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CoreWeave serves as bellwether for AI in soft IPO market

The cloud computing firm intends to test the public markets, potentially setting the tone for other AI firms amid market volatility.
Florence Lo/Reuters

The tiny chips behind Amazon’s big AI investment

Anthropic prepares to put the company’s Project Rainier, potentially the world’s most powerful computer, to the test.
Rami Sinno, director of engineering for Annapurna Labs, standing in front of a rack of Trainium chips undergoing testing at its Austin lab.Rami Sinno, director of engineering for Amazon’s Annapurna Labs. Reed Albergotti/Semafor.

Trump’s Big Oil bear hug won’t help the AI race

Renewables offer a cheaper and faster way to meet surging power demands, said the CEO of the largest US electricity provider.
NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum and Semafor’s Tim McDonnell discuss data centers on the sidelines of CERAWeek.Blake Belcher Photography

Meta braces for ex-Facebook employee’s tell-all book

Meta is pushing back particularly hard on some of the author’s claims about the company’s dealings abroad.
The Facebook app on an iPhoneBrett Jordan/Unsplash

Tech leaders pivot away from H-1B visa program after populist revolt

Some tech leaders support reforming the program that has garnered skilled talent, putting them at odds with GOP members who prefer to eliminate it.
Marc Andreessen in 2014.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Anthropic looks to chip and energy strength to secure American AI dominance

The startup has also recommended the White House enhance national security testing of AI models.
Anthropic CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei.Yves Herman/Reuters

MAGA offers corporations cover to flee Delaware

Threats that blue-chip companies, including Walmart, would leave for politically friendlier states sparked Delaware’s recently proposed overhaul of its corporate laws.

New Palantir venture targets finance industry’s AI spending

The company’s partnership with billionaires Mark Walter and Thomas Tull is pitching a ‘holistic’ approach to fragmented technology investments.

Autonomous driving technology has crossed a threshold, and there’s no going back

I turned the family ski trip into an autonomous driving experiment and saw the future of transportation.

Podcasting sees explosive growth on YouTube

The company said it has hit 1 billion monthly active podcast consumers every month.

Apple announces $500B US investment as Trump tariffs loom over tech

The Silicon Valley giant also said it would hire more than 20,000 people in the US as part of the effort.

Microsoft’s quantum chip creates new state of matter

The new “topological state” — which isn’t a solid, liquid, or gas — had previously only existed in theory.

Corporations dig deeper: using bunkers to secure data (and their CEOs)

Several large companies are building underground housing for their data centers and executives.

Crypto heavyweight Coinbase releases US legislative wishlist

After battling regulators in the Biden administration and funneling millions to Republicans in the 2024 elections, the crypto exchange is formalizing its asks of a GOP-controlled Washington.

New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools

The company said it was greenlighting a number of AI programs for editorial and product staff.

OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk’s takeover bid

The ChatGPT maker said Musk’s $97.4 billion offer was “not in the best interests” of the company.

ChatGPT: Will you be my Valentine? More users are falling for AI companions

Behind the Valentine’s plans and relationships of chatbot users who fell in love with AI.

Chip maker EnCharge raises $100M in Series B round, aims to slash AI energy usage

The DARPA-backed startup has developed chips using a unique technology that requires significantly lower amounts of energy to run AI models compared to market-leading options.