Henry Chandonnet

Articles by Henry Chandonnet

Silicon Smokers: Meet the tech founders who think that cigarettes are their edge - Business Insider

Business September 18, 2026

Stephen Campbell knows the cigarettes didn't land him one of his biggest deals, but they certainly lit the match. The cofounder of the startup Revamp AI was in Shenzhen, meeting with what he calls a�...

Why everyone in tech is suddenly talking about LARPing - businessinsider.com

Technology September 14, 2026

It's time to add another word to the founder dictionary. The term "LARP" started as an acronym for live action role play. LARPers wore costumes and adopted characters, imagining a video game-like wo�...

Jeff Dean's hour-by-hour breakdown of his Google exit: an 'emotional' video chat, Yoga at 7, and 'unemployed' at 11:59 - Business Insider

Business August 12, 2026

Twas the night before Jeff Dean left Google, and he was up at 2 a.m. responding to messages. Dean left the search giant last week to build his own AI startup, Discovery Loop. He was Google's 30th em�...

Bernie Sanders asked the leading AI CEOs to pause development. Read his letter. - Business Insider

Business August 12, 2026

Bernie Sanders has heard enough about rogue AI agents. The Vermont senator wrote a letter to three leading AI development CEOs: Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and Meta's Mark Zuckerb�...

He helped invent the modern internet. He's horrified at what he sees in 2026. - Business Insider

Technology July 30, 2026

I think social media is the worst thing that's happened in the last forty years," Steve Krug tells me. A quarter century ago, Krug wrote "Don't Make Me Think," one of the founding books of internet �...

Inside one coder's journey to leave tech and land a 'baby blue-collar' job - Business Insider

Business July 12, 2026

Brian Gordon fell in love with coding. Over a decade later, the industry wasn't loving him back. In March, Gordon learned that his company would be shutting down, eliminating his frontend developer �...

I used AI to help market my bagel shop. Then the one-star reviews came in. - Business Insider

Business May 17, 2026

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Adam Jones, the 53-year-old owner of Myer's Bagels in Burlington, Vermont. It's been edited for length and clarity. We specialize in Montreal-st�...

AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, and ice rinks - Business Insider

Technology May 13, 2026

Geoff Chan sees the parents staring at him. The 39-year-old head of product at Raven.AI is a Claude Code and OpenAI Codex power user. He also has two daughters, ages 12 and 10, who love to ice skate�...

A Visual Breakdown of GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen's Bizarre Interview - Business Insider

Business May 5, 2026

Well, that wassomething. GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen appeared on CNBC to discuss the company's unsolicited recent proposal to acquire eBay. Over the 16-minute interview, Cohen appeared distracted, frust�...

I waited nearly 2 hours in the freezing cold for Kalshi's free groceries. Almost nobody cared about prediction markets.

Crypto February 5, 2026

Excuse my beet-red face. It just braved almost two hours waiting in a freezing cold line.Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider I went to Kalshi's free groceries event. The line took almost two h… [+781...