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Branda Statman has had some “scary times” on LinkedIn. Not scary in terms of worrying about her safety — scary in terms of embarrassment. Statman, a brand manager who lives in Phoenix, has scoped out exes or potential partners on the platform more than once without switching to private browsing mode, forgetting they’d be notified. A couple of guys have called her out on it, which she’s been able to spin as due diligence in modern-day dating. A tougher one to explain away: when her mom took a look at a potential suitor’s profile a couple of years ago. “Sometimes,…

AI has radically changed what coding looks like. We asked software engineers how they felt about it.Andrej Karpathy coined the term “vibe-coding,” or the creation of code using AI. The term has since gained traction among developers worldwide and was named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2025.Less than a year after his post, Karpathy wrote that he had “never felt this much behind as a programmer.”We asked developers: When it comes to vibe-coding, do you feel ahead, behind, or like you’re keeping pace?167 software engineers responded to our survey. The biggest cohort — 75 engineers, or 46.9% — said that…

Michael Burry, the investor made famous by “The Big Short,” says the era of Big Tech turning relatively small investments into huge profits is ending.And he says AI is to blame.In a recent Substack exchange with tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Burry said the most important metric AI industry investors should be watching isn’t revenue growth, hiring, or even market size, but return on invested capital, or ROIC.ROIC is a measure of how efficiently a company turns the money it puts into its business into profit.”The measure to beat all measures is return on invested capital (ROIC), and ROIC was very…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said late Sunday that the central bank had received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice. He described the move as a part of a broader effort to pressure the central bank on monetary policy.Prominent economists and business leaders are reacting as the news hit markets at the start of the trading week. They weighed in on how the DOJ move affects the Fed’s independence, a question also raised by Sen. Thom Tillis. On Sunday, the Republican said he would oppose nominees for the Fed.”If there were any remaining doubt about whether advisers within the…

A Google AI product manager’s career advice is unexpectedly crustacean.Marily Nika, who has worked in AI product roles for over a decade, said in an episode of “The Growth Podcast” by Aakash Gupta published Sunday that aspiring product managers should “be like crabs.””That means that you need to move adjacent to what you’ve been doing,” Nika said, adding that one’s past experience is a competitive advantage.Nika shared the example of a student in her AI product management boot camp who worked in the hearing aid industry and felt stuck and closed off from the tech industry. The student believed he…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julius Bruch, the 39-year-old cofounder and CEO of AI healthtech startup Isaac Health. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified his employment and academic history.I started training in general medicine and neurology, and I’ve always been passionate about this area, partially because my grandmother had an atypical form of dementia. I completed my Ph.D. in dementia, focusing on the molecular aspects and drug discovery.Coming out of the research world, I went into McKinsey because I was interested in how the healthcare system works more broadly and…

Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, Sonia Holland and Erin O’Brien were inseparable.They met at six and did everything together. At 11, they came up with a grand plan: One day, they’d travel the world. They even sold brownies to their neighbors and pooled their earnings in a bank account.”Although the money really didn’t get us anywhere and we lost the bank account, the dream still stayed,” Holland, 26, told Business Insider.After graduating from college, Holland with a business degree and O’Brien in science, they decided to set off on an adventure abroad.”We were single at the time, and…

Gemini is on a roll.After a slow start, Google’s AI chatbot is rapidly gaining users, topping AI benchmark leaderboards, and forcing its biggest competitor, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, into “code red” emergencies.Now, in another big leap, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is partnering with Gemini on a new shopping experience — similar to one it struck with ChatGPT in October.When people use Gemini to ask questions or search, the assistant will now automatically recommend relevant products from Walmart and Sam’s Club, drawing on users’ past online and in-store purchases, Walmart said in a press release on Sunday.For users who have linked their Walmart…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Madi Ford. It has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up, I loved art and was what some might call an “alternative” type of teenager. Unlike other parents, my dad always encouraged me to take art classes and never dampened my desire to make art a career.At 16, I remember wanting to be a tattoo artist, but I didn’t think it was a viable career. I was scared and nervous about making the jump, unsure of the path I needed to follow to make it happen. I even remember telling my…

President Donald Trump on Sunday delivered a warning to Cuba, advising Havana to strike a deal “before it is too late.”In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the island nation would no longer receive oil or money from Venezuela.”Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela,” Trump wrote. “In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE!””THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” he continued. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”Trump turned his attention to…