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Selena Gomez set out to create “the world’s first mental fitness ecosystem.” Instead, the startup is becoming her own personal headache.A federal lawsuit filed Thursday offers a detailed account of what investors say went wrong at Wondermind — from an app that was never built to major corporate partnerships they allege never existed.Gomez launched the startup in 2021 alongside her mother, Mandy Teefey, and Daniella Pierson, a business partner. The lawsuit accuses Gomez, her cofounders, and Wondermind of defrauding investors, among other claims.The investors include Brent Saunders, the CEO of Bausch + Lomb and former CEO of Allergan, and entrepreneur…

As a kid growing up in West Virginia, living in Florida felt like a sunshine-filled dream. So when I finally secured a job down here after graduating from college in 2017, I was ready to move.Over the years, I’ve lived in various neighborhoods throughout Miami-Dade County. I spent a few months in Edgewater in Miami proper before relocating to North Beach, one of Miami Beach’s quieter neighborhoods, where I remained for several years.After years landlocked in Appalachia, it was exciting to be close to the city’s pastel-colored buildings and the ocean. However, living in Miami Beach wasn’t perfect.Although I really…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lawrence Guerguis, a 24-year-old based in Orange County, California, who started investing in real estate in the Midwest while still in college. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I always thought I’d go into investment banking and work on Wall Street. During my sophomore year of college at the University of San Diego, I homed in on finance as my major.One weekend during my junior year, I went out to the bars. We went out to this pizza spot that my friends and I usually go to, and I…

This story is based on an interview with George Crabtree, 65, a retiree who also works for a commercial printing firm from Seattle. It has been edited for length and clarity.I retired from my job as a commercial printer on October 31, 2025, after working at the same company for 10 years.It was four days before my 65th birthday. I’d considered holding out until the official retirement age of 67. However, the recent deaths of my brothers-in-law made me think again,”What am I waiting for?” I thought. My wife and I should make some more memories together before it’s too…

Rivian’s in-vehicle AI assistant launched in its vehicles on May 12, 2026.Michael Wayland / CNBCDETROIT — What’s the best advanced driver-assistance system on the market? Ask Rivian Automotive’s new artificial intelligence and it will say its creator.”Rivian’s is truly exceptional … an unmatched blend of safety and technology,” the chatbot told me during hourslong drives in one of its R1T pickup trucks in which the vehicle largely controlled itself on several Midwest highways.While the Rivian AI bot may be biased, that’s exactly the company’s goal with a new generation of vehicle software and technologies: to be the best. Rivian is…

AI can’t be managed by any existing department, so EY is creating a new one.The Big Four firm is setting up a new function called the “AI Value Realization Office” to centralize its AI spending and ensure the technology delivers measurable impact.Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader, told Business Insider the firm expects the office to be fully operational within a couple of months.Its job is to govern AI spending, drive returns, monitor usage, decide which AI initiatives to scale, and oversee how AI reshapes jobs.Most companies allocate corporate budgets along departmental lines. However, AI spending and its potential…

The nation’s biggest bank is putting a lot of effort toward making sure it’s an early mover in AI, with the help of a nearly $20 billion annual technology budget. Dimon has previously said he’s out to win the AI arms race, and he thinks JPMorgan’s $2 billion AI investment has already matched its cost in savings.The firm is keeping close tabs on how its tens of thousands of engineers are using AI, Business Insider reported. One dashboard tracks how much developers use GitHub Copilot and classifies them into “light,” “heavy,” or “non” users. The bank has also updated objectives…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Fran Judd, a 76-year-old physical therapist in Sonoma County, California. Judd works full-time to afford care for her brother and daughter with disabilities. Her brother lived in an ADU in her backyard for two years. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.I feel like I’m working so many full-time jobs.I’m a physical therapist. I run my own business that uses horses to support people with disabilities through an equine-assisted program, which I’ve been running for over 25 years. There’s that, plus caring for my brother, who is 85, plus…

On any given week, the halls of New York City’s Javits Center might belong to comic-book devotees dressed as superheroes, carmakers unveiling their newest models, or dog lovers sizing up dozens of breeds.Then the booths come down, the floors are cleaned, and the sprawling, 3.4 million-square-foot Manhattan convention center starts transforming for the next crowd.Joyce Leveston, an events-industry veteran from Cincinnati, is responsible for making sure it all goes smoothly.As CEO of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, she oversees about 145 events a year and more than 3,000 employees, from electricians and forklift drivers to accountants and salespeople. More…

Before launching The Savvy Couple in 2016, Kelan Kline had reached a breaking point.He and his wife, Brittany, had recently married, bought a starter home, and begun paying down roughly $40,000 in student loans. Brittany was an elementary school teacher, while Kelan worked as a jail deputy.The couple, who grew up in Rochester, New York and began dating in ninth grade, had little control over their schedules. Their shifts rarely overlapped, leaving them with little time together.”We were working opposite shifts,” Kelan told Business Insider. “We never got to see each other.”One night, they sat down at their dinner table…