Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has passed away

Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has passed away

Gordon Moore, co-founder and former CEO of Intel, has passed away at the age of 94. He was the last surviving member of the Intel Trinity, which also included his co-founder Robert Noyce and their first recruit Andy Grove. Moore and Noyce previously worked with transistor co-inventor William Shockley before helping found Fairchild Semiconductor. In … Read more

Air Taxi is coming to Chicago in 2025

Air Taxi is coming to Chicago in 2025

Story at a glance According to a joint press release from Archer Aviation Inc. and United Airlines, Chicago will be the debut city for the first commercial electric air taxi route in two years. Archer’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft will shuttle from O’Hare International Airpot to Vertiport Chicago, the largest vertical takeoff … Read more

What Silicon Valley Bank did right

What Silicon Valley Bank did right

There’s a reason Silicon Valley Bank became such a fixture among startups: it understood their needs better than any other bank. Even now, many banks don’t have the flexibility and understanding to make banking easy for startups. Now that the SVB is gone, many young companies will find it more difficult to manage their finances. … Read more

Rivian Moves Workers to Illinois EV Plant to Speed ​​Up Production – WSJ

Rivian Moves Workers to Illinois EV Plant to Speed ​​Up Production – WSJ

March 24 (Reuters) – Rivian Automotive Inc (RIVN.O) is moving parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The reorganization, which is expected to be announced soon, would mean those working on manufacturing engineering would be asked … Read more

The new CEO of Starbucks will run monthly shifts in the stores

The new CEO of Starbucks will run monthly shifts in the stores

Starbucks’ new CEO, Laxman Narasimhan, has pledged to work as a barista in stores across the country once a month as part of his leadership of the company. Narasimhan took over the reins of the coffee giant this week as founder Howard Schultz stepped down from his second stint as CEO. Narasimhan credited his “immersive … Read more

Elon reportedly backed out of OpenAI because they didn’t want him to be the big boss

Elon reportedly backed out of OpenAI because they didn’t want him to be the big boss

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter and Tesla, once played the role of Mr. Money Bags for Sicon valley latest darling OpenAIthe creators of ChatGPT And OF-2. The nonprofit has become the center of the tech world’s new obsession with AI, but a new report claims that in 2018, Musk proposed taking over the nonprofit research … Read more