The new resilience: automating to innovate
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Microsoft's CFO highlights record infrastructure investments, OpenAI deal in internal memo
The memos mostly rehash what the company reports publicly, but often they show what developments the executive deems most important.
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Amazon VP tells remaining workers to 'lean in on AI' in internal memo after massive layoffs
Amazon's HR chief also explained the 14,000 cuts in part by saying AI is helping companies innovate faster.
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Read the email Amazon is sending to laid-off employees
Impacted employees will receive 90 days of pay, benefits, and a severance package, according to an email seen by Business Insider.
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Three critical data shifts your company needs to thrive in the agentic AI era
Explore how agentic AI is transforming business operations and learn the crucial data strategies necessary to stay competitive in an AI-driven world.
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Vibe coding startup Replit is projecting $1 billion in revenue by the end of 2026
Replit expects to hit $1 billion in revenue next year as AI coding products replace old tools.
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I went to Salesforce's biggest conference to learn what it actually does. I finally kind of get it, and I saw Metallica live.
I went to Salesforce's Dreamforce, where over 50,000 attendees experienced CRM software, celebrity talks, and an unforgettable Metallica concert.
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$1.65 trillion chip giant Broadcom cuts staff in units like sales and accounts
Broadcom cuts staff in sales and account management roles. The chip giant has been capitalizing on the AI boom.
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How innovation and expertise are transforming the professional hair care and beauty industry
Learn about L'Oréal's transformative role in the professional beauty industry, providing hairstylists with innovation, education, and products.
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Inside Nvidia's org chart: See the 36 leaders who report to CEO Jensen Huang at the world's most valuable company
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is known for having more direct reports than other tech leaders. An internal list shows these 36 reports.
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A $9 billion firm launches an RTO crackdown: Show up to the office or miss out on equity
The Seattle-based cybersecurity firm has an RTO mandate that's now tied to equity compensation.
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Nvidia will foot the bill for Trump's new visa fees. Here's what CEO Jensen Huang told staff.
In an internal message, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang reiterated his support for Trump's H-1B changes and shared personal reflections on immigration.
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These are the most 'AI-proof' software companies, according to analysts
Investors worry that generative AI will disrupt software business models. These companies could fend off the threat.
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Microsoft promoted a new CEO of its commercial business and is combining teams to compete in AI
Microsoft promoted Judson Althoff to CEO of its commercial business, expanding his role.
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AI vibe coding tools may be going from boom to bust, new data shows. Here's why.
Vibe coding tools have seen traffic drop, with Vercel's v0 and Lovable seeing significant declines, raising sustainability questions, Barclays warns.
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AI training companies are raising billions to get humans to teach chatbots. Here are the startups cashing in.
AI training companies are booming as AI labs race for better chatbots. Find out who is cashing in.
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20 tech giants that could be hit hardest by President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fees
President Donald Trump's H-1B visa fee hike to $100,000 affects hiring skilled foreign workers, with Amazon and Meta among those hardest hit.
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Nvidia CEO explains why he's making a $5 billion bet on struggling chip giant Intel
"Having Jensen's blessing is priceless," the Bernstein senior analyst Stacy Rasgon wrote about Nvidia's $5 billion investment in Intel.
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Omnea raises $50 million from Insight and Khosla to help firms use AI to solve the 'unsexy' problem of managing tools
The AI for procurement field is heating up amid economic pressure, President Donald Trump's tariffs, and the AI boom, Omnea CEO Ben Freeman said.
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Stealth AI sales startup Spara raised $15 million after refining its idea with 'really smart people'
Spara, cofounded by an alum of luxury real estate brokerage The Agency, creates conversational AI agents for sales.
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Microsoft execs make the case for RTO in leaked meeting: In-person staff are 'thriving'
Microsoft explained its new, stricter return-to-office policy by citing internal employee data.
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A white-hat hacking gambit spawned $48 million in venture funding for cybersecurity startup Koi. Read its pitch deck.
Koi has raised $48 million to help companies protect against software add-ons, which are increasing in usage and can evade traditional protections.
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Microsoft is setting an even stricter RTO policy for its AI org, internal document shows
Microsoft is mandating AI org employees return to a company office 4 days weekly starting January 26.
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AI-Powered Migration and Modernization: The Game-Changer Executives Can't Ignore
Agentic AI is transforming cloud migration and modernization, enabling enterprises to accelerate processes, optimize costs, and gain a competitive edge with advanced automation.
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The battle of the LLMs: A popular website allows users to pit AI models from Google, OpenAI, and more against each other
Business Insider chatted with the CTO of LMArena, a site where enthusiasts can evaluate AI models like Google's Nano Banana.
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Stealth AI startup Aurasell raised $30 million in seed funding in 28 hours to take on Salesforce
AI sales startup Aurasell is emerging from stealth with a $30 million seed round that its founders said closed in roughly a day.
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How many customers does your company actually have? It depends on who you ask.
Uncover the importance of data accuracy and governance for AI success, and how organizations can leverage intelligent data to thrive in the AI era.
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China's military tried to buy Nvidia chips for AI servers and a robot dog, documents show
Chinese military records show attempts to buy banned Nvidia chips for its AI projects. Find out more about what they reveal.
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Snowflake's CEO lays out his vision for more efficiency and a focus on employee performance
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy outlines plans to enhance efficiency and profitability, focusing on AI and early-career talent to maintain growth.
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Amazon workers are piecing together cloud division layoffs in internal messages
Amazon confirmed layoffs in its cloud computing unit, AWS, and employees are trying to determine which teams were affected.
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PwC's chief AI officer: AI is moving quickly. Here's how leaders can avoid getting left behind.
Dan Priest, PwC's chief AI officer, highlighted the urgency for CEOs to develop comprehensive AI strategies in order to stay ahead of the curve.
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Centralizing the Process
Find out how smart purchasing tools can meet your procurement needs in a decentralized environment.
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Jumeirah Residences Asora Bay: Elevating the art of ultra-luxury coastal living
35 premium new residences represent the pinnacle of Dubai's luxury real estate.
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Microsoft plans to replace many of the salespeople it laid off with more technical roles to compete with OpenAI, Google
The company's recent job cuts included thousands of salespeople, many of whom will be replaced by more technical roles to sell AI.
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Internal Microsoft memo lays out its new strategy for selling AI as the company cuts salespeople
Microsoft's Judson Althoff is revamping sales to become the "frontier AI firm," according to an internal memo.
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The gray area at the center of Microsoft's battle with OpenAI
Insiders say Microsoft's access to OpenAI's tech is central to ongoing talks because what OpenAI is required to share, and when, can be a gray area.
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How purpose and passion are shaping the next wave of consumer payments
Mastercard research reveals a shift in consumer payments, with top earners investing in experiences, choosing purpose and passion over material goods.
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Scale AI locked down Big Tech client documents after BI revealed security holes
Following a Business Insider report, Scale AI locked down Google Docs containing sensitive information, impacting contractors' access.
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Scale AI exposed sensitive data about clients like Meta and xAI in public Google Docs, BI finds
Scale AI's public Google Docs reveal sensitive information from clients like Meta and Google, raising concerns over data protection in AI projects.
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How the ease of tap-and-go is making its way to online checkout
Visa Click to Pay offers a seamless shopping experience that improves transaction speed, reduces fraud, and increases authorization rates.
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Documents reveal what tool Google used to try to beat ChatGPT: ChatGPT itself
Internal documents show Google used ChatGPT to improve Bard. Scale AI workers were ordered to "see why GPT4 is better."
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Leaked Microsoft org chart shows the team Jay Parikh assembled to lead CoreAI, full of fellow ex-Meta execs
Parikh's team includes some of his former Meta colleagues, plus longtime Microsoft executives.
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What a top Microsoft exec learned from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, per an internal email
Microsoft's Jay Parikh is adopting some of Andy Jassy's strategies for his new AI organization, according to an internal email
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Ciroos is building AI teammates that fix tech issues faster. Here's the pitch deck it used to raise $21 million.
Ciroos just launched from stealth with $21 million in seed funding from Energy Impact Partners. It's building AI agents for site reliability.
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Leaked Microsoft document shows Walmart's past spending on Azure cloud services
A leaked document viewed by BI shows how much Walmart spent on Microsoft's Azure from June 2023 to May 2024.
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Meta's Llama AI team has been bleeding talent. Many top researchers have joined French AI startup Mistral.
Out of the 14 creators of Meta's AI model Llama, 11 have left the company. French AI startup Mistral has five of them.
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Microsoft put an ex-Facebook exec in charge of a new AI unit. Internal memos reveal how it's going.
Internal memos Jay Parikh has sent to employees since taking on a new AI unit reveal its early ambitions and accomplishments.
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Microsoft's big event was all about the 'explosion' of AI agents
It was all about AI agents at Microsoft's Build developer conference, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joining to talk about the future of AI coding.
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From online shopping to AI-driven innovation, payments are changing. Here's how merchants can keep up.
Whether in-person or online, customers don't think about how they're shopping — they just want it to work. Payments included.
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