Enterprise
Digital health startup Transcarent takes Accolade private in $621 million deal
Glen Tullman, chairman and chief executive officer at Livongo Health Inc., speaks during the 2015 Bloomberg Technology Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Digital health startup Transcarent on Tuesday announced it completed its acquisition of Accolade in a deal valued at roughly $621 million. Transcarent […]
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Microsoft AI chief Suleyman sees advantage in building models ‘3 or 6 months behind’
Microsoft owns lots of Nvidia graphics processing units, but it isn’t using them to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models. There are good reasons for that position, Mustafa Suleyman, the company’s CEO of AI, told CNBC’s Steve Kovach in an interview on Friday. Waiting to build models that are “three or six months behind” offers several […]
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says, as shareholder, tariffs are ‘not good’
President Trump’s new tariffs on goods that the U.S. imports from over 100 countries will have an effect on consumers, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNBC on Friday. Investors will feel the pain, too. Microsoft’s stock dropped almost 6% in the past two days, as the Nasdaq wrapped up its worst week in five […]
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As Microsoft turns 50, Nadella sees future success built on ability to ‘win the new’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images A half-century ago, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft from a strip mall in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Five decades and almost $3 trillion later, the […]
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Trump’s tariffs leave gadget makers in crisis: ‘I’m going to run out of appliances’
President Donald Trump holds an executive order about tariffs increase, flanked by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters When President Donald Trump made it clear that he was serious about implementing dramatic tariffs on top U.S. trading […]
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Hims & Hers shares rise as company adds new weight-loss medications to platform
The Hims app arranged on a smartphone in New York on Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hims & Hers Health shares rose more than 5% on Tuesday after the company announced patients can access Eli Lilly‘s weight loss medication Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro, as well as the generic injection […]
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CoreWeave shares bounce 12%, rising above IPO price
Mike Intrator, Chief Executive Officer and founder of CoreWeave, (C) rings the opening bell surrounded by Executive Leadership and family during the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq headquarters on March 28, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images CoreWeave shares rallied more than 10% […]
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AI chipmaker Cerebras announces CFIUS clearance, a key step toward IPO
Toronto , Canada – 20 June 2024; Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 20, 2024. Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile | Collision | Getty Images Artificial intelligence chip developer Cerebras said Monday that it has obtained clearance from a U.S. committee to sell shares to […]
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Amazon’s Nova AI agent launch puts it up against rivals OpenAI, Anthropic
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon on Monday released a new AI model that can take actions in a web browser on a user’s behalf, a move that puts it in more direct competition with OpenAI, Anthropic […]
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CoreWeave shares slump nearly 10% in second day of trading
Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, attends his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters CoreWeave‘s stock sank nearly 10% on Monday, falling well below its initial public offering price. The artificial intelligence cloud provider sold shares at […]
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