on making Canada the 51st US state.

5 days ago | businessinsider.com | Lauren Steussy |Erin Snodgrass |Henry Blodget

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jenny Jing Zhu, 51, New Jersey-based founder and CEO of Lush Decor, a digital home decor company. She shared with Business Insider the challenges of starting a business in an uncertain time and how she overcame it. BI has verfied her company information. When I started Lush Decor in 2008, I was quietly going through the toughest time in my life. The economy was collapsing. I was on the brink of divorce.

5 days ago | businessinsider.com | Lauren Steussy |Kelsey Vlamis |Henry Blodget

Even as travel demand has softened, one group is spending their way through the economic uncertainty: the wealthy. Rich Americans have continued to spend on travel and other products even as others are cutting back, with airlines such as United and Delta reporting strong demand for premium bookings despite a broader slowdown in domestic travel demand. Major hotel brands like Hilton and Hyatt have also reported resilience in the luxury sector.