Eve Montie

In 2025, Sam Altman doubled down on ambitious startups tackling power, health and automation. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Aside from becoming a household name with the breakout success of ChatGPT in 2022, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has long been one of Silicon Valley’s most influential startup investors.

Dario Amodei warns that A.I. is rapidly erasing entry-level white-collar roles across major industries. Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot The technology industry, once a landing pad for fresh computer science graduates, is rapidly automating away its early-career talent pipeline. A.I. coding tools like GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer now handle much of the entry-level work junior engineers once did, making it increasingly difficult for young professionals to break in.

Microsoft repurposed the former Foxconn site in Wisconsin, once slated for a $10 billion factory that never materialized. Andy Manis/Getty Images Last week, Microsoft announced plans for a new A.I. data center in Mount Pleasant, Wis., on the site that once belonged to Foxconn, which abandoned a $10 billion manufacturing plant project there.