MrBeast's chocolate brand sees growth slow after a sugar rush

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 26: Fans look on during the MrBeast Feastables launch at Sydney Opera House on June 26, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)
Fans gather at a Feastables launch event in Sydney, Australia.

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Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says human creators will become more valuable as AI content explodes

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Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, at Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles, California, US, in October 2025
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram.

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Why you should think twice about using AI to write your LinkedIn posts

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CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 22: Steven Bartlett attends Day 1 of Cannes Lions 2026 on June 22, 2026 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Cannes Lions)
Steven Bartlett's company has dialed back its use of AI on LinkedIn in favor of human-written posts.

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Good Good and Dude Perfect's next trick: teaming up across products, events, and more

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Matt Kendrick (L), founder and CEO of Good Good, and Daniel Saeva, head of licensing for Dude Perfect
Matt Kendrick, founder and CEO of Good Good, and Daniel Saeva, head of licensing for Dude Perfect, are eyeing more product and content partnerships.

Good Good, Dude Perfect

Read 48 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars

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Flick pitchdeck
Flick, an AI filmmaking startup, included a YouTube sizzle reel in its seed round pitch deck.

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Pride's queer creator rave featured good vibes and plenty of economic angst

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Creator DJing at pride party
Creator and line cook Giovanni Luciano DJs at Mutuals Media's Gaydar Pride party in NYC.

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A soccer podcast became a 100-person media company. Now the World Cup is testing how big it can get.

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Roger Bennett, Rory Smith and Kyle Beckerman speak onstage during Matchday Live: Men in Blazers' live podcast during the Los Angeles World Cup 26 Fan Zone at Los Angeles Union Station on June 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Men in Blazers doesn't have the right to show World Cup games. But its live World Cup shows — like this in Los Angeles — are drawing thousands of fans.

Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Union Station

AI's next bottleneck is power. That's why I left the creator economy to build a data center startup.

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Patrice Becker and Leonhard Soenke standing in office
Patrice Becker (left) and Leonhard Soenke (right) founded a creator economy startup in 2021 — and recently pivoted to energy and data centers.

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This company ghosted its employees. It's now staking its future on SpaceX.

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A man working at a desk with a Triller logo that is slowly disappearing

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MrBeast has hired a team from an A16z-backed startup as he races to build a creator platform

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MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has been on a tech hiring spree at his company, Beast Industries.

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