Apple

Apple is a multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., and led by CEO Tim Cook. With a market capitalization of over $2 trillion, it is one of the largest companies in the world. Apple’s main competitors in the technology industry include Samsung, Google and Amazon. Apple is a latecomer to the artificial intelligence race, and the company also has ambitions to lead in augmented reality and video production.

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The Chainsmokers’ VC Firm Mantis Raising $100 Million Fund

By Julia Hornstein and Katie Roof · Jun 19, 2026 12:13pm PDT

The Chainsmokers are back. They released new songs in May—and are raising a new venture fund.Their firm Mantis VC is raising its fourth fund, an unofficial milestone that graduates them from emerging managers to just regular old VCs. The Chainsmokers are back. They released new songs in May—and are raising a new venture fund....

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Whop Is a Haven for Advice on Crypto Trades and Betting Tips. Can It Add Plumbers, Too?

By Ann Gehan · Jun 19, 2026 9:00am PDT

There are online marketplaces that sell eclectic mixes of antiques, auto parts and electronics. Then there is Whop, a bustling bazaar for buying mostly digital experiences rather than physical goods. On the site are merchants like PreMedley, which charges $27 per month for access to online tutoring groups, study materials and videos offering... There are online marketplaces that sell eclectic mixes of antiques, auto parts and electronics....

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Meta’s Microsoft Mobile Moment

By Martin Peers · Jun 18, 2026 5:01pm PDT

No one can rival OpenAI for internal drama. But in recent days, Meta Platforms seems to be trying its best to do so. Earlier this week, Wired reported that Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth told staff Meta had done an “atrocious” job of launching a new AI division. That report followed another one in Wired about the internal... No one can rival OpenAI for internal drama. But in recent days, Meta Platforms seems to be trying...

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How I Learned to Love Mark Rober

By Jessica E. Lessin · Jun 18, 2026 11:50am PDT · 6 comments

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How I Learned to Love Mark Rober

By Jessica E. Lessin · Jun 18, 2026 11:50am PDT · 6 comments

One day last fall, my third-grade son came home and proudly announced that he had watched YouTube at school. I was miffed, wondering what the teachers were doing while they plopped the kids in front of a screen. “Don’t worry, Mom,” my son said. “We watched Mark Rober.” I felt a little better. I was familiar with Rober’s highly engaging... One day last fall, my third-grade son came home and proudly announced that he had watched YouTube...

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Google and Microsoft Team Up to Beat Back Anthropic and OpenAI

By Amir Efrati, Aaron Holmes and Catherine Perloff · Jun 18, 2026 10:30am PDT

When a group of tech companies announce an agreement to support an AI backend-software protocol, we don’t blame corporate IT executives for not paying attention. It sounds quite boring.But one such announcement on Wednesday from Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Snowflake, ServiceNow and others is worth paying attention to. It demonstrates one way... When a group of tech companies announce an agreement to support an AI backend-software protocol,...

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Amazon Gives Big Brands More Control Over Product Listings

By Ann Gehan · Jun 18, 2026 8:00am PDT

Amazon’s status as the home of independent merchants is eroding. The e-commerce giant has lately overhauled its shopping site to give big brands more control over how their products are displayed and sold. The company recently told them it would give them priority over independent merchants in deciding how their products are described on its... Amazon’s status as the home of independent merchants is eroding. The e-commerce giant has lately...

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A Competitor to OpenClaw Emerges

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 18, 2026 7:00am PDT

After the success of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent software that took the tech world by storm earlier this year, it’s no surprise that copycats are popping up. And some of these copycats are catching up to OpenClaw, by some measures.Hermes, an agent tool from Nous Research, recently eclipsed OpenClaw in terms of new GitHub contributors in... After the success of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent software that took the tech world by storm...

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Software Slump Resumes; Snap’s Spectacle

By Martin Peers · Jun 17, 2026 5:00pm PDT

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Software Slump Resumes; Snap’s Spectacle

By Martin Peers · Jun 17, 2026 5:00pm PDT

This was what you call an ugly day in the markets. Tech stocks sold off across the board, thanks to rising expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. SpaceX stock fell nearly 5%, dragging it back below Amazon in market capitalization. But SpaceX, at least, is coming off a big rally. Software stocks such as Microsoft,... This was what you call an ugly day in the markets. Tech stocks sold off across the board, thanks...

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The Information Hires Reporters to Expand Coverage of Nvidia, Musk, Finance, Washington

By The Information · Jun 17, 2026 8:00am PDT · 4 comments

The Information is pleased to announce four new hires to continue our newsroom’s award-winning reporting. They will focus on Nvidia, finance, Elon Musk’s companies and tech policy. Dakin Campbell, Finance Dakin brings deep knowledge and a wealth of sources in finance. He has already started to help break news for The Information, reporting... The Information is pleased to announce four new hires to continue our newsroom’s award-winning...

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Temasek’s $75 Billion AI Bet

By Cory Weinberg · Jun 17, 2026 8:00am PDT

The prescient investor who appears to hold a crystal ball or have a healthy stomach for risk is always a compelling character to write about. These are the Josh Kushners, Peter Thiels and Masayoshi Sons of the world. Love ’em or hate ’em, they’re interesting. At this point of the AI cycle, though, the more important investors to watch might... The prescient investor who appears to hold a crystal ball or have a healthy stomach for risk is...

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Amazon’s Lower Cost AI Chip Offerings Hold Appeal for Businesses

By Catherine Perloff · Jun 17, 2026 7:00am PDT

For companies debating which AI server chips to use in their data centers, Amazon appears to have one advantage over Nvidia: price. The cost of using Amazon’s Inferentia2 and Trainium’s second generation chips to run existing AI models, known as inference, can be 80% lower than Nvidia’s H100 chips, for comparable workloads, according to ... For companies debating which AI server chips to use in their data centers, Amazon appears to have...

Left: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Right: Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s Chief Revenue Officer. Getty Images/Shutterstock.

OpenAI and Anthropic Tap Salesforce Talent

By Kevin McLaughlin and Laura Bratton · Jun 17, 2026 6:01am PDT

Left: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Right: Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s Chief Revenue Officer. Getty Images/Shutterstock.

OpenAI and Anthropic Tap Salesforce Talent

By Kevin McLaughlin and Laura Bratton · Jun 17, 2026 6:01am PDT

As OpenAI and Anthropic build up their teams of enterprise salespeople, they’ve both been hiring from one of the deepest pools of enterprise software talent anywhere: Salesforce. More than 45 Salesforce employees have joined Anthropic since the start of this year, and close to 40 have joined OpenAI, largely in sales and marketing roles,... As OpenAI and Anthropic build up their teams of enterprise salespeople, they’ve both been hiring...

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AI’s New Risk: Unpredictable Government Policies

By Martin Peers · Jun 16, 2026 5:00pm PDT

Investing in AI really is not for the faint of heart. Leaving aside all the worries about risks of huge investments in data centers and the uncertainties about demand, there’s also the unpredictable government moves that can upend things. Case in point: the Trump administration’s warnings to Anthropic over the weekend that no foreigners,... Investing in AI really is not for the faint of heart. Leaving aside all the worries about risks...

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Anthropic Ban Stirs Concerns at OpenAI and Beyond of Crackdown on Foreign AI Talent

By Leo Schwartz, Stephanie Palazzolo and Erin Woo · Jun 16, 2026 2:07pm PDT · 1 comment

The U.S. government’s latest battle with Anthropic has revived long-simmering concerns throughout the AI industry that the White House has placed a bullseye on their reliance on foreign AI talent. The Trump administration appears to have targeted only Anthropic so far, warning the company on Friday in a letter from Commerce Secretary Howard... The U.S. government’s latest battle with Anthropic has revived long-simmering concerns throughout...

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AT&T Throttles Some Employees’ AI Usage as ‘Tokenminimizing’ Arrives

By Laura Bratton and Aaron Holmes · Jun 16, 2026 12:13pm PDT · 1 comment

As AI spending has eaten into corporate budgets, generating concern over rising costs at Fortune 500 firms from Uber to ServiceNow and Snowflake, some companies are beginning to throttle employees’ usage. The latest is AT&T, which has begun limiting some employees’ access to Microsoft’s Github Copilot, according to a person at the... As AI spending has eaten into corporate budgets, generating concern over rising costs at Fortune...

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DeepSeek Closes Record $7 Billion-Plus Funding with Unusual Deal Structure

By Jing Yang, Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jun 15, 2026 9:55pm PDT · 3 comments

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DeepSeek Closes Record $7 Billion-Plus Funding with Unusual Deal Structure

By Jing Yang, Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jun 15, 2026 9:55pm PDT · 3 comments

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) under an unusual deal structure, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The funding round, which values the large-language model developer at more than $50 billion, requires investors to put their capital... Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan...

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Roku’s Timely Exit; Salesforce’s Dealmaking Is Revving Up

By Martin Peers · Jun 15, 2026 5:01pm PDT

There’s a lot going on all of a sudden. We’re all still trying to come to grips with the latest Anthropic-Trump administration standoff. SpaceX’s market performance so far has been like a rocket ship: The stock rose 20% on Monday, finishing with a market capitalization of $2.5 trillion. And back on Earth, we got some notable acquisitions on... There’s a lot going on all of a sudden. We’re all still trying to come to grips with the latest...

Jim Keller, CEO of Tenstorrent. Photographer by Zak Bennett/ Getty Images

Qualcomm in Talks to Buy Tenstorrent to Expand AI Chip Capabilities

By Stephanie Palazzolo and Valida Pau · Jun 15, 2026 1:39pm PDT · 1 comment

Qualcomm has been in talks to buy Tenstorrent, a startup that designs chips for AI, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The two companies have discussed a price between at least $8 billion and $10 billion, the person said, which would be a significant premium to Tenstorrent’s last valuation. It’s not clear if the price would... Qualcomm has been in talks to buy Tenstorrent, a startup that designs chips for AI, according to...

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Chinese EV Makers Are Profiting From the Iran War

By Steve LeVine · Jun 15, 2026 9:01am PDT

Australians have a reputation for favoring big, tough-guy combustion pickups and SUVs. Not recently, though. In May, for the first time, Australia’s top-selling car was an electric vehicle—the Tesla Model Y, whose sales grew 57% year on year, soaring past ordinarily favored combustion vehicles. Australians have a reputation for favoring big, tough-guy combustion pickups and SUVs. Not...