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Allison Sheehan quit Goldman to scale her business.
  • Allison Sheehan ran a baking business while working in private wealth at Goldman Sachs.
  • She left Goldman after she said the firm told her she couldn't keep her online brand.
  • Now, she's using her Wall Street skills, like capital allocation, to scale her cake business.

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Dara Khosrowshahi
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
  • Uber has partnered with at least a dozen robotaxi players in the past few years.
  • The ride-hailing giant is spreading its bets in an industry that still has no clear winner.
  • The investments also stimulate a robotaxi economy that's not ruled by a singular player.

By Dara Khosrowshahi's telling, the robotaxi future doesn't belong to one company


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  • I wanted to be a writer, but my parents told me I should be a professor or lawyer.
  • I resented them for not supporting me, but now my kid is in college studying film.
  • I'm worried about my kid's future, especially in the world of AI.

I used to hold a quiet grudge against my parents for the way they handled my creative dreams.

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Corfu, Greece.
  • My parents are both Greek, and they took me back to Greece every summer to learn about my roots.
  • Thessaloniki is a mainland city with incredible food, beautiful history, and plenty of nightlife.
  • Islands such as Corfu and Rhodes will give you amazing beaches with fewer tourists.

As a kid, I spent nearly every summer with my family in Greece.

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Unlocking a new vibe

At Business Insider, we like to keep you on the cutting edge of innovation and work.

Vibe coding marries the two.

This new tech — which enables even non-techies to code — is upending assumptions in almost every direction.

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Igor Pejic
Igor Pejic is the author of "Tech Money."
  • If the AI boom ends up a bust, it won't be nearly as brutal as the dot-com crash, Igor Pejic says.
  • The "Tech Money" author said Big Tech's self-reliance, varied businesses, and deep pockets help.
  • However, he said the rise of index funds means a market slump would have widespread impacts.

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AI agent kill switch
The sci-fi prophecy of robots taking over is a real fear for many businesses.
  • AI agents perform tasks autonomously, but many fear they'll override their controls.
  • Business Insider spoke to KPMG's Trusted AI lead, Sam Gloede, about how it is deploying agents safely.
  • Kill switches should be a last resort, Gloede said.

AI agents are here, and sci-fi prophecies of robots taking


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The author's daughter and son both attend Fordham University.
  • My daughter planned to attend Brown, an Ivy League school, but was rejected.
  • She ultimately decided to attend Fordham, a school that had never been on her radar.
  • At Fordham, she found her true passion and lower tuition, so I'm glad she never got into Brown.

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Kanav Bhatnagar has been an FDE for roughly one year.
  • Kanav Bhatnagar's job title, forward deployed engineer, has been described as the "hottest role in AI."
  • He said his job is to be a customer-facing engineer who tailors products for clients.
  • Context-switching and communication are important skills for FDEs, he said.

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