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One founder has ditched long pitch decks and presentations for AI.”Famously, the Series A was the only time I made a pitch deck,” Aravind Srinivas, the cofounder and CEO of Perplexity, said in an interview with Berkeley Haas released on Saturday.Perplexity announced its $25.6 million Series A round in March 2023.Pitch decks are slide shows that give investors and customers key details about a company’s founders, its product, and its financial performance.”I just write a memo and I tell them you can do a Q&A and ask whatever you want,” Srinivas said, referring to potential investors. “And anything else that…

All the talk about the decline of the Kansas City Chiefs was premature.With Patrick Mahomes doing his magic and a stout defense, the Chiefs can beat anybody.A convincing 30-17 victory over the Detroit Lions in front of a national audience on Sunday night lifted the Chiefs to 3-3.They’ve got a long way to go but they’re a much better team than the one that started 0-2. Critics were wondering if it was the end of Kansas City’s dynasty.But the Chiefs just need to get healthy and work out some kinks.Mahomes and the offense have regained their mojo and will get…

ATLANTA (AP) — The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced a $50 million donation to Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities on Monday, aiming to close financial aid gaps that might otherwise prevent students from completing their degrees.The money will support nearly 10,000 students with “gap scholarships” if they are approaching graduation in good academic standing and have exhausted all other sources of financial support. The aim is to raise graduation rates at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College and Spelman College, according to the foundation’s announcement.“These grants are a material investment in hope,” said Fay Twersky, the…

Kate Hudson, 46, says her morning routine involves meditating and spending time in the sun.”I also try not to look at my phone during this time,” the actor said.At night, she likes to unwind with a book — but sometimes gets sidetracked browsing auction sites.Kate Hudson, 46, says she spends her mornings outdoors and phone-free.In an interview with EatingWell published on Saturday, the actor spoke about the habits that shape her mornings and nights.”I wake around 6 a.m. and do some sort of meditation practice while I drink warm water with lemon. I also try not to look at my…

Silicon Valley loves to preach the gospel of lean teams. But Google’s vice president of product said that mentality can kill great ideas.Robby Stein said on an episode of “Lenny’s Podcast” published Saturday, that there’s a “cult of lean, scrappy, fast, throw away your product quickly” culture in the tech world.”At some level, it’s true for internal conviction, but to build a product that works for a lot of people that is based on a technological breakthrough, a lot of times I see teams just give up too early or underinvest in the product,” he added.Stein helped launch Instagram Stories…

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday labeling changes for the blood cancer therapy of Johnson & Johnson and its partner Legend Biotech to include a warning for a potentially fatal gastrointestinal condition.Such a warning appears on the medicine’s label and is the most serious issued by the FDA.The FDA said it received reports that some patients treated with Carvykti developed a serious gut inflammation called IEC-EC, which in some cases led to life-threatening complications like bowel perforation and sepsis.Reports were received from clinical trials and postmarketing adverse event data, the FDA said.IEC-EC is a form of…

At least 153 students from two schools in South Carolina are under quarantine for 21 days due to measles exposures, state health officials announced.The quarantined students were not vaccinated, officials added. The schools are both located in Spartanburg County: Global Academy of South Carolina and Fairforest Elementary. The outbreak has grown to at least eight measles cases, with a total of 11 cases reported overall in the state this year.MORE: Video Could measles and polio make a comeback? What’s next as Florida ends vaccine mandateAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe U.S. has reported at least 1,563 measles cases this year – the highest number since…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium ended with Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams.It was about as much fight as the Lions showed all night.They were dominated on both sides of the ball by a Kansas City team coming off a mistake-filled mess in Jacksonville with no interest in falling two games below .500. Indeed, the Chiefs shut down the prolific Detroit offense, holding it to less than half its season scoring average,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs knew they were going to have a fight on their hands when the Detroit Lions, riding a four-game winning streak and a whole bunch of momentum, rolled into Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night.They probably didn’t expect their dominant performance to end with an actual fistfight.Mahomes threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns, scrambled for another score, and led Kansas City to a 30-17 victory that was so comprehensive that Lions safety Brian Branch boiled over at its conclusion. Branch delivered a right hook to Chiefs wide receiver JuJu…

TORONTO (AP) — Bryce Miller overcame a shaky first inning and gave the tired Seattle Mariners the start they needed in the AL Championship Series opener.Miller pitched six sharp innings, Jorge Polanco hit a go-ahead single in the sixth and the Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Sunday night as they returned to the ALCS for the first time in 24 years.“The year, personally, didn’t go how I had planned and how I had hoped for but we’re in the ALCS and I got to go out there and set the tone,” Miller said. “I felt great.”Seattle slugger Cal…