Las Vegas is the only place where The Boring Company is currently moving passengers. Sep 15, 2026 The Boring Company secured a massive new funding round, a development that could pave the way for more tunnel-based transportation projects in cities. The raise also comes with a sharply higher valuation for a company that still faces questions over whether its system eases congestion better than other mass-transit options. Here's what to know Electrek reported that Elon Musk's tunneling company

Dario Amodei asked the entire AI industry to slow down. Within a day, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Satya Nadella all said yes. Only one of them backed it up. Sep 15, 2026 Dario Amodei and Sam Altman. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a nearly 4,000-word essay this weekend arguing that AI companies need to deliberately slow the pace at which they improve their models, because the technology is now advancing faster than anyone’s ability to understand or control it. Within hours, OpenAI CEO Sam

As the U.S. celebrates 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed, Fast Company’s Impact Council is thinking about how American innovation can last another quarter millennium.

SPEED HAS ALWAYS BEEN CORE TO Fast Company’s editorial mission. It’s right there in the name. In my previous Editor’s Note, which kicked off our special Summer issue on the autonomous future, I focused on the vertigo-inducing pace of change in the AI era, an unprecedented acceleration that was overwhelming even the most adaptable executives in tech. There was a real sense—illuminated by the CEO survey we published—that leaders were off balance and on the ropes, struggling to keep their footing.

Under new CEO John Furner, Walmart is undergoing an ambitious transformation, using AI and automation to become the fastest retailer on the planet. Inside its high-tech sprint to the future.

From multinational behemoths to burgeoning startups, the 190 diverse companies honored in this eighth annual edition of Best Workplaces for Innovators share a demonstrated commitment to cultivating great ideas, regardless of how or where they emerge within the organization.

AI training once relied on low-paid data labelers. Now physicians, academics, lawyers, and other specialists are selling their hard-won expertise to teach AI models—and, in some cases, their future

Ten years ago, SmartSweets founder Tara Bosch participated in the inaugural Odlum Brown Forum Pitch: an accelerator program for early-stage women-led businesses in Canada.

In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state — and that only President Trump can "rescue" it.

Aspiring tech founders leave Britain behind for their very own taste of the American dream

Discover how workers can become capitalists through low-cost index funds, ETFs, zero-commission trading, and long-term compound growth.

A growing consumer push to buy Canadian and boycott U.S. products is reshaping supermarket shelves in Canada, forcing grocers to improve country-of-origin labeling and secure new sources of supply.

September 12, 2026, 3:00 AM ET Lululemon CEO Heidi O'Neill took the helm of the yogawear company on Sept. 8, 2026. (Photo by Hardy Wilson) Hardy Wilson/Courtesy of Lululemon When Lululemon Athletica announced in April that former Nike senior executive Heidi O’Neill was becoming its new CEO this month, the athleisure pioneer was already struggling. Its core North American business was slipping, and there was a sense the yogawear maker had lost much of the magic that had inspired intense devotion

Most battery cells currently rely on raw materials from China. GM is seeking to establish domestic supply chains both for EVs and energy storage.

Amazon caps teams at ten. Nvidia's CEO skips one-on-ones. Their innovation edge used to cost billions. AI just made it free for any ten-person team.

These small business ideas allow for longer weekends by batching jobs, charging recurring fees, or concentrating work on a given four-day period. Sep 12, 2026 The benefits of a 4-day workweek are becoming more widely known. And as aspiring entrepreneurs search for the right small business idea, many are looking for something that allows them to make a three-day weekend a regular event. Numerous studies, including one by the American Psychological Association, find that people who have four-day

AI isn’t just changing the game. It’s changing the business plan. Sep 12, 2026 Most CEOs use generative AI regularly, but few are planning for it. For many, AI is a tool deployed just in pockets, like individual workflows and workgroup projects. Few have embedded it into their planning process as a structural requirement. However, competitors are beginning to do this, and customers expect it. Every planning cycle that passes without addressing it widens the competitive gap. That gap between

Afroditi Krassa, restaurant designer to the stars, explains how a cultural shift is pushing places like Dishoom, Itsu and the Savoy to roll the dice

For Cindy Wang, the newly opened “community store” near her home in Guangzhou has been a godsend: the small outlet is cheaper than a traditional supermarket, but offers a bigger range of groceries than convenience stores like 7-Eleven. The 20-something…

Arizona is suing L'Oreal, alleging the company concealed cancer risks linked to chemical hair relaxers marketed to women and children.

They were the “shop kings” of Hong Kong, owning dozens of properties in the same district and even the same street. But over the past few years many of these landlords have gone bankrupt, hit by the collapse in post-pandemic rents and tighter bank lending…

When customers leave, brands often assume they need a new purpose platform or identity. The bigger issue may be price tolerance. Sep 13, 2026 New survey data just identified your loyal customer’s breaking point. A DOSS survey of 1,010 U.S. adults found that the median shopper abandons a brand they describe themself as loyal to once its price rises 16 percent, and 60 percent of Americans say they’ve already done it in response to 2026 price increases. It takes a 33 percent increase before they

Updated Sep 13, 2026, 9:20 AM GMT Morgan Stanley has some good news if you're an office worker who lives in fear of an AI-fueled jobs wipeout. The Wall Street Bank said on Friday that the most exposed demographic to AI disruption stands to benefit the most. As widespread AI-driven layoff announcements have dominated news cycles, white-collar workers across industries have wondered if their jobs are next to be automated away. But according to Morgan Stanley economist Heather Berger, it's these

September 13, 2026, 5:30 AM ET Black Lake Technologies founder Yuxiang Zhou speaking at the Fortune Leaders Forum in Macau on Sept. 8 Fortune But he’s still waiting for the “Google moment” in AI When Yuxiang Zhou, founder of Black Lake Technologies, pitted an AI sales coach against his company’s most experienced sales leader, seven out of 10 of Black Lake’s most senior salespeople voted for the machine’s advice. | Newsletter The experiment began when Zhou complained that his CRM software reduced