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Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs ever in race with OpenAI: FT
Anthropic, the AI startup behind the popular Claude chatbot, is in early talks to launch one of the largest initial public offerings as early as next year, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. For the potential IPO, Anthropic has engaged law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, which has previously worked on high-profile tech IPOs such […]
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We’re raising our CrowdStrike price target following a beat and raise quarter
CrowdStrike on Tuesday evening reported better-than-expected fiscal 2026 third-quarter results and forward guidance. The numbers, however, were not enough to power shares higher, given their roughly 24% advance since the cybersecurity company’s fiscal second-quarter print back in late August. That said, the latest beat and raise should help solidify recent stock gains and set the […]
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The stock market believes Google is now winning the AI race over OpenAI, Nvidia
Alphabet-owned Google just gained a leg up over OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to recent stock market performance. Shares of Alphabet and its chip partner Broadcom are surging this quarter as its new version of Gemini AI was released, while proxies for the private OpenAI — Nvidia and Microsoft — underperform. Google, once considered an AI laggard, […]
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Amazon announces new AI chips, closer Nvidia ties — but it’s cloud capacity that matters most
Amazon Web Services’ two-track approach to artificial intelligence came into better focus Tuesday as the world’s biggest cloud pushed forward with its own custom chips and got closer to Nvidia . During Amazon ‘s annual AWS Re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman unveiled Trainium3 — the latest version of […]
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Amazon launches cloud AI tool to help engineers recover from outages faster
Mateusz Slodkowski | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon’s cloud unit on Tuesday announced AI-enabled software designed to help clients better understand and recover from outages. DevOps Agent, as the artificial intelligence tool from Amazon Web Services is called, predicts the cause of technical hiccups using input from third-party tools such as Datadog […]
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French AI lab Mistral releases new AI models as it looks to keep pace with OpenAI and Google
Artificial intelligence startup Mistral released a new suite of models Tuesday as it looks to keep pace with leading AI labs Google, OpenAI and DeepSeek. The French company’s announcement follows on from model releases from the likes of DeepSeek and Google in recent weeks, as AI labs across the globe scramble to remain at the […]
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Apple’s AI leadership, Costco’s tariff lawsuit, Cyber Monday Shopify outage and more in Morning Squawk
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 17, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | 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 […]
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AI stock rally may be driven by fear of missing out, but strategists say hold tight
A television broadcasts crypto market news at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images AI-related equity valuations may be driven by fear of missing out, known as FOMO — but now’s not the time to get cold feet, according to strategists. Global equities are at […]
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A ‘seismic’ Nvidia shift, AI chip shortages and how it’s threatening to hike gadget prices
The logo of an Apple Store is seen reflected on the glass exterior of a Samsung flagship store in Shanghai, China Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Wang Gang | Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty Images The cost of your smartphone might rise, analysts are warning, as the AI boom clogs up supply chains and […]
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Why Jim Cramer thinks the AI trade is breaking up
After years of largely trading together, stocks related to artificial intelligence and the data center are starting to move in different directions, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “The Google complex cohort roared while the OpenAI complex got hammered. Meanwhile, the hyperscalers with great balance sheets held up much better than the ones with strained balance sheets,” […]
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