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[ad_1] There’s a new kid on the banking block.Robinhood announced earlier this year that it will offer banking services for premium members this fall, and CEO Vlad Tenev was asked about how his upcoming project will compete with long-standing finance companies, including JPMorgan and Mastercard, at the All-In Summit.Robinhood’s banking and wealth management service will provide “access to traditional checking and savings accounts with luxury benefits,” according to a press release from March. The banking feature will include cash deliveries, international transfers, estate planning services, and whole-family accounts. Robinhood is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which protects deposits when banks fail.”If…

[ad_1] Amazon is doubling down on its agentic AI ambitions, hiring two senior executives to help build its growing portfolio of developer tools and infrastructure for intelligent agents.The new hires follow Business Insider’s report in early September that Amazon was getting ready to make a big splash in the AI agent market, sparking a rally in the company’s shares. Amazon’s cloud computing arm, AWS, has made an aggressive move to position itself as a leader in agentic AI, where intelligent software agents build, deploy, and manage complex applications on behalf of users.David Richardson returns to Amazon Web Services as vice…

[ad_1] Y Combinator hosted its Summer 2025 Demo Day last week, showcasing the latest batch of over 160 startups. As with recent batches, the majority of startups presented AI-centric solutions. However, a clear evolution was evident. Instead of  “AI-powered” products, many companies are now building AI agents or the infrastructure and tools needed to develop them. For instance, this batch had a flurry of voice AI solutions and new businesses focused on helping others monetize the “AI economy” with ads and marketing tools. We spoke with a handful of YC-focused  investors to learn which startups they found most interesting and…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s pitch to scale back publicly traded companies’ financial reporting requirements is a non-starter for Big Tech investors, Niles Investment Management founder Dan Niles told CNBC on Monday. “In technology, where things are changing so quickly, I really don’t want to be investing in black boxes,” Niles said in a ” Squawk on the Street ” interview. “The winner yesterday … may not be the winner today.” Niles’ comments come just hours after Trump suggested in a Truth Social post that public firms report earnings every six months, rather than on a quarterly basis. Less frequent reporting…

[ad_1] Analysts have characterized the recent strength in the stock market as an AI rally, but flying under the Magnificent Seven’s radar is Walmart — a company so vast that it literally has its own weatherman.And as it turns out, the retail juggernaut’s scale and reach are proving to be tremendous assets in the AI race.That’s because most top AI companies — like OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, or Meta — operate in a primarily virtual space, processing unfathomably complex rivers of information into more digital information. AI-adjacent companies like Nvidia, Intel, and Oracle focus on providing the physical infrastructure upon which the AI…

[ad_1] The rising popularity of Bausch + Lomb’s daily single-use contact lenses led to a massive manufacturing challenge. To keep up with demand, the company had to quickly expand capacity at two production facilities, in Ireland and New York.The higher volume also drove Bausch + Lomb’s CEO, Brent Saunders, to embrace new AI software, which helps manufacturing workers monitor, test, and fix mechanical issues.The technology, called Atlas and produced by Arena AI, is designed to predict machinery issues before they arise and send alerts to maintenance workers so they can diagnose errors and fix them.Saunders said that Atlas was tested in Rochester…

[ad_1] An explosive rally has unfolded in EV leader Tesla (TSLA) following a breakout from a triangle pattern, featured here in early August. The strong gains look set to continue for TSLA from a technical perspective, noting the stock is far from overbought territory per the monthly stochastics, and the upper boundary of a secular uptrend channel puts resistance above $500. (Read about why Tesla is jumping Monday on a big insider purchase from Elon Musk here .) The bullish action in TSLA leads us to the charts of other EV companies, such as China-based NIO (NIO) , as another…

[ad_1] 2025-09-15T17:24:17Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Prices of groceries and housing are going up across the US. US News & World Report ranked all US states based on their affordability. It ranked Arkansas as the most affordable state in the US, and California as the least affordable. From groceries to housing, living is getting…

[ad_1] At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco, industry leaders will explore how founders can build lasting companies while navigating rapid shifts in AI, markets, and consumer behavior. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Meet the speakers Meet the speakers Nirav Tolia, CEO, president, and co-founder of Nextdoor, leads one of the most recognized community platforms in tech. He previously co-founded Epinions.com, served as COO at Shopping.com, and is non-executive chair at Hedosophia. Jane Alexander, partner at CapitalG,…

[ad_1] OpenAI announced Monday that it’s releasing a new version of GPT-5 to its AI coding agent, Codex. The company says its new model, called GPT-5-Codex, spends its “thinking” time more dynamically than previous models, and could spend anywhere from a few seconds to seven hours on a coding task. As a result, it performs better on agentic coding benchmarks. The new model is now rolling out in Codex products — which can be accessed via a terminal, IDE, GitHub, or ChatGPT — to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, and Enterprise users. OpenAI says it plans to make the…