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Lime's IPO Gamble: What the Scooter Company's Market Debut Means for Your Business Lime, the micro-mobility company behind those electric scooters cluttering city sidewalks, is preparing for an initial public offering (IPO). The move signals growing investor confidence in the transportation-as-a-service market, even as the company
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Best AI Tools for Salons and Spas in 2026 If you run a salon or spa, you're probably spending more time on no-show texts, social media posts, and rescheduling headaches than you'd like. AI tools have gotten genuinely useful for service businesses like yours — not in
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Stop Nodding Along: Your AI Glossary for Small Business Owners AI has exploded into everyday business conversations, but the terminology can feel like learning a new language. Terms like "large language models," "prompt engineering," and "hallucination" get thrown around in meetings and articles without
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How to Use AI to Create a Training Manual for New Employees Writing a training manual from scratch is one of those tasks that always lands at the bottom of the to-do list — until you hire someone and realize you have nothing to hand them. AI can cut the time
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Judge Blocks Government's $100M Grant Cancellations Over Improper AI Use A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) acted unconstitutionally when it canceled over $100 million in grants. The 143-page decision found that DOGE used ChatGPT to evaluate grant programs without proper legal review
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How to Use AI to Improve Your Google Business Profile Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a potential customer sees before they ever visit your website — and most small business owners set it up once and forget about it. AI can change that, helping you write better
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OpenAI Launches Voice Intelligence Features for Your Business OpenAI just released new voice intelligence features through its API, allowing developers to build systems that understand and respond to spoken language. The tools work across customer service platforms, educational apps, and creator tools—essentially any place where your business interacts with
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Best AI Invoice and Billing Tools for Freelancers and Small Businesses Getting paid on time is the difference between a business that survives and one that doesn't. Yet invoicing is still one of the most neglected parts of running a small operation — it's easy to put
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Snap and Perplexity Part Ways on $400M AI Search Deal Snap and AI search startup Perplexity have ended their partnership agreement, according to an announcement from Snap this week. The companies had signed a $400 million deal last November that would have integrated Perplexity's AI-powered search engine directly
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How to Use AI to Write Grant Proposals for Small Businesses Grant funding is one of the few ways a small business can get real money without giving up equity or taking on debt — but writing a competitive proposal has always been the hard part. AI won't win
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SAP Bets $1.16B on German AI Lab—What This Means for Your Business Enterprise software giant SAP announced it will acquire German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in developing new AI technology. The company is also restricting which AI agents customers can use on its platform, currently
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How to Use AI to Create a Loyalty Program for Your Small Business Repeat customers spend more, refer more people, and cost you far less to keep than new ones. But building a loyalty program used to mean hiring a consultant or paying for enterprise software you couldn't
