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Billionaire quant Igor Tulchinsky on AI’s promise and risk

Tulchinsky runs WorldQuant, which manages billions within Izzy Englander’s behemoth fund manager Millennium.
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American Infrastructure: A New Era

Semafor is convening conversations with policymakers, government and business leaders about rebuilding our infrastructure to remain globally competitive and meet the needs of today and tomorrow.

Texting with Reformation’s CEO about sustainability and taking over during a crisis

Hali Borenstein has led women’s clothing brand Reformation since the summer of 2020.

Money pours into AI startups that save countless hours of legal paperwork

Spellbook, an AI “copilot” for lawyers, just raised $11 million in a fundraising round led by Moxxie Ventures and includes Thomson Reuters.
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Generative AI is helping figure out who is riskier for insurers

Advances in artificial intelligence spurred startup Sixfold to raise $6.5 million in seed funding, led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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The “impenetrable armor of the dollar” is at risk

What happens if the U.S. government actually defaults? “Nothing good,” says BlackRock’s Rick Rieder, who walks through the implications of X-plus-one.
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The man who put Microsoft in the AI lead

Kevin Scott, the software giant’s CTO, spearheaded the company’s $1 billion OpenAI investment in 2019 and is now shaking up how you use your computer.

Morgan Stanley CEO starts one-year retirement clock

Gorman turned Morgan Stanley from Wall Street’s basket case into one of its steadier performers, and now has three executives quietly auditioning for his job.

Airbnb’s Jay Carney on navigating AI and the post-pandemic world

The company's global head of policy talks about how artificial intelligence could help users find the perfect rental.

The U.S. spent $62 billion saving airlines during the pandemic. We won’t get it back.

The government’s rescue remains deeply unprofitable, but was still the right move.

Anthony Scaramucci will back Chris Christie in Republican presidential race

The former Trump official and hedge fund founder said he expects billionaire Steve Cohen will support Christie, too.

OpenAI told DC company it can't pitch using ChatGPT for politics

FiscalNote, which provides data to Washington lobbyists, had touted OpenAI’s technology to help clients “enhance political participation.”

In U.S. debt fight, Wall Street’s optimists and pessimists face off

Bond investors obsessed with risk are panicked. Stock traders are betting against a default.

AI gives startups an opening to disrupt Google search

Perplexity is among the newcomers leveraging artificial intelligence to create a new kind of search engine, putting Google in a vulnerable spot.

Silicon Valley Bank bidders, unmasked

What the list of firms, including Blackstone and Apollo, that wanted most or parts of SVB says about bank failures to come.

Google's AI search is over

The tech giant unveiled dozens of new products powered by artificial intelligence, shaking up its core business and the AI race.

Inside Tucker Carlson’s new media plan

Tucker Carlson shifted to Twitter to save his relevance, but he will need a business model soon.

Indian VCs say Western investors haven’t lived up to their hype

Local startup backers expected a flood of foreign capital from Sequoia and others, similar to what occurred in China a decade ago. They’re still waiting.