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Mark Zuckerberg Dethroned: Three 22-Year-Old Mercor Founders Become Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
Mercor’s 22-year-old founders have become the world’s youngest self-made billionaires after a $350 million funding round valued the AI recruitment startup at $10 billion, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s record. Mercor, a fast-rising recruitment startup powering AI model training for Silicon Valley’s biggest labs, has created the world’s youngest self-made billionaires. Three 22-year-old cofounders, including two Americans of Indian origin, have dethroned Mark Zuckerberg as the world’s youngest sel
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Soho House Acquired for £2 Billion as Ashton Kutcher Joins Board
Private members' club chain Soho House has been snapped up for $2.7bn (£2bn) by a consortium involving Hollywood actor turned investor Ashton Kutcher. The group opened its first club in London in 1995, and now has 46 Soho Houses in Europe, North America and Asia, as well a string of other up-market hospitality businesses. It is widely regarded as being a popular haunt of A-list celebrities, and one of its London venues was reportedly where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their first date.
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Gauff progresses to US Open quarter-finals after taking out fellow compatriot Jovic
Coco Gauff bested rising US star Iva Jovic on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time since winning the title three years ago. Gauff, seeded fourth this year, beat the 14th-seeded Jovic 6-1, 6-4 in 80 minutes. The match marked a rare instance in which two-time Grand Slam champion Gauff, still only 22, faced a younger American in the 18-year-old Jovic, who pushed Gauff in the second set after being routed in the first. "She plays beyond her years," Gauff said. "I'm
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Frances Tiafoe outlasts old rival Daniil Medvedev as he continues US Open run
American Frances Tiafoe outclassed former champion Daniil Medvedev 7-6(1), 6-4, 7-6(6) to reach the U.S. Open quarter-final on Sunday, bringing his best level to finally get the upper hand on an all-too-familiar foe. Tiafoe trailed Medvedev 1-6 in career head-to-head before Sunday - his only victory coming at the team competition Laver Cup - but cracked the code when it mattered to him the most, repeatedly striking near the net with surgical precision. "Daniil has been so good, he's beat
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Antonelli flies through the field to claim sensational ‘home’ win at Italian Grand Prix
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli won his home Italian Grand Prix after a sensational charge from 19th to first, in a massive blow for Mercedes teammate George Russell, becoming the first Italian winner at Monza since Ludovico Scarfiotti for Ferrari in 1966. Russell, who had led a restart after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc crashed heavily at the end of lap two, finished second - 3.857 seconds behind - after being hunted down by a teammate on fresher tyres late in the race with Max Vers
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Suno Pulls R&B Singer Mary J. Blige’s AI Campaign After Unauthorized Deal
R&B singer Mary J. Blige has found herself at the center of an unexpected AI controversy after appearing in an advertisement for music technology company Suno. The 85-second clip shows the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul inside a recording studio. Blige appears to listen to an AI-generated track inspired by the sonic world she helped define. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stereogum (@stereogum) The song recalls elements of Blige’s influential 1990s and 2000s R&B sound. In the footag
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