Technology
Alibaba has staged a quiet $100 billion rally — AI and Jack Ma’s return are at the heart of it
The Alibaba office building in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on Aug. 28, 2024. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images In November 2023, Jack Ma posted an internal memo at Alibaba, urging the e-commerce giant he helped create to “correct its course.” The message was as a rallying cry by one of China’s most prominent […]
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CoreWeave prices IPO at $40 a share, below expected range
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, on Nov. 13, 2024. Carlos Rodrigues | Sportsfile | Web Summit | Getty Images CoreWeave on Thursday priced shares at $40 in the company’s IPO, raising $1.5 billion in the biggest U.S. tech offering since 2021, CNBC has confirmed. The company, […]
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AppLovin shares plunge 20% after third short-selling firm slams company’s ad technology
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of AppLovin sank 20% on Thursday, their steepest drop on record, as another short-selling firm raised concerns about the company’s digital ad technology and claimed that it’s violating app store rules. AppLovin tumbled $65.92 to close at $261.70. The stock soared more than 700% last year, the […]
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Robinhood CEO sees Amazon-like subscription model as path to ‘loyalty’ in financial services
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is betting that by rolling out a large enough portfolio of digital investment products, more consumers will be willing to pay a monthly subscription for its product suite. Subscribers to Robinhood Gold pay $5 a month or $50 a year for perks like 4% interest on uninvested cash, access to professional […]
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Silicon Valley bubble risks heighten as investors pile into funds that bet on a single buzzy startup
One of the most popular acronyms in Silicon Valley these days is SPV. It stands for special purpose vehicle. In tech startup land, it’s a type of investment fund that typically involves concentrating all of its assets in one company. SPVs have blown up in recent years as investors clamor to get a piece of […]
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ChatGPT’s viral image-generation AI is ‘melting’ OpenAI’s GPUs
Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on Dec. 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Thursday announced that viral use of ChatGPT’s new image-generation AI, introduced earlier this week, is […]
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Meta debuts Friends tab, Mark Zuckerberg pushes ‘throwback to OG Facebook’
In this photo illustration, the Facebook logo is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a Meta logo on October 28, 2021 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Meta on Thursday debuted the Facebook Friends tab, a new feature that’s part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pitch to revive the original spirit […]
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Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions sells 10% stake to new Patrick Whitesell-led platform at a valuation of more than $750 million, sources say
Peyton Manning on Sunday, February 16, 2025. Theo Wargo | NBCUniversal | Getty Images Peyton Manning has a new business partner. A new platform run by Patrick Whitesell, the former executive chairman of Endeavor, has acquired a minority stake in Manning’s Omaha Productions. The stake, which is approximately 10% of the company, values Omaha Productions […]
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Ubisoft spins out new unit for Assassin’s Creed and other games, Tencent to take $1.25 billion stake
On Jan. 9, Ubisoft said it was postponing the launch of “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” and had appointed advisors to review strategic options. Ina Fassbender | AFP via Getty Images Ubisoft on Thursday announced that it’s creating a new gaming subsidiary with Chinese technology giant Tencent investing 1.16 billion euros ($1.25 billion) into the unit. The […]
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Nvidia to anchor CoreWeave IPO at $40 a share, source says
CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator appears on CNBC on July 17, 2024. CNBC Nvidia is aiming to anchor CoreWeave’s initial public offering at $40 a share with a $250 million order, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company initially filed the offering at $47 to $55 per share. The source told CNBC’s Leslie […]
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