Google has launched Career Dreamer, an advanced artificial intelligence analysis tool that evaluates users’ skills and experiences and suggests personalized career opportunities. According to a Feb. 19, 2025 blog post from Grow With Google Founder Lisa Gevelber, Claire Thorn, a military spouse who spent nearly 20 years as a stay-at-home mom before reentering the workforce , was one of the early testers of Career Dreamer. After answering a few questions about her background and interests, she learned how to translate her life experiences into skills and new career opportunities. “(Career Dreamer) helped identify skills that I take for granted and showed me that they’re important and useful in the workforce,” said Thorn, per Google. “Now, I’m armed with the confidence of knowing that I already possess exactly what employers need.” Career Dreamer identifies patterns and connects the dots between unique experiences, educational backgrounds, skills, and interests. The platform then...

Life is full of highs and lows, and the tech industry is no exception. One day, you’re riding the wave of record-breaking stock gains; the next, you’re watching billions evaporate as markets correct themselves. For NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, that reality hit hard in January 2025, as his net worth dropped by a staggering 20%. According to Business Insider, it went down from $121 billion to $100 billion, primarily driven by a downturn in NVIDIA’s stock amid broader market shifts. For Huang, whose wealth is heavily tied to the U.S. company he co-founded, this decline is a stark reminder of the volatile nature of the technology sector. But it’s not just about one man’s fortune — it’s a snapshot of the challenges facing tech giants as they navigate investor skepticism, geopolitical tensions, and the ever-changing landscape of artificial intelligence. NVIDIA’s Stock Struggles In A Shifting Market NVIDIA has become synonymous with the AI boom, providing the advanced hardware that powers...

For nearly 30 years, Robert F. Smith’s Vista Equity Partners has invested in enterprise software companies. As AFROTECH™ previously reported , in August 2023, Smith announced that the global investment firm had reached over $100 billion in assets under management. “Since Vista was founded over two decades ago, we’ve expanded to 650+ team members operating around the world, built a comprehensive library of enterprise software best practices and much more,” Smith shared in a LinkedIn post at the time. “We’ve also been committed to supporting the communities in which we live and work, creating opportunities for individuals who have traditionally been underrepresented.” As a leader championing underrepresented technologists and tech entrepreneurs, Smith was among the speakers at AFROTECH ™ Conference 2023. Joined by Base10 Partners Co-Founder and Managing Partner Adeyemi Ajao, the two founders led the panel titled “ Powering Forward: Creating A Shared Digital Future.” During the...

The Israeli government reportedly commissioned a campaign in 2023 that included social media accounts targeting Black U.S. lawmakers. The New York Times reported that, in October 2023, Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs paid $2 million to Stoic, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based political marketing firm, to push pro-Israel content on social media at a time when many Americans were concerned for Palestinian civilians during the war in Gaza. The outlet details that Stoic created fake accounts in support of Israel across X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram that focused on over a dozen majority Black and Democrat U.S. lawmakers, including Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York and U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia. ChatGPT was mainly used to create the fake accounts’ posts, which asked for the politicians to fund Israel’s military, per the outlet. In addition to fake social media accounts, Stoic reportedly created fake websites and articles. In May 2024, NBC News reported...

Venita Cooper’s passion for sneaker culture has led her to become an entrepreneur -turned-tech-founder. In 2019, Cooper opened Silhouette Sneakers & Art in Tulsa, OK, after working as a K-12 educator in the Mississippi Delta through Teach for America. She was brought to Oklahoma because her parents decided to retire, Cooper told AFROTECH™ in an interview. With no entrepreneurial background, the thought of launching her own business never crossed her mind until 2018, when the idea of opening a sneaker store was presented to her. “At first I thought it was crazy ’cause I was like, ‘I’m not an entrepreneur. I’ve never done anything like that before,'” Cooper said. “One of the things that I’ve learned is that to start a business and to run a business, to me, the No. 1 skill is the ability to make good decisions consistently and quickly. I always ask investors and other founders who have successful companies, what is the characteristic that they can identify as that No. 1 characteristic...

Robert F. Smith’s Vista Equity Partners has marked off a new milestone. Axios reports that the private equity firm has raised over $20 billion for its new fund — making the fund its largest to date. As a platform that invests in technology companies, Vista Equity Partners is set to focus on artificial intelligence (AI). According to the outlet, Smith wrote to investors ahead of Vista Equity Partners’ annual general meeting in April about what they can expect soon. “You will also hear more about how we have adopted generative artificial intelligence not just as a tool but as a pivotal component of our value creation and underwriting processes,” Smith wrote, per the outlet. He added, “This has enabled us to identify and capitalize on opportunities, including dramatically expanding TAM [total available market], product innovation, GTM [go-to-market] strategies, with greater precision and speed, ensuring that we stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving market landscape.” Before its...

One of the major flaws of artificial intelligence (AI) is that it can reinforce racial bias. As CNN reported, the technology is based on data fed by humans, which can mean the data can be racist and biased. “Remember: AI is just software that learns by example,” Reid Blackman, author of the book, “Ethical Machines,” told CNN. “So if you give it examples that contain or reflect certain kinds of biases or discriminatory attitudes … you’re going to get outputs that resemble that.” The impact of its racial bias continues to disproportionately affect the Black community , including when it comes to resume screening. “And many employers now use AI-driven tools to interview and screen job seekers, many of which pose enormous risks for discrimination against people with disabilities and other protected groups,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote in a 2021 report on how AI can worsen racial and economic inequities. Now, a recent research paper has shown another area where AI...

A mental fitness startup co-founded by Pittsburg Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson has scored new funding. In 2018, Wilson (chief impact officer) founded the digital fitness company Limitless Minds with his brother Harry Wilson (CEO), a former med device and pharma sales leader; DJ Eidson (president), a former pharmaceutical and biotech sales leader; and the late Trevor Moawad, a mental conditioning coach named Sports Illustrated’s “World’s Best Brain Trainer,” according to the company’s website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Russell Wilson (@dangerusswilson) The website also mentions that the Louisville, KY-based company started as a business coaching consultancy. Four years later, it created a digital platform called Club Limitless, which offers coaching, live on-demand mindset training, and performance tools to train users’ mental fitness. Over the years, some of Limitless Minds’ clientele have included Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Workday,...