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Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

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SpaceX’s CFO Is the Quiet VIP of a Wild IPO

By Theo Wayt and Valida Pau · Jun 5, 2026 9:36am PDT

Over the last few months, SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Bret Johnsen, has been trying to pull off an intense two-part challenge: Fold xAI into SpaceX—the biggest merger ever—and then take the combined company public at $75 billion in the largest IPO ever. Johnsen, 57, has gotten it done by keeping his customary cool. Inside... Over the last few months, SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Bret Johnsen, has been trying to pull...

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Trustworthy AI as a value lever

By The Information Partnerships · Jun 5, 2026 9:17am PDT

Trust is a requirement for the success of AI, an operating condition that enables speed, scale and autonomy. When implementing AI technology, enterprises need to move at the speed of trust. Go faster, and unforeseen risks proliferate; go slower, and you fall behind your competitors. Most executives are aware that trust is key to the success of... Trust is a requirement for the success of AI, an operating condition that enables speed, scale...

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How xAI Went From Chasing Anthropic to Powering It

By Grace Kay · Jun 5, 2026 6:00am PDT · 3 comments

SpaceX’s AI lab has had a chaotic year so far, churning through leaders and staff before bringing in outside help in an effort to catch up to Anthropic in coding. What isn’t widely known, however, is that xAI has played a long-running cat-and-mouse game with Anthropic as it has sought to tap into that lab’s technology to develop its own... SpaceX’s AI lab has had a chaotic year so far, churning through leaders and staff before bringing...

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Where Musk and Altman See Eye to Eye

By Martin Peers · Jun 4, 2026 5:01pm PDT

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Where Musk and Altman See Eye to Eye

By Martin Peers · Jun 4, 2026 5:01pm PDT

Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t often see eye to eye, as they made clear in their recent legal dispute. But when it comes to making outlandish projections about future growth, the two men seem to share a common philosophy.As we reported earlier on Thursday, SpaceX’s lead bank on its upcoming IPO, Goldman Sachs, has told investors it expects... Elon Musk and Sam Altman don’t often see eye to eye, as they made clear in their recent legal...

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Benchmark Joins the Late-Stage Crowd

By Laura Mandaro · Jun 4, 2026 4:48pm PDT · 1 comment

For most of this decade, venture capital has morphed from a game of spotting the best young startups to making a more complex range of investments—from public stocks and cryptocurrencies to multibillion-dollar bets on older startups. General Catalyst even bought a hospital system!But industry stalwart Benchmark had held fast to a definition of... For most of this decade, venture capital has morphed from a game of spotting the best young...

Rubrik Deserves a Palo Alto Networks–Like Premium

By Anita Ramaswamy · Jun 4, 2026 12:05pm PDT

Cybersecurity stocks CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have risen 50% or more this year based on the perception that an AI-driven increase in cyberthreats will make their services all the more important. Yet Rubrik, which also stands to benefit from that trend, is up only 1% so far this year. That lag likely results from investors’ narrow view... Cybersecurity stocks CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks have risen 50% or more this year based on...

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Snowflake CIO Says He Used Layoffs to Convince Staff to Use AI

By Laura Bratton and Aaron Holmes · Jun 4, 2026 10:30am PDT

Tech firms ranging from Block to Meta Platforms have announced mass layoffs in the past year, frequently citing AI as allowing them to do more with less people. In a variation on that approach Snowflake says it used layoffs to force software engineers to use AI tools and become more productive.“At the time, my team hated me, but I thought it was... Tech firms ranging from Block to Meta Platforms have announced mass layoffs in the past year,...

Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI. Photo by Marc Fong

Billionaire Databricks and Perplexity Co-Founder Pitches AI Researchers to Not Work for Big Tech

By Laura Bratton · Jun 4, 2026 7:00am PDT · 2 comments

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Billionaire Databricks and Perplexity Co-Founder Pitches AI Researchers to Not Work for Big Tech

By Laura Bratton · Jun 4, 2026 7:00am PDT · 2 comments

The billionaire co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, Andy Konwinski, is singularly focused on plugging the years-long drain of talent from academia to Big Tech.He wants to encourage academics to focus on publishing more openly available research, a reaction to the move by frontier AI companies to reduce the amount of AI research they... The billionaire co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, Andy Konwinski, is singularly focused...

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Tech’s 2026 Halftime Report: From AI Hype to Hard Limits

By The Information Staff · Jun 4, 2026 6:22am PDT

The first half of 2026 has been a reality check for the tech industry. After two years defined by the rush to build, fund and deploy generative AI, the biggest questions are moving beyond model rankings and chip counts. The year’s defining stories are increasingly about what happens when huge ambitions collide with harder limits on cost,... The first half of 2026 has been a reality check for the tech industry. After two years defined by...

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Fusion Startup Helion Nearly Triples Valuation to $15.5 Billion in Thrive-led Round

By Nick Wingfield · Jun 4, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment

Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion startup backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, still has to prove it can produce electricity to serve data centers and other customers. But investors seem confident it can deliver. The Everett, Wash.–based company said it has raised $465 million in a funding round led by Thrive Capital, the investment firm founded... Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion startup backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, still has to prove it can...

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Cybersecurity’s AI Paradox

By Martin Peers · Jun 3, 2026 5:00pm PDT

It's no secret that criminals are using AI to streamline computer hacks in hopes of emptying out people’s bank accounts (never has it looked more appealing to stash cash under the mattress!). Cybersecurity executives, meanwhile, are rubbing their hands with glee at the influx of business they expect to get as a result. “What I see is AI... It's no secret that criminals are using AI to streamline computer hacks in hopes of emptying out...