How Blackstone Transformed Jersey Mike’s, Sharing IPO With Employees
Today, Jersey Mike’s moves from slinging subs to also slinging stock as it goes public at a roughly…
This startup thinks robotics is about to have its ChatGPT moment
Before OpenAI’s GPT-3 ushered in the era of foundation models, companies built specialized natural language processing models from…
SpaceX Employees Get Rich Off IPO While Blue Origin Workers Miss Out
SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO has turned former employees into millionaires — and left alums of a rival rocket company…
After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built an extensive air-monitoring network
This story is a partnership between Grist and Chicago Public Media, a public media company serving the Chicago…
Early SpaceX Employee: Equity Helped Pay Off Student Loans, Buy Home
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Josh Giegel, the 41-year-old cofounder of the AI startup…
Inheritance Bullying Is Rising, Putting Homes and Wealth at Risk
Inheritance fights are largely believed to happen only after death: A will is read, a sibling feels slighted,…
I Went to the Largest Aging Conference: AI and Age Tech Sparked Debate
In every time block, there was at least one session that directly addressed age tech, AI, wearables, and…
Small habits, smart hacks: 10X growth playbook for MFDs
At the Cafemutual Ideas Fest 2026 held recently at Taj Santacruz, Nishant Patnaik, Associate Editor of Cafemutual, delivered…
Here’s why Texas’ economy keeps outpacing the rest of the nation
For more than half a century, Texas has grown faster than the rest of the country. Its economy…
The women clients who have left their mark on the industry’s top MFDs
Good MFDs change their clients’ lives. But sometimes it works the other way too. Cafemutual spoke to some…
PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business
David Barnett has learned a lot since first launching PopSockets more than a decade ago. As the tale…
OpenAI is paying workers $1.5 million in stock-based compensation on average, the highest of any tech startup in history
OpenAI’s reported plans to pursue an IPO later this year could be a massive windfall—not just for investors…