Entrepreneurship
Agentic Commerce Is Reshaping How Customers Buy
The way people shop online is shifting fast, and agentic commerce sits right at the center of that change. In this model, AI agents research products, compare offers, and...
Series B Funding: Convex Raises $57M for AI Backends
Convex has raised a $57 million Series B led by Insight Partners, a bet that AI applications need a rock-solid backend to run on. The August 4 round brings...
Teen Entrepreneur Duo Turns Hot Dogs Into Six Figures
Two 19-year-old founders have turned a hot dog stand into a six-figure business at the Jersey Shore, and their story is a masterclass in scrappy growth. Matt D’Arcy and...
Supplement Industry Booms as P&G Buys Thorne for $3.8B
Procter & Gamble has agreed to buy the supplements maker Thorne for $3.8 billion in cash, the company confirmed on August 4, giving the consumer goods giant a fast...
Nintendo tops estimates with US tariff refunds and Switch 2 games
Sales of Switch 2 software over the period were led by Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Pokemon PokopiaPublished Thu, Aug 6, 2026 · 03:22 PM — Updated Thu,...
Succession Planning Lessons From Nazara’s Founder CEO Exit
Every founder faces this question eventually, and the answer shapes the company’s next decade. This week, gaming firm Nazara Technologies named a new CEO and moved its founder into...
Gen Z Entrepreneurs Are Founding at a Record Rate
A U.S. Bank survey found that Gen Z small business owners are making bolder growth bets than any other generation, and separate 2026 data shows 43% of Gen Z...
Air India taps Ethiopian Airlines veteran as CEO
Published Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · 09:44 PM[NEW DELHI] Air India announced Tewolde Gebremariam will succeed Campbell Wilson as the chief executive officer amid the Tata Group-owned carrier’s struggles...
Yen drifts after intervention whirlwind; Iran optimism dents US dollar
Published Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · 09:38 PM[LONDON] The Japanese yen steadied on Wednesday (Aug 5) after its most volatile few days in months after historic intervention, while the...
Indosat seeks US$2 billion loan for chip financing in Indonesia
Citigroup is the arranger of the deal and has approached other banks to gauge their interest, sources sayPublished Wed, Aug 5, 2026 · 03:57 PM[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s second-largest mobile carrier...
