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For the past few years, public market exposure to artificial intelligence has largely meant buying a handful of companies that sit underneath the models themselves. Microsoft was the primary conduit to OpenAI, investing more than $13 billion and embedding its systems across Azure and Office....

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has finalized its phased exit from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) by selling its remaining stake in the tech giant. The Gates Foundation’s trust offloaded its final 7.7 million shares of Microsoft during the first quarter of 2026, according to...

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Waymo led a record-smashing surge in global startup funding in February, as venture investments reached $189 billion, Crunchbase reported. The company behind ChatGPT raised $110 billion, while rival Anthropic secured $30 billion, and Alphabet's self-driving vehicle division...

Major U.S. indices finished Wednesday on a mixed note, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.53% to 49,501.30, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.5% to 6,882.72 and the Nasdaq slid 1.51% to 22,904.57. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors throughout...

Michael Burry, the investor who famously bet against the US housing market during the 2008 financial crisis, has turned bearish on Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL).  Burry announced his ownership of put options on Oracle shares in a Substack post after the...

Companies supplying data centers, chips, and processing power to OpenAI have racked up a staggering $96 billion in debt to fund their operations. What Happened: According to the report, the AI industry's increasing reliance on debt and its dependence on the loss-making...

Perplexity AI is back in the spotlight. This time, the startup’s 31-year-old CEO, Aravind Srinivas, warned against misusing AI tools. An X user posted a viral video this week, showing Comet, Perplexity’s browser, completing an entire Coursera assignment in seconds. The post received...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Isomorphic Labs says its first artificial-intelligence-designed medicines are nearly ready for human testing. What Happened: Isomorphic Labs President Colin Murdoch spoke to Fortune in an interview recently where he said, “There are people sitting...

At TED2014, Google co-founder Larry Page was asked by interviewer Charlie Rose about how he approaches innovation and growth. Page's answer drew from economics to make a larger point about progress and impact. What Happened: Page shared that he relies on "additionality," a key economic concept,...

U.S. stock markets experienced a downturn today, with the Nasdaq dropping over 75 points or nearly 0.4% to 19,142.71. The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased by 0.27% to 42,677.24, while the S&P 500 fell by 0.39% to 5,940.46. Despite the overall market decline, these stocks captured the...

Senior Wedbush Securities equity analyst Dan Ives doubles down on software amid the intensifying storm of trade and tariffs. What Happened: On Thursday, Ives called software the only “safety blanket” in what he described as a “Category 5” storm, referring to the ongoing...

On Wednesday, U.S. stocks surged with the Dow Jones jumping over 419 points to 39,606.57. The NASDAQ climbed 2.5% to 16,708.05, and the S&P 500 increased by 1.7% to 5,375.86. These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors throughout the day. International...

Ahead of Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) first-quarter earnings, this analyst expects Google's parent to deliver on the advertising revenue and expects an "earnings surprise." What Happened: The Chairman and Founder of Navellier & Associates, Louis Navellier, spoke about Alphabet's...

Google, a part of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG), is confronted with a £5 billion ($6.6 billion) class action lawsuit in the U.K. The company is accused of exploiting its dominant market position in the online search industry. What Happened: The lawsuit was lodged at...

Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube revealed that it has reached over 1 billion monthly active viewers of podcast content, thus outperforming Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT). What Happened: In a blog post published on Thursday, YouTube said it is now the most popular...