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The People With Power at Apple

By Aaron Tilley and Wayne Ma · Feb. 28, 2019 6:30 AM PST

After shaking up the mobile industry over a decade ago, Apple is looking for a new act. With the iPhone growth machine sputtering, it is beefing up teams devoted to healthcare and internet services, including a foray into video streaming expected this year. The chart accompanying this story, which shows more than 180 of the top leaders at Apple,... After shaking up the mobile industry over a decade ago, Apple is looking for a new act. With the...

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Photo by Bloomberg.

Deep Confusion: Tensions Lingered Within Google Over DeepMind

By Kevin McLaughlin and Jessica E. Lessin · April 19, 2018 7:01 AM PDT · 6 comments

When Google unveiled its plan to form an Alphabet holding company in 2015, it was pitched as a way to ensure Google’s blue-sky bets in areas like self-driving cars and health care could flourish under independent leadership. One business that hoped to capitalize on the new arrangement was the London-based artificial intelligence startup... When Google unveiled its plan to form an Alphabet holding company in 2015, it was pitched as a...

Ali Ghodsi, CEO of Databricks. Image: Databricks

Startup Winners in the AI Boom

By Amir Efrati · Aug. 12, 2020 7:02 AM PDT · 5 comments

Dozens of startups, as well as some public companies, are fueling a boom in artificial intelligence that is increasingly automating certain functions of businesses or their products. The Information has learned the revenue and growth figures for some of the highest-profile AI startups (see below), as business customers purchase software allowing... Dozens of startups, as well as some public companies, are fueling a boom in artificial...

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Tech IPO Scorecard: Why Monday.com Soared and Sprinklr Flopped

By Kevin McLaughlin · Sept. 7, 2021 6:00 AM PDT · 6 comments

Forget all the talk about high-profile consumer initial public offerings like Robinhood. Most of the best-performing tech IPOs of this year are enterprise software firms, such as Monday.com, a project management software firm that has soared 160% since its June IPO, and Couchbase, a database provider whose stock has doubled since its July... Forget all the talk about high-profile consumer initial public offerings like Robinhood. Most of...

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TI Creator Economy: Charting SoftBank’s Creator Economy Bets

By Kaya Yurieff · Aug. 26, 2021 4:00 PM PDT

Our latest chart highlights an underlying theme of SoftBank’s strategy when it comes to backing creator economy startups: Artificial intelligence is key. Of the two creator economy deals that SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led this year, both are AI-related. All of its creator economy investments this year were for Series C rounds. The most recent... Our latest chart highlights an underlying theme of SoftBank’s strategy when it comes to backing...

A rendering of the Propel Center, a tech-focused learning hub Apple is funding in Atlanta. Image provided by Apple.

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Apple’s Unsavory Lobbying; Musk’s Autopilot Dream Is Still Far Off

By Nick Wingfield · Aug. 20, 2021 5:41 PM PDT

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone when companies pull out the stops to lobby against legislation they view as harmful to their interests. And yet, a new examination of Apple’s lobbying tactics contained a detail about Apple’s tactics in a recent battle with Georgia state lawmakers that was jaw-dropping, especially for a company that often... It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone when companies pull out the stops to lobby against...