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A Diversified Portfolio of Climate Solutions‌‌

We talked to Dean Takahashi ’83, founder and executive director of the Carbon Containment Lab, a nonprofit helping to develop multiple high-quality, undervalued climate innovations. ‌‌

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Are Elon Musk’s Politics Driving Away Tesla’s Customers?

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The Top Ten AI Competitors

The mammoth investments pouring into artificial intelligence companies are remaking the high-tech industry. Former SOM Dean Ted Snyder and investor Logan Bender ’19 assess which leading companies are likely to keep their advantage and which could be crushed by the rolling wave of innovation.

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The Business Behind the Arts

Every cultural institution has a mission that goes beyond the bottom line—enriching a community, preserving human achievement, delivering joy. But that mission also depends on business considerations—assembling financial and human capital, connecting with customers, considering long-term sustainability. We talked with leaders in the arts about the large and small strategic choices that their institutions must make to survive and succeed.‌

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Can We Do Business in Space?

Two decades into the era of private space flight, companies are establishing ventures in low-earth orbit, sending private citizens into space, and pursuing exploration and development on the moon and beyond. We talked to Yale alumni and other leaders about how finance, law, and other day-to-day details of business get translated into space.

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Are You Ready for AI?

Of the many technologies that have changed our lives since the invention of the microchip, generative AI may have had the most dramatic debut. ChatGPT is likely the fastest-growing internet service ever, and every major tech company is scrambling to incorporate Large Language Models into their products. We’ve been talking with Yale faculty and alumni about the potential of the technology to both advance and disrupt our society.

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