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Many predict that the artificial intelligence boom will dramatically change how people live and work, and the scale and pace of recent AI deals seems to reflect this. At the center are a handful of companies that are increasingly turning to each other to finance and build out the necessary infrastructure. ChatGPT-maker OpenAI alone has…
OpenAI DevDay Ashley Capoot | CNBC Virtually every successful tech startup throughout history has faced the reality that it could get swallowed up or run over by a large incumbent at any moment. It’s part of daily life for an entrepreneur. But the company at the center of the current boom is a different kind…
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, testify during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation,” in Hart building on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images In a sweeping…
Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testifiy during the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation,” in Hart building on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Advanced Micro Devices…
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Mark Zuckerberg feels the heat, he opens his wallet. The 41-year-old Facebook founder and Meta CEO is on a spending spree like never before in an effort to position…
Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer of Meta Platforms Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses – devices that show a combined view of the digital and…
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left, and Apple chief design officer Jony Ive look at the new Mac Pro during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, or WWDC, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California, June 3, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Before Jony Ive left Apple in 2019, no major Apple…
Worldcoin co-founders Sam Altman and Alex Blania. Worldcoin OpenAI CEO Sam Altman‘s eye-scanning venture officially makes its U.S. debut Thursday. Altman co-founded “World” in 2019 — known as Worldcoin until last year — to create a global identity verification system for people, using iris scans and the blockchain to ideally fight against fraud and bots. Here’s…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a panel discussion at the Technical University in Berlin on Feb. 7, 2025. John Macdougall | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI is in talks to pay about $3 billion to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence tool for coding help, CNBC has confirmed. Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, competes with…
Sam Altman, left, and Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images A group of 12 ex-OpenAI staffers, in support of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against the artificial intelligence startup, asked a court’s permission on Friday to share their concerns about the company’s transformation into a for-profit entity. The individuals collectively worked at OpenAI…