It is a situation many CEOs are familiar with. Seated at that most intimidating of tables, fixed by the steely glare of their board members, faced with the question: “So…what are we doing with AI?” Artificial intelligence has gripped the…
After a lobbying effort by comics expert Roy Schwartz, the New York City Council in December 2025 approved the naming of a block of Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington streets in honor of Jack Kirby. Comic book artist Jack…
Financial compliance can be a pretty dry affair—so much so that there are compelling business opportunities to be found for those who can help people to do less of it. One startup seizing on this opportunity is Greenboard, a platform…
U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher. The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6%…
Good morning. CFOs are increasingly involved in AI strategy. For Seun Sodipo, CFO at Plaid, the fintech startup that connects financial institutions, her coding experience has become a foundation for experimenting with large language models and AI. “AI in its…
When President Trump lands in Beijing this week, he’ll be bringing with him the might of U.S. commerce. The U.S. and Chinese leaders meet after steadily escalating tensions over the past year—including a tit-for-tat trade battle following the announcement of…
Joubin Mirzadegan will straight-up tell you: it’s boring—and that’s the point. Mirzadegan’s startup Roadrunner builds AI-native, natural-language “configure, price, quote” (or CPQ) software. And before you keep scrolling, consider: The CPQ process—the software companies use to configure what they’re selling,…
Last year, FIFA president Gianni Infantino hailed the upcoming World Cup as the equivalent of “104 Super Bowls,” quantifying just how big the sport known as football worldwide is—or, at least in comparison to America’s football version. With the average…
One evening in late 2024, Denis Shilov was watching a crime thriller when he had an idea for a prompt that would break through the safety filters of every leading AI model. The prompt was what researchers call a universal…
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft’s first chief scientific officer and one of the leading voices within the rapidly evolving sector of artificial intelligence, has spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be human. It’s now, perhaps more than…