Say hello to the new class of AI jobs
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Pitching billionaire VC Tim Draper can feel cold as ice
Famed investor Tim Draper said he took "52 pitches in 52 minutes" while sitting in an ice bath below 40 degrees. "Welcome to my office," he joked.
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BCG trained an AI agent on the worst things salespeople do
Boston Consulting Group has an AI agent called Jamie who's trained on its top salespeople, and also their worst behaviors, decision, and interactions.
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GitLab employees are the latest to face layoffs limbo. Read the CEO's memo about restructuring 'openly.'
GitLab's CEO told employees the restructuring means layoffs, flatter structure, smaller teams, and AI agents everywhere.
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Anthropic's Daniela Amodei shares her cofounder test: 'Go on vacation together'
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei shared her tips for picking a good cofounder. She recommended sharing a room while traveling first.
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This AI-pilled CEO's memo cutting over 21% of the company is a prime example of the new layoffs playbook
DeepL laid off 250 employees. CEO Jarek Kutylowski's memo referenced AI, smaller teams, fewer layers, and founder mode.
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GameStop is hiring someone to handle CEO Ryan Cohen's home renovations. The company says he'll pay them personally.
GameStop is seeking a disciplined operator to handle "personal and household" matters for CEO Ryan Cohen.
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'Forward deployed AI accelerator' is the latest job title of the AI era. It pays up to $198k a year.
Stripe posted a job listing for a "Forward Deployed AI Accelerator" on its marketing team, earning up to $198k.
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is all smiles in first televised interview since bizarre CNBC appearance
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen smiled and laughed through his Fox Business interview. It was less awkward and combative than with CNBC the prior day.
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Most CEOs say boards are too trigger-happy on AI transformation, a survey found
More than 60% of CEOs felt their boards were "rushing" AI transformation in their companies, according to a new survey of 625 business leaders by BCG.
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Y Combinator's guide to being an AI-native company: tokenmaxx, don't headcountmaxx
In Y Combinator's "Startup School," partner Diana Hu advocated for startups to begin tokenmaxxing — with leaner staff.
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Kids need these 3 things to thrive in the AI era, futurist Peter Diamandis says
Author and podcaster Peter Diamandis said that children must find their purpose, be curious, and embrace the right mindset to succeed in the AI age.
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McKinsey says clients are getting $3 back for every $1 spent on AI: 'Not too shabby.'
McKinsey says AI investment is starting to yield monetary returns for companies.
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A billionaire NBA team owner is replacing cushy courtside life with a hardcore business grindset
The NBA is known for its perks. New Portland Trail Blazers owner and businessman Tom Dundon is testing how many he can cut.
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AI is igniting a love affair between Silicon Valley and the consulting industry
Consulting firms and AI startups are suddenly inseparable.
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Meta employees face a slow-swinging axe and a tough choice: hustle or job hunt
Meta's lengthy heads up about looming layoffs raises the thorny question: Should employees keep grinding for a job they might lose?
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Target is ordering 150 of its remote workers to relocate to its Minneapolis HQ
Target is mandating that 150 remote workers in its merchandising team relocate to Minneapolis, as the retailer works to turn the business around.
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Office AI leaderboards are here. Tell us if you think they're fun or fraught
Companies tracking employee AI usage could incentivize "tokenmaxxing" to climb the ranks. Is a rivalry brewing in your office?
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Tim Cook had bold visions for Apple. See which ones came true.
From augmented reality to Apple's role in health, Tim Cook had grand visions for the company. Some came true, while others were never fully realized.
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Red Lobster 'Endless Shrimp' revival brings back servers' bad memories
Former Red Lobster staffers told Business Insider they dreaded the all-you-can-eat promotion.
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New Apple CEO John Ternus is inheriting a pressure cooker
Incoming CEO John Ternus is stepping into Tim Cook's shoes at a time when Apple is looking to prove it can still innovate and stay competitive in AI.
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Read Tim Cook's farewell letter reflecting on his time at Apple
"This is not goodbye," outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote. "But at this moment of transition, I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you."
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The biggest question for Apple's new CEO: Does he need an iPhone for the AI era?
Apple's new boss-to-be's future may already be set — by decisions current CEO Tim Cook has made about AI.
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Meta CTO says he feels stressed out 4-5 times a year — and he knows the 'trigger'
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said stress is a "useful signal" for identifying "important work" — and reprioritizing "urgent stuff that's being noisy."
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What Warren Buffett's successor Greg Abel can learn from Tim Cook about following an iconic CEO
Greg Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO this year, can learn from Tim Cook's leadership of Apple since Steve Jobs' death.
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Reed Hastings is leaving Netflix. These are 3 of the biggest takeaways from his leadership book.
Hastings, who is stepping down from Netflix's board, had some controversial ideas about leadership — but they helped make Netflix into a giant.
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Box CEO says he looks at a Slack channel to see who is using AI the most — not a token leaderboard
Box CEO Aaron Levie told Business Insider that tokenmaxxing was a "fun, novel thing." His company tracks token usage, but doesn't have a leaderboard.
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Mark Zuckerberg moved his desk and is coding again, Meta president says
"I think he feels so strongly that he has to understand it at that level," Meta's president said about Zuckerberg's work with the AI team.
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Would recording every meeting make the world a better place? This hedge fund cofounder thinks so
Coatue Management's cofounder likes the idea of analyzing meetings to flag worrying behavior, though he acknowledged it would likely hurt morale.
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'Tokenmaxxing' has techies debating if leaderboards tracking AI token use are a good idea
Some engineers are "tokenmaxxing," or spending as many AI tokens as possible. But are leaderboards tracking token use the answer?
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McKinsey's new AI leadership playbook: flatten teams and move faster
McKinsey and other consulting firms are using AI to streamline management structures — what some call The Great Flattening.
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Jack Dorsey says he wants 6,000 Block employees reporting straight to him
Jack Dorsey is waging a war on middle managers. He said his "ideal case" was personally managing all 6,000 Block employees.
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Former Amazon VP shares the brutal reality about promotions: Pushy people win
Ethan Evans, a former Amazon vice president, says "pushy" employees are more likely to be promoted or spared in layoffs.
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The king of love: How Spencer Rascoff reshaped Tinder — and our dating lives
In just over a year, Spencer Rascoff has radically transformed how Tinder operates. He shared his strategy with Business Insider.
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Anduril president says defense tech companies have to 'create a monopoly' to survive
Anduril president Matthew Steckman said that there were only one or two programs per category. "If you capture them, you have a business," he said.
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This simple phrase can get you up to 20% more in compensation, according to a negotiation coach
Jacob Warwick, an executive negotiation coach, advises clients to negotiate their salary — even in a challenging job market.
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Paul Graham says Mark Zuckerberg taught him the importance of small talk: 'He would just stare at you'
Paul Graham said that Mark Zuckerberg could not do small talk in his early days. "This was before he learned to imitate a normal person," he said.
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Marc Andreessen said he practices 'zero' introspection. The internet had a field day.
Marc Andreessen said he practices introspection "as little as possible." Social media lit up with debate and memes as the VC posted through it.
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JCPenney's brand CEO says she wears its fashions from 'head to toe' and hands out gift cards to surprised shoppers
JCPenney's Michelle Wlazlo is leaning hard into the retailer's collection of in-house brands to offer shoppers more style for their dollars.
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What it's like to interview with Travis Kalanick, according to the CEO himself
When hiring, the former Uber CEO said he looks for good employees with "no judgment on what it is we need to get done."
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Tinder wants you to meet people offline. Its CEO tells us it's responding to 'changing consumer tastes.'
Tinder has a slew of new products for 2026, including offline events. CEO Spencer Rascoff said the company couldn't "put our heads in the sand."
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Inside the Steve Jobs meeting style that Apple still uses
David Pogue's new book on Apple reveals how Steve Jobs' meeting strategy and leadership style cultivated the tech giant's collaborative culture.
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AI agents are upending the company org chart
As a torrent of AI agents enter the workforce, consulting firms are predicting a new "Great Flattening" of the corporate management structure.
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From price hikes to working with chip brokers, Framework's CEO tells us how he's navigating the memory shortage
PC startup Framework raised prices multiple times as memory has became more expensive, which impacted demand, its CEO told Business Insider.
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Block employee says the company dangled a 75% pay raise to get her to stay after layoffs — but she decided to quit
"I saw my company discard half of my peers and double my pay," the former Block employee wrote. "That's not an honor. It feels shameful."
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OpenAI's chairman explains why he prefers to write his board meeting prep without the help of AI
Bret Taylor says there's value in writing up meeting prep the old-fashioned way, without AI — and you should take the time to make it concise, too.
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I've been selling on Amazon for a year. After storage fees bled me dry, I'm pivoting my e-comm strategy away from it.
A year since launching an e-comm company, I haven't cracked the Amazon code, and the learning curve has gotten expensive.
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What's it like to work for Elon Musk? X's product head describes small, flat teams with weekly reviews from Musk himself
"Everyone has an incredible amount of agency," said X product head Nikita Bier. "We come up with an idea, we build it in a week, and it's out."
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Jake Paul says Sam Altman taught him the value of a 15-minute meeting
Jake Paul said that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who he bonded with over "fast cars," taught him to be "hella productive" with meetings.
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