Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks at the SoftBank World event in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Masayoshi Son is making his biggest bet yet: that his brainchild SoftBank will be the center of a revolution driven by artificial intelligence….
The logos of Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude by Anthropic, Perplexity, and Bing apps are displayed on the screen of a smartphone in Reno, United States, on November 21, 2024. Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images In the world of online payments, the buzzword these days is frictionless, as companies entice customers with…
A smartphone with a displayed AMD logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Florence Lo | Reuters Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government a share of revenues from certain chips sold in China, the Financial Times reported, in an unprecedented arrangement with…
Photo illustration of Nvidia’s H20 chip. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Chip giant Nvidia pushed back Sunday in response to allegations from Chinese state media that its H20 artificial intelligence chips are a national security risk for China. Earlier in the day, Reuters reported Yuyuan Tantian, an account affiliated with Chinese state…
Runwise co-founders (L-R) Jeff Carleton, Lee Hoffman and Mike Cook. Courtesy of Runwise A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Friday said the artificial intelligence company should prioritize growth and its investments in training and compute “for a long time,” even if it delays its path to profitability. Last year, OpenAI expected about $5 billion in losses on $3.7 billion in revenue. OpenAI’s annual recurring revenue is now on track…
CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 17: In this photo illustration, a person holds a physical representation of a Bitcoin (BTC) coin in front of a screen displaying a candlestick chart of Bitcoin’s latest price movements on July 17, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, appears at an event organized by the company. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan addressed “misinformation” about his previous roles after President Donald Trump called for his resignation and raised ethical concerns. ” I want to be absolutely clear: Over 40+ years in the industry,…
Jeff Green, CEO of The Trade Desk. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of The Trade Desk plummeted 39% on Friday, their worst day on record, after the ad-tech company announced the departure of its CFO and analysts expressed concerns about rising competition from Amazon. The Trade Desk, which went public in 2016, suffered its steepest…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook shake hands on the day they present Apple’s announcement of a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Apple shares rose 13% this week, its largest weekly gain…
