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Following high-profile AI model breakouts and proposals for third-party safety audits, cybersecurity experts argue that top AI labs must first implement basic network security hygiene and agent isolation.
As tech companies accelerate data center construction to fuel artificial intelligence workloads, local communities and activists across the U.S. are organizing to block new developments due to environmental, public health, and power grid concerns.
Amazon Web Services announced it is unable to recover data or restore service at damaged infrastructure sites in Bahrain and the UAE following drone attacks earlier this year.
While almost all enterprise contact centers have deployed artificial intelligence, a vast majority still lack the system orchestration required to fully resolve customer requests, according to new research from Talkdesk.
Defense technology company Shield AI is in discussions to raise fresh capital that would value the startup at $20 billion or higher, following a major funding round earlier this year.
During a live appearance at the All-In Summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang placed a phone call from Donald Trump on speakerphone, where the former president dismissed AI safety fears as a hoax.
Rising calls from AI executives to slow the development of frontier models have rattled financial markets, raising concern over whether massive infrastructure investments can deliver near-term profits.
Insight Partners co-head Devin Parekh outlined why the $90 billion firm favors broad portfolio diversification over heavy concentration in frontier AI labs during an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in New York.
Nvidia continues to command the AI hardware infrastructure market as hyperscale data center spending approaches $1.3 trillion next year, backed by strong fiscal 2028 revenue targets.
Amazon’s market capitalization has climbed to $2.7 trillion under CEO Andy Jassy, driven by strong growth at Amazon Web Services and expanding enterprise investments in cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Technology giants Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft are dramatically increasing capital expenditures to support their artificial intelligence infrastructure, pushing combined spending toward $500 billion.
Following Tim Cook's departure as CEO on Sept. 1, Apple's capital allocation legacy comes into focus. Under Cook, the tech giant deployed over $880 billion in share repurchases, dramatically boosting shareholder returns.
Microsoft's Prime Unifying Scientist Jaron Lanier spoke out on StarTalk regarding mismanaged VR capital, demographic oversight in hardware testing, and the need to reframe AI as human collaboration.
Semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials is on track to post its first $10 billion quarter during fiscal Q4, driven by sequential sales growth and strong customer demand visibility into 2027.
Chinese AI model developer Z.ai has raised approximately $5 billion through a dual offering of new shares and zero-coupon convertible bonds maturing in 2027.
Nvidia closed its second fiscal quarter with an investment portfolio totaling roughly $99 billion, spanning massive commitments to frontier AI research labs, neocloud compute providers, and optical hardware suppliers.
A decade-long investment in Apple with reinvested dividends yielded a more than twelvefold return, backed by $755 billion in stock buybacks and steady hardware market share.
SpaceX traded between $104.83 and $225.64 following its record IPO, as analysts debate whether strong Starlink growth and a massive pivot into AI can support its $2.0 trillion valuation.
Oracle delivered 121% growth in cloud infrastructure revenue for Q1 fiscal 2027, backed by massive AI demand. However, Morgan Stanley kept its $210 price target intact due to gross margin compression from GPU infrastructure investments.
Under new chief executive officer Greg Abel, Berkshire Hathaway continues its decade-spanning capital allocation strategy of avoiding cash dividends, recently directing $17 billion into technology giant Alphabet alongside targeted share buybacks.
NEC has ended its physical quantum computer hardware development after nearly 30 years, pivoting toward software applications while engineers transfer to rival Fujitsu.
Google and Fervo Energy have expanded their clean power partnership with a landmark 396-megawatt deal to supply geothermal energy to data centers from a Utah development by 2028.
Financial results for fiscal year 2025 highlight sharp operational differences between Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. as both manufacturers adjust their electric vehicle strategies and balance sheets.
Broadcom and Micron Technology enter 2026 with strong growth driven by AI hardware demand, though investors face distinct tradeoffs between Broadcom's custom ASIC expansion and Micron's memory market recovery.
Piper Sandler has launched coverage on Nvidia with an overweight rating and a $300 price target, framing the semiconductor giant as the primary beneficiary of the ongoing shift toward artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Oracle reported a 30% jump in Q1 revenue to $19.35 billion, fueled by a 121% surge in cloud infrastructure sales. However, expanding data center capacity for customers like OpenAI and Nvidia has driven total debt to $125 billion.
Actor and entrepreneur Mark Wahlberg is set to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 alongside Keebeck Wealth Management CEO Bruce K. Lee, focusing on his venture capital portfolio and healthcare startup investments.
Ford Motor Co. has announced a $1 billion capital investment to construct a new paint facility at its Kentucky Truck Plant, upgrading its most lucrative global assembly hub following friction with federal officials over overseas supply chain ties.
Abu Dhabi Global Market reported over $100 billion in AI capital in its H1 results, but ambiguous reporting leaves open whether those funds are spent or merely registered locally.
Meta has released a consumer-facing personal AI agent app codenamed Hatch, featuring free and paid subscription tiers up to $100 per month, amid ongoing scrutiny over privacy and safety.
Robinhood Markets has earned its first IPO underwriting position, joining an 18-bank syndicate for Oura's upcoming debut as financial firms increasingly open public offerings to retail investors.
Jaguar Land Rover plans to cut roughly 10% of its global workforce over two years while lowering its break-even target to 300,000 vehicles annually, reallocating savings into software, battery tech, and factory automation.
Despite widespread deployment of artificial intelligence across corporate finance departments, few leaders report high strategic impact, spurring a shift toward AI agents that accelerate accounts receivable and unlock trapped working capital.
Personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki is facing renewed public focus on his personal debt load after posting about his early Bitcoin investments, according to a report from Yahoo Finance.
Nvidia now holds $99 billion in equity positions across public and private technology companies, expanding its investment portfolio 14-fold in a single year to secure its dominance across the AI supply chain.
Arista Networks and IBM delivered contrasting Q2 2026 financial results as enterprise technology spending pivots sharply toward physical AI data center infrastructure and away from legacy software and consulting services.
Nvidia is taking its $20 billion Groq asset deal into commercial production, bringing specialized low-latency inference racks to market alongside its Vera CPUs and Rubin GPUs.
Marketing professor Scott Galloway and former hedge fund manager George Noble have issued stark warnings on SpaceX's equity price, arguing the rocket and satellite giant is dramatically overvalued at current market levels.
Amazon could reach a $4 trillion market capitalization before 2029 as accelerating growth in Amazon Web Services and efficiency gains in e-commerce boost the tech giant's valuation trajectory.
Semiconductor giants ASML and TSMC have seen strong stock gains in 2026 driven by AI hardware demand, but differing growth rates and valuation multiples highlight distinct long-term market risks.
Semiconductor leaders Nvidia and Broadcom are capturing record AI data center spending through distinct architectural strategies, with Nvidia expanding its GPU base while Broadcom scales custom ASIC partnerships.
Shares of connectivity chipmakers Astera Labs and Marvell Technology posted sharp gains while market heavyweight Nvidia remained largely flat, signaling growing investor appetite for infrastructure hardware that links high-performance AI processors.
Ahead of the Federal Reserve's mid-September policy meeting, the Trump administration has launched a broad public effort to prevent a potential interest rate hike, pointing to supply-side capital investments including artificial intelligence buildouts.
Despite massive corporate tech budgets, enterprise AI startups are finding that annual recurring revenue is less stable than legacy SaaS models, with 77% of buyers re-evaluating software vendors every six months.
Major auto manufacturers are pressing Congress to pass a permanent statutory ban on Chinese connected vehicles, hardware, and software to prevent state-subsidized technology from undercutting the U.S. market.
Nvidia is acquiring artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, bringing the global repository for open-source AI models under the semiconductor giant's corporate umbrella.
Silicon Data’s LLM Token Expenditure Index fell to $0.9665 per million tokens on Aug. 31, reflecting a steep drop in effective inference costs as enterprises shift toward smaller open-weight models and automated model routing.
Uber is trimming 10% of its staff to consolidate management tiers and speed up operations, according to an internal memo. The restructuring comes as the ride-hailing company reallocates resources toward autonomous vehicle technology.
Google faces a complex landscape, balancing the significant expansion of its cloud division with the departure of key AI talent to other leading research labs and startups.
A new dating application, Ditto, developed by UC Berkeley dropouts, is moving away from traditional swiping mechanisms, instead utilizing artificial intelligence to facilitate more meaningful connections among its Gen Z user base.
Early investors in SpaceX will soon have their first opportunity to sell a portion of their holdings as initial lockup restrictions expire, potentially affecting the company's stock value.
Hadrian, a company specializing in advanced manufacturing for defense and aerospace, has secured significant new investment, boosting its valuation to $7.9 billion.
A recent leadership restructuring at Google's DeepMind division has prompted questions about the company's long-term artificial intelligence objectives and commercialization efforts.
Chevron and Williams are making significant investments in power generation for data centers, signaling a new revenue stream for the fossil fuel industry.
Robinhood Ventures Fund II is expected to list on the NYSE at $25 a share, giving retail investors exposure to early-stage private companies tied to Y Combinator.
The firm's available capital reaches $3.5 billion after major returns from Wiz and Figma strengthened its position with investors.
A seven-year review shows both automakers discussing EVs at rates below the pre-pandemic period as investment priorities shift.
Citadel acquired the bulk of the portfolio, while Leopold Aschenbrenner's fund retained private investments including a reported $5 billion Anthropic stake.
The Santa Clara startup is building chiplet and licensing technology designed to move data faster between AI processors, memory and networking systems.
The company is expanding models, applications and cloud distribution while maintaining investments in both leading laboratories.
The contrasting accounting results show the complexity of Microsoft's financial exposure to two competing AI laboratories.
Apple Upgrade replaces two existing U.S. payment programs and lets eligible customers return, buy or exchange a device at the end of the lease.
PJM Interconnection will begin curtailing facilities of 50 megawatts or more in June 2027 when supply cannot meet demand.
The chipmaker's strategic partnership with Ilya Sutskever's research lab couples new capital with access to Vera Rubin computing systems.
The startup founded by former Ultrahuman hardware executive Apoorv Shankar is developing physical controls intended to direct AI agents.
The AI testing company is moving beyond fixed benchmarks with models that generate changing environments for training and evaluation.
The semiconductor startup reached a $2 billion valuation and $500 million in total funding as it develops alternatives for connecting AI data centers.
The startup wants agents to own recurring business outcomes across existing applications instead of stopping after a single generated response.
The Berkeley company will accelerate work on fault-tolerant machines while pursuing additional federal support for U.S. quantum infrastructure.
The ChatGPT maker joined Anthropic in a high-stakes race to bring frontier AI companies to public markets.
The $80 million to $90 million arrangement moves more than 20 employees without a formal company purchase.
The satellite manufacturer is combining a Series E round with a credit facility as it expands production for commercial and government missions.
The customer-experience software company is valued above $15 billion as it races to make AI agents a standard interface for large brands.
The startup's team will join Meta's effort to develop AI systems for humanoid robots.
The startup is training a foundation model called Fury to control unmanned vehicles across changing military environments.
The payments company is introducing scoped credentials and human review for software-driven spending.
The new research lab wants software agents to build specialized expertise from experience instead of remaining fixed after training.
The analytics startup is using strategic capital to expand software that lets employees ask questions across fragmented company data in ordinary language.
The San Mateo startup is teaching software to connect drawings, specifications and other building documents before missing details become costly field problems.
The startup is building software intended to let data-center networks adapt automatically to changing AI workloads.
The camera-and-voice search experience now supports real-time multilingual conversations wherever AI Mode is available.
The Palo Alto AI infrastructure company will use the capital to expand its SN50 chip and SambaCloud platform as demand grows for alternatives in inference computing.
The observability startup reached an $800 million valuation as companies seek better ways to test and improve applications built on language models.
The Stanford-rooted startup wants digital populations to help organizations test decisions before they affect customers, workers or markets.
The 102.4-terabit chip is designed to move data across increasingly dense computing clusters.
The company founded by former Waymo leaders is moving its self-driving system from supervised job sites toward operator-less heavy equipment.
