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[ad_1] Romi Gubes knew her idea sounded outlandish: a small audio-only device that could sit in a senior’s home and detect everything from falls to early signs of cognitive decline.”It was like science fiction,” she told Business Insider. “When we came up with this idea, everyone thought we were crazy.”But what seemed far-fetched in 2019 is now a multimillion-dollar reality. Gubes’s startup Sensi.AI just raised $45 million in Series C funding, BI learned exclusively.Qumra Capital led the round, joined by existing investors including Insight Partners. The raise brings Sensi.AI’s total funding to $98 million.Gubes, a former software engineer, cofounded Sensi.AI…

[ad_1] Google on Thursday launched a comprehensive AI platform for businesses called Gemini Enterprise, the latest effort by the Alphabet-owned company to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI in the fast-growing market for workplace AI tools. As part of the launch, Google announced several new Gemini Enterprise customers, including the software design firm Figma; the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna; the foodservice distributor Gordon Foods; Australian retail bank Macquarie Bank; and Virgin Voyages, a cruise line that has deployed more than 50 specialized AI agents that can autonomously perform tasks on Gemini Enterprise. Gemini Enterprise builds on previous iterations of the company’s efforts…

[ad_1] There are still big gains to be had in Nvidia , according to Cantor Fitzgerald. The investment firm raised its price target on the graphics processing unit maker to $300 from $240, implying that shares could surge 59%. Cantor also kept its overweight rating on the stock. While renewed interest in the AI trade has driven Nvidia to new highs recently, analyst C.J. Muse asserted that the stock’s long-term prospects still look solid. Supporting this point is the fact that AI token demand has “exploded” in the past 12 to 16 weeks. NVDA YTD mountain NVDA YTD chart “We…

[ad_1] Piper Sandler is bullish on PNC Financial Services heading into its upcoming earnings report next week. Piper Sandler analyst Scott Siefers upgraded the regional bank to overweight rating from neutral. He also raised his price target to $220 from $211, signaling upside of 15.7%. Shares of PNC have slipped 1% on the year, offering an attractive entry point for a stock that usually trades at a premium, Siefers said. PNC YTD mountain PNC YTD chart “Despite strong fundamental performance, the shares have languished. They are basically flat YTD, and PNC is the second worst performing large regional we follow,”…

[ad_1] Oracle has positioned itself to take advantage of the artificial intelligence craze, which means big returns ahead for investors, according to Baird. The investment firm initiated coverage of the tech giant with an outperform rating and $365 price target, implying that shares could rise 27% from their Wednesday close. Baird analyst Rob Oliver pointed to Oracle’s strong positioning as an artificial intelligence growth story. “We view ORCL as very well positioned to benefit from the accelerating spend on AI infrastructure, and the convergence of AI, data and use-cases that will emerge from the move from training to inference,” he…

[ad_1] This essay is part of Lonely at the Top, a series that examines the link between wealth and loneliness.I grew up in a modest household in Hawaii — first-gen, middle class. We were the kind of family where you’re taught to save every penny and keep your head down. The kind where we never ordered soda on the rare occasion we actually went to a restaurant.I followed those values into adulthood. I earned an engineering degree, landed a W-2 job, lived frugally, and saved hard.By my late 20s, I’d bought my first rental property in Seattle. By 2015, I…

[ad_1] This story was adapted from Maelin Mejias’ interview with Business Insider’s Abby Narishkin for the “Big Business” video series. Mejias works at Summit Diner in New Jersey. Summit began serving customers in the late 1920s and moved to its current location in 1939. It’s one of New Jersey’s oldest diners. This essay has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been waitressing at Summit Diner for 14 years, which is surprising because I had only planned on being in the US for a year.I’ve worked at other diners, but what has kept me at Summit for so long is the…

[ad_1] Scott Thomas, 66, lives near Tampa, Florida, and earlier in his career, worked in customer service operations at companies including Citigroup. Since then, he’s owned several businesses, including fitness centers. He has been trying to re-enter the corporate world. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I spend about four to six hours a day completing job applications. It’s become this weird treasure hunt for me. Each time I try to stop doing it, I go, “Well, now I have nothing to hope for.”So every day, it drives me to keep searching. I’ve gotten to the point where…

[ad_1] When Anshul Gandhi graduated from dental school in India, the idea of working for a company like Apple — let alone as a machine learning engineer — felt far beyond his reach.But 11 years later, after moving to the US for graduate school and navigating multiple job transitions, that’s exactly where he ended up.During his final years of dental school, Gandhi realized the profession wasn’t for him. He and other students had begun treating patients, including performing root canals, dentures, and other procedures. The experience gave him a clearer sense of what day-to-day work in the field would look…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Garima Shah, the Orlando-based founder and president of Biller Genie, a B2B SaaS company. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been in Fintech for over 20 years.When I first started in business, I worked in outside sales, and I was very young. It was high turnover, high commitment, and commission-only. At one point, my manager went on maternity leave, and she left me, a really inexperienced 19-year-old, to run the company.When I was running sales teams, I conducted 30 to 40 interviews a day. She taught me…