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TikTok is becoming a shopping powerhouse.TikTok Shop has been one of the fastest-growing brands in the US this year, according to a new Morning Consult report.The social-shopping app ranked third on Morning Consult’s list, just behind food-delivery app DoorDash and clothing brand Fruit of the Loom. It grew more quickly than other digital brands, such as ChatGPT (ranked ninth) and crypto exchange Coinbase (ranked 11th). It was the only social-media tool to rank in the top 20 this year.TikTok Shop’s growth in popularity shows just how much the social-commerce platform has managed to break through in a crowded US e-commerce…
Masayoshi Son isn’t known for half measures. The SoftBank founder’s career has been studded with eyebrow-raising bets, each one seemingly more outrageous than the last. His latest move is to cash out his entire $5.8 billion Nvidia stake to go all-in on AI. And while it surprised the business world on Tuesday, it maybe should not. At this point, it’s almost more surprising when the 68-year-old Son doesn’t push his chips to the center of the table. Consider that during the late 1990s dot-com bubble, Son’s net worth soared to about $78 billion by February 2000, briefly making him the…
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous people are used to adapting, so when the power failed at their kickoff event at this year’s United Nations climate talks, they rolled with it. Participants from around the world sweated through song, dance and prayers, improvising without microphones and cooling themselves with fans made of paper or leaves.But the ill-timed blackout fed an undercurrent of skepticism that this year’s summit — dubbed “the Indigenous peoples COP” — will deliver on organizers’ promise to put them front and center at the event on the edge of the Amazon rainforest where many Indigenous groups live.Indigenous peoples…
For Jan Gilg, SAP’s co-chief revenue officer and head of the Americas market and the global Business Suite, thriving within today’s economic climate and technology imperatives isn’t about avoiding disruption. It’s about using the agility those challenges cultivate to drive innovation.That can start with understanding what’s proprietary about your business versus what’s a process most businesses rely on. Gilg refers to this as “standardizing where you don’t differentiate.” In other words, automating standard processes that don’t create value.The question, Gilg then posed, is “where is the innovation happening?” In his view, determining which area of their enterprise management tech stack…
In 2023, after nearly three decades as CEO of the company he founded, Robert LoCascio stepped down as CEO of LivePerson, the public firm credited with pioneering web chat in 1997. Generative AI advances inspired his next project, which he calls “the highest bar” for the technology: replicating human beings with their life stories and personality. In 2024, he founded and self-funded, Eternos, a legacy service that allows people to preserve their voice and stories for loved ones after they pass away. Now, it’s got a new name and modified mission. The startup gained significant media attention after its first…
For all their pitches promising something new, AI startups share many of the same questions as startups in years past: How do they know when they’ve achieved the holy grail of product-market fit? Product-market fit has been studied extensively over the years; entire books have been written about how to master the art. But as with so many things, AI is upending established practices. “Honestly, it just could not be more different from all the playbooks that we’ve all been taught in tech in the past,” Ann Bordetsky, a partner at New Enterprise Associates, told a standing room-only crowd at…
Israeli AI agent startup Wonderful has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, IVP, Bessemer, and Vine Ventures. The large round, in a market already crowded with AI agent startups, suggests Wonderful has convinced top tier investors it’s not just another GPT wrapper, but a company building the infrastructure and orchestration that could scale if multi-agent systems take off. The round brings Wonderful’s total funding to $134 million just four months after the startup came out of stealth with a seed round and a promise to help enterprises deploy customer-facing AI agents across voice, chat, and email in every market and every language. The startup…
2025-11-11T16:06:43.225Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link 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. Apple is releasing a $230 iPhone pocket in collaboration with luxury fashion brand Issey Miyake. The brands share a similar, simplistic design approach and a history that spans decades. The accessory comes in two sizes and multiple colors. Apple is dropping a new way to accessorize your iPhone.The tech…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine.The oral cholera vaccine, developed by the Cape Town-based pharmaceutical firm Biovac, is currently undergoing trials to determine its safety in adults and will be followed by trials to compare it to existing cholera vaccines that are already in the market.Depending on the results, the vaccine could be approved and ready for use in Africa by 2028, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.The development of the vaccine has been praised as a significant milestone for vaccine access in the country and across…
New Delhi – Authorities in India’s capital have urged elementary schools to hold classes online, banned construction and urged people to work from home as the annual plague of air pollution hit the “severe” category in a health warning system for the first time this season. For the first time, the toxic air has drawn protests against the government, and a warning for people with health issues to simply leave Delhi if they can.The severe designation indicates potentially serious health impacts for people with impaired immune systems, and negative affects even for healthy people, according to India’s Central Pollution Control…