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Stephen and Ayesha Curry talk about the one habit that separates good business leaders from great ones
Good morning. I’m taking a detour from hard finance today to talk about how NBA great Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha Curry, are building a business empire and what these two superstars have learned about leadership along the way. I recently interviewed them about their latest venture as co-founders and brand ambassadors for Plezi…
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Why Trump may hand taxpayers a majority stake in a failing airline: ‘Everything is a deal’
In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady on why the government wants to bail out Spirit. The big leadership story: More CEO churn The markets: Mostly down as oil prices inch higher. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning. Who wants to own an airline? Congratulations, U.S. taxpayer, it looks like you’re…
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Exclusive: Omni raises $120 million to fix one of AI’s biggest enterprise data problems
For years, companies have poured money into data warehouses, dashboards, and business intelligence tools, only to discover the real problem wasn’t storage or visualization—it was translation. That disconnect is exactly what Omni was built to bridge, and investors are now betting big that the company has the formula. The company just raised a $120 million…
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Capcom, Virgin Voyages bet on AI to reshape gaming and cruise travel
On the surface, Capcom and Virgin Voyages have very little in common. The former is a 46-year-old Japanese video game company firmly centered in the virtual world with popular franchises like “Street Fighter” and “Resident Evil.” The latter is a Florida-based cruise line whose business model is physical, centered on a fleet of four ships.…
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At $5 billion startup Checkr new employees build an app using AI during onboarding—even the new CFO
Good morning. Checkr, used by businesses for an AI-powered background check service, has a new CFO ready to double down on AI in finance—and he built an app during onboarding. Tim Yarbrough joined as finance chief in March, succeeding Naeem Ishaq. He brings more than 20 years of experience, including over a decade at ZipRecruiter,…
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The Godmother of Silicon Valley and her former student want to fix how healthcare gets built
Mary Minno first met Esther Wojcicki when she was 15. Walking into Wojcicki’s journalism class at Palo Alto High School, she was new to Silicon Valley. About 20 years later, Minno’s still in the area—and after nearly a decade in Big Tech, most recently at Google, she’s teaming up with her former teacher. Wojcicki—often called…
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Musk wanted to flee Delaware. This CEO wants to fix it
In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady on the unlikely CEO trying to reform the U.S.’s corporate capital. The big leadership story: Blackstone’s COO-turned-‘accidental influencer’ The markets: Mixed globally after Trump extended the Iran ceasefire. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning. What’s next for Delaware, home to 1 million people and…
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Fermi’s CFO resigns—just two days after the CEO stepped down
Good morning. In October, Fortune reported that former U.S. energy secretary and Texas governor Rick Perry’s AI power startup Fermi “went from nonexistent to an October IPO with a mammoth $16 billion market cap in less than a year without any announced customers or construction—or even a single dollar of revenue.” Now they are without…
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Exclusive: Startup Humble debuts cabless autonomous truck targeting $900 billion U.S. freight industry
The autonomous vehicle wave has its newest entrant. Humble, a San Francisco-based startup, emerged from stealth today with a $24 million seed round and a fully electric autonomous freight vehicle called the Humble Hauler, Fortune learned exclusively. Eclipse led the round, with Energy Impact Partners also participating. The Hauler has no cab (essentially a self-driving…
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Tim Cook’s exit is part of a CEO reckoning sweeping Corporate America
In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady explains how Apple’s handoff fits into this year’s extraordinary CEO turnover. The big leadership story: Kevin Warsh on the hot seat. The markets: Up globally amid optimism for U.S.-Iran peace talks. Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Good morning. 2026 is turning out to be one…