(Reuters) – Tesla will add Chipotle executive Jack Hartung to its board of directors and audit committee in June, the electric vehicle maker said on Friday. Hartung’s addition will expand Tesla’s board to nine members. Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb was the last addition to the board in 2022. Tesla’s board has come under…
(Reuters) -OpenAI plans to help develop a massive new data center in the United Arab Emirates that may eventually be one of the largest in the world, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The ChatGPT maker is expected to be one of the primary anchor tenants for a 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, the…
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a federal judge’s order to halt large-scale staffing cuts and the restructuring of agencies, part of his campaign to downsize and reshape the federal government. The Justice Department’s request came after U.S. District…
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A federal jury in Delaware said on Thursday that biotech company Amgen owes competitor Regeneron more than $406 million for engaging in anticompetitive behavior to increase sales of its cholesterol-reduction drug Repatha at the expense of Regeneron’s rival drug Praluent. The jury agreed with Regeneron that Amgen unlawfully bundled Repatha with…
(Reuters) -Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said on Thursday it more than doubled its stake in alcoholic beverages producer Constellation Brands, while selling its holdings in Citigroup and Brazilian fintech lender Nu Holdings. Berkshire disclosed the trades in a regulatory filing detailing its U.S.-listed stock holdings as of March 31. It said its Constellation stake grew…
(Reuters) -Chipmaking equipment maker Applied Materials missed Wall Street estimate for second-quarter revenue on Thursday, against the backdrop of heightened uncertainty around the ongoing trade war and export curbs. Shares of the Santa-Clara, California based company fell 2% in extended trading. For the quarter ended March 31, the company reported revenue of $7.10 billion, while…
By Echo Wang NEW YORK (Reuters) -AI startup Cohere has doubled its annualized revenue since the beginning of the year, driven by growing demand for secure, customized AI tools among enterprise clients in regulated sectors, the company told Reuters. The company has crossed an annualized revenue of $100 million as of May 2025, according to…
(Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday announced a new $6 billion stock buyback plan, joining a string of chipmakers that are looking to reduce their float as the AI trade that has powered their shares shows some signs of slowing. Shares of the Santa Clara, California-based company rose as much as 6.4%. Its shares…
(Reuters) -Perplexity AI said on Wednesday it had partnered with payments firm PayPal to enable direct purchases within its chat interface. The deal will strengthen Perplexity’s agentic commerce offering, a rapidly growing trend where AI agents not only help consumers with shopping but also handle transactions for them. Through the partnership, users will be able…
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google said hackers responsible for paralyzing disruptions of UK retailers are turning their attention to similar companies in the United States. “US retailers should take note. These actors are aggressive, creative, and particularly effective at circumventing mature security programs,” John Hultquist, an analyst at Google’s cybersecurity arm, said in…
