The Friday Forward

With the new F-150 being unveiled this week, here's some crazy trucking stats:

Turns out, canceling your flight because of a global pandemic is not covered in the policies of the two major flight insurers, Allianz and Travel Guard.

Perhaps in the ultimate rebellion against his former employer, Sridhar Ramaswamy, once head of Google’s $115 billion advertising arm, has founded a new search engine that neither shows ads nor profits from user data, Ramaswamy told the New York Times.

Xponential Fitness, the parent of Club Pilates, Pure Barre and CycleBar, officially announced the launch of its  GO platform, which brings live and on-demand content across boutique verticals to members. Brands within the Xponential Fitness portfolio also include StretchLab, Row House, YogaSix, AKT, and STRIDE, all of which have a GO platform that can be accessed through the brand’s individual apps.

Earlier this week Hertz announced they would raise $500M in equity financing despite also filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 

If you're a contract employee, like a gig worker, you're going to want to check out Kabbage.

This week Just Eat Takeaway agreed to acquire Chicago-based restaurant meal delivery company Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) in an all-stock deal.

Instacart said on Thursday that it raised $225 million from investors, bumping the company’s valuation significantly up to $13.7 billion from $8 billion in 2018 when it raised its previous round. DST Global and General Catalyst led the round, and existing investor D1 Capital Partners participated.

If you weren't already jacked up about dentistry, here's something for a rainy day: Dentists make excellent economic indicators.

Seeing into the dark, published on Defining The Next Decade, provides you an educated perspective into modern racism and how to change your surrounding communities for the better. 

On Wednesday Lego announced on Twitter that it would donate $4 million to “organizations dedicated to supporting black children and educating all children about racial equality.”

I take back almost all of the WeWork jokes.

After receiving an outpouring of donations this past week, some nonprofits—like the Minnesota Freedom Fund, Reclaim the Block, and the Brooklyn Bail Fund—are asking that those who want to donate redirect their contributions to other organizations. Here are some funds and organizations that you can still donate to right now.

On Wednesday SpaceX was set to make history as the first private company to launch humans into space. Unfortunately the launch was scrubbed due to weather conditions, but good news -  it was rescheduled to this Saturday at 3:22pm ET. 

For the first time in its nearly 130-year history, General Electric will no longer be making and selling lightbulbs. GE is selling its lighting business to Savant Systems.