U.S. Considers Syria Troop Withdrawal Amidst Global Shifts in Business and Technology
The United States is considering removing its remaining forces from Syria, according to NPR Politics, as the nation weighs possible military action against Iran. This potential withdrawal comes amidst significant shifts in the business and technology sectors, including leadership changes at major companies and advancements in artificial intelligence.
In the business world, PayPal CEO Alex Chriss stepped down after two and a half years, prompting the appointment of Jamie Miller, the company's chief financial and operating officer, as interim CEO, Fortune reported. The move followed shareholder frustration over PayPal's stock performance, which is down roughly 80% from five years ago, and projected lower earnings for 2026. According to Fortune, the board cited the pace of execution falling short of expectations, language that often precedes leadership resets focused on operational discipline.
Meanwhile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is increasing his focus on artificial intelligence, relinquishing his responsibilities running the tech company's commercial businesses, Fortune reported. Nadella stated that Microsoft's continued success would depend on equipping customers with new artificial intelligence capabilities to become the partner of choice for AI transformation. According to Fortune, Nadella believes that mastery of AI is nonnegotiable.
Further innovation in AI is being pursued by former Cohere executives Sara Hooker and Sudip Roy, who secured $50 million in seed funding for their new startup, Adaption Labs, Fortune reported. Hooker, former vice president of research at Cohere, and Roy, previously director of inference computing at Cohere, aim to create AI systems that use less computing power and cost less to run than current leading AI models. They are also targeting models that use a variety of techniques to be more adaptive than most existing models to the individual tasks they are being asked to tackle. The funding round is being led by Emergence Capital Partners, with participation from Mozilla.
In San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss family fortune, has been working to revitalize the city's economy, Fortune reported. Since taking office in 2025, Lurie has focused on boosting the city's reputation and economy following a slow recovery from the pandemic. Lurie previously helped bring the Super Bowl to San Francisco when Levi’s Stadium was under construction.
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