Leena Rao
US Tech Executive Editor at Business Insider
Technology reporter, foodie, fashion-obsessed, wife, mom, married to @suneel.
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3 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Julia Hornstein |Henry Blodget
As the Trump administration and Silicon Valley work hand-in-hand to integrate more tech into the military, Onebrief, which makes an AI-powered platform that helps military planners build and coordinate complex operational plans, is the latest startup to benefit from the defense tech boom. The Honolulu-based startup raised a $20 million Series C extension in June, led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to over $120 million and pushing its valuation past $1 billion.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Monica Melton |Rosalie Chan |Hugh Langley
Recent years of rolling layoffs in tech have some Gen Z tech workers stressed — but not deterred. "I feel like everyone feels a bit stressed that there are layoffs," said Merc Heredia-Ferran, a 26-year-old brand marketer at Google who joined the company last year. "I get sent articles that Google laid off people that I didn't even know about, like I'm reading that in the news."The job market has hit Gen Z hard.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Gabby Landsverk |Henry Blodget
Billionaire Mark Walter, CEO of asset manager and brokerage firm Guggenheim Partners and a major investor in pro sports, has signed on to buy the LA Lakers for a record-high $10 billion, according to ESPN. Walter has been a stakeholder in the franchise since 2021, when he bought a 26% share and received the right of first refusal for the majority share, ESPN reported.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Melia Russell |Henry Blodget
After months of corporate courtship and NDA-flavored flirtation, LexisNexis and legal startup Harvey are finally putting a label on it: they've launched a "strategic alliance."The partnership lets Harvey users who also subscribe to LexisNexis access its deep trove of legal content and citations directly within Harvey's app — a hookup that strengthens Harvey's claim as the go-to provider of legal software. The integration launches later this year.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Eugene Kim |Henry Blodget
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told employees Tuesday that AI will shrink the company's corporate white-collar workforce over the next few years, citing "efficiency gains" as the driving force. Amazon employees weren't having it. Across internal Slack channels, Amazon's white-collar workers tore into Jassy's message, taking aim at his leadership and unapologetic push for AI, according to messages seen by Business Insider.
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