Read the pitch decks of 14 startups looking to disrupt advertising and marketing with AI

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Fluency
The Fluency team, from left: Mike Lane, CEO; Brian McVey, chief revenue officer; Eric Mayhew, president; and Scott Gale, chief technology officer.

Aaron Barton

The top 5 things that happened in the AI race this year

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was often seen by the side of President Donald Trump.

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Silicon Valley is raising billions to develop wearable AI products. These 15-year-olds built theirs for under $100.

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Akhil Nagori, Evann Sun, and Lucas Shengwen Yen at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.
Akhil Nagori, Evann Sun, and Lucas Shengwen Yen at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

Society for Science

Immigration lawyers say the H-1B chaos is forcing tough business calls

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas

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Nvidia's Groq deal rattled Silicon Valley. Here are 5 other AI startups split apart in Big Tech's new deals.

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Groq CEO and founder Jonathan Ross

Groq

These 13 creator economy startups pulled in about $2 billion in funding this year

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ShopMy founders Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky, and Chris Tinsley
ShopMy founders Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky, and Chris Tinsley.

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Hate your old Gmail address? Google is quietly letting some people change it without losing data

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A person with a phone

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TikTok is jumping into micro dramas, the surging bite-sized soaps that have caught Hollywood's eye

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Two people sitting down, one woman on left with ripped tights and greasy hair. On right, a man with similarly dirty look.
Netshort's micro dramas revolve around soapy themes.

Netshort

Vote now: Would you rather have a $240K in-person job or a $120K remote one?

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12 executives, researchers, others who left OpenAI in 2025 — mostly to Meta Superintelligence Lab

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Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman
OpenAI lost at least 11 scientists and executives in 2025, including more than half a dozen researchers to Meta in the summer.

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