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Black Men in Tech: 3 Founders Who Built Billion-Dollar Companies and What They’re Doing Next

Calendly introduced two products that take it beyond the scheduling link most users know on August 19, 2026. Callie can coordinate a meeting through an email thread. Notetaker can record a call and...

The Hidden AI Boom: How Black Tech Founders Are Securing the Infrastructure Economy

On May 21, 2026, the second and third floors of a former hospital in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood district opened for AI work. The Greenwood Cyber + AI Lab, developed by Black Tech Street and Microsoft...

How Claude’s Single-Interface Pivot Redefines the Enterprise AI Workspace

Enterprise AI has a friction problem: humans hate picking tools before they start working. Making employees choose upfront between a quick chat box, a doc editor, or an agent mode builds a wall of...

Why Smart Founders are Buying Ugly $100k SaaS Tools Instead of Building AI Apps

When Waterglass acquired Notehouse in 2025, it did not buy a beautiful piece of software. Notehouse was a six-year-old CRM for nonprofit leaders, social workers and counsellors. It had about $100,000...

Kunle Olukotun Solved Computing’s Scaling Problem, Years Before Anyone Cared About AI

For years, the industry’s easiest path to faster chips was simple: crank up the clock speed. That worked great, until it didn’t. By the early 2000s, power consumption and heat had put a...

How to Build a Professional Network With No Connections

You’ve heard the advice a hundred times: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” But what if you don’t know anyone? What if your family doesn’t have...

Byio: Black Women-Led Startup Lets Users Control Social Media Access

In a time filled with unclear algorithms and corporate control, a new group of founders is challenging the old rules of social platforms. Byio, a Detroit-based startup led by Black women, is at the...

BlackDoctor Introduces AI Solutions for Inclusive Healthcare

In a significant move that could change how health information and clinical care reach Black communities in the United States, BlackDoctor, Inc. has introduced a range of artificial...

Amazon Announces 16,000 Job Cuts Amid Second Layoff Wave

Amazon has announced that it would eliminate roughly 16,000 corporate jobs globally. This is the second major round of layoffs in three months. The cuts, revealed in a memo from Beth Galetti, Amazon’s...