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OpenAI backtracks OpenAI’s decision to scale back its ambitious corporate reorganization has drawn lots of scrutiny, including what the plan means for artificial intelligence safety, potential profits for investors and an ongoing fight with Elon Musk. What’s emerging is that in some ways, how OpenAI operates isn’t changing much. But there are still plenty of…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, Feb. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Amazon reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter. The stock fell more than 4% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share:…
Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington on April 25, 2025. The International Monetary Fund sharply lowered its forecasts for world growth for this year and next, warning the outlook could deteriorate further as US…
When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a deal with him rather than fight, many did so because their leaders feared that clients would abandon a firm caught on the administration’s bad side. Now that logic may be getting less compelling. A major company, Microsoft, has dropped a law firm that…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the company at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on April 4, 2025. David Ryder Microsoft shares rose more than 6% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results driven by its Azure cloud business. Here’s how the company…
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) speaks with Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella after posing for a family picture with guests who attend the “Tech for Good” Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on May 23, 2018. Charles Platiau | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that as much as 30%…
From left, Veza founders Rob Whitcher, Tarun Thakur and Maohua Lu. Veza Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have captured headlines in recent years for their massive investments in artificial intelligence startups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But when it comes to corporate investing by tech companies, cloud software vendors are getting aggressive as…
More than three weeks after the calamitous April 2 “reciprocal tariffs” announcement threw the stock market into chaos, investors are trying to make sense of a world in which higher tariffs are likely here to stay — and one in which the U.S. may have lost its edge. Stocks have been stuck in a wide…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at a company event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has delayed some commitments…
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the U.S. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Getty Images As tech’s megacap…