Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq’s assets for about $20 billion in largest deal on record

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq’s assets for about  billion in largest deal on record

Jonathan Ross, chief executive officer of Groq Inc., during the GenAI Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. David Paul | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq, a designer of high-performance artificial intelligence accelerator chips, for $20 billion in cash, according to Alex Davis, CEO … Read more

Here are Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Levi’s, Coty, Meta, First Solar, Live Nation & more

Here are Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Levi’s, Coty, Meta, First Solar, Live Nation & more

Here are Tuesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: TD Cowen upgrades Ametek to buy from hold TD Cowen said the industrial company is executing well. “AME is executing well at a time when exposures broadly provide both support and optionality – markets that are doing well and should sustain (utility), ones that are strong and … Read more

H-1B visa applicants face more disruptions amid social media checks and wage protection rules

H-1B visa applicants face more disruptions amid social media checks and wage protection rules

H-1B applicants face a challenging year ahead as political pushback to the visas is reinforced with a slew of actions from the U.S. administration. On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in India posted on X that since Dec. 15, it has started conducting online presence reviews of all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants in a bid … Read more

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates

Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 notches three-day win streak: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures traded near the flatline Monday night after a strong start to a shortened trading week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 9 … Read more

AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts

AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts

Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the … Read more

Former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick leaves Meta board after eight-month stint

Former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick leaves Meta board after eight-month stint

Dina Powell McCormick, who was a member of President Donald Trump’s first administration, has resigned from Meta’s board of directors. Powell McCormick, who previously spent 16 years working at Goldman Sachs, notified Meta of her resignation on Friday, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing did not disclose why McCormick was stepping down from … Read more

Data center deals hit record $61 billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors

Data center deals hit record  billion in 2025 as AI valuation risks and funding concerns grip investors

Global data centers dealmaking surged to hit another record high this year, driven by a rush to build out the infrastructure required for energy-intensive AI workloads. That surge came even as investors grew increasingly wary of inflated artificial intelligence valuations and the financing underpinning the rapid expansion of data centers. Global stocks sold off in … Read more

Tesla stock closes at record as investors rally around Musk’s robotaxi hype despite slow EV sales

Tesla stock closes at record as investors rally around Musk’s robotaxi hype despite slow EV sales

What started off as a particularly rough year for Tesla investors is turning into quite the celebration. Following a 36% plunge in the first quarter, the stock’s worst period since 2022, Tesla shares have rallied all the way back, reaching an all-time closing high of $489.88, jumping 3.1% on Tuesday. They’re now up 21% for … Read more

AI future: Big Tech faces key House vote on reforming permit process

AI future: Big Tech faces key House vote on reforming permit process

Big Tech heavy hitters such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft are pushing for Congress to advance legislation to reform the process for obtaining federal permits for projects to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure in the United States. Backers of the bill, the SPEED Act, argue it is key to helping the U.S. beat out China … Read more

AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide

AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters In at least one corner of the artificial intelligence market, sentiment has turned decidedly negative. Broadcom, CoreWeave and Oracle, three companies intimately tied to the AI infrastructure buildout, all had another rough day on Wall Street on Monday after selling off sharply last week. While the three … Read more