OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oracle‘s historic stock surge this week marked the latest chapter in the story of…
Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Nebius Group soared more than 60% in extended trading on Monday after the provider of Nvidia graphics chips for training artificial intelligence models said it’s signed an agreement with Microsoft worth up to $19.4 billion over five years. Nebius, which is based in…
The sun has set on Nvidia earnings week. Time to close up shop and return in three months when it reports again because nothing else matters, right? Not quite. Grabbing the spotlight from Nvidia in the week ahead is the U.S. jobs market — plus, there are a few noteworthy earnings reports within the broader…
Brad Lightcap, Chief Operating Officer at OpenAI, attends a conference at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, June 20, 2023. Eric Gaillard | Reuters Sam Altman needed someone to manage the finances. It was 2018, and OpenAI was still a nonprofit research outfit with 40 employees, no consumer product and no…
Charles Giancarlo, Pure Storage CEO, joins CNBC’s ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ on Aug. 27, 2025. CNBC Pure Storage shares jumped over 30% on Thursday and headed for a record close after the data storage management vendor reported quarterly results that topped estimates and lifted its guidance for the year. Wall Street was particularly enthused about the…
Sanjay Beri, chief executive officer and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cloud security platform Netskope will go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NTSK,” the company said in an initial public offering filing Friday. The…
A FieldAI robot. Courtesy: FieldAI Bill Gates-backed Robotics startup Field AI has raised $405 million in two funding rounds, with investments from Nvidia‘s venture capital arm and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos‘ family office. The funding comes during an “aha moment,” founder and CEO Ali Agha told CNBC, as software and hardware reach an inflection point….
Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, looks on during the closing bell at the Nasdaq Market in New York City on March 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Palo Alto Networks reported better-than-expected quarterly results and issued upbeat guidance for the current period. The cybersecurity software vendor said Nir Zuk, who founded the company…
Shares of Salesforce rallied Friday as Wall Street bets that activist pressure may again help revive an otherwise dragging stock. Jeff Smith’s Starboard Value increased its stake in Salesforce by 47% during the second quarter, according to a securities filing , ending the month of June with a position worth $341.5 million. Starboard also added…
Alexander Karp, CEO and co-founder of Palantir Technologies Inc. Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir‘s astronomical rise since its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange in a 2020 direct listing has been nothing short of a whirlwind. Over nearly five years, the Denver-based company, whose co-founders include renowned venture capitalist Peter…
