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Can Resy and Eater Founder Ben Leventhal Save Independent Restaurants with His New Debit Card?
Independent restaurants are fighting a brutal margin war. Restaurant tech veteran Ben Leventhal thinks a consumer debit card is the weapon to save them.
Republican backers dominate list of top 10 midterm donors as Elon Musk boosts head-spinning 2026 total
Republican megadonors are motivated by crypto and AI this midterm cycle. Among the top 10 donors for the 2026 midterm elections, eight are pushing for Republican control of Congress. The top 40 donors gave over $2.4 billion by mid-October 2026, compared with a much smaller inflation-adjusted total…
In the past few weeks, I have written about how colleagues can make significant requests of each other and how a boss can approach big requests of one of their direct reports. This week, I’ll complete the cycle by thinking about how you can make a big ask of your boss. Before discussing some…
China’s record-breaking clean tech exports offer signs of hope in the fight against emissions
China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and equipment as the energy crisis from the Iran war drives surging demand for renewables , and that will help reduce global emissions , according to a report released Thursday. Once installed or deployed, these 2026 exports will likely…
Anthropic’s IPO is selling investors a story. The numbers tell another one
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI . I’m Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, covering emerging tech, AI, and tech policy. Sign up to receive this newsletter every week via email here . And if you have…
Want to reach Gen Z? Don’t spend a dollar until you ask this
Ziad Ahmed started his first nonprofit in eighth grade, focused on social equality and acceptance. After seeing how often young people were talked about rather than talked to, he founded Juve Consulting, a Gen Z agency helping brands connect with his generation. Within a few years, United Talent…
Brazil’s most popular bank brings its vibrant brand to the U.S.
Launching a bank in the U.S. involves layers of super complex compliance, legal requirements, and auditing. For Nubank, a Brazilian-based digital bank that launched in the U.S. last month under the name Nu, the branding was actually the hardest part. Building a customer support team or launching a…
The Trump administration is now blacklisting this major biotech company and its affiliates. Here’s why
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is blocking shipments by the Chinese biotech company BGI Group and its affiliates, alleging ties to forced labor in China’s far-west ethnic region of Xinjiang. Starting Thursday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will bar goods by BGI Group, a major…
4 tips on how to get started with consumer-friendly AI agents
Agentic artificial intelligence is gaining popularity far beyond tech circles, with Meta , OpenAI , Anthropic and other companies going head-to-head in the surging market for consumer-friendly AI agents . While the leading AI labs have offered tools with agentic capabilities for years, agents that…
The Amazon rainforest, long known as the ‘lungs of our planet,’ now releases more carbon than it absorbs
The Amazon rainforest has long been called the “lungs of our planet,” because of how it takes in and stores billions of tons of carbon dioxide. But the Amazon has been losing that ability. Years of deforestation, drought, and fires have hindered just how much CO2 the rainforest can absorb. Now, the…