Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last August, Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael, a former Uber executive and attorney, took on the added role of overseeing the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence portfolio. A…
Sundar Pichai’s new salary package could be $692 million. per a filed First spied by FTAlphabet has signed a three-year deal for its Google CEO that could make him one of the highest-paid executives on the planet — but much of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives tied to Waymo and Wing,…
New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speak onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 03, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Department of Defense has officially informed Anthropic’s leadership that the…
Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White has led the company to graduate out of Alphabet’s “Moonshot” factory X. Intrinsic Google became a powerhouse in smartphones by creating the Android operating system and partnering with handset makers in need of an answer to Apple’s iPhone. Now the search giant has a similar plan for tackling robotics. Earlier…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai addresses the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. Camille Cohen | AFP | Getty Images Alphabet announced Tuesday that it will host its annual developer conference, Google I/O, on May 19 and 20. CEO Sundar Pichai announced the dates in an X…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google’s annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Alphabet returns to the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence buildout, the company is acknowledging new risks tied to the rise of AI…
Alphabet-owned YouTube’s subscription and advertising revenues are trending upward. The company said Wednesday it now has 325 million paying users on Google One and YouTube Premium, up from 300 million three months ago. YouTube reported fourth-quarter advertising revenue rose 9% to $11.38 billion, but missed analysts’ average estimate of $11.84 billion. YouTube’s revenue, including advertising…
We’re getting a one-two punch — Alphabet on Wednesday evening and Amazon on Thursday evening — that should define the week — at least, until Friday’s employment data. These companies, both nation-states with seemingly unlimited capital, are run by the finest executives, both attuned to stock market reaction and the image it creates. That’s far…
Alphabet shares started 2025 with investors questioning whether Google could keep up with ChatGPT maker OpenAI in the AI race. By year’s end, the stock had notched its best performance since 2009. Google got its AI mojo back. Much of that was driven out of DeepMind, the British company Google acquired in 2014 for around…
Apple is joining forces with Google to power its artificial intelligence features for products such as Siri later this year. The multi-year partnership will lean on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology for future Apple foundational models, according to a statement obtained by CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides…
