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Thoma Bravo co-founder Orlando Bravo said valuations for artificial intelligence companies are “at a bubble,” comparing it to the dot-com era. But one key difference in the market now, he said, is that large companies with “healthy balance sheets” are financing AI businesses. Bravo’s private equity firm boasts more than $181 billion in assets under…

A recent Financial Times analysis of S&P 500 filings found that 374 companies mentioned AI on their earnings calls last year—and nearly nine out of 10 described it in glowing terms. When pressed to explain the upside, however, most leaders fell back on vague promises of still unrealized “productivity gains.” Not only that, their annual reports were…

Doug Burgum, US secretary of the interior, points at a map in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of U.S.-listed minerals explorer Trilogy Metals surged more than 200% in premarket trade on Tuesday, shortly after the White House…

Every organization and team leader wants to recruit the right talent. But what if you’re struggling to do so? Qualified applicants are few and far between, interviews aren’t yielding enough information to make decisions, and promising candidates are bowing out. The problem is probably your hiring process: Prospective team members are seeing red flags that…