My startup hit $200 million ARR. But first I walked away from 2.5 million YouTube subscribers and nearly went bankrupt
Most people see the $200 million ARR. They don’t see the summer in Spain with no air conditioning, a dwindling...
Tech billionaires convinced Trump to back off an AI executive order. But much of MAGA favors AI regulation
The tech bros struck back. That’s the best way to describe what happened yesterday when President Donald Trump suddenly decided...
Barnes & Noble CEO clarifies the bookseller’s stance on AI-written books after refusing to ban them: ‘This is a straightforward rejection of AI books’
Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt wants to set the record straight on his views on AI-generated books. In an...
Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2026 will be brilliant
I’m so excited for our fast-approaching 25th anniversary Fortune Brainstorm Tech, June 8 to 10 in Aspen. This year’s gathering...
The big questions looming over OpenAI’s trillion-dollar IPO
OpenAI’s hotly anticipated IPO may be coming sooner than expected. Hot on the heels of co-founder Elon Musk filing for...
Musk may already be a trillionaire while these SpaceX employees and investors will hit multibillion-dollar jackpots after blockbuster IPO
The biggest initial public offering of all time will deliver massive windfalls for Elon Musk, other SpaceX employee, and investors....
The health benefits of saunas: backed by research and experts
Saunas might seem like a new trend in wellness, but they’ve actually been around for thousands of years. From pit saunas...
Fired bird conservationist settles with state of Florida over Charlie Kirk dispute for $485,000
Florida officials will pay nearly half a million dollars to a biologist who was fired by a state agency for...
Gavin Newsom takes rare step of telling Californians to avoid Chevron: ‘Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is in a spat with a major oil company over who is to blame for the...
Steve Wozniak says he didn’t cofound Apple to ‘make money’—he only did it because he was rejected by HP 5 times, and for years his pay was just $50
Together with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak set Apple on a path toward changing the world in 1976,...
They created AI nudes that got millions of views online. Now they’re being charged with crimes
Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under...
‘You kind of ruined it with your trans obsession’: House points fingers as Smithsonian Women’s museum funding fails
What started as a widely backed proposal to locate a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall...
Jamie Dimon sees ‘exuberance’ in markets. That’s a loaded word when it comes to bubbles popping
Jamie Dimon is starting to sound a bit like Alan Greenspan—and that should make investors nervous. The JPMorgan Chase CEO...
Current price of oil as of May 22, 2026
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $104.68 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll...
McKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO
When the CEO of a family-owned business hangs up the hat, bad things are likely to happen. According to recent...
