Perplexity AI CEO and founder Aravind Srinivas said on Friday that the startup’s Comet browser can boost productivity so that companies won’t need extra employees. “Instead of hiring one more person on your team, you could just use Comet to supplement all the work that you’re doing,” Srinivas told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” The CEO said…
Fresh off a $6.6 billion share sale that made it the world’s most valuable private company, OpenAI’s TikTok-style video app, powered by its new artificial intelligence model, Sora 2, is going viral. Despite the gated release that requires an invite code, the video creation tool has already shot to the number three spot on Apple‘s…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks as he presents the new Meta Ray-Ban Display at the 2025 Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025. Benjamin Legendre | AFP | Getty Images Meta‘s efforts to expand its core business from online advertising involves pitching companies AI-powered chat tools that they can use on…
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI has finalized a secondary share sale totaling $6.6 billion, allowing current and former employees to sell stock at a record…
A new BlackRock deal could wisely position the asset manager to capitalize on surging demand for power as the generative AI boom shows no signs of slowing down. The news Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the infrastructure fund manager purchased by BlackRock, is nearing a $38 billion deal to acquire renewable power company AES , according to…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds a smartphone as he makes a keynote speech at the Meta Connect annual event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta will soon show ads and other content to users based on their interactions with the company’s digital assistant and…
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts, as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., September 26, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit involving the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account following the U.S. Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021. The settlement “shall not constitute an…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday pushed back against the narrative that Wall Street’s fervor for artificial intelligence is the same as the dotcom bubble of 2000, saying there are major differences in terms of the quality and funding of the current Big Tech stocks that are leading the market to new heights. “Speaking as an…
In June of last year, Jessica Guistolise received a text message that would change her life. While the technology consultant was dining with colleagues on a work trip in Oregon, her phone alerted her to a text from an acquaintance named Jenny, who said she had urgent information to share about her estranged husband, Ben….
Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg said Friday that tech companies should keep a distance from politics and people should feel “uneasy” about those firms intervening in the public space. “I generally don’t think that politics and tech innovation mixes very well,” Clegg told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think it’s quite good when they kind…
