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Anthropic signs term sheet for $10 billion funding round at $350 billion valuation
Anthropic has signed a term sheet for a $10 billion funding round at a $350 billion valuation, CNBC confirmed on Wednesday. Coatue and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC are leading the financing, according to a source familiar who asked not to be named because the discussions are confidential. A representative for Anthropic declined to comment. […]
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Amazon’s AI shopping tool sparks backlash from online retailers that didn’t want websites scraped
Packages in a United States Postal Service (USPS) truck near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has angered some online retailers that say they didn’t consent to have their products scraped and listed on the e-commerce giant’s sprawling […]
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Vista Equity Partners says its ‘agentic factory’ is reinventing the way companies use AI
A version of this article appeared in CNBC’s Inside Alts newsletter, a guide to the fast-growing world of alternative investments, from private equity and private credit to hedge funds and venture capital. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. With fears growing of an investment bubble in artificial intelligence infrastructure, the next phase of […]
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Meta delays Ray-Ban Display glasses global rollout due to inventory limits, U.S. demand
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Meta Platforms said Tuesday that it’s delaying the international expansion of its […]
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Maduro pleads not guilty, Nvidia’s robotaxi play, JPMorgan’s ‘secret sauce’ and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Tuesday. We’re not even a week into the new year and I’ve already started telling myself that my resolution to read more can include reviewing drafts of this newsletter. Stock futures are little changed this morning. The market is coming off […]
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Software startup NinjaOne tops $500 million in annualized recurring revenue
Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Software startup NinjaOne has surpassed $500 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR, the company announced Tuesday. The IT management platform saw revenue grow nearly 70% year over year and its customer base increase more than 60% over the last year to 35,000. President and […]
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The market expects Space X, OpenAI and Anthropic to go public this year — but is it willing to pay?
Highly anticipated public listings of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic are expected this year, but questions remain over whether investors are willing to pay such hefty price tags in line with their valuations. Elon Musk’s SpaceX notched an $800 billion valuation in a secondary share sale in December, according to a letter to shareholders sent by […]
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Nvidia plans to test a robotaxi service in 2027 in self-driving push
Nvidia is building out an automotive tech business. Pictured here are its autonomous vehicle test cars at the company’s auto garage in Santa Clara, California, on June 5, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia on Monday unveiled plans to test a robotaxi service with a partner as soon as 2027, highlighting the chipmaker’s […]
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Democratic mayor of Silicon Valley’s largest city opposes billionaire tax
Mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan, speaks during the NWSL Championship Welcome Reception at Rotunda at San Jose City Hall in San Jose, California, on Nov. 20, 2025. Eakin Howard | Nwsl | Getty Images The Democratic mayor of San Jose, California, has come out against a proposed statewide ballot measure that would ask voters […]
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AI godfather says Meta’s new 29-year-old AI boss is ‘inexperienced’ and warns of staff exodus
Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc., at the VivaTech conference in Paris, France, on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta’s former chief AI scientist, Yann Lecun, has called its 29-year-old AI boss “inexperienced,” and warned of a staff exodus from the company. Alexander Wang, the billionaire co-founder […]
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