With a valuation of $190 billion, Databricks is now one of Silicon Valley’s biggest—and fastest-growing—software companies. But according to CEO Ali Ghodsi, one key to scaling the company hasn’t been getting his top talent into more meetings—it’s making sure they aren’t stuck in conference rooms all day. “I try to compress the calendar,” Ghodsi said
Sam Altman, the billionaire CEO of OpenAI, spends his days at the center of the AI revolution—but when it comes time to unwind, he’s just like millions of Americans who enjoy scrolling through TikTok before bed. “I happen to like short-form video,” Altman said this week in conversation with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. “I happen
The robot uprising may have to wait. For now, the machines are still running headfirst into walls, both literal and metaphorical. That reality was on grand display at the second iteration of the World Humanoid Robot Games, a five-day competition held in China where robots compete in Olympic-style events, which kicked off on Saturday. Notably,
Elon Musk has perhaps been the most bullish on AI’s potential to reshape the world, predicting that work will eventually become optional, goods and services will become abundant, and money could become irrelevant as AI drives toward a “universal high income.” But fellow billionaire Michael Saylor isn’t quite buying it. “Everybody doesn’t get a Hampton’s
