San Jose CA, commercial hub of silicon valley and its network of freeways. Steve Proehl | The Image Bank | Getty Images Despite the C-suite’s enthusiasm over artificial intelligence agents that can plow through office tasks like never-sleeping interns, the underlying technology is still rickety and a potential cost-sucker. That much was clear this week…
The Cursor logo arranged on a smartphone in New Hyde Park, New York, Nov. 20, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Cursor is in talks to raise a $2 billion fundraising round at an over $50 billion valuation, which does not include the investment, a source familiar with the matter…
For its first 30 years, Nvidia wasn’t a household name unless you were a gamer. Now, some of its original fan base feel left behind as artificial intelligence has made the chipmaker the world’s most valuable company. “The gaming segment is no longer the driving force of the company. There was one point when it…
You can call it a comeback. Stocks rocketed to record highs last week on hopes of a peace deal with Iran, with the S & P 500 closing above 7,100 for the first time and the Nasdaq completing its longest-winning stretch since 1992 — 13 days of gains. For the week, the broad-based S &…
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Returning packages is a pain. Uber says it can fix that. Uber Eats announced a returns feature on Friday that lets customers do it all from the phone, and a courier will pick up and…
As grocery chains face mounting pressure from inflation-weary shoppers and growing competition, some in the industry are starting to rely on artificial intelligence to protect margins without losing customers. Traditional levers to protect profits or drive sales, like raising prices or running blanket promotions, are becoming less effective as shoppers split trips across multiple retailers…
The main demand signal for artificial intelligence looks explosive on paper, but it may be significantly overstated. Anthropic, by pricing its tools for that reality, might be the best-positioned AI company if a correction comes. Tokens are the basic unit of AI usage: words and characters that make up both the queries users send and…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday laid out his game plan for the week ahead after what he called one of the most “remarkable” rallies he’s ever seen. “If you didn’t believe we could have still one more week where we’d rally 3%, you’d be right,” Cramer said. “We actually rallied 4% thanks to today’s gigantic…
Oracle, AMD and Microsoft are on pace for historic weeks, while Intel, Broadcom, Micron, Marvell and ON Semiconductor are all roaring in April. Source link
Cerebras, a producer of chips that run artificial intelligence models, will file to go public on Friday, two people familiar with the matter told CNBC. The people spoke on condition of anonymity, in order to discuss internal matters. Cerebras declined to comment. For years, Cerebras sought to sell chips to companies, but it has begun…
