- In today’s CEO Daily: Bill Gross is trying to scale himself with AI.
- The big leadership story: France on fire
- The markets: U.S. investors are buying the AI dip.
- Plus: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune
Good morning. Bill Gross has spent a career trying to scale himself. He launched Idealab in 1996 as a pioneering tech incubator for the internet age that’s so far produced more than 175 companies. Today, he’s launching Idealab.ai, a free public platform that lets users search more than 1.2 million business ideas generated so far, giving people AI-powered tools to test and build them into businesses. The concepts were created through a system that analyzed more than 17 million sources, applying Gross’s 31 methods for generating business ideas that include how he identifies current opportunities such as unmet needs, enablers such as new technologies, and market shifts such as regulatory or cultural changes. He’s also developing a “periodic table of business functions” required to operate a company that can guide users through steps and ultimately create a community where founders can collaborate and find support.
