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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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AppLovin can offer TikTok ‘much stronger bid than others,’ CEO says
Piotr Swat | Lightrocket | Getty Images AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi provided more clarity on the ad-tech company’s late-stage effort to acquire TikTok, calling his offer a “much stronger bid than others” on CNBC’s “The Exchange” on Friday afternoon. Foroughi said the company is proposing a merger between AppLovin and the entire global business of […]
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Tech megacaps lose $1.8 trillion in 2 days as Trump tariffs lead Nasdaq to worst weekly drop in 5 years
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on March 24, 2025. Win McNamee | Getty Images No one is getting hit harder than technology megacaps as markets hit selloff mode. Once powering the market to new highs, the group known as the Magnificent Seven […]
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Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok or face an effective ban in the country, marking the second time he has taken such action. Trump announced the extension on his Truth Social platform, saying the TikTok […]
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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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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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Nvidia turned CoreWeave into a major player in AI years before helping to save its IPO
CoreWeave founders Brian Venturo, at left in sweatshirt, and Mike Intrator slap five after ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq headquarters in New York on March 28, 2025. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images If not for Nvidia, there would be no CoreWeave IPO. The artificial intelligence infrastructure startup might still […]
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CoreWeave set to begin trading
Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, gestures during the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Artificial intelligence cloud provider CoreWeave is set to make its Nasdaq debut on Friday. The company priced shares at $40 in its […]
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Microsoft rallies in last 10 minutes of trading to avoid first eight-week losing streak since 2008
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build AI Day event in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 1, 2024. Chalinee Thirasupa | Reuters With about 10 minutes left until the market’s close, Microsoft’s stock was down for the week. It would’ve been the first eight-week losing streak since 2008. But the shares popped just before […]
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SoftBank to acquire chip designer Ampere in $6.5 billion deal
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on January 22, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a startup that designed an Arm-based server chip, for $6.5 billion. The company expects the deal to close in […]
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