S&P 500 companies with this AI strategy dramatically outperformed their peers: New data
Companies with high-quality AI strategy announcements measured on five dimensions, including CEO involvement and specific use cases, saw substantially better stock market returns from 2022 to 2025. Gregory assessed 449 S&P 500 companies using an AI Communications Quality Score ranging from 0 to 20, based on CEO ownership, named use cases, 90-day follow-through, board governance record, and tier-1 media coverage.
Read full story →Meta just told some of its former managers to become managers again
Meta is asking some individual contributors in its Applied AI division to return to managerial roles after implementing a flat structure with up to 50 contributors per manager. The division, formed in March with 7,000 employees, previously eliminated management layers during its 2023 efficiency campaign.
Central Eurasia names its 2026 Road to Battlefield winners: Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ
Three startups,Cerberus, WeGlobal AI, and LOOQ,won the Central Eurasia regional final of Road to TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2026. They will compete at the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco this October.
China’s car exports beat last year’s record with four months to go
China exported over 6.2 million passenger cars in the first eight months of 2024, surpassing its entire 2023 export total with four months remaining. Plug-in hybrids drove much of Europe's growth, as these vehicles escape EU tariffs on Chinese cars.