AI Startups Raised $2.9 Billion in Three Months—Here’s Why

AI Startups Raised .9 Billion in Three Months—Here’s Why

OpenAI recently secured $6.6 billion in funding at a valuation of $157 billion, but it’s far from the only AI company with high fundraising potential. Investors poured $2.9 billion from July to September (Q3) of 2024 into the latest U.S.-based AI startups, per PitchBook data. The three startups in the U.S. that received some of … Read more

4 Key Insights for Making Smarter AI Investments

4 Key Insights for Making Smarter AI Investments

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been creating a lot of volatility across industries around the world. And in 2024, it is still creating so many waves that are rocking the boat for investors looking to ride the AI wave. It’s easy to see the potential for AI to … Read more

X Rival Bluesky Gains 1.2 Million New Users in 2 Days

X Rival Bluesky Gains 1.2 Million New Users in 2 Days

X users may be migrating to bluer skies after a major change. Bluesky is an open, ad-free social network that grew out of Twitter, now X, in 2019. The platform announced on Thursday that half a million new users signed up within a day of X announcing that it would be changing up its blocking … Read more

Meta Fires $400,000 Employee Over $25 Uber Eats Meal Voucher

Meta Fires 0,000 Employee Over  Uber Eats Meal Voucher

Meta fired about two dozen people in the company’s Los Angeles office last week for misusing a $25 dinner voucher over an extended period of time. One employee made $400,000 per year. Meta gives employees a $20 credit for breakfast, $25 for lunch, and $25 for dinner through Grubhub or Uber Eats. Instead of using … Read more

Nvidia’s ‘Insane’ AI Chip Demand Leads to Record Share Price

Nvidia’s ‘Insane’ AI Chip Demand Leads to Record Share Price

Nvidia is the second most valuable company in the world, with a market cap of over $3 trillion. At market close on Monday, shares of the AI chipmaker hit an unprecedented high of $138.07 before falling to $131.32 at the time of writing. Nvidia’s performance is tied to strong demand for its AI chips. Nvidia … Read more

Salesforce CEO Benioff: Salesforce Can Beat Microsoft at AI

Salesforce CEO Benioff: Salesforce Can Beat Microsoft at AI

Microsoft has invested billions in AI and plans to reopen a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania to power the technology. Still, Marc Benioff, CEO of enterprise competitor Salesforce, says that Microsoft’s efforts aren’t enough and that Microsoft has actually done a “tremendous disservice” to the AI industry. “When you look at how Copilot has been … Read more

Apple Intelligence AI Summarizes Breakup Texts, Goes Viral

Apple Intelligence AI Summarizes Breakup Texts, Goes Viral

Leaders from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon have hailed AI as the technology driving the next industrial revolution. And while AI can lead to business impact and productivity gains, it can also be “unreal and dystopian,” one Apple Intelligence user discovered. On Thursday, Nick Spreen, an app developer based in New York, … Read more

Track Hurricanes and More Like a Pro for Life

Track Hurricanes and More Like a Pro for Life

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. As weather patterns become increasingly unpredictable, staying informed and prepared is more important than ever—especially for business professionals … Read more

5 Key Strategies for a Seamless Cloud Migration

5 Key Strategies for a Seamless Cloud Migration

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a journey. It often feels daunting to start this journey, but it doesn’t have to be. With this article, I will run through five key strategies that when used in isolation, as well as when combined, will go a long … Read more

Meta Previews Movie Gen, AI Tools That Turn Dreams to Videos

Meta Previews Movie Gen, AI Tools That Turn Dreams to Videos

Meta previewed new AI tools on Friday called Movie Gen that can create videos, edit them automatically, and layer on AI-generated sound for a cohesive video clip. Movie Gen works with written text prompts, an image, or an existing video as input. There’s also an option to add a personal picture so users can see … Read more