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Uber cofounder says AI means some consultants are in 'big trouble'

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget

Travis Kalanick joked about a future where you "push a button, get a consultant." REUTERS/Robert Galbraith 2025-04-14T11:41:27Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Travis Kalanick says AI will replace consultants who are just executing tasks.
AI Is Bringing a Vibe Shift to How Investors Think About Founders

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Riddhi Kanetkar |Henry Blodget

AI is changing what it means to be a technical founder. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images 2025-04-14T07:30:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Vibe coding is shaking up the skills investors are prioritizing in founders they might fund.
Trump Signs Executive Order Pushing for Coal to Power AI

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Riddhi Kanetkar |Henry Blodget

Trump, encircled by a group of miners, signed an executive order to revive the US coal industry. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images 2025-04-09T12:23:12Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Trump has signed an executive order to revive coal, partly to meet AI power demand in the US.
Fintech startup Ryft just raised $7.3 million to help marketplaces split payments. Here's its pitch deck.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget

Ryft's cofounders, Sadra Hosseini and Alex Mackenzie. Ryft 2025-04-09T05:00:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Ryft just raised $7.3 million in Series A to scale its payment infrastructure platform.
OpenAI's former chief research officer joins Mira Murati's AI startup

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Jyoti Mann |Henry Blodget

Mira Murati left OpenAI in September 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images 2025-04-08T13:40:28Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . OpenAI's ex-chief research officer quietly joined Mira Murati's AI startup as an advisor, per its website.
AI is making work better — and messier. Early research suggests who's thriving, who's not, and why.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget

Workers are adapting to AI, and some leaders are struggling to keep up. Dmytro Betsenko/Getty, visualspace/Getty, Westend61/Getty, Jetta Productions Inc/Getty, PM Images/Getty, tirc83/Getty, svetikd/Getty, Ava Horton/BI 2025-04-08T11:24:16Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
These agentic AI startups raised a combined $52 million. Here's a look at their decks — and what made them stand out.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Riddhi Kanetkar |Henry Blodget

Agentic AI is one of the hottest terms in tech right now. iStock 2025-04-08T09:31:13Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Agentic AI startups are attracting significant investor interest and raising notable funding rounds.
Sam Altman defends AI art after Studio Ghibli backlash, calling it a 'net win' for society

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Effie Webb |Henry Blodget

A Ghibli-style image of Sam Altman, created using OpenAI's image generator. Effie Webb/OpenAI's 4o tool 2025-04-07T16:56:09Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Sam Altman says AI means more people can now create art — and that's a "net win" for society.
Apple just won a bid to stop its UK privacy case from being held completely in secret

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Hasan Chowdhury |Henry Blodget

Apple is embroiled in a legal battle with the UK government over its iPhone privacy feature. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 2025-04-07T13:22:12Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Apple has overcome a request from UK government to keep its legal battle over iPhone data secret.
We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck voice intelligence startup PyannoteAI used to raise $9 million

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Robert Scammell |Riddhi Kanetkar |Henry Blodget

PyannoteAI cofounders Hervé Bredin and Vincent Molina. PyannoteAI. 2025-04-07T10:33:34Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . PyannoteAI has raised $9 million to make voice transcriptions clearer with AI. The startup's AI model can be used for tasks such as audio indexing and dubbing.

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Articles

Uber cofounder says AI means some consultants are in 'big trouble'

AI Is Bringing a Vibe Shift to How Investors Think About Founders

Trump Signs Executive Order Pushing for Coal to Power AI

Fintech startup Ryft just raised $7.3 million to help marketplaces split payments. Here's its pitch deck.

OpenAI's former chief research officer joins Mira Murati's AI startup

AI is making work better — and messier. Early research suggests who's thriving, who's not, and why.

These agentic AI startups raised a combined $52 million. Here's a look at their decks — and what made them stand out.

Sam Altman defends AI art after Studio Ghibli backlash, calling it a 'net win' for society

Apple just won a bid to stop its UK privacy case from being held completely in secret

We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck voice intelligence startup PyannoteAI used to raise $9 million

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