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Thesis Statements: 100 Leaders Call Their Shot on Work and AI in 2027

When answers get this cheap, the value moves to knowing which questions are worth asking.

Exclusive: Replit taps OpenAI's low-cost Luna model for new 'Free Mode'

Vibe coding company Replit debuted Free Mode today, a new feature powered by OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna model. The joint announcement, shared exclusively with Fortune, heralds an enhanced partnership between the two tech companies that will see them work on several future products, they said.

Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

Shares in Unitree, one of China’s largest manufacturers of humanoid robots, closed their first day of trading by more than 460%, showing strong investor appetite for China’s robotics sector. Unitree raised around $900 million in its IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, the city’s board for technology startups, at a valuation of $9 billion. After today’s surge, Unitree is now worth around $66 billion, ahead of larger Chinese tech firms like Baidu and JD.com. It’s also worth more than the most valuable U.S. robotics company, Figure AI, which got a $39 billion valuation in a September 2025 funding round.

Also’s $3,500 e-bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation

Chris Yu will tell you his micromobility company, Also, is much more than an e-bike maker. Its market is every vehicle smaller than a car.

Nvidia’s New Financial Strategy Does Not Compute

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AI Isn't Close to Curing Cancer. This Startup Says It Knows What It Will Take.

It's the data, stupid.

Current price of Bitcoin for Aug. 19, 2026

At 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time today, one Bitcoin (BTC) is priced at $64,339.33. That’s up 203.85 from where it stood yesterday morning and roughly $48,600 lower than it was at this time last year.

Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers

Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.

Silicon Valley has a new insult for performative hustle posts: 'grindslop'

Techies are calling performative work content on social media "grindslop." Business Insider spoke with the grindslop accused — and accusers.

OpenAI blinks first in AI safety standoff

The two leading AI labs publicly diverging on safety could put them on different model-release timelines.

Behind the Curtain: The new existential threat to AI

Republicans and AI CEOs are in full panic mode.

One chart shows a big warning sign for the future of AI

A survey shows that even the so-called "AI native" generation is souring on the technology.