HubSpot is cutting roughly 660 jobs while simultaneously reorganizing itself around artificial intelligence. The company says the layoffs are not the result of AI efficiencies, but the distinction is becoming harder for workers and investors to parse. HubSpot is eliminating about 7% of its workforce, or roughly 660 jobs, as part of a broader restructuring intended to make the company faster and more focused. CEO Yamini Rangan said the decision reflects a shift in strategy fro

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Planet Fitness built one of America’s biggest gym businesses by appealing to people who did not particularly like gyms. Its recent push toward strength training, recovery products, and a broader fitness audience shows what can happen when a successful brand starts chasing the customers everyone else wants. Planet Fitness succeeded by being almost aggressively uncool. While traditional gyms competed over serious equipment, bodybuilding culture, personal training, and athletic

After more than two years of anticipation, Caitlin Clark’s first signature basketball shoe has officially arrived, giving Nike a new centerpiece for one of the fastest-growing athlete brands in sports. Caitlin Clark has spent much of her professional career wearing player-exclusive sneakers that fans could admire but not actually buy. That changed on October 1, when Nike released the Caitlin 1, the Indiana Fever star’s first signature basketball shoe, to the public. The debut

Hiring has become more selective across much of the economy, but demand remains surprisingly durable in construction, manufacturing and other hands-on occupations that are difficult to automate or move entirely online. The U.S. labor market no longer feels as frantic as it did during the post-pandemic hiring boom, but that does not mean businesses have stopped looking for workers. The demand has simply become more uneven. A recent Yahoo Finance article on persistent demand fo

OpenAI is reportedly seeking at least $30 billion in new funding at a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion. The number is enormous, but the more important story is what investors would have to believe about AI infrastructure, revenue growth and OpenAI’s eventual public-market ambitions. OpenAI is already one of the most valuable private companies in the world. It may soon move into a category occupied by some of the largest public companies on Earth. The ChatGPT maker is in ear