This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristina Subbotina, the founder and CEO of Lexsy, an AI-powered law firm for startups. It has been edited for length and clarity.I never planned to start a law firm. I’d been a corporate startup lawyer for almost a decade. When I…
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What if the company you worked for just ghosted you?A group of staffers at Triller, a startup that raised over $400 million to challenge TikTok, say they haven’t received a paycheck in the past year, nor heard from their bosses in months. The company shut down their work emails and suspended their health insurance.As far as the employees know, they were never fired or laid off. There were no termination emails or ominous HR meetings…
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A laundromat. A sushi roll chain. A neighborhood bodega with a billboard featuring a Coachella-esque lineup of celebs who invested in a fashion-meets-AI startup.These are all things you can find right now on Kenmare Street in Manhattan.Phia — the online shopping startup cofounded by Stanford grads Phoebe Gates (yes, the…
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California voters will decide in November whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires under a ballot measure supporters say could raise about $100 billion to help offset federal Medicaid funding cuts, despite opposition from Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders. The proposal would apply to California residents…
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SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO has turned former employees into millionaires — and left alums of a rival rocket company with a serious case of FOMO.Three ex-employees of Jeff Bezos’ rocket maker Blue Origin told Business Insider that the company’s unusual approach to equity left them with stock options that are essentially…
