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The Briefing

Where Musk and Altman See Eye to Eye

By Martin Peers · Jun 4, 2026 5:01pm PDT
Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t often see eye to eye, as they made clear in their recent legal dispute. But when it comes to making outlandish projections about future growth, the two men seem to share a common philosophy.As we reported earlier on Thursday, SpaceX’s lead bank on its upcoming IPO, Goldman Sachs, has told investors it expects... Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t often see eye to eye, as they made clear in their recent legal...
Mike Blandina, Chief Information Officer at Snowflake. Screenshot via YouTube and Money20/20 TV.
Applied AI

Snowflake CIO Says He Used Layoffs to Convince Staff to Use AI

By Laura Bratton and Aaron Holmes · Jun 4, 2026 10:30am PDT
Tech firms ranging from Block to Meta Platforms have announced mass layoffs in the past year, frequently citing AI as allowing them to do more with less people. In a variation on that approach Snowflake says it used layoffs to force software engineers to use AI tools and become more productive.“At the time, my team hated me, but I thought it was... Tech firms ranging from Block to Meta Platforms have announced mass layoffs in the past year,...
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Applied AI

5 Ways Companies Keep AI Bills in Check

By Aaron Holmes and Laura Bratton · Jun 2, 2026 10:31am PDT
Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Monday became the latest executive to voice concerns over rising AI costs.“Are we worried about how much we are spending on AI inference across our internal teams? Absolutely,” he told my colleague Laura during Snowflake’s annual conference in San Francisco. (Snowflake is a major customer of Anthropic, OpenAI... Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Monday became the latest executive to voice concerns over...