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Databricks announces $10 billion financing at $62 billion valuation
Close-up of Databricks company logo on building facade, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, June 7, 2024. Smith Collection/ gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Databricks, one of the most valuable privately held companies, announced a $10 billion financing on Tuesday that values the software maker at $62 billion. With the money, Databricks will be able […]
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PDD’s Temu app tops U.S. iOS downloads for second year running amid greater scrutiny of China companies
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Temu, the popular e-commerce app owned by China’s PDD Holdings, topped Apple’s list of the most downloaded free apps on its U.S. iOS store for the second year running, highlighting the massive success that Chinese apps are enjoying in the world’s largest consumer market. ByteDance’s TikTok came in […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The perils of market predictions
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 10, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]
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Morgan Stanley names 7 beneficiaries of Amazon AWS’ new Trainium 2 AI chip
Morgan Stanley has identified the companies that are set to benefit from Amazon ‘s launch of its new artificial intelligence chip. The Big Tech giant’s cloud computing division Amazon Web Services launched its Trainium 2 AI chip earlier this month. AWS hopes these chips will help it diversify away from Nvidia , its primary AI […]
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Amazon and the endangered future of the middle manager
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s note sent this fall to employees about corporate culture drew […]
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How China’s satellite megaprojects are challenging Elon Musk’s Starlink
China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX’s Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. The service is meant to offer high-speed internet to customers in remote and underserved […]
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Broadcom’s long and winding path to the trillion-dollar club, and how Trump played a role
President Donald Trump introduces Broadcom CEO Hock Tan prior to Tan announcing the repatriation of his company’s headquarters to the United States from Singapore during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017. Getty Images When Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, […]
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Big Oil wants to help Big Tech power artificial intelligence data centers
Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images Exxon Mobil and Chevron are jumping into the race to power artificial intelligence data centers, as the two oil majors bet tech companies will ultimately turn to natural gas to meet their tremendous energy needs. Exxon unveiled plans this week to build a natural gas plant to power […]
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Tech companies most threatened by Trump are donating to his inauguration fund
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. Emily Elconin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have a particularly […]
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OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted it to be for-profit in 2017
In this photo, the logo of OpenAI is displayed on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying the photographs of Elon Musk and Sam Altman, in Ankara, Turkey, on March 14, 2024. Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images OpenAI on Friday clapped back against Elon Musk, one of its co-founders, […]
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