Sam Altman thanks Elon Musk for helping to initially bankroll OpenAI — and says now is a great time for tech founders

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Sam Altman said he was "very grateful" to Elon Musk for cutting OpenAI an early check.

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Read the pitch decks of 6 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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I'm a tech founder who's had to flee Lebanon. The conflict has spiraled at a terrifying rate, but the tech community is still pressing ahead.

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Laura Jardine Paterson left Lebanon on a chartered flight for British nationals on October 2.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says it's 'insanely hard' to build a business — and ignorance is a 'superpower' for founders

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Jensen Huang outlined how difficult it was to build Nvidia.

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'Your Rich BFF' creator has struck a new deal with Vox Media as the influencer podcasting space heats up

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Vivian Tu, known as "Your Rich BFF" online, is partnering with Vox Media and PS to launch season two of the "Networth & Chill" podcast

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What made Reddit's IPO successful? Business leaders share key strategies for launching into the public market.

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Top row from left: Akin Oyedele, Jesse Rose, and Kristen Craft. Bottom row from left: Ash Spiegelberg, Elizabeth Reed, and Rick Kline.

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See how different Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and other tech CEOs looked when they first started their companies

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Elon Musk today runs several more companies than he did in 1999, when the photo on the left was taken.

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Blue-collar entrepreneurs say it's harder to turn a profit with startups like cleaning or pest control as competition heats up

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Business owners of sweaty startups like cleaning and pest control told BI that they love the work, but it's getting harder to grow.

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Perplexity CEO explains why you need to understand your 'dopamine system' if you want to start your own company

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Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said it's important for founders to understand their "dopamine system."

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Meta names four men to a new tech advisory council months after disbanding its Responsible AI division

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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