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With Alphabet poised to earn potentially $100 billion or more from its 2015 bet on Elon Musk's SpaceX, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the explosion of artificial intelligence has opened the door to more startup investments. "You know…

Robinhood's new partnership with the U.S. Treasury Department on children's so-called Trump Accounts is going to drive exposure to the company among emerging investors, benefiting its future growth, according to Vlad Tenev.On Monday, the…

I cannot say with 100% certainty that nineteen-year-old Justin Jin is not pulling an elaborate prank on me. In my defense, Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.…

Shares of Samsung Electronics rose as much as 4.8% on Tuesday after the South Korean technology giant forecast record quarterly profit amid strong demand for artificial intelligence chips. Shares later pared gains to trade up 0.52%.In…

A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks.  The fund is called Zero Shot (a play on the AI…

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan speaks at the digital X event in Cologne, Germany, on September 13, 2022.Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBroadcom said Monday that it's agreed to produce future versions of artificial intelligence chips for…

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox.Happy Monday. My alma mater is in tonight's March Madness championship game. While I'm not a big sports person, I have too many friends…

In the U.S., discussions about top camera phones largely center around iPhones, the Samsung Galaxy series, and, lately, the Google Pixel. In contrast, people in Asia and parts of Europe get a wider range of choice with companies like…

Microsoft's Vice Chair and President Brad Smith (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pose before their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on April 3, 2026.Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesShares of Sakura Internet…

A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the United States would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran. In a social media post on Friday,…

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.Once considered a taboo sector to funnel money into by venture capitalists, defense tech has seen a remarkable shift over the past…

The controversy around Delve appears to have cost the compliance startup its relationship with accelerator Y Combinator. Delve is no longer listed among YC’s directory of portfolio companies, and the Delve page seems to have been…

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Nasdaq brought its market open festivities to Apple's sprawling Silicon Valley headquarters on Tuesday, the eve of the company's 50th birthday. From a desk inside Apple Park, the ring-shaped campus that Steve Jobs…

Polymarket removed a forum related to the rescue mission of U.S. military servicemembers amid political pressure, the latest sign of mounting scrutiny around prediction markets.U.S. and Iranian military forces are searching for a missing…

Founders Fund has made its name backing what Peter Thiel calls “zero to one” companies — businesses that don’t just improve on existing ideas but create something entirely new. Its portfolio includes Facebook, SpaceX, and Palantir. Its…

A USAF McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle lands at RAF Lakenheath on July 22, 2025, in Lakenheath, United Kingdom.Simon Galloway | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. military continued to search for a missing American airman…

Glen Anderson has been brokering trades in private company shares since 2010, back when the number of institutional investors focused on the late-stage private market could be counted on two hands. Today, he says, there are thousands.…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin.Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty ImagesOver 10 months after shelling out an eye-popping $6.4 billion for Jony Ive's nascent devices startup, OpenAI announced another…