OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the AI era is enabling the 'revenge of the idea guy,' allowing non-technical founders to build businesses with tools like GPT-6 Astra, which he says provides 'genius-level e…
Census Bureau data from its Business Trends and Outlook Survey shows that among U.S. firms using AI, 95.7% reported no change in total employment due to AI in the Nov 2025–Feb 2026 period, up from 94.…
The US Department of Labor is partnering with approximately 40 organizations, including Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI, to build an AI Workforce Hub, a centralized platform to track AI's impact on jobs…
U.S. Senators Mark Kelly, Jim Banks, and Todd Young introduced the bipartisan AI DATA Act (S. 4742) on June 10, 2026, to modernize three federal labor-market surveys and add quarterly AI-adoption ques…
DataTribe's Q2 2026 Insights report shows that nine-figure rounds captured 81% of venture funding in cybersecurity, while seed deal volume declined, as AI agents shift investment toward later stages. …
The U.S. goods trade deficit narrowed 4.2% to $101.5 billion in June, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau reported, missing economists' forecast of $100.0 billion. Goods imports fell $8.2 billion …
U.S. tech companies have cut nearly 140,000 jobs in 2026 even as they pour money into AI, while 82% of small businesses have adopted AI tools, with 66% reporting revenue increases and owners saving a …
Academic research shows AI tools boost worker productivity by 14% for customer service agents, 40% for writers, and 12% for consultants, yet US total factor productivity growth has been near zero over…
Anthropic's revenue has grown from $1B to $47B ARR since early 2025, yet that figure represents just 0.037% of the global economy, illustrating that AI has had very little clear impact on the world at…
Americans filed 5.7 million applications to start new businesses last year, the highest in two decades, according to the Census Bureau, with generative AI fueling the surge. A study from the Universit…
The US trade deficit widened to $77.6 billion in May, a 42.2% increase from April, driven by record capital goods imports of $128 billion amid AI and data center demand, while exports fell 3.2% due to…
The US goods-and-services trade deficit widened 42.2% to $77.6 billion in May 2026, driven by a surge in capital-goods imports linked to AI infrastructure investment, according to official data and Re…
The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in May, jumping 42.2% to $77.6 billion, as an AI investment boom drove imports of capital goods to a record high of $128.0 billion. Exports fell 3.2% to $317.7 b…
New Census Bureau data shows 57% of Americans have used AI tools, with 35% using AI to find information but only 14% trusting that information. AI use is higher among employed, higher-income, and more…
CBS News reports that AI is reducing the cost and time required to start and run new businesses, citing entrepreneurs and economists. Census Bureau data shows new business formation in the U.S. has su…