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Leaders across industries are encouraging employees to increase their AI usage — but it’s becoming costly, and there are risks as people upload sensitive information into an array of large language models.Requesty wants to help companies bring down the expense and mitigate against any AI perils.Originally founded as a data analytics startup, London-based Requesty pivoted this year to focus on infrastructure. Its technology sits as a gateway between AI providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Grok, and developers who are building AI-powered applications for tasks like coding, booking travel, scanning invoices, and translation.Thibault Jaigu, Requesty’s cofounder, describes the company as a…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wen-Hsing Huang, a 25-year-old software development engineer at Amazon from Taiwan, who is now based in Seattle. Business Insider has verified Huang’s employment history with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I always knew I wanted to study and work in the United States. When I was 18, I dreamed of making $200,000 a year working in Big Tech when I graduated.Over time, I began to question whether I wanted my career dictated by a visa. I realized how little control I had over external factors: the economy,…

As hype around generative AI continues to rattle the software sector, more specialized software companies may be among the most resilient players and the most underappreciated.RBC Capital Markets wrote on Wednesday that vertical software — tools specifically designed for industries such as healthcare, insurance, and industrial design — could weather AI disruption in the near term and benefit from it in the long run.These software vendors benefit from deep domain expertise, regulatory knowledge, and workflows that are difficult to replicate, the analysts wrote in a note to investors.”Vertical software is one pocket of software that is likely to be viewed…

Chinese social media users on Weibo, a Twitter-like platform, have mixed views on Tesla’s new budget-friendly models.On Tuesday, Tesla announced affordable versions of the Model Y and Model 3. Unlike the premium versions, the standard models won’t ship with key features like leather seats, a radio, a rear screen for passengers, and the “Autosteer” feature of Tesla’s Autopilot software.The “Model Y Standard” and the “Model 3 Standard” cost $39,990 and $36,990, respectively. Both cars are about $5,000, or around 10% cheaper than their premium versions, and will be available starting next month.Some Chinese social media users, however, said they weren’t…

Five former Dell employees are suing the tech giant, alleging it mismanaged its 401(k) retirement plan and cost workers hundreds of millions of dollars.The complaint, filed on January 28 in a federal court in Texas, alleges that Dell and its retirement plan managers held employees’ money for several years in underperforming investment funds, even as better alternatives became available.They argue that the plan’s fiduciaries failed to properly monitor and replace several in-house investment options, including Dell Pre-Mixed Portfolio Target Date Series and Dell Core Funds, that consistently underperformed comparable funds in the market.The plaintiffs say those decisions violated the Employee Retirement Income…

What is a Chromebook?Most computers in the world either run on Windows or macOS. But Chromebook laptops run on a unique operating system called ChromeOS, which is mostly based around running programs made by Google. This includes productivity cloud apps like Google Docs and Google Drive, but also sites that you use every day, like Gmail and YouTube.Because they rely so heavily on Google apps, Chromebooks can’t run nearly as many programs as Windows or Mac devices. It’s also harder to use them offline, since so many Google services need an internet connection. Chromebooks do let you download and use…

Recently, I found myself in a pickle. I had a physical copy of a book from the library I wanted to read — a history of the Battle of Bunker Hill. (I feel certain there’s a sizable cohort of people like me who only had their middlebrow hyperfixations on Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” PBS miniseries broken by “Heated Rivalry.”)In the last few years, I have embraced the convenience of audiobooks for driving/walking/exercising/doing dishes. As a result, I am consuming more books than ever, but not so much with my eyeballs. (If you have opinions about the superiority of paper…

This morning, I woke up to a stunning report that Google is gearing up to sell a 100-year bond.That follows a similar move in early November, when Google issued a 50-year bond.Investors are giving this company billions and are willing to wait up to a century to get it back. In contrast, the US government usually borrows money for a maximum of 30 years.And the interest rates Google is paying are not that much more than what the US Treasury pays. For the 50-year bond, Google paid about 1 percentage point more, but got an extra 20 years to repay.To…

Amazon is one of Anthropic’s largest investors and a key partner in bringing the startup’s AI models and products to customers.Inside Amazon, however, employees aren’t allowed to use Anthropic’s Claude Code for production work or for live products without formal approval.That disconnect became more visible late last year, when Amazon rolled out internal guidance steering teams toward Kiro, its in-house AI coding assistant, according to internal messages seen by Business Insider. The guidance encourages using Kiro over non-approved third-party tools, including Claude Code, for production code.The policy prompted criticism across internal Amazon forums. In one discussion thread, roughly 1,500 Amazon…

2026-02-11T13:25:54.525Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Elon Musk’s AI startup is facing a flurry of top employee departures. The departures included xAI cofounders Jimmy Ba and Tony Wu, who both thanked Musk for the opportunity. More than half of xAI’s cofounders have left the startup since Musk founded it in 2023. xAI is facing an…