How solo founders use AI to reduce the operational and mental load of inventory management

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Steffy Lee; Jen Podany
Steffy Lee Simms and Jen Podany use AI to help run their solo ventures.

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Google is going to ruin the internet

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We all know how to Google something. That's all about to change.

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Figure AI's CEO just raised $700 million for his next big bet

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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock
Figure AI and Hark CEO Brett Adcock.

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Why Google held back a huge new AI model at its big conference

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks on stage at the company's I/O conference in Silicon Valley
Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks onstage on Tuesday at the company's I/O conference in Silicon Valley.

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Civil engineering researchers are teaching AI how to sort your recycling

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Researchers from the Waste Data & Analysis Center wear GoPro cameras as they sort and characterize municipal solid waste.
Researchers from the Waste Data and Analysis Center wear GoPro cameras as they sort and characterize municipal solid waste.

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We asked top startup investors how they use AI. Here's what they said.

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Jeff Fluhr, Ann Miura Ko, and Sarah Smith.

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Cava wants AI to help power its Mediterranean bowl empire

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The exterior of a CAVA restaurant.
Cava is expanding the AI tech used in its restaurants to streamline operations and improve the guest experience.

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Here are the 5 biggest takeaways from Google I/O

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Google's AI chief Demis Hassabis.
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

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Google isn't releasing its next big AI model yet, drawing groans at its I/O conference

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O 2026.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage at Google I/O on May 19, 2026.

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Google's latest AI numbers are huge. Here are the stats CEO Sundar Pichai just dropped.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai attends a press conference with Poland's Prime Minister (unseen) after their meeting at the Google Campus on February 13, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty Images)
Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

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