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Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Tuesday that he’s working to root out bureaucracy from within the company’s ranks as part of an effort to reset its culture. Speaking at Amazon’s annual…
Key Points Billionaire family offices inked high-profile investments in an otherwise slow month for deal-making, according to Fintrx. Four billionaires’ private investment firms joined an $863 million fundraise for a nuclear fusion startup. Peter Thiel, a longtime investor in defense tech, backed a German drone maker as other high-net-worth investors flock to the sector. A…
SpaceX is valued at around $400 billion and is critical for U.S. space access, but it wasn’t always the powerhouse that it is today. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002. Using money that he made from the sale of PayPal, Musk and his new company developed their first rocket, the Falcon 1, to challenge existing…
Hundreds protest extravagant Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez – CBS News Watch CBS News Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Venice, Italy, protesting Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ extravagant wedding to Lauren Sánchez. Elizabeth Palmer reports on the buzz and the backlash. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking…
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez exchange vows in star-studded wedding ceremony – CBS News Watch CBS News Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former TV journalist Lauren Sanchez got married in Venice in front of a star-studded guest list. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not…
Slate Auto electric vehicles inside the startup’s beta production facility in Lake Orion Township, Michigan. Slate Auto LAKE ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a nondescript supplier park in suburban Detroit, an electric vehicle startup backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is building what it hopes will be America’s newest automaker. The facility is filled with…
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality. Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has…
The Trump administration has floated a plan to trim about $6 billion from the budget of NASA, while allocating $1 billion of remaining funds to Mars-focused initiatives, aligning with an ambition long held by Elon Musk and his rocket maker SpaceX. A copy of the discretionary budget posted to the NASA website on Friday said…
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | Reuters Amazon on Monday launched the first batch…
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is on the launch pad carrying Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network satellites, which are expected to eventually rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system, at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., April 9, 2025. Steve Nesius | Reuters In a social media post last month,…