Pope Leo XIV asks the AI industry to 'cultivate moral discernment'

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Pope Leo XIV during the General Audience on November 5, 2025, in St. Peter's Square.
Pope Leo XIV has thoughts about AI.

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I left a VP-level role in Big Tech and now I work with startups. It's more unpredictable, but startup life is invigorating.

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Robert E. Williams sitting in a chair and smiling
Robert E Williams left a career in Big Tech after 15 years to work with startups.

Robert E. Williams

Phoebe Gates and her Phia cofounder raised $8 million at 23 years old, and it taught them 3 big lessons

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Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni
Phoebe Gates (right) and Sophia Kianni (left) met at Stanford University.

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I moved from Australia to San Francisco to build my startup from a hacker house. It's been humanizing and comforting.

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Annie Liao, Build Club founder, sitting with a laptop at a cafe.
Startup founder Annie Liao said she's always wanted to live in San Francisco.

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Read the 7-page pitch deck an AI marketing tech startup used to raise $6.6 million

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Epiminds cofounders Mo Elkhidir and Elias Malm.
Epiminds cofounders Mo Elkhidir and Elias Malm.

Alfred Ribbenvik

I demoed a buzzy AI startup and got a glimpse of what investment bankers' jobs might start to look like

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A black laptop on a desk with a dark city skyline behind it.
Hebbia's demo gave me insight into how investment banking could change in the coming years.

Hebbia

Harvey's founders say OpenAI is 'indirectly' its biggest competitor

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Winston Weinberg and Gabe Pereyra.
Harvey cofounders Winston Weinberg and Gabe Pereyra.

Harvey

I was rejected from internships and had no coding skills. But one thing got me a job at viral AI 'cheating' startup Cluely.

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Photo collage of an anonymous man and coding imagery

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Perplexity's CEO turns to AI for investor pitches instead of building decks

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Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas
Perplexity's CEO says he no longer uses pitch decks for funding rounds.

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Tech CEOs marvel — and worry — about Sam Altman's dizzying race to dominate AI

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Sam Altman.
OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman has had an exceptionally busy past few weeks.

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