AI is creating the Rick Rubins of Silicon Valley

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Producer Rick Rubin
Producer Rick Rubin

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Airbnb CEO says he was self-conscious about working out when he first got to Silicon Valley. Times have changed.

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Brian Chesky
Brian Chesky said no one was weight lifting when he came to Silicon Valley in the 2000s.

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A leading European AI startup says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't better tech — it's not being American

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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch at an IA summit at Imperial College London, in central London, in July 2025.
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't smarter models, but being a European alternative built for control, sovereignty, and trust.

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Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley said to follow this lesson for success from MrBeast

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Jimmy Donaldson sitting on a white chair, wearing a gray suit.
Donaldson has said he spent hours Skyping with peers, learning how to make it big on YouTube.

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A gap year program is lining up six-figure startup salaries for teens

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Oliver Zhou
Oliver Zhou, founder of Common Gap and Deep24

Oliver Zhou

David Sacks sees 2 cities replacing NYC and SF as finance and tech capitals

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White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks speaks with President Donald Trump.
White House AI and crypto czar David O. Sacks speaks with President Donald J Trump before he signs an executive order about pediatric cancer research and artificial intelligence, in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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We're cofounders who left Amazon to build our own startup. We learned the hard way why Big Tech habits don't always translate.

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Two people stand beside a large screen displaying the Agefully app, which promotes an AI-powered day companion for older adults and their families.
Andy Ratsirason and Shalini Aggarwal left Amazon at seperate times but reunited to run their AI startup, Tenafli.

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Universities risk becoming passive arms of Silicon Valley if they don't question how AI shapes truth, a professor says

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Engineering students at the International Technology Olympics, Pardis Technology Park, in Tehran, on October 28, 2025.
A professor says AI didn't cause the crisis in education — it exposed it.

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It used to be for shopping and lipstick. Now, a Chinese app is a haven for tech workers to swap AI intel.

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Brandon Chen standing in a Berkeley workspace holding a copy of
Brandon Chen stands in a Berkeley workspace holding a copy of "The Startup Owner's Manual."

Brandon Chen

Meet the branding agency behind the buzzy TBPN podcast

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Day Job cofounders Spen Madsen and Rion Harmon.
Day Job cofounders Spen Madsen and Rion Harmon.

Yoshihiro Makino

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