Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire — here’s how SpaceX may get him there

Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire — here’s how SpaceX may get him there

Elon Musk’s journey to becoming the world’s first trillionaire will likely be powered by rockets rather than cars, as SpaceX now accounts for nearly two-thirds of the Tesla CEO’s wealth. Musk became the first person ever to top the $800 billion mark this week, with his net worth now around $845 billion, according to Forbes. … Read more

Why Amazon’s CEO is ‘confident’ with $200 billion spending plan

Why Amazon’s CEO is ‘confident’ with 0 billion spending plan

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York, Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon‘s stock plunged 11% in extended trading on Thursday, dragged lower by market jitters around the company’s $200 billion capex plans, the highest spending forecast among the megacap companies. The forecast is … Read more

Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss

Amazon stock falls 10% on 0 billion spending forecast, earnings miss

Amazon shares plunged more than 10% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted mixed fourth-quarter earnings, and boosted its full-year spending forecast to $200 billion. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $1.95 vs. $1.97 estimated Revenue: $213.39 billion vs. $211.33 billion estimated Wall Street … Read more

Elon Musk’s xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

Elon Musk’s xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update

Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by … Read more

S&P 500 closes at another fresh record in holiday-shortened session: Live updates

S&P 500 closes at another fresh record in holiday-shortened session: Live updates

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The S&P 500 rose to a new all-time high on Wednesday, coasting to another record close. The broad market index advanced 0.32%, ending the session at 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 288.75 points, or 0.60%, and also posted a closing … Read more

S&P 500 is little changed as investors await Fed decision: Live updates

S&P 500 is little changed as investors await Fed decision: Live updates

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Dec. 8, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The S&P 500 was relatively unchanged on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. The broad market index traded around the flatline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 115 … Read more

GM’s new ‘Silicon Valley cowboy’ eyes technology renaissance for automaker

GM’s new ‘Silicon Valley cowboy’ eyes technology renaissance for automaker

GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson during the automaker’s “GM Forward” event on Oct. 22, 2025 in New York City. GM DETROIT — General Motors’ newest product and technology executive has said he thinks of the Detroit automaker as a canvas. One that can be curated, retouched or even torn apart. After roughly six months … Read more

Execs say OpenAI has first hardware prototypes, plan to reveal device in 2 years or less

Execs say OpenAI has first hardware prototypes, plan to reveal device in 2 years or less

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 8, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBC OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Friday that the artificial intelligence startup has finally finished its first prototypes for … Read more

Nvidia shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue, forecast

Nvidia shares rise on stronger-than-expected revenue, forecast

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and CEO, has a Q&A session at a press conference during the APEC CEO summit on October 31, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea. Woohae Cho | Getty Images News | Getty Images Nvidia reported fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street expectations on Wednesday and provided stronger-than-expected sales guidance for the … Read more

Arm custom chips get a boost with Nvidia partnership

Arm custom chips get a boost with Nvidia partnership

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, reacts during the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. Kim Soo-hyeon | Reuters Arm on Monday said that central processing units based on its technology will be able to integrate with AI chips using Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion technology. The move will make … Read more