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Snowflake stock surged 35% after reporting strong first-quarter earnings and announcing a $6 billion spending commitment with Amazon Web Services over five years, including investments in custom Arm-based Graviton chips and AI graphics processing units.
Uber has acquired Aspex Management's 14.6% stake in Delivery Hero at a €12B valuation, raising its total stake to approximately 37%, following a takeover offer made last week.
Global markets surge as negotiations between the US and Iran progress, with oil prices plunging on hopes that a ceasefire deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease economic uncertainty.
While AI tools have boosted individual worker productivity, broader economic efficiency gains remain elusive, mirroring the "productivity paradox" seen during the early internet era of the 1990s.
HP Inc. beat revenue expectations in Q2 with $14.4B in revenue, up 9% year-over-year, driven by strong PC demand from AI-enabled devices and Windows 11 refresh cycles. The company forecasts Q3 adjusted EPS above estimates while managing rising memory chip costs.
Hilary Duff reveals in a commencement address that saying yes to every opportunity early in her career ultimately hurt her professional growth and voice, advising Gen Z to be selective and intentional with their energy.
Payroll service provider Remote has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue and achieved a 50% increase in revenue per employee by adopting AI across the entire organization, without hiring additional staff.
Oil prices tumbled more than 5% after Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled the U.S. will pursue diplomatic talks with Iran while keeping military options on the table. West Texas Intermediate futures fell to $88.68 per barrel amid ongoing negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane.
A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that parental wealth has become a more reliable predictor of financial success than personal income, as high earnings no longer guarantee homeownership or wealth generation for most Americans.
Oil prices tumbled more than 4% after Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled the U.S. is committed to giving diplomatic talks with Iran "every chance to succeed," raising hopes for a potential deal that could restore shipping through the critical Strait of Hormuz.
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Oil prices tumbled more than 4% after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will give talks with Iran "every chance to succeed," with hopes that a potential agreement could restore commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Richard Valtr founded Mews, a $2.5 billion hospitality technology unicorn, after working tedious night shifts as a teenager at his family's Prague hotel. The company's hotel management software now serves over 15,000 properties worldwide and has raised $710 million across 14 funding rounds.
Pace, an AI-powered platform automating back-office operations for insurance companies, raised $46M in a Series B round led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital at a $375M valuation.
Cognition, the maker of autonomous AI software engineer Devin, has raised over $1 billion at a $25 billion pre-money valuation, more than doubling its valuation in just eight months and signaling strong investor confidence in independent AI coding startups.
U.S. crude oil prices fell about 5% following reports that Iran has committed to restore commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels within one month as part of a framework agreement with the U.S.
A group of former Google DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta researchers have launched Trajectory, a startup aimed at helping companies improve their AI products by training on real-world user interactions through continuous feedback loops.
Today is the final day to apply or nominate a startup for Startup Battlefield 200, where 200 early-stage startups will compete for $100,000 in equity-free funding and a chance to pitch at TechCrunch Disrupt before thousands of investors and media.
U.S. crude oil prices fell about 5% Wednesday after reports that Iran would restore commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a framework deal with the U.S., with West Texas Intermediate futures dropping to $89.55 per barrel.
After 25 years running companies through multiple tech revolutions, a CEO argues that current AI hysteria has become detached from business reality, and companies should make ROI-based decisions rather than treat AI as an existential threat.