Business Insider

Tech is no stranger to young founders. Steve Jobs was 21 when he cofounded Apple in 1976. Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when Facebook launched. Whitney Wolfe Herd was 25 when she unveiled Bumble. Many of today's startup founders are still young and scrappy. And in the age of AI, they're even more empowered to barrel ahead. Business Insider has interviewed the founders of eight startups who are 25 years old or younger and have raised millions in funding since 2024 about the pitch decks they used to impress investors. Read the eight pitch decks they used to raise millions on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/e95Wn2nR (Credit: Kevin Farley; Muhammad Anjum) #pitchdecks #startups #founders

"I think we're going to get completely new kinds of film and entertainment from people who otherwise never would have been able to access the medium," Marc Andreessen said.

Both American Express and JPMorgan Chase said interest in their elite credit cards has exceeded expectations as they each vie for wealthy consumers.

Tia, which operates in-person and virtual care for women and counts Melinda Gates as an investor, slashed its staff after underperformance across its business.

OpenAI's Stargate project is set to consume more power than New York City and cost a staggering $500 billion.

Unlike bigger companies, freelancers and small businesses can't really afford to make big, potentially money-losing bets on AI, but they can't bury their heads in the sand, either. They have to go where the wind blows, which these days means moving into a tech-forward, decidedly messy direction. Talking to freelancers, entrepreneurs, and academics for this story, the general feeling Business Insider's Emily Stewart got was they think that while AI lowers the barrier to entry for small operators and can help them move faster and boost productivity, AI also drives down wages and stifles creativity and originality. Boasting about AI capabilities can be a powerful marketing tool, but contractors also feel pressured to do more for clients while getting the same pay. Read more about how it's easier to get a foot in the door and harder to stand out with AI on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/e9BWBj4w (Credit: Getty Images; Tyler Le/Business Insider) #ai #sidehustles #careers

'It was like you were in the car, knowing it was going to wreck.' She saw her Microsoft layoff coming, then landed a job at Meta

42 million low-income Americans use SNAP to afford groceries.

Dialogue AI launched on Friday with $6 million in seed funding and an aim to democratize market research.

Scoop: Women's health startup Tia just slashed 23% of its workforce. Once a rising star backed by Melinda Gates, Tia offers in-person and virtual care tailored to women, with 11 clinics across the U.S. On Tuesday, the company laid off employees across its corporate, provider, and field support teams, according to an internal email obtained by Business Insider. In the email, cofounder and CEO Felicity Yost said that underperformance across the business meant Tia couldn’t reach profitability without additional funding. So Tia went out to raise more money — and got investor feedback that forced the startup to tighten its belt. It's the latest healthcare company to rework its strategy as the industry's economic pressures collide with venture capital's growth expectations. My latest: https://lnkd.in/evKC3rbC