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☆ Evertune is building marketing analytics tools for LLMs. Check out the pitch deck it used to launch from stealth with $4 million in seed funding from Eniac.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The startup offers marketing analytics tools to help brands boost their SEO on LLMs like ChatGPT. Check out the 17-slide pitch deck Evertune used to raise its $4 million seed funding round. The startup, Evertune, launched from stealth today with $4 million in seed funding, it confirmed exclusively to Business Insider. AdvertisementAt Evertune, Stempeck said that he and his co-founders, Ed Chater and Poul Costinsky, are focusing on being the leader in intersection between advertising and AI. Check out the 17-slide pitch deck Evertune used to raise its $4 million seed funding round.

Persons: Evertune, Roger Ehrenberg, —, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's, Anthropic's Claude, Brian Stempeck, Evertune's, Stempeck —, LLMs, Stempeck, Ed Chater, Poul Costinsky Organizations: Eniac Ventures, Nextview, Service, Business, New York VC, NextView Ventures, Aperiam Ventures

☆ China's Xiaomi delivers 20,000 EVs in October, just months after launching its first car
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi on Tuesday announced a sports car version of its SU7 electric sedan would begin preorders for the equivalent of more than $110,000. BEIJING — China's Xiaomi said Tuesday that it had delivered more than 20,000 SU7 EVs in October as it ramps up production for its electric car venture in a fiercely competitive market. While Xpeng delivered a monthly record of more than 20,000 cars in September, with about half the sales owed to its newly launched, lower-cost brand Mona, Nio has struggled to keep monthly deliveries above 20,000 cars. Zeekr , an electric car brand founded by automaker Geely, has claimed it produced more than 100,000 vehicles in 1.5 years. Data on other Chinese electric car companies' deliveries for October is expected Friday.

Persons: China's Xiaomi, Xiaomi, Tesla, Xpeng, Nio Organizations: BEIJING, EVs, Geely Locations: China

Define your real estate goalsWhat are you looking to gain from real estate investing, and what risks are you willing to take? REITs (real estate investment trusts)One of the best ways to start investing in real estate as a beginner is with a real estate investment trust (REIT). Real estate limited partnershipsA real estate limited partnership (RELP) provides investors with a diversified portfolio of real estate investment opportunities. Other notable real estate books worth checking out include:"The Warren Buffet Way" By Robert G. Hagstrom"The Real Estate Investor's Guide to Flipping Houses" By J. Scott"The Intelligent Investor" By Benjamin GrahamLocal real estate investment clubsConnecting with local real estate investment enthusiasts can be a great way to engage with the real estate community and expand your knowledge. FAQs about real estate investing for beginnersHow much money do I need to start investing in real estate?

Persons: Dana Bull, Chad Carson, CoachCarson.com, Equity REITs, Richard Ratner, Ratner, Bull, —, Brandon Turner, Insider's, Robert G, Scott, Benjamin Graham Organizations: Dana Bull Real Estate Consulting, Equity, Publicly, Bel Air Investment Advisors, Property, Resources, Beginners, Benjamin Graham Local Locations: Chevron, REITs

☆ Saudi Arabia is pulling back on a global spending spree to focus on its own projects
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now the Kingdom plans to cut its foreign investment to prioritize domestic spending. AI is the new focus of investment as Saudi Arabia looks to position itself as a global technology hub. AdvertisementSaudi Arabia is pulling back on its global spending spree to focus on domestic investments. In September, Saudi Arabia held the third Global AI Summit, attracting a host of high-profile leaders and dealmakers. The new focus on domestic investment comes as Saudi Arabia's spending on Neom, its futuristic megacity in the desert, hit $1 trillion.

Persons: —, Yasir Al Rumayyan, we've, Al Rumayyan, Yasir Al, Rumayyan, Hamad I Mohammed, Uber, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Service, Public Investment Fund, Future Investment, Economic, REUTERS, Investors, Saudi Press Agency, Financial Times, Saudi, AI, Bloomberg, Sindalah Locations: Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Davos, Switzerland, Neom

☆ Never mind the 60/40 portfolio. There may be a case for a 50/30/20 allocation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The case for a 50/30/20 portfolio is growing as investors seek to diversify into alternatives as a hedge against a stock and bond market that are each flashing cautionary signals. "And so, let me allocate a little bit, because instead of a 60/40, perhaps it's a [50/30/20]," she said, clarifying 50% to stocks, 30% to bonds, and the remaining 20% to alternatives. The case for alternatives The case for alternatives is two-fold. Still, investors say that the the asset class can help hedge against real risks ahead of stocks and bonds. One ETF investing in private equity asset managers is the Invesco Global Listed Private Equity ETF (PSP) .

Persons: Ayako Yoshioka, you've, Goldman Sachs, David Kostin, Corporates, Yoshioka, Paul Tudor Jones, Mark Malek, it's, —, Jesse Pound Organizations: Investors, Bank of America, Treasury, U.S, State Street, Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, Ares Management, KKR, Co, Carlyle Group, Equity ETF Locations: U.S, Siebert

☆ BBG Ventures raises $60 million for its latest fund and moves beyond just backing female founders
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Leena Rao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York-based BBG Ventures has raised a new $60 million fund. The latest fund will invest in both female founders and those with diverse backgrounds. Ten years later, the seed stage fund has raised a new $60 million fund and is moving beyond just backing female founders to any entrepreneur from a diverse background. AdvertisementWhen Verizon bought AOL in 2015, BBG Ventures separated and raised a new $50 million fund. Related storiesDua explained that the decision to move beyond exclusively backing just female founders reflects the duo's shift in thesis around innovation.

Persons: —, VCs, Susan Lyne, Nisha Dua, Lyne, Dua, Nordstrom, clamoring Organizations: BBG Ventures, California Endowment, Mizuho, Service, AOL, Founders, Spring Health, Verizon, State of Michigan Retirement Services, Illumen, Investments, Fairview Capital, Bank of America Locations: York, U.S, Spring, Nara, Dua, Lyne

☆ Hotels are leaning into their spookier sides to sell ‘rooms with a boo’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Blane Bachelor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Perhaps unsurprisingly, more and more hotels are happy to show off their spookier side as a result. “They ditched the [premise of], ‘Oh, people may be scared,’ and said, ‘Wow, people will come and I can market it, so we’re a haunted hotel,’” said Melchiorri. The inspiration for Stephen King’s novel-turned-film “The Shining,” the 420-room grande dame, whose imposing facade is nearly as dramatic as its Rocky Mountains backdrop, is arguably the world’s most famous haunted hotel. From a messaging and marketing perspective, hotels should share their ghost stories or spooky lore “in a way that they don’t surprise anyone,” Orr said. “My experience is, whether they will admit it or not, most hotels have something that goes bump in the night,” Hunnings said.

Persons: Brian Hunnings, you’re, “, Anthony Melchiorri, ”, Katherine Orr, Elizabeth Harlow, Stephen King's, Helen H, Richardson, ’ earshot, ’, ’ ”, Stephen King’s, Stephen King Suite, –, Steve Azar, Vincent Alban, Hunnings, ” Hunnings, ” Steven Azar, Gifford, Azar, Don’t, ” Azar, Kumar Sriskandan, ” Orr, chambermaid Sallie White, Orr Organizations: CNN, Red Cliffs, CNN Travel, Hotels of America, Hospitality, Hyatt, Marriott, Denver Post, National Retail Federation, Stanley Film Center, Boston Globe, Cliffs, of Film, Western Heritage, “ Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Alamo Locations: Red, Moab , Utah, Colorado, Estes Park , Colorado, Gifford, Provincetown, Moab, Provincetown , Massachusetts, San Antonio , Texas

☆ Elon Musk denies Washington Post report that he worked illegally in the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The J-1 visa is for exchange visitors and can be used for foreign students to pursue academic training or research. Why Musk’s student status mattersMusk didn’t detail what institution sponsored his J-1 visa, or which years he had the visa. Working illegally isn’t a crime, Kuck says, but having done so would require certain steps to be taken to return to a legal immigration status. And in a 2020 podcast interview, Elon Musk said he had a “student work visa” at the time. Some of the hijackers involved in the attacks were in the U.S. on student visas, according to the official 9/11 Commission Report.

Persons: Elon, Musk, Musk hasn’t, Biden, he’d, ” Musk, he’s, “, hasn’t, authorizations, Greg Siskind, who’s, Siskind, ” Siskind, Elon Musk, Charles Mostoller, Charles Kuck, Kuck, who’d, there’s, ” Kuck, Kimbal Musk, It’s, Maye, ”, Kimbal, Hunter Swanson, Swanson, ” Swanson, ” He’s Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, University of Pennsylvania, Penn, Stanford, Engineering, Elon, SpaceX, Tesla, AP, Reuters, Twitter, Center for International Education, Washington, Lee University Locations: South Africa, Philadelphia, Atlanta, “, Palo Alto , California, Virginia, U.S

☆ Trump’s social media company has tripled in value in five weeks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Trump Media & Technology Group is losing money, generating very little revenue and its main product Truth Social remains a relatively small player in social media. And yet Wall Street is valuing former President Donald Trump’s social media company at nearly $8 billion, a price tag that has tripled in the span of just five weeks. Since plunging to record lows on September 23, Trump Media’s share price has skyrocketed. Trump Media’s share price saw a sharp decline in July after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid. “If this were called Joe’s Media Company, we wouldn’t even be talking about it and it wouldn’t have a value anywhere close to this.

Persons: New York CNN —, Donald Trump’s, “ I’ve, ” Gene Munster, Munster, Trump, ” Munster, “, it’s, ” Trump, George Kailas, ” Kailas, Kailas, “ There’s, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, ”, Steve Sosnick, Sosnick, ” Sosnick, he’s Organizations: New, New York CNN, New York CNN — Trump Media & Technology Group, Trump, White, Trump Media, Republican, Asset Management, CNN, Democratic, Interactive Brokers, Munster, “, Joe’s Media Company Locations: New York, Munster, Trump’s

☆ Amazon's satellite spending has investors on edge. The payoff may be worth the wait
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

For now, analysts and investors are looking to Amazon's third-quarter earnings report Thursday night for more clarity. Amazon hopes that Kuiper could bring broadband connectivity to some 400 million to 500 million households that currently lack it. Bank of America, on the other hand, estimates around $3.5 billion in Kuiper spending next year. The Kuiper spending estimates might seem steep, but the analysts aren't telling investors to dump shares. The "ultra-compact" version of the Project Kuiper Amazon

Persons: Jeff Marks, Andy Jassy, Kuiper's, Marks, Kuiper, Evercore, BofA, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley's, Starlink, Elon Musk's, EBITDA, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim Organizations: Amazon, Web Services, AWS, Wedbush Securities, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Bank of America, FactSet, SpaceX, Viasat, CNBC Locations: Amazon's

☆ Wall Street braces for a Trump or Harris presidency. Here's what that means for your portfolio.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, the first of our five-part refresher series on the potential impact Donald Trump and Kamala Harris presidencies could have on US consumers. Business Insider's Matthew Fox detailed how Wall Street sees former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris affecting the investment landscape if they win the White House. One of the biggest areas where Harris and Trump differ is their proposed tax policies, which are believed to have big impacts on stocks. AdvertisementTrump's universal tariffs proposal is also viewed as having a big impact. It's a big week for Apple.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Matthew Fox, Harris, Trump, it's, Alyssa Powell, Joe Biden, Steve Sosnick, Neil Dutta, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rebecca Zisser, Elon Musk, James Yates, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Grace Lett, Amanda Yen, Milan Sehmbi Organizations: Business, Service, Getty, BI, White, Bank of America, Interactive Brokers, JPMorgan, Twitter, Elon, Apple, Apple Intelligence, iOS, Venture, Ford Motors, MLB, LA Dodgers, New York Yankees, Forbes Locations: It's, New York, London, Chicago

It’s scary as hell.”A kerfuffle between the city’s Democratic leadership and the Harris campaign could complicate the outcome. “They [the Harris campaign] didn’t give us enough,” Brady said. A bunch of Harris signs were found strewn in a ditch in Montgomery County. In the last week, the Harris campaign says that it has knocked on 235,000 doors in the suburban counties alone. The Trump campaign official said that the campaign has opened a total of four offices in the suburbs.

Persons: Harris, Trump, fryer, Harris ’, Bob Brady, Biden, Harris won’t, Brady, “ I’ve, He’s, ”, ” Brady, Walz, “ Trump, Casey, Sen, Bob Casey, they’ll, Hoeffel, there’s, Neil Makhija, he’s, who’ve, Josh Maxwell, Chester County’s, ” Maxwell, Ricky Carioti Organizations: Trump, Bucks, CNN, Democratic, Democratic Party, Philadelphia Democrats, Pennsylvania Democrat, Washington, Getty Locations: Bucks County, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, Wayne, Italian, Montgomery County, Florida

☆ How national security panics in Russia could stifle innovation and hurt its economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Spy mania in Russia has created an environment that's stifling innovation, sources told BI. "You do have an inhibition on risk-taking, innovation," Portes told BI on the intensifying pursuit of foreign agents in Russia. Russia's economy is showing some signs that the kind of risk-taking associated with innovation and entrepreneurship is on the decline. Innovation in Russia has fallen behind the nation's level of development, according to a 2024 ranking from the World Intellectual Property Organization. We have plenty of examples in history where a war economy can keep on going, even though everything is crumbling around it.

Persons: —, Ivan Pavlov, Pavlov, Richard Portes, Portes, Sergei Guriev, Guriev, Constant Organizations: Service, Human Rights Watch, London Business School, Intellectual, Organization, Russian, Russia, World Bank Locations: Russia, Russian, Europe, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Rucking meetings, the hot new business trend, combine networking with a popular fat-burning workout
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Welcome to the era of the rucking meeting. "When you have those endorphins kicking, how can it go wrong when you're doing that type of exercise together?" "The beauty of the ruck is that there's no egregious feeling of 'You're doing less than me or I'm doing more than you.' Still, a bit of a challenge is part of what sets the ruck meeting apart. Getting your heart rate up prompts you to save your breath, cutting through the fluff: there's no such thing as a ruck meeting that could have been an email.

Persons: —, Rucking, Jeff Byers, Lee Heisman, Heisman, Casey Strunk, Michael Easter, Strunk, Ruck, We've, we're, Casey Strunk Rucking, rucking, It's Organizations: Service, NFL, Heisman, Founders, Strunk Insurance Locations: Atlanta, Phoenix

☆ What the rising popularity of Yemeni coffee shops say about third places
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | Monica Haider | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Times Square will be home to two other chains, MOKAFÉ and Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. But Yemeni coffee houses have taken up both those trends and boomed. Where did Yemeni coffee shops come from? We own the coffee farms in Yemen, we grew up with the coffee, we loved coffee,” Alhasbani said. “Several Yemeni entrepreneurs are opening coffee houses of their own, each with its own sort of style and atmosphere.”The coffee chains have big ambitions beyond Dearborn.

Persons: Ahmed, Ahmed Moustafa, Bhavishya, ”, Sally Howell, Howell, ” Ibrahim Alhasbani, “, Ibrahim Alhasbani, Carlos Osorio, ” Alhasbani, Alhasbani, “ There’s, Hovig Tchalian, don’t, ” Howell, Haraz, Yemen it’s, ‘, ” Moustafa Organizations: New, New York CNN, Carmine, Times, Yemeni, Co, University of Michigan – Dearborn, Qahwah, CNN, Entrepreneurship, USC Marshall School of Business, New York City Locations: New York, Detroit, SoHo, Manhattan, Qahwah, Ethiopia, Yemen, Dearborn, Yemen's, Mich, Michigan, Dallas, Dearborn , Michigan, United States, Downtown Dearborn, Canada, Qahwah House’s, Soho, Brooklyn, Queens

☆ VCs are 'hedging their bets,' backing competing LLMs like Anthropic and OpenAI, breaking a long-standing venture taboo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Ben Bergman | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Venture firms are increasingly investing in competing LLM startups like OpenAI and xAI. Some VCs argue investing in multiple LLMs is strategic, while others see it as unethical. AdvertisementWhen venture firms pull out their checkbooks, there has traditionally been an unspoken rule: Do not back a competitor. Sound Ventures and Wisdom Ventures backed both OpenAI and Anthropic. There is also the matter of money, with only a handful of firms capable of writing the colossal checks required to fund LLM companies.

Persons: VCs, —, Joe Aaron, — Sheel, Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk's XAI, Ilya Sutskever, Umesh Padval, Padval, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gregg Hill, they've Organizations: Service, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Ark Invest, Sound Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Parkway Venture, Madrona Ventures, NASDAQ Locations: OpenAI, Canadian

☆ Biden says Elon Musk was an 'illegal worker' when he began U.S. career
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden called out Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, now a Republican megadonor and Trump campaign surrogate, for hypocrisy on immigration on Saturday, saying Musk launched his long career in the U.S. as an "illegal worker" before becoming the world's wealthiest man. The president made these remarks at a campaign event to support Democrats that took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Labeling Musk as former President Donald Trump's wealthy new "ally," Biden said, "That wealthiest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here when he was here," referring to Musk. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Biden's remarks. Musk had arrived in the U.S. with the stated intention of attending grad school at Stanford in the mid-90s.

Persons: Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Musk, Donald Trump's, Biden, He's, Trump, Zip2, Tesla, Kamala Harris, it's, Brennan, —, Rebecca Picciotto Organizations: SpaceX, Republican, Trump, America PAC, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington Post, Stanford, Forbes, Twitter, Democratic, Brennan Center for Justice Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, United States, Pennsylvania, Musk's

☆ Use this 4-point checklist to fail productively: Mistakes can teach you 'what the path looks like,' HBS professor says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Before Jeff Bezos molded Amazon into the world's most profitable online shopping platform, he launched zShops. Formerly called Amazon Auctions, the program allowed third-party sellers to list their products on Amazon. These efforts did, however, lead to the development of Amazon Marketplace, which houses 2.5 million third-party sellers. But not just any kind of failure — productive failure. A productive failure "taught you something about what the path looks like by saying, 'Hey, guess what?

Persons: Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Amy Edmondson, Edmondson Organizations: Amazon, Harvard Business School Locations: zShops

☆ Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round as robotaxi race heats up in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Waymo has closed a $5.6 billion funding round to expand its robotaxi service in and beyond Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix, where it operates today. In a statement to CNBC, Waymo co-CEOs Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov said the funding would go toward expansion and advancing the Waymo Driver for business applications. The series C funding brings Waymo's total capital raised to $11.1 billion after it raised $3.2 billion and $2.5 billion in two earlier rounds. Waymo now conducts more than 100,000 weekly trips for passengers in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco, who can hail their robotaxis via the Waymo One app. More recently, Waymo partnered with Uber to launch its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas — home of would-be rival Tesla's headquarters.

Persons: Waymo, Andreessen Horowitz, Perry, Rowe Price, Tekedra Mawakana, Dmitri Dolgov, Uber, Ruth Porat, Elon Musk, Tesla, Timothy B, Lee . Organizations: Google, Fidelity, Tiger Global, CNBC, Tesla's, GM, Cruise, Pew Research Center, Hyundai Locations: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, Waymo, Silver, Austin, Atlanta, U.S, Austin , Texas, Texas, California, Korean, New York, Michigan

☆ Washington Post reports that owner Jeff Bezos stopped it from endorsing Kamala Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Washington Post won't endorse a presidential candidate in 2024. Sources told the Washington Post that the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, made the decision. AdvertisementThe Washington Post said Friday it won't endorse a candidate in the 2024 election — or in any future presidential races. Advertisement"Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post's owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners)," Baron told NPR. AdvertisementThe Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, —, William Lewis, Lewis, Bezos, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Baron, Semafor, Patrick Soon, Shiong, Mariel Garza Organizations: Washington, Washington Post, Service, NPR, Post, NASA, Bezos, Sierra Space, Los Angeles Times, Business

☆ Millions joined a livestream selling tickets to space on a Chinese rocket
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Two tickets for passage on what could be the first Chinese rocket ship to take tourists to space were sold Thursday, according to a livestream held by the company, as the country’s commercial space firms aim to join a small but expanding global space tourism industry. Some 3 million people tuned in to the broadcast on Chinese shopping platform Taobao, which was the first time a Chinese firm has put tickets for space tourism up for public sale. Deep Blue Aerospace CEO Huo Liang (center) sells two tickets for his company's 2027 spaceflight alongside two hosts during a livestream on commerce platform Taobao. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin completed its first commercial human space flight with four private citizens in 2021, while Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, began offering regular trips to the edge of space last year. Deep Blue Aerospace is not the only Chinese firm with a plan to send humans to space.

Persons: –, “, SpaceX’s, Huo Liang, Huo, ”, what’s, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Taobao Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Deep Blue Aerospace, Aerospace, ” Companies, Blue Aerospace, Virgin Galactic, Companies, Polaris, Space Locations: Hong Kong, China, United States, British, ”

☆ Arthur Blank joins 'Business Leaders for Harris' as his former business partner funnels money to Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Home Depot cofounder and billionaire Arthur Blank joins business leaders supporting Harris. The group "Business Leaders for Harris" also includes Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, and Reed Hastings. AdvertisementA group of prominent business leaders supporting Vice President Kamala Harris is expanding its ranks to include Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons. In a statement about joining Business Leaders for Harris, Blank celebrated Harris' commitment to his core value of inclusion. In addition to Blank, Fulbright Bank chairman and former Democratic congressman John Delaney joined Business Leaders for Harris.

Persons: Arthur Blank, Harris, Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, Reed Hastings, —, Kamala Harris, Bernie Marcus, Donald Trump's, Marcus, MAGA, Marc Andreesen, Bill Ackman, Elon Musk, Trump, She's, Blank, John Delaney Organizations: Trump, Service, Home Depot, Atlanta Falcons, titans, Netflix, GOP, Depot, Blank, Business, Fulbright Bank, Democratic, YouTube Locations: Pennsylvania , Michigan, Wisconsin

☆ Big Tech goes nuclear: Amazon's pitch to use power plants shows the crucial role the energy source plays for AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, inside Amazon's internal pitch for turning to nuclear power to meet its growing energy needs . AdvertisementThat's led Big Tech to consider nuclear power to address its skyrocketing energy requirements. Nuclear power ticks that box better than other clean energy options like solar or wind. Nuclear power, meanwhile, is an industry in desperate need of some love , BI's Daniel Geiger and Ellen Thomas previously reported. From advertising platforms to AI tech companies, here's the startups to watch .

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☆ Nestlé and L'Oréal are betting on a longevity supplement made from pomegranate juice
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Urolithin A supplement company Timeline has investments from both Nestlé and L'Oréal. This year, the conversation quickly turned to the supplement du jour, the compound that has drawn investment from both Nestlé and L'Oréal: Urolithin A. Starting in 2008, Rinch's supplement company, Amazentis, funded over a dozen studies on urolithin A, including some relatively large, placebo-controlled trials in people — a rarity in supplement research. Urolithin A has also captured the attention of longevity researchers, who are typically more skeptical about products promising to make you young again. Timeline was on the agenda at this year's ARDD, an annual longevity research conference held in Copenhagen in August.

Persons: —, There's, Urolithin, Hilary Brueck, Chris Rinsch, Rinsch, Johan Auwerx, Amazentis, Auwerx, He's, Mark Hyman, Dave Asprey, Gwyneth Paltrow's, Will Cole, Dominic Denk, Denk, wouldn't, Timeline's, Andrea Maier, it's, Maier Organizations: Service, VC, Business, Frankfurt University Hospital, National University of Singapore Locations: Gstaad, Swiss, skincare, urolithin, Davos, Copenhagen, Germany, Switzerland, Nestlé

☆ Elon Musk's secret talks with Putin ramped up during his Twitter takeover: WSJ report
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

watch nowTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to reporting published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Currently, the SpaceX website says that a "service date is unknown at this time," for Starlink in Taiwan for general customers. Musk and representatives for X, SpaceX and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The conversations between Musk and Putin, who once ran the KGB, reportedly occurred as Musk was in the midst of a leveraged buyout and takeover of Twitter. He continued to promote the idea, via X (formerly Twitter) that some Ukraine citizens would prefer to join Russia.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Musk, withold, Xi Jinping, Bill Nelson, Donald Trump's, Donald Trump, Anna Moneymaker, Mike Gallagher, StarShield, Tesla, NASA's, Joe Raedle, Ian Bremmer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sen, Lindsay Graham, Garry Kasparov, Lisi Niesner, Yuri Milner, Dana Rohrabacher, Rohrabacher, Rohrabacher's Organizations: SpaceX, Wall Street, Republican, Pentagon, NASA, Department of Defense, CNBC, ., NBC, X, KGB, Twitter, Polaris, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Eurasia Group, NATO, Kremlin, Eastern Economic, Reuters, SXSW, Roscosmos, Russian Space Locations: U.S, Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan, Beijing, Washington, Butler , Pennsylvania, China, Starlink, Cape Canaveral , Florida, Crimea, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Vladivostok, Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Silicon, Russian, Orange County , California, Moscow

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