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February 20, 2026
Why creators are ditching ad revenue for chocolate bars and fintech acquisitions
Equity unpacks how creators are diversifying beyond ads, whether their model can scale beyond the top 1%, everything happening at India's AI Impact Summit, and more of the week's headlines.
TL;DR
- Creators are diversifying beyond ad revenue to build business empires.
- MrBeast's company acquired fintech startup Step, and his chocolate business is outperforming his media arm.
- The article discusses how creators are diversifying, the infrastructure of influence, and scalability beyond the top 1% of creators.
- Other topics covered include a $140M raise for AI data center transformers, India's AI infrastructure push, and ByteDance's AI video tools.
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