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• The five companies led by Elon Musk have increasingly become intertwined, even before merger chatter.
• The firms have at various time shared employees and purchased batteries, software, and vehicles from each other.
• SpaceX is expected to contribute to

• Robotaxis rely on large amounts of real-world and simulated data to improve their driving.
• Behind the scenes, human workers help to clean up and label the training data.
• Insiders estimate that the AV-support workforce is less than a couple of thousand people.

If robots take over

A couple of years out of college and in the midst of a pandemic, Courtney Kinnare took several big risks. The Californian quit her job in sustainable packaging design in Los Angeles, became a full-time artist, and moved to New York City.

"I just took the leap," said Kinnare, now 29. "I was just like, if I go for it, I have no choice but to make it work out."

She wasn't totally

It's a best-of-times, worst-of-times scenario for Canada on the global stage.

To get the bad out of the way, its most important ally — the United States — has grown increasingly antagonistic, with renewed tariff threats and talk of annexation coming from the White House. On the upside, Canada is signaling it can stand

• Two Business Insider reporters attended Starbucks' Investor Day, one in person and one virtually.
• The vibe in the building, featuring coffee samples and collectible merch, was enthusiastic.
• Analysts agreed that Starbucks execs

• The Academy Awards, or Oscars, are coming up on March 15.
• Bettors are already wagering tens of millions on who will win in each of the 24 categories.
• Here's who's most likely to win in each category, according to the

• Elon Musk discussed plans to visit Jeffrey Epstein's Caribbean island, newly released emails show.
• Musk, who previously said he "refused" Epstein's invitations, responded to the revelations on X.
• The files show Epstein repeatedly requesting to meet with Musk.

In November 2012, Jeffrey Epstein emailed Elon Musk about

• Bill Gates on Friday called the claims in the Epstein documents "completely false."
• A 2013 email from Epstein to himself made lurid claims about the Microsoft founder.
• Melinda French Gates, Bill's ex-wife, has said his ties to Epstein contributed to their divorce.

Bill Gates, through a spokesperson, issued a strongly worded

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang denied reports that he was unhappy with OpenAI and said his company still planned to make a "huge" investment in the ChatGPT firm. NVIDIA announced in September that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI, but recently, there have been suggestions that the deal might not happen. While Huang told reporters in Taipei that it was "nonsense" to say he was