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Larry Ellison, Not Elon Musk, Was The Tech Titan Who Defined 2025 - Bloomberg.com
Takeaways by Bloomberg AI Hide. Larry Ellison, the 81-year-old Oracle Corp. co-founder and chairman...
CNBC
Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep 'fiction of competition alive,' analyst says
Groq's description of its Nvidia deal as a "non-exclusive licensing agreement" mimics other recent big AI transactions orchestrated by U.S. tech giants.
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Stocks Touch Record as Nvidia Gains on AI Licensing Deal - Bloomberg.com
... artificial intelligence and other investments.” In other corporate news, shares of Coupang Inc. rose 11% after Yonhap News reported the retailer...
Reuters
India's Coforge to acquire Encora in $2.35 billion deal to boost AI offerings | Reuters
... AI capabilities and expand its presence in the U.S. and Latin America ... Get the latest news from India and how it matters to the world with the...
CNBC
Oracle stock on pace for worst quarter since 2001, AI concerns - CNBC
"We didn't feel the economics of the business changed with all the largely positive news that came out. And I think what we've seen from $340 down to...
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China’s Zhipu AI ramps up push towards human-level AI, reiterates open source pledge
Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI said it would step up efforts next year in the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) while continuing to open source its AI models after its initial public offering.
In 2026 “we’re going to contribute more substantially to the AGI journey,” Zheng Qinkai, a researcher at the company, which markets itself internationally as Z.ai, said in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted on US social media site Reddit.
AGI, referring to technology that matches human...
CNBC
Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI buildout
Investors want to know if Oracle, under new CEOs Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia, can pay for and deliver data centers packed with Nvidia chips for OpenAI.
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Tech giants go prime time in the fight for China’s biggest audience
China’s biggest tech companies and a clutch of fast-rising consumer electronics brands are battling for coveted sponsorship slots at the Spring Festival Gala, as intensifying competition in artificial intelligence turns the country’s most watched television broadcast into a rare nationwide marketing battleground.
Major players including ByteDance, Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding had all held discussions with state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) over high-stakes...
CNBC
Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring assets from nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.
CNBC
Monetizers vs manufacturers: How the AI market could splinter in 2026
AI infrastructure firms are set to win from the evolution of once asset-light Big Tech firms.
MIT Technology Review
AI Wrapped: The 14 AI terms you couldn't avoid in 2025 | MIT Technology Review
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Japan to Quadruple Spending Support for Chips, AI in Budget - Bloomberg.com
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Takaichi, AI, Corporate Reform Pave Way for Japan Stocks in 2026 - Bloomberg
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China's AI toy boom: Huawei, JD.com, UBTech make big push into growing sector
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NPR
When will quantum computing deliver on its promise?
Governments and tech companies continue to pour money into quantum technology in the hopes of building a supercomputer that can work at speeds we can't yet fathom to solve big problems.
CNBC
Monetizers vs manufactures: How the AI market could splinter in 2026
AI infrastructure firms are set to win from the evolution of once asset-light Big Tech firms.
Reuters
AI spending, strong corporate profits, Fed rate cuts seen as key to 2026 stock market
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FINRA Flags Gaps in Oversight as Gen AI Expands Across Financial Operations
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) reported that member firms' use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) ... News, PYMNTS News. ✕...
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Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in largest deal on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring assets from nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.
Reuters
Nvidia to buy AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion, CNBC reports | Reuters
Get a daily digest of breaking business news straight to your inbox with the Reuters Business newsletter. Sign up here. Groq is a chip startup founded...
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Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion, biggest deal - CNBC
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Bloomberg
Nvidia Reaches Technology Licensing Deal With Startup Groq
Nvidia Corp. agreed to a licensing deal with artificial intelligence startup Groq, furthering its investments in companies connected to the AI boom and gaining the right to add a new type of technology to its products.
NBC News
Maduro seen dancing with humanoid AI-robot - NBC News
Maduro seen dancing with humanoid AI-robotDec. 23, 2025. Read More. Get more news on. UP NEXT. Investigation reveals timeline in Melodee Buzzard's...
CNBC
The blowout AI trades that surprised Wall Street in 2025
We lay out the AI trades that captured the market's attention, from Google's unexpected growth to the boom in rocket companies and self-driving cars.
CNBC
These 5 infrastructure stocks have more than tripled this year on the AI trade
While Nvidia has been the biggest infrastructure winner during the AI boom, other data center stocks have performed better this year.
SCMP
Chinese AI champion iFlytek sets up new entity to expand into semiconductor design
US-blacklisted company iFlytek has set up a new corporate entity to expand into semiconductors and other artificial intelligence-related fields as part of efforts to bolster China’s broader tech self-sufficiency initiatives.
The new entity, Shandong Yixun Information Technology, was incorporated last week with a registered capital of 50 million yuan (US$7.1 million), according to the latest information from Chinese corporate data provider Qichacha.
The scope of this entity’s operations would...
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AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round
DP Technology – the developer of a suite of AI tools used by researchers for work spanning drug design to battery development – has raised more than 800 million yuan (US$114 million) in Series C financing to expand research and development (R&D) and hire talent.
The Beijing-based AI-for-Science (AI4S) start-up said on Wednesday that the round drew backing from a mix of state-linked and venture investors, including Fortune Venture Capital, Beijing Jingguorui Equity Investment Fund, Beijing...
Bloomberg
Insurers and Pension Funds Eye Data Center Finance Spree
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Mayumi Negishi ponders the risk of marrying pension funds with data center construction projects when there are so many unknowns to the future of AI.
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ByteDance, other major Chinese tech firms dominate local consumer AI market: report
ByteDance-owned Doubao remained mainland China’s top consumer artificial intelligence app in December, according to a report, as the country’s Big Tech companies continued to outpace emerging start-ups in this market.
Doubao, a ChatGPT-like app, had 155 million weekly active users in the second week of December, according to data released on Tuesday by business intelligence service provider QuestMobile. It said that number was nearly double the 81.56 million total recorded by DeepSeek’s...
CNBC
Amazon faces 'leader's dilemma' — fight AI shopping bots or join them
Agents like OpenAI's Instant Checkout and Perplexity's Instant Buy threaten to reshape the e-commerce landscape.