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Anthropic is one of the key AI players eyeing a potential 2026 IPO. MacKenzie Sigalos sat down exclusively with Anthropic President Daniela Amodei to talk about the company’s plans to outmaneuver big-spending AI rivals.
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Two of the world’s top AI scientists in a heated public debate about the future of the technology, and whether it can ever match human intelligence. We dig into the dispute and what the issue at play could mean for the future of the AI trade.
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Waymo service is up and running again in San Francisco after a Saturday night blackout left robotaxis stopped in their tracks throughout the city. We dig into what went wrong, and what it means for the broader robotaxi rollout.
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Google is working on a new initiative that would challenge Nvidia’s software edge in AI. We dig into Google’s latest move and the increasing threat to Nvidia’s moat.
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Data centers are now under growing pressure not just in the markets, but also on Capitol Hill. Three democratic U.S. Senators – Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Van Hollen – sent letters to seven tech companies including Meta, Google and Amazon asking what they’re doing to pay their fair share of rising electricity costs from data centers.
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SpaceX is reportedly planning to go public next year, telling employees that it would buy insider shares at an $800B valuation. We dig into what it means for the 2026 IPO landscape. Plus, a look at the latest reporting on Nvidia's China headwinds as the country looks to boost domestic AI chips.
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New reporting reveals how China is boosting domestic AI chip makers even as President Trump eases Nvidia export restrictions. We dig into how Nvidia chips are at the heart of the battle for AI ecosystem dominance.
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Netflix’s Co-CEOs telling investors they are confident that the WBD deal will close, citing competitors like Youtube as possible regulatory cover. Plus, a look at Trump’s H200 export decision, and what it means for Nvidia future in the China chip market.
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One of the biggest names in the startup ecosystem is launching a new investment fund targeted at a $2.2B raise. We dig into the news, and how the AI boom is transforming the Venture Capital and Megacap investing landscape
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This week showed just how much pressure the AI trade is under. OpenAI’s Sam Altman is heading to Jimmy Fallon next week as the company reportedly declares “Code Red.” Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is shuttling between Silicon Valley, Washington and Beijing, trying to navigate the toughest geopolitical bind of the company’s history. And Replit is locking in a multiyear partnership with Google to push vibecoding to the enterprise. Google’s M...
Google announced an expanded partnership with vibe-coding startup Replit that brings the company deeper into the Google Cloud. We sit down with Google Cloud President Matt Renner and Replit CEO Amjad Masad to dig into what the deal means about the future of AI coding boom.
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Shares of Microsoft under pressure today even after the company pushed back on reporting that the tech giant was lowering AI sales quotas. But it's another piece of the rapidly evolving AI landscape as signs of pressure show over the “AI Agent” narrative.
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The pace of new AI developments could now be making OpenAI feel nervous, with CEO Sam Altman reportedly issuing a ‘code red’ in a memo to employees, asking them to refocus efforts on its core ChatGPT product. The memo could be proof that the once-AI leader’s moat is breached.
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OpenAI's ChatGPT turned three this week. As the AI trade enters its fourth year, OpenAI finds its position shifting from disruptor to incumbent. We dig into the themes of the first three years of the AI trade and look to where the trade is going and what's at stake for the likes of the megacap players like Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon.
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This week in AI, the bubble keeps inflating despite fresh warnings, Google stages an AI comeback, and Chinese AI threatens Nvidia. Though fears around irrational AI spending used to be confined to skeptics, now even industry insiders like Google’s Sundar Pichai and Demis Hassabis are voicing doubts. CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa speaks to Josh Woodward, Alphabet’s VP of Google Labs, Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, and foun...
Shares of Alibaba rallying today after the Chinese tech giant announced its updated consumer chatbot has reached 10 million downloads just a week after launch. We dig into why Alibaba and Google’s end-to-end advantage is boosting confidence in their AI strategies.
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AI euphoria is giving way to fear. The industry that once looked unstoppable is starting to bleed from a thousand tiny cuts. Short sellers like Michael Burry and Jim Chanos are circling, warning that the AI buildout isn’t a one-time investment but a recurring cost wave. In this Take, CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa breaks down the new signals investors are watching, the rising risks behind the spending, and what founders like Amjad Masad of Re...
Fears around a big tech AI bubble are still weighing on markets, but the source of frothiness could instead be from the private AI markets. Startup losses are the engine of the boom, and every dollar they burn on compute turns into revenue for a megacap player like Microsoft, Amazon and Nvidia.
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Meta’s chief AI scientist reportedly departing the company to create his own AI startup as the social media giant undergoes an AI overhaul. We dig into what the loss means as more of AI’s top names move to start their own companies.
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The AI trade is back in the green after a volatile week as new reporting emerges of a massive $18B financing deal for an Oracle-tied data center. We dig into the massive U.S. AI spend and how compares to China’s advancing AI efforts.
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