VCs say tiny teams, personal agents, and a shift from vibes to payback are the tech trends to watch in 2026

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Rippling's product chief says this is why he deliberately understaffs every project

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Rippling's CPO said he prefers to understaff than overstaff all his projects.

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Sam Altman says OpenAI's latest job opening pays over half a million dollars a year and is 'stressful'

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Sam Altman
Last year OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he thought ads were lame. Now he seems more interested.

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Snowflake's CEO has 4 rules for effective meetings

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Sridhar Ramaswamy

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Politicians are slowly but surely starting to try out AI for themselves

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Elizabeth Warren said over the summer that she didn't use AI. "Yeah, that's changed," she told Business Insider this month.

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MrBeast's former manager says the age of social-media superstars is fading

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Reed Duchscher, CEO and founder of Night.
Reed Duchscher, CEO and founder of Night.

JASSIEUO (Jasmine Durhal).

I'm a senior partner at BCG. I fuel my days playing basketball in the morning and eating cookies.

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Amanda Luther
Amanda Luther is a managing director and senior partner at BCG.

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I'm a 14-year-old founder whose YC application went viral. There are pros and cons to starting a company young.

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Alby Churven's Y Combinator application went viral on X.

Alby Churven

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.

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