<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Distractify > Business News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Distractify > Business News]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/business</link><image><url>https://www.distractify.com/dfy-logo-2024.png</url><title>Distractify &gt; Business News</title><link>https://www.distractify.com/business</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:34:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.distractify.com/business/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><item><title><![CDATA[With Photon-1, David Li Is Testing Whether AI Can Learn by Watching]]></title><description><![CDATA[Induction Labs trained Photon-1 on raw video of people using computers, without text supervision or action labels. For co-founder and CTO David Li, the experiment offered a way to test what a model could pick up before anyone explained the task.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/with-photon-1-david-li-is-testing-whether-ai-can-learn-by-watching</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/with-photon-1-david-li-is-testing-whether-ai-can-learn-by-watching</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:34:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/Z1v7eY02B/0x0/david-li-1792186380375.jpeg"/><media:credit>David Li </media:credit><media:description>With Photon-1, David Li Is Testing Whether AI Can Learn by Watching</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Featured Aerialist Sarah Fenn: An Extraordinary Talent Training Performers Beyond Their Craft]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of training and 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Happens When Medical AI Loses the Evidence It Was Supposed to Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[His newly accepted MICCAI workshop paper expands earlier medical AI research into a larger audit of what happens when structured diagnoses become separated from the evidence they are supposed to represent.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/siddharth-vohra-what-happens-when-medical-ai-loses-the-evidence-it-was-supposed-to-use</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/siddharth-vohra-what-happens-when-medical-ai-loses-the-evidence-it-was-supposed-to-use</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:02:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/H7KlkfTNB/0x0/siddharth-vohra-1790985637280.jpeg"/><media:credit>Siddharth Vohra</media:credit><media:description>Siddharth Vohra: What Happens When Medical AI Loses the Evidence It Was Supposed to Use</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[BetterBasket Co-Founder Vagelis Viskadouros Explains Science of Getting Grocery Prices Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[The BetterBasket co-founder explains why pricing is one of grocery's hardest problems — and why getting it right matters to shoppers]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/betterbasket-co-founder-vagelis-viskadouros-explains-science-of-getting-grocery-prices-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/betterbasket-co-founder-vagelis-viskadouros-explains-science-of-getting-grocery-prices-right</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:31:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/C_k1hd_02/0x0/betterbasket-1790627467994.jpg"/><media:credit> BetterBasket</media:credit><media:description>BetterBasket Co-Founder Vagelis Viskadouros Explains Science of Getting Grocery Prices Right</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anton Juric Takes Endra’s AI Engineering Platform Into Its Next Stage With U.S. Launch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anton Juric helped introduce a new electrical-engineering platform, U.S. commercial availability, and an acquisition that expands the company into mechanical engineering.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/anton-juric-takes-endras-ai-engineering-platform-into-its-next-stage-with-us-launch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/anton-juric-takes-endras-ai-engineering-platform-into-its-next-stage-with-us-launch</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:32:59 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/RAg6Ey2iJ/0x0/anton-juric-1790278325446.jpg"/><media:credit>Albin Händig</media:credit><media:description>Anton Juric Takes Endra’s AI Engineering Platform Into Its Next Stage With U.S. Launch</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shiza Charania: Robot Intelligence Has a Blind Spot at the Point of Contact]]></title><description><![CDATA[As robotics companies push toward more capable models, Charania is focused on a physical limitation that software alone cannot solve]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/shiza-charania-robot-intelligence-has-a-blind-spot-at-the-point-of-contact</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/shiza-charania-robot-intelligence-has-a-blind-spot-at-the-point-of-contact</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:51:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/8HVZX0gsh/0x0/shizamidas-1790117447809.jpg"/><media:credit>Midas Robotics</media:credit><media:description>Shiza Charania: Robot Intelligence Has a Blind Spot at the Point of Contact</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Om Buddhdev: AI’s Hardest Tests Begin Where Benchmarks End]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Olam Labs co-founder is examining what happens when artificial intelligence must negotiate, cooperate, compete, remember, and adapt over time instead of simply producing the right answer.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/om-buddhdev-ais-hardest-tests-begin-where-benchmarks-end</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/om-buddhdev-ais-hardest-tests-begin-where-benchmarks-end</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:29:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/KbymItkLv/0x0/om-buddhdev-1790116143763.jpg"/><media:credit>Albert Law</media:credit><media:description>Om Buddhdev: AI’s Hardest Tests Begin Where Benchmarks End</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Niklas Freihofer: Technology, Trading and the Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freihofer has spent more than a decade inside financial services, moving from the introducing broker side of forex into entrepreneurship.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/niklas-freihofer-technology-trading-and-the-future</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/niklas-freihofer-technology-trading-and-the-future</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:09:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" 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medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/mWkNQpDAr/0x0/n-n-jose-1789491534926.jpg"/><media:credit>INDIA BOOK  OF RECORDS</media:credit><media:description>Transforming Business With Code: How Naduvathezhath Nessariose Jose is Turning Learning into Leadership</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtney Jackson Built a Career Behind the World’s Biggest Live Events]]></title><description><![CDATA[Courtney Jackson has built her career around making high-pressure events feel effortless to the people attending them.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/courtney-jackson-built-a-career-behind-the-worlds-biggest-live-events</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/courtney-jackson-built-a-career-behind-the-worlds-biggest-live-events</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:04:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/grzxUG9u9/0x0/courtneydistractify1200x628desk-1-1789412505075.jpg"/><media:credit>Karen Sadek</media:credit><media:description>Courtney Jackson Built a Career Behind the World’s Biggest Live Events</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jaden Kwan Built a Launch Studio for Startups Becoming Their Own Broadcasters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaden Kwan has created an independent studio around the idea that a startup launch should be treated as a major business moment rather than a routine announcement.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/jaden-kwan-built-a-launch-studio-for-startups-becoming-their-own-broadcasters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/jaden-kwan-built-a-launch-studio-for-startups-becoming-their-own-broadcasters</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:20:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/3-dUlu5GG/0x0/sylviane-zhao-1789143601321.jpg"/><media:credit>Sylviane Zhao</media:credit><media:description>Jaden Kwan Built a Launch Studio for Startups Becoming Their Own Broadcasters</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grounding Problem: How 19-Year-Old Eshaan Gulati Taught AI Where to Click]]></title><description><![CDATA[His computer-use research addressed a technical failure that kept capable models from turning visual recognition into accurate action.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/the-grounding-problem-how-19-year-old-eshaan-gulati-taught-ai-where-to-click</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/the-grounding-problem-how-19-year-old-eshaan-gulati-taught-ai-where-to-click</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:31:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/CJMyI33OP/0x0/naomichirawala1200x628-1788913767655.jpg"/><media:credit>Naomi Chirawala</media:credit><media:description>The Grounding Problem: How 19-Year-Old Eshaan Gulati Taught AI Where to Click</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laurynas Veckys Went From Tesla’s European Expansion to Rebuilding a Lost American Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Solcoa Chief of Staff has built his career around scaling physical operations, from electric vehicles and logistics networks to one of the West’s most difficult industrial supply chain problems.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/laurynas-veckys-went-from-teslas-european-expansion-to-rebuilding-a-lost-american-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/laurynas-veckys-went-from-teslas-european-expansion-to-rebuilding-a-lost-american-industry</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:03:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/xKIN2Aqyb/0x0/laurynasveckys1200x628-1788912153896.jpg"/><media:credit>DFY</media:credit><media:description>Laurynas Veckys Went From Tesla’s European Expansion to Rebuilding a Lost American Industry</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ray Zhang Wants Crypto Infrastructure to Become Safer Without Becoming Opaque]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ellipsis Labs engineer argues that blockchain systems need clearer risk boundaries, smoother onboarding, and financial tools users can actually understand.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/ray-zhang-wants-crypto-infrastructure-to-become-safer-without-becoming-opaque</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/ray-zhang-wants-crypto-infrastructure-to-become-safer-without-becoming-opaque</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 18:21:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/9KgfmD-Hl/0x0/ray-z-1788805280546.jpg"/><media:credit>Ray Zhang</media:credit><media:description>Ray Zhang Wants Crypto Infrastructure to Become Safer Without Becoming Opaque</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moulik Budhiraja: How He's Building AI That Acts Before a Prompt]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Proletic co-founder and CTO is developing predictive autocomplete for the computer.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/moulik-budhiraja-how-hes-building-ai-that-acts-before-a-prompt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/moulik-budhiraja-how-hes-building-ai-that-acts-before-a-prompt</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:58:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/_uD6xsXZU/0x0/moulik-budhiraja-1788454714391.jpg"/><media:credit>Moulik Budhiraja</media:credit><media:description>Moulik Budhiraja: How He&apos;s Building AI That Acts Before a Prompt</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alister Mac Cormack: AI Can Write Code And Engineers Need to Understand It]]></title><description><![CDATA[The forward-deployed engineer says faster code generation increases the need for people who can direct AI systems]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/alister-mac-cormack-ai-can-write-code-and-engineers-need-to-understand-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/alister-mac-cormack-ai-can-write-code-and-engineers-need-to-understand-it</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:11:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/imylLdGh5/0x0/alister-maccormack-1787857318353.jpg"/><media:credit>Alister MacCormack</media:credit><media:description>Alister Mac Cormack: AI Can Write Code And Engineers Need to Understand It</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeffrey Zang: The AI Wrapper Boom Is Missing the Real Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[The founder of Proletic argues that the next wave of AI products will be won by teams that build restrained, useful software people actually want to keep using.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/jeffrey-zang-the-ai-wrapper-boom-is-missing-the-real-problem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/jeffrey-zang-the-ai-wrapper-boom-is-missing-the-real-problem</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:26:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/657YTp_EH/0x0/jeffrey-zang-1787678740943.jpeg"/><media:credit>Jeffrey Zang</media:credit><media:description>Jeffrey Zang: The AI Wrapper Boom Is Missing the Real Problem</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI]]></title><description><![CDATA[After using code to transform investment analysis, the former strategist moved into engineering and began building regulated financial platforms from the ground up.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/akshay-petta-left-blackrock-to-build-the-systems-behind-reliable-financial-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/akshay-petta-left-blackrock-to-build-the-systems-behind-reliable-financial-ai</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:38:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/xufCqBieE/0x0/akshaypetta-1787593086351.jpg"/><media:credit>John Mark Legaspi</media:credit><media:description>Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[As commerce moves from AI-assisted tools toward AI-executed decisions, Zhang is focused on the rules that determine when an automated commercial action should proceed.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/ai-can-execute-transactions-lu-zhang-is-focused-on-whether-actually-should-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/ai-can-execute-transactions-lu-zhang-is-focused-on-whether-actually-should-be</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/e63wTWIFg/0x0/luzhangimage11200x628-1787541129202.jpg"/><media:credit>Fred C. from The FC Studio</media:credit><media:description>AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[InSitu Space’s Daedalus hopper is designed to carry payloads beyond a single landing site, giving scientists and operators access to lunar terrain that conventional rovers may struggle to reach.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/toby-li-is-building-a-faster-way-to-move-cargo-across-the-moon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/toby-li-is-building-a-faster-way-to-move-cargo-across-the-moon</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/Invp3JUnc/0x0/tobyli1200x628-1787540150036.jpg"/><media:credit>Toby Li</media:credit><media:description>Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can a robot perform reliably once it leaves a controlled environment.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/demo-to-deployment-paras-savnani-on-the-testing-gap-in-robotics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/demo-to-deployment-paras-savnani-on-the-testing-gap-in-robotics</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:37:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/nCEvrNEuv/0x0/paras-savnani-1787538990502.jpeg"/><media:credit>Paras Savnani </media:credit><media:description>Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naol Bassaye Built a Global Technology Career by Learning to Start Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[From teaching himself to code in Ethiopia to founding companies in London, Naol has shaped his career through education, reinvention, and a belief that access can change what people are able to build]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/naol-bassaye-built-a-global-technology-career-by-learning-to-start-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/naol-bassaye-built-a-global-technology-career-by-learning-to-start-again</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/6wXEHGDn1/0x0/naol-1787529576582.jpeg"/><media:credit>ennifer Moyes</media:credit><media:description>Naol Bassaye Built a Global Technology Career by Learning to Start Again</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can Video Generation Lead to Robots Interacting With The Physical World?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What many people perceive as mere AI Slop might actually be the key to developing new AI models capable of interacting with the physical world.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/how-can-video-generation-lead-to-robots-interacting-with-the-physical-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/how-can-video-generation-lead-to-robots-interacting-with-the-physical-world</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:19:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/x2gmvGaiV/0x0/robots-ai-world-1-1787443993016.jpeg"/><media:credit>Ho Tin Fan</media:credit><media:description>How Can Video Generation Lead to Robots Interacting With The Physical World?</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen]]></title><description><![CDATA[The media executive, producer, and arts leader works across global entertainment, independent film, and The Colony Lahore to help stories find the people they were made for.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/hajra-arbab-knows-what-happens-before-a-story-even-reaches-the-screen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/hajra-arbab-knows-what-happens-before-a-story-even-reaches-the-screen</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:23:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/1-DxSulDM/0x0/hajraarbabfinal1200x628-1787332543192.jpg"/><media:credit>John Eli </media:credit><media:description>Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth]]></title><description><![CDATA[The software engineer behind a zero-commission language marketplace is confronting an uncomfortable possibility: AI may take some lessons from human tutors while increasing the value of the work that still requires a person.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/dan-zabrotski-is-betting-that-ai-will-change-what-human-teaching-is-worth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/dan-zabrotski-is-betting-that-ai-will-change-what-human-teaching-is-worth</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:05:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/kb2i9fi4o/0x0/danzabrotski1200x628-1787331707099.jpg"/><media:credit>Daria Simonyan</media:credit><media:description>Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eldar Azamatov: Testing What AI-Native Engineering Looks Like in Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Azamatov is focused 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interventions do not reach every population equally]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/sanchita-sultana-looking-beyond-tobacco-use-to-the-conditions-that-shape-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/sanchita-sultana-looking-beyond-tobacco-use-to-the-conditions-that-shape-it</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:30:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/t6AV58QLo/0x0/sanchitasultana-1787271764577.jpg"/><media:credit>Sam&apos;s Photo</media:credit><media:description>Sanchita Sultana: Looking Beyond Tobacco Use to the Conditions That Shape It</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward]]></title><description><![CDATA[The materials scientist and innovation ecosystem builder works with early-stage ventures on the practical decisions that help complex technologies move toward customers, partners, pilots, and funding.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-shruti-sharma-on-helping-deep-tech-founders-turn-strong-science-into-a-clearer-path-forward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-shruti-sharma-on-helping-deep-tech-founders-turn-strong-science-into-a-clearer-path-forward</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:18:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/_Qrfojg1n/0x0/shruti-sharma-1787163329335.jpeg"/><media:credit>Staff Photographer for Brookhaven National Laboratory</media:credit><media:description>Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Multiply CEO turned years of public advertising analysis into media brands reaching hundreds of millions of people, creating a visible body of work that became a source of new business for his creative performance agency.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/joshua-kalms-built-an-audience-before-he-built-his-client-pipeline</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/joshua-kalms-built-an-audience-before-he-built-his-client-pipeline</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:28:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/VOtiDh4KK/0x0/joshkalms1200x628fullsize-1787088424664.jpg"/><media:credit>Courtesy of Multiply</media:credit><media:description>Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the live fan-access platform, fans pay by the minute for one-on-one video calls with the creators and celebrities they follow. The economics of fame suggest it was inevitable.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/fans-have-always-paid-for-access-buzzstar-turned-it-all-into-an-app</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/fans-have-always-paid-for-access-buzzstar-turned-it-all-into-an-app</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:35:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/zExVxB2c1/0x0/buzzstar-1-1787085317970.jpg"/><media:credit>BuzzStar</media:credit><media:description>Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Lessons I Wish I'd Known Before Founding My AI Startup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oscar Brisset's trajectory as an AI startup founder. ]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/4-lessons-i-wish-id-known-before-founding-my-ai-startup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/4-lessons-i-wish-id-known-before-founding-my-ai-startup</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:42:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/Bf4Ypa5Pq/0x0/oscar-brisset-1786819161020.jpeg"/><media:credit>Oscar Brisset </media:credit><media:description>4 Lessons I Wish I&apos;d Known Before Founding My AI Startup</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda]]></title><description><![CDATA[A company may know exactly what appears on the first page of Google and still have little idea how it is described by AI. ]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/reputation-insider-puts-ai-reputation-on-the-corporate-agenda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/reputation-insider-puts-ai-reputation-on-the-corporate-agenda</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Distractify Staff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:10:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/laTTJQm0y/0x0/image1-1-2-1786817301012.jpg"/><media:credit>Reputation Insider</media:credit><media:description>Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even in the face of the most serious convictions, the right approach at the right time can make all the difference.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/kenneth-rosenfeld-post-trial-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/kenneth-rosenfeld-post-trial-strategy</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Distractify Staff]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:01:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/IwBBYx90m/0x0/kenneth-lawyer-1784657032674.jpg"/><media:credit>Kenneth Rosenfeld</media:credit><media:description>How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case</media:description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[EOS is a weather-driven underwriting and risk intelligence company led by industry executive Kris Hamburger.]]></description><link>https://www.distractify.com/p/michael-j-cohen-aig-global-expansion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.distractify.com/p/michael-j-cohen-aig-global-expansion</guid><category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reese Watson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:00:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content medium="image" width="1200" height="628" url="https://media.distractify.com/brand-img/RVPLIuNi0/0x0/michael-cohen-photo-1784656367517.jpg"/><media:credit>Michael J. Cohen/Warrior Network Agency</media:credit><media:description>Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS</media:description></item></channel></rss>