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…
Just like generations before, Gen Z is looking to role models for career success. But instead of aspiring to be their white-collar parents, they’re clued into the growing industry of influencers. And as the creator economy continues to grow in…
Less than a year after Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale’s move to Austin during the pandemic, the venture capitalist got on the phone with the Texas capital’s then-mayor and pitched him on a deal that would transform a key part of…
Peter Thiel, the renowned tech investor and Republican megadonor, is opening up about his decision to take a step back during the 2024 election cycle. Thiel, who has said little publicly of his plans until now, told Fortune in an…