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Fintech🇳🇱Aug 31, 2026 CEO Gerjan de Lange on Brand New Day’s next growth phase
Media🇺🇸Aug 31, 2026 Pinterest CFO exits for startup, leaving $4B AWS bill and slowing growth
Media🇺🇸Aug 27, 2026 Barret Zoph returns to Google as VP of research after quitting his own $50B startup
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 26, 2026 OpenAI loses second Salesforce sales exec as 22 more weigh return
Consumer Electronics🇺🇸Aug 25, 2026 Apple's Cook hands CEO reins to Ternus, drops rare personal note at farewell
Enterprise Software🇮🇪Aug 21, 2026 Kerno adds chairman Thomas McKinney as Blair Street Advisors invests
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 21, 2026 Kerno brings in Blair Street investment as Thomas McKinney joins as chairman
🇺🇸Aug 20, 2026 Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner
🇬🇧Aug 20, 2026 KORE Wireless names Roi Ross chief growth officer after Searchlight and Abry buyout
🇺🇸Aug 19, 2026 Jacob Bank returns to Google to lead Chrome product
Fintech🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 Compound bets $52M and three new leaders on an institutional pivot
🇺🇸Aug 17, 2026 JLL Partners buys Munich's Life Couriers, installs new CEO to fuel expansion
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 14, 2026 OpenAI's revolving door spins on: 12 executives exit in 2026
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 13, 2026 OpenAI appoints Dali Rajic as CRO after second senior exit
Enterprise Software🇬🇧Aug 13, 2026 Google DeepMind resets leadership: Hassabis becomes chair, Kavukcuoglu takes operational lead
Education🇺🇸Aug 12, 2026 Alchemy buys Ease Learning, adds leadership after Achieve Partners investment
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 12, 2026 OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap exits after nine years to start his own venture
🇺🇸Aug 11, 2026 Manappuram taps IDFC First's Ashish Singh as CEO after Bain's ₹4,385-crore deal
Robotics🇸🇬Aug 11, 2026 GMEX moves to buy 30% of AI firm MediaMeta.Ai to add "social intelligence" to robots
Aug 11, 2026 ONE Nuclear acquires Amino, hires 50GW veteran to fast-track AI power
Fintech🇩🇰Aug 7, 2026 Pleo leadership exodus and culture shift amid sale speculation
🇺🇸Aug 6, 2026 AI pioneer Yann LeCun joins $100M AI fund 224 Ventures
Enterprise Software🇬🇧Aug 5, 2026 Koray Kavukcuoglu Takes Operational Control of Gemini
Enterprise Software🇺🇸Aug 4, 2026 Tino Cuéllar joins Anthropic as first Chief Global Affairs Officer
Food🇺🇸Aug 3, 2026 KFC names Maria Cacciapuoti as first global COO, effective September 2026