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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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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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The latest on Venezuela, Tesla’s second-place finish, inside Chick-fil-A’s marketing blitz and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Good morning. It was anything but a quiet weekend for news, so I’ll cut to the chase. S&P 500 futures are up slightly this morning. The market is coming off a losing week. Here are five key things investors need to know […]
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Buffett hands over the reins, the stock market’s losing streak, airline class wars and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday and happy 2026! I began my year at the movie theater watching an Amanda Seyfried-led movie-musical (“The Testament of Ann Lee,” not “Mamma Mia!”). Stock futures are up this morning. The market is on a four-day losing streak. Here are […]
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China’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is building robots and fortune-telling AI apps at the same time
HANGZHOU, China — In what is sometimes dubbed China’s Silicon Valley, tech giants and startups in Hangzhou are racing to build cutting-edge chips, robotics and brain-computer interfaces. Across town, aspiring founders are creating AI pets and fortune-telling apps. The city on China’s southeastern coast is reinventing itself as an artificial intelligence hub. A year after the […]
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Dust to data centers: The year AI tech giants, and billions in debt, began remaking the American landscape
The Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images West Texas dust, iron-tinged and orange-red, rides the wind and sticks like a film to everything you touch. It clings to skin and the inside of your mouth, a fine grit that turns every […]
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Street analyst reveals 3 AI stocks set to dominate 2026 – plus, Meta’s next move
Wall Street analysts see more room to run for four Club stocks that shattered records in 2025. Fresh commentary from a Rosenblatt Securities analyst shows how a new deal from Meta Platforms could be a financial windfall. Meanwhile, Wedbush details exactly why CrowdStrike , Apple , and Microsoft are winners from the artificial intelligence build-out […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Molina Healthcare, Intel, AXT, OceanFirst Financial & more
Check out some of the stocks posting the biggest moves in midday trading. Molina Healthcare – Shares advanced about 4%. “Big Short” investor Michael Burry in a Substack post noted that the health insurer could be a takeover candidate. He compared it to Warren Buffett’s investment in Geico. Intel – The chip company rose more […]
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Silver’s big swing, another AI acquisition for Meta, GM’s banner year and more in Morning Squawk
A selection of one kilogram silver bars at Conclude Zrt bullion dealer arranged in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg | Getty Images This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: […]
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