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Lectric, which says the U.S. market is ripe for competition and choice, has launched three new brands in the past six months.
While the AI fundraising machine keeps breaking its own records, some founders are building in the other direction. Mirror founder Brynn Putnam just raised money for Board, a startup focused on bringing people together through in-person games and social experiences. Cyberdeck cr
The U.S. eavesdropping agency is reportedly preparing Anthropic's Mythos for use in cyberattacks, despite a federal ban on using the AI model maker.
In the current environment, remaining heads down has diminishing returns; at some point, you have to make some noise just to remind the market you exist.
The debut episode, moderated by Founders Fund chief marketing officer Mike Solana, included a star-studded cast of current tech luminaries.
Anthropic has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company announced that annualized revenue crossed $47 billion in May, up dramatically from roughly $9 billion at the end of 2025. That trajectory faces a real test, though.
The Airbnb CEO said last year it hasn't struck an LLM partnership because existing products weren't quite ready.
There are plenty of ways to jump into the generative-AI hardware infrastructure expansion beyond the familiar chip makers and hyperscalers.
Investors are cooling on momentum stocks and considering the implications of a strong jobs report.
Index rules and timelines will divide winners and losers.
As global disruptions drive up Americans’ grocery and gasoline prices, lawmakers need to take a stand.
Low-volatility stocks give investors a smoother ride — and they are beating the market on a risk-adjusted basis.
Rate hikes now will choke off the critical investments needed to lower prices.
The monster rally in semiconductor stocks hit a wall on Friday, and the VIX at last caught up with other volatility metrics.
Warren Buffett tells CNBC's Becky Quick new Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel has "launched" with his first major deal.
Plus: Hackers use Meta’s AI bots to hack Instagram accounts, Anthropic helps NSA hackers, a decades-long GPS satellite mystery may have been solved, and more.
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AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said AI is helping the company develop medicines faster and make smarter decisions throughout the research process.
The move highlights the growing importance of the technology sector to the stock market.
The new 737 Max final assembly line in Everett, Washington, will serve as a catalyst for increasing Max production to 52 jets per month.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first shared the idea with the Trump administration in 2025, according to a source.
Ahead of a planned IPO, SpaceX inked a deal to rent compute capacity to Google for $920 million per month for 32 months.
Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisc., is working on a bill to ban Congress members and their staff from certain bets on prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
Mythos gave the cybersecurity sector a boost, but upbeat earnings weren't enough for investors in search of an AI payoff.
Meta shares dropped after the Financial Times reported the company could potentially raise tens of billions of dollars in a stock offering to help its AI push.
Alphabet expects capex to reach up to $190 billion this year, double last year's spending, and the company is turning to investors to help fund its expansion.
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