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Robinhood CEO sees Amazon-like subscription model as path to ‘loyalty’ in financial services
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is betting that by rolling out a large enough portfolio of digital investment products, more consumers will be willing to pay a monthly subscription for its product suite. Subscribers to Robinhood Gold pay $5 a month or $50 a year for perks like 4% interest on uninvested cash, access to professional […]
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Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger jumps to venture capital, joins Playground Global
From left, Playground Global partners Peter Barrett, Pat Gelsinger, Jory Bell, Bruce Leak and Ben Kim. Playground Global After a tumultuous four years running Intel, Pat Gelsinger is going into venture capital. Gelsinger, who was ousted by the chipmaker in December, has joined Playground Global as a general partner. Started in 2015 by a group […]
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Amazon Pharmacy medical chief Gupta is latest health exec to leave company
Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Pharmacy, speaks during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on October 18, 2023. Jason Redmond | Afp | Getty Images Amazon has lost the chief medical officer of its pharmacy division after five years at […]
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Amazon is testing shopping, health assistants as it pushes deeper into generative AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon, in an effort to infuse generative artificial intelligence across a wider swath of its e-commerce universe, recently began testing a shopping assistant and a health-focused chatbot with a subset of users. […]
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Google quantum exec says tech is ‘5 years out from a real breakout’
A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai with one of Google’s Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, U.S. Picture taken in October 2019. Google/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. Handout . | Reuters One of Google’s top executives working on quantum computers said he believe […]
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