Tesla

Tesla is a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles, energy storage solutions, and solar products. Founded in 2003, the company's mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Elon Musk is Tesla's CEO. The company has several divisions, including Automotive, Energy Generation and Storage, and Solar. Tesla's competitors include traditional automakers like Ford and General Motors, as well as other electric vehicle companies like Rivian and Lucid Motors.

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This Week’s Tech Earnings: Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Tesla

By Martin Peers · Jan 25, 2026 3:00pm PST

Clear your schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Tesla are each reporting their December-quarter earnings after the market closes that day. Tesla is its own thing—we have a sense of what’s coming because it already released vehicle delivery numbers, signaling that revenue will drop. But Microsoft and Meta will be... Clear your schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Tesla are each...

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Crypto Exchanges Want to Trade U.S. Stocks Everywhere

By Yueqi Yang · Jan 23, 2026 10:00am PST

Some of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto tokens that seek to track U.S. stocks, creating a parallel market that’s beyond the reach of U.S. regulators. Binance is exploring reintroducing stock tokens on its exchange after having removed them in 2021, according to a person familiar with the plan.... Some of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges are racing to let their customers trade crypto...

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Brexit in Fintech

By Martin Peers · Jan 22, 2026 5:00pm PST

That’s what you call going out with a whimper. Capital One’s agreement on Thursday to buy Brex, a corporate credit card startup, for $5.15 billion is an uninspiring end to Brex’s life as an independent company. Those with long memories will remember that the nine-year-old Brex’s ambitions were once so grand it claimed to be disrupting American... That’s what you call going out with a whimper. Capital One’s agreement on Thursday to buy Brex, a...

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AI Videos Nearly Indistinguishable From Real Videos, Runway Finds

By Rocket Drew · Jan 21, 2026 7:00am PST

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AI Videos Nearly Indistinguishable From Real Videos, Runway Finds

By Rocket Drew · Jan 21, 2026 7:00am PST

Runway today is releasing its latest AI model, Gen-4.5, that can generate videos from an image. The model, from the startup that specializes in image and video-generating models, is impressive but is likely to underscore growing concerns about AI-generated deepfakes.To measure the model’s performance, Runway asked over 1,000 people to... Runway today is releasing its latest AI model, Gen-4.5, that can generate videos from an image....

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How xAI Plans to Automate White-Collar Workers

By Theo Wayt and Aaron Holmes · Jan 20, 2026 10:31am PST

AI startups talk a lot these days about how their products will be revolutionary by automating white collar work. But it’s rarer to hear messy stories about the hiccups AI startups face when trying to build such products for businesses, or the awkward situations that can arise when they roll out their own technology internally. That makes a... AI startups talk a lot these days about how their products will be revolutionary by automating...

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Forget Vibe Coders: ‘Cracked Engineers’ Are All the Rage in Tech

By Rocket Drew · Jan 16, 2026 9:04am PST · 4 comments

In November, a young robotics startup called Gradient began interviewing applicants for an engineering internship at the Palo Alto, Calif.–based company. But after talking to a half-dozen of them, the startup decided to ditch its plan to add interns. Why exactly? “Not worth our time,” said J.X. Mo, 23, Gradient’s co-founder. While some of... In November, a young robotics startup called Gradient began interviewing applicants for an...

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TSMC Can’t Make AI Chips Fast Enough

By Qianer Liu · Jan 14, 2026 7:00am PST · 2 comments

Last November, during one of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s five visits to Taiwan last year, he and CC Wei, CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., met with reporters. Wei told the assembled media that Huang had come to ask for more chips, to which Huang, standing next to him, replied: “Yes!” Huang wasn’t the only U.S. tech executive making... Last November, during one of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s five visits to Taiwan last year, he and CC...

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Is Claude Code the Revolution?

By Amir Efrati and Rocket Drew · Jan 12, 2026 7:00am PST · 1 comment

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Is Claude Code the Revolution?

By Amir Efrati and Rocket Drew · Jan 12, 2026 7:00am PST · 1 comment

Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to point you to Kevin’s Saturday scoop about a longtime Google DeepMind director raising capital for a visual reasoning AI startup and our Friday scoop about DeepSeek’s upcoming V4 model, which insiders say is great at coding. Major U.S.-based AI developers are waiting with bated breath to see... Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to point you to Kevin’s Saturday scoop about a...

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Google Matches OpenAI on Shopping

By Martin Peers · Jan 11, 2026 3:00pm PST · 1 comment

Sam Altman, look behind you. Sundar Pichai is catching up. Google on Sunday announced it was adding the ability to buy stuff within its Gemini AI chatbot, using Google Pay to complete the transaction, essentially matching OpenAI’s Instant Checkout feature. This is a big deal, according to my colleague Ann Gehan, who was at the NRF retail... Sam Altman, look behind you. Sundar Pichai is catching up. Google on Sunday announced it was...

Why Rivian Is a Better Bet Than Tesla Right Now

By Anita Ramaswamy · Jan 9, 2026 6:00am PST · 7 comments

As Elon Musk shifts Tesla away from its roots into robots and robotaxis, investors hunting for the next big electric vehicle play might want to consider Rivian, which is poised for a mainstream breakout just as Tesla was 10 years ago. Rivian’s sales are tiny—it sold just over 42,000 cars last year to Tesla’s 1.6 million. But the company... As Elon Musk shifts Tesla away from its roots into robots and robotaxis, investors hunting for...

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Nvidia’s Big Ambitions to Solve Manufacturing Shows Slow Returns So Far

By Wayne Ma and Juro Osawa · Jan 5, 2026 6:00am PST · 3 comments

In the past two years, Nvidia’s business of selling chips for AI has rocketed into the stratosphere, lifting the company’s revenue to nearly $148 billion in the nine months through October, up from $27.5 billion for the same period in 2023. But CEO Jensen Huang isn’t satisfied. Perpetually worried about threats to his business, Huang has been... In the past two years, Nvidia’s business of selling chips for AI has rocketed into the...

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CES Kicks Off 2026 for Tech Sector

By Martin Peers · Jan 4, 2026 3:00pm PST

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CES Kicks Off 2026 for Tech Sector

By Martin Peers · Jan 4, 2026 3:00pm PST

There’s no rest for the AI obsessed. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kicks off the new year with an appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday, where he’s scheduled to speak on Monday. Huang appears so often at events like this that it’s hard to imagine he’ll have much new to say, but you never know. After all, there’s a lot... There’s no rest for the AI obsessed. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kicks off the new year with an...

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Sutskever’s Fate, OpenAI’s Next Deal, A Hit Robot—and 13 Other Predictions for 2026

By The Information Staff · Jan 2, 2026 9:00am PST · 13 comments

No one in Silicon Valley gets wealthy or powerful by dwelling on the past. Rather, the brightest minds within tech often outshine the competition by obsessing about the future. We like to get in on the game too. In keeping with annual tradition, we’re publishing below our best educated guesses on what’ll happen in 2026: what Microsoft buys, what... No one in Silicon Valley gets wealthy or powerful by dwelling on the past. Rather, the brightest...

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2026 Predictions: Microsoft Will Buy an AI Coding Startup

By Aaron Holmes · Jan 2, 2026 6:00am PST · 1 comment

Two years ago, Microsoft dominated the market for AI coding tools, which automatically generate code for developers. That’s because it got early access to OpenAI’s models through its partnership with the startup, and at the time, Microsoft led the pack in code generation. As a result, Microsoft moved quickly to launch GitHub Copilot as the... Two years ago, Microsoft dominated the market for AI coding tools, which automatically generate...

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2026 Predictions: Tesla Will Acquire xAI

By Theo Wayt · Jan 1, 2026 6:00am PST · 4 comments

As almost everyone in Silicon Valley has found out lately, creating AI is a money drain, and many of the biggest startups eager to do so aren’t profitable. That’s true even for the AI business run by the world’s richest man, and that’s why I expect Elon Musk will take a drastic step next year to keep the money flowing to xAI: by selling to the... As almost everyone in Silicon Valley has found out lately, creating AI is a money drain, and many...