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Meet Steven Schwartz: The Gen Z founder who sold water bottles as a child and built a $1.6 billion company creating 650 millionaires

Whop has emerged as a fast-growing layered digital marketplace reshaping how creators monetise online audiences through courses, communities, tools and niche digital products. Unlike traditional platforms, it enables individuals to build multiple income streams by serving tightly defined micro-niches that scale through volume rather than celebrity influence. Founder Steven Schwartz,…

The Times of India

Steven Schwartz, Whop founder who sold water on China's streets, created 650 millionaires. Meet the 26-year-old grabbing headlines

Steven Schwartz, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, co-founded Whop, a social commerce platform now valued at $1.6 billion. He once sold water on the streets of China and today, he is the head of one of the fastest-growing digital commerce platforms in the world. His idea is to make work more fun.

The Economic Times

The Gen Z cofounder of $1.6 billion Whop says his platform has minted over 650 millionaires—he wants to make work fun and money worries obsolete

CEO Steven Schwartz says workers enjoying their jobs is a “foreign” concept to most, but hundreds are becoming millionaires by profiting from their passions on Whop.

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As the ADA turns 35, groups fighting for disability rights could see their federal dollars slashed

Congress is considering proposals from President Donald Trump to slash funding for disability rights centers in each state, and advocates worry that they could lose more than 60% their federal dollars

The Independent UK

Mike Lindell's Attorneys Sanctioned for Using AI in Court Filings — How Did the Judge Find Out?

The court flagged the filing during a pretrial conference and pressed Kachouroff for clarity on how the errors occurred.

International Business Times UK

Texas is illegally keeping people with disabilities in nursing homes, federal judge rules

A federal judge determined the state illegally institutionalized severely disabled people for decades, often in poorly run facilities.

The Texas Tribune

Gen Zers want to be their own boss. Can Fortune 500 companies woo them back to traditional jobs?

In the age of the well-paying the side hustle, employers nedd flexibility and transparency to recruit top young talent.

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Antitrust Lawsuit Against Steam Expands To Include All Developers Since 2017

The Steam antitrust case broadens into a class action, targeting Valve's 30% cut and alleged anti-competitive practices.

Benzinga

The antitrust lawsuit against Steam is now a class action, and that could have big repercussions for Valve

The lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, now encompasses "all persons or entities" who have sold games on Steam since 2017.

PC Gamer

Gen Z founder has built a multimillion-dollar business off people who don’t want a desk job

Peter Thiel, the PayPal cofounder, is on board as an investor and Whop Gen Z boss Steven Schwartz counts Tinder cofounder Justin Mateen as a mentor.

Fortune

Michael Cohen used AI tool to generate bogus cases in court filing

Donald Trump’s former fixer used Google Bard when searching for case precedents to end court supervision after release from prison

The Independent UK

Temecula’s School Board Loses Its Right Wing Majority With Trustee Resignation

Danny Gonzalez, one of three members elected in 2022 who voted to report transgender students to their parents and ban critical race theory, has left the board.

Capital & Main

Man accused of killing wife after fight over pancakes

The 85-year-old man told officers he loved his wife and he had prayed the killing was a delusion

The Independent UK

Judge admits using ‘jolly useful’ ChatGPT to write court ruling

Appeal court judgment included words generated by controversial chatbot renowned for accuracy problems

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Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT

Law firm also penalised after chatbot invented six legal cases that were then used in an aviation injury claim

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