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• Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith sees more people turning to gig work as a result of AI.
• Experts agree that trade jobs, Taskrabbit's specialty, are less likely to be replaced by bots.
• Smith shared the private company's growth projections in an interview with Business Insider.

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In April 2024, Brandon Upchurch and his cousin were driving home from a convenience store when they noticed flashing lights behind them. When Upchurch pulled over, officers from the Toledo Police Department drew their guns and ordered him out of his red Dodge Ram.

Upchurch initially refused to turn off the engine or exit the truck, and repeatedly asked officers why he was being

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Andrew Bialecki, the 40-year-old CEO of Klaviyo, based in Boston. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I got a BA in physics, astronomy, and astrophysics from Harvard. While in college, I interned at a small division of Microsoft that managed the MSN.com website.

After graduating in 2007, I worked at several

• AI is coming for the middle managers — again.
• As companies explore the use of AI agents, consulting firms are exploring how agents are managed.
• IBM's senior VP said human managers won't manage agents "in the same way as we manage people."

Every few years, corporate executives call for a "Great Flattening," arguing that their

• Companies have scrambled to adopt AI in the workplace.
• Now they want to measure how well their employees understand and use it.
• Workera's CEO says measuring effective use of AI is the next phase of the AI boom.

Executives are hyping their AI adoption rates like it's their quarterly revenue

• Pokémon's popularity has boosted trading cards as investments.
• One Piece cards have soared in demand, with rare cards selling for thousands.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary, maintaining its strong presence in the collectibles market.

The power of Pokémon is drawing new collectors

• The creator economy is getting a boost with AI-fueled investments.
• Business Insider asked venture capitalists which creator startups they felt showed promise.
• Here are 17 startups to watch in areas from AI tools to live

• McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski's Big Arch taste test started a fast-food authenticity war.
• CEOs from rival fast food chains started posting their own taste tests to poke fun at Kempczinski.
• Despite its CEO being labeled cringey, McDonald's remains the center of the conversation.

When McDon

There's something going on at Steak 'n Shake lately. It's put up giant American flags and axed microwaves. Its pinned tweet is a picture of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Judging by the fast-food chain's social media, it's really into beef tallow. It celebrates a special dubbed "Tesla Tallow Tuesday" from 2:22 pm to 4:20 pm each week and

The new deal ties Google’s CEO to the future of its most ambitious bets, and signals that the board has finally decided they’re bets worth making. Sundar Pichai has run Google since 2015 and Alphabet since 2019. In that time, the company’s market value has grown from roughly $535 billion to approximately $3.6 trillion. On […]

If you’ve been feeling like the ground is shifting under your feet in search right now, you’re not imagining it. Twelve months ago, AI in SEO meant one thing: content generation. Every platform rushed to add a “write with AI” button, and the industry spent its collective energy arguing about whether Google would penalize AI-written […]