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Wonder Hires Chief Financial Officer In Preparation for IPO

The food technology and delivery chain plans to double the number of locations this year and increase automation as it eyes the public markets.

March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026

Wonder Hires Chief Financial Officer In Preparation for IPO

The food technology and delivery chain plans to double the number of locations this year and increase automation as it eyes the public markets.

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January 8, 2026

January 8, 2026

Do You Want Your Food Made by a Robot?

E-commerce mogul Marc Lore's Wonder is leaning into automation in a $2 billion effort to do to restaurants what Amazon did to shopping.

Do You Want Your Food Made by a Robot?

November 6, 2025

November 6, 2025

Sweetgreen Sells Robotics Unit to Wonder for $186 Million

Both chains will look to install the Infinite Kitchen machines in more locations.

Sweetgreen Sells Robotics Unit to Wonder for $186 Million

July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025

Transit Tech Firm Via Works With Goldman to Revive IPO

Transportation-Tech Startup Via Confidentially Files For IPO

July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025

My Test-Drive in a Waabi Driverless Big Rig

Raquel Urtasun, CEO of the autonomous trucking startup, says the industry’s R&D stage is about to give way to commercial prime time.

My Test-Drive in a Waabi Driverless Big Rig

April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Dangers of AI

Two new books about the enormously successful chip company look for the CEO’s place in the pantheon of tech leaders.

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March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

Nvidia Looks Past DeepSeek and Tariffs for AI’s Next Chapter

No one has benefited more from the AI boom than Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. With troubling signs ahead, he’s trying to extend the good times.

Nvidia Looks Past DeepSeek and Tariffs for AI’s Next Chapter

February 27, 2025

February 27, 2025

Nvidia Keeps the Faith in the AI Project

DeepSeek isn’t a threat, in the eyes of the chipmaker’s CEO. Plus: Central bankers as influencers?

Nvidia Corp. Headquarters Ahead Of Earnings Figures

November 13, 2024

November 13, 2024

Just Eat Sells Grubhub at 90% Discount to Pandemic Peak

Grubhub Illustrations As Food Delivery Service Strikes Amazon Deal

July 19, 2024

July 19, 2024

Augmented-Reality Startup Magic Leap Cuts Sales, Marketing Teams

Day Two of MWC Barcelona 2023

June 12, 2024

June 12, 2024

The Internet Isn’t Getting More Toxic. It Just Feels That Way

Being rude to one another online is “an inherent part of our behavior.”

The Internet Isn’t Getting More Toxic. It Just Feels That Way

May 22, 2024

May 22, 2024

Scarlett Johansson’s Case Against OpenAI Isn’t Novel

Plus: The challenges of making a new app store, and Neuralink on the Elon, Inc. podcast.

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March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024

Court Weighs Whose Freedom of Speech Is at Risk in Content Moderation Fight

Facebook As Meta Platforms Earnings Figures Released

January 18, 2024

January 18, 2024

Substack’s Nazi Problem Exposes a Business-Model Problem

Substack Asks Its Newsletter Writers To Become Investors Starting At $100

November 22, 2023

November 22, 2023

Sam Altman Returns, and OpenAI Still Has Questions to Answer

UK Government AI Safety Summit 2023 Day Two

November 6, 2023

November 6, 2023

Biden’s AI Order Is Step 1 of a Very Long Project

President Biden Hosts Americas Partnership For Economic Prosperity Leaders' Summit

June 21, 2023

June 21, 2023

What the Reddit Revolt Means for Social Media in an AI Era

The blackout reflects the deep tensions threatening the internet economy.

What the Reddit Revolt Means for Social Media in an AI Era

April 6, 2023

April 6, 2023

AI Is Moving Fast Enough to Break Things. Sound Familiar?

Everyone is freaking out about artificial intelligence, but the risks of disinformation, for one, are far more worrying than apocalyptic scenarios.

AI Is Moving Fast Enough to Break Things. Sound Familiar?

January 10, 2023

January 10, 2023

Marc Lore’s Delivery Startup Scales Back in Tech Downturn

Wonder modified Mercedes Sprinter vans to house its mobile kitchens. Now, it’s pivoting to immobile ones.

Key Speakers At The Wall Street Journal D.Live Conference

December 27, 2022

December 27, 2022

Crypto Starts to Look Like Just Another Financial Instrument

FTX's Crypto Contagion Infects Firms From BlockFi To Voyager