Microsoft’s AI Backlog Climbs to $678 Billion
The number, buried in Microsoft’s latest quarterly filing, is now the most cited figure in the debate over whether the AI boom is real: $678 billion in contracted but unrecognized…
Intel Moves Next PC Chip to TSMC’s 2-Nanometer Process
The next generation of Intel’s PC processors will be built by the same company that makes chips for Apple, Nvidia and Qualcomm, a concession that reshapes the balance of the…
Broadcom Sheds About $87 Billion After Google-Marvell Chip Deal
The market delivered its verdict on Google’s chip strategy in two trading sessions: about $87 billion, subtracted from Broadcom’s market value. Broadcom shares fell for two consecutive sessions on Aug.…
SK Hynix to Pay 60% of Bonuses in Stock
SK Hynix employees are about to become shareholders, whether they planned to or not, in one of the clearest signs yet that South Korea’s chip giants are adopting the capital…
OpenAI Finance Chief Plays Down IPO Urgency
Inside OpenAI, the question of when the company will go public has an answer, and it is not soon. Outside, the company is selling enterprises a new promise about how…
Billionaires’ Exodus Tests California’s Wealth-Tax Gambit
The spreadsheet makes the rounds among California wealth managers with urgency and a touch of gallows humor. One column lists clients who have already filed change-of-residence paperwork for Nevada, Texas…
Ackman’s Bet on a Stake for Everyone at Pershing Square
Bill Ackman was a few minutes into the podcast when he dropped the detail that made the clip travel. At Pershing Square, the $35 billion hedge fund he founded, even…
Samsung Raises Foundry Prices by Up to 15% as AI Demand Strains Plants
Samsung Electronics has raised prices on new orders for some of its most advanced chip-making services by as much as 15%, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest…
Anthropic Plots Super-Voting Shares to Shield Founders Ahead of IPO
Anthropic plans to grant its chief executive, Dario Amodei, and the company’s other co-founders a class of shares with outsized voting power, according to two people familiar with the matter,…
Anthropic’s Revenue Tops OpenAI’s as the AI Rivalry Tilts
Anthropic’s second-quarter revenue reached roughly $11.5 billion to $12 billion, according to a Wall Street Journal review of financial documents, surpassing OpenAI’s $6.7 billion in the same period for the…
