SpaceX’s Starlink nabs American Airlines contract, another win for its IPO In Brief Posted: 11:48 AM PDT · May 26, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images American Airlines said Tuesday it plans to install Starlink on more than 500 narrow-body Airbus aircraft beginning early next year, the latest carrier to pick the SpaceX unit for inflight Wi-Fi...

GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists Today’s AI music startups, like Suno and Udio, offer technology that leverage artifical intelligence for music generation. But a new company, GRAI, believes that most people don’t want to use AI to generate music from scratch — they’d rather do other things like remix tunes, share them with friends, or play around with tracks by...

MrBeast’s company buys Gen Z-focused fintech app Step YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which raised half a billion in funding and has grown to over 7 million users, offers financial services geared toward Gen Z to help them build credit, save money, and invest. The company has attracted celebrity...

Can the creator economy stay afloat in a flood of AI slop? Online creators and their business models were on our mind this week after mega-popular YouTuber MrBeast announced that his company is buying fintech startup Step, followed by Hollywood studios sending a flurry of cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance over the launch of its new video generation model Seedance 2.0. Those seemingly...

Peace talks between U.S. and Iran at a standstill as Trump extends ceasefire Peace talks between US and Iran at a standstill as Trump extends ceasefire President Trump has extended the ceasefire, but Iran says it's not enough if the naval blockade is still in place.