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In a bold move reminiscent of Steve Jobs’ approach to simplification, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced a major restructuring of the company’s AI product lineup. OpenAI plans to merge its diverse collection of models into a single unified system, streamlining its offerings and making AI more accessible. The decision...

Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson has outlined his vision for the company’s future, emphasizing a shift toward technology licensing rather than full-scale car production. He expressed a preference for a 20-80 split, with 20% of the business dedicated to manufacturing vehicles and the remaining 80% focused on licensing...

William Li, founder, chairman, and CEO of Nio (NYSE: NIO), stated that the company’s battery swap business is showing positive momentum, with its battery swap stations in Shanghai approaching profitability. Li shared this update in a Weibo post, where he included a replay clip from a live video broadcast he...

At the end of 2024, US and Canadian businesses, including big players such as Amazon, Tesla, CitiGroup, and Microsoft, made sweeping job cuts. The same was true on the other side of the Atlantic: nearly a quarter of UK businesses cut jobs in response to pressure on their finances from...

Xiaomi (HKG: 1810, OTCMKTS: XIACY) is accelerating efforts to expand its electric vehicle (EV) production capacity as delivery wait times remain lengthy. Lei Jun, the company’s founder, chairman, and CEO, shared on Weibo that he had visited Xiaomi’s EV factory to discuss strategies with the manufacturing team on increasing capacity...

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné has urged Europe to secure a free-trade guarantee on U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG), emphasizing the need for stability in an increasingly unpredictable global trade environment. His remarks come as the United States implements sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports, prompting China to impose a 15% levy...

Initial concerns over the sustainability of Malaysia’s data center expansion following DeepSeek’s emergence are now turning into optimism, according to an analysis by Juwai IQI Co-Founder and Group CEO Kashif Ansari. Ansari noted that DeepSeek had disrupted the AI landscape with a large language model that rivaled those of established...

Question: If your industry's greatest producer or leader is available, could you recruit them? Question: If so, how would your organization’s trajectory be impacted? Notre Dame vs. Ohio State: A Championship Overshadowed by North Carolina’s Bold Move  This past week, Notre Dame and Ohio State faced off in the national...

A great leader understands that excellence is its own reward. Whatever the results show on the scoreboard, the outcome in business negotiation, or any desired pursuit, a true leader never lets one result define them. Instead, this caliber of leader believes that inhabiting “a world of excellence” is its own...

I often work with clients who have entered into bad contracts. Perhaps they relied on a form contract online or made a deal over a handshake without writing down its terms. Maybe in their excitement over the transaction, they did not fully understand its terms. Conducting business without entering into...