Forbes Daily Briefing

Inside who’s up, who’s down and who’s off Forbes’ annual ranking of the richest people in the world.
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The world’s largest LNG complex in Qatar shut down last week after being hit by Iranian drones. That created a huge opportunity for fast growing Venture Global and its billionaire owners.
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Abhi Ramesh’s grocery delivery startup has grown to $500 million in annual sales as he continues to reimagine how Americans shop for food.
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Anthropic saw a surveillance problem and walked. OpenAI saw an opportunity and signed. Now, Sam Altman is under fire for struggling to explain how OpenAI’s contract is any safer.
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The cast of billionaires who have kowtowed to the President is extensive, including everyone from Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg to Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman. That’s what makes Dario Amodei’s refusal to cave so stunning — and may be behind Claude’s surge to the top of the App Store.
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