SpaceX CFO to Hold Investor Call to Discuss xAI Deal
The call comes as some SpaceX investors are concerned about having their shares of the rocket maker diluted through a potential acquisition.
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Snowflake Paying OpenAI $200 Million For Access to AI Models
Snowflake wants more customers to build AI apps on the data they store in its database, and providing direct access to to OpenAI models could help.
Elon Musk Appears to Confirm SpaceX and xAI Merger Plan in X Post
Musk responded “yes” to a post from a space-focused investor who quoted a Bloomberg story about SpaceX and xAI being in advanced merger talks.
Disney’s Entertainment Profits Fall Despite Higher Streaming Results
Disney's older entertainment businesses saw their profits fall 55%.
Oracle to Raise Up to $50 Billion For Cloud Expansion
Notably, Oracle said the new funding wouldn’t just go toward data center capacity for OpenAI.
U.A.E. Firm Quietly Bought 49% Stake In Trump Crypto Firm
An entity linked to a member of the United Arab Emirates royal family secretly purchased 49% of President Trump’s family’s crypto company.
SpaceX Seeks FCC Approval to Launch 1 Million Satellites For Orbital Data Center
The SpaceX filing did not include details such as the size of the satellites, their cost, or when they would be launched.
Google’s World-Generating AI Product Causes Selloff in Videogame Stocks
Here's more proof that equity investors are highly sensitive to AI threats.
Nvidia CEO Confirms New Investment in OpenAI, ‘Probably the Largest We Have Ever Made'
As The Information reported Wednesday, Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI as part of an equity funding round.
ByteDance and Alibaba to Launch New Models in Race for AI Supremacy in China
The AI rivalry between the two Chinese tech giants is intensifying not only in model development but also in consumer apps and AI cloud services.
iPhone Demand Fuels Huge Growth for Apple’s Holiday Quarter
Memory supply may hit margins in the current March quarter
U.S. Regulator Plans New Prediction Market Rules
CFTC to withdraw Biden-era proposal that would ban political and sports contracts.
U.S. Lawmaker Says Nvidia Helped DeepSeek Develop Models
Michigan Rep. John Moolenaar said documents he requested from Nvidia show the firm helped DeepSeek with the "co-design of algorithms, frameworks, and hardware.”
Apple Acquires AI Startup For Silent Communication
FT reported the deal was worth close to $2 billion
OpenAI Said to Consider Eyeball Orbs to Keep Bots Off Social Media
OpenAI is developing humans-only social media.
C3.AI Jumps on Merger Report
The company is in talks to merge with privately owned Automation Anywhere, which would go public via the merger, The Information reported.
Fidelity to Launch Stablecoin
Fidelity becomes the first major brokerage to launch a stablecoin.
ServiceNow Shares Dip 7% on Sales Forecast, CEO Clarifies M&A Strategy
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said his company's recent string of acquisitions isn't a sign that it can't expand its business with products developed in-house.
Microsoft Cloud Growth Slows, But OpenAI Fuels 60% Surge in Revenue Backlog
But Microsoft said it had $625 billion in remaining performance obligations, 45% of which are from OpenAI.
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