Oracle is contemplating substantial job cuts, potentially eliminating between 20,000 and 30,000 positions, as it grapples with challenges in securing funding for its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. According to investment bank TD Cowen, the US tech firm aims to generate $8bn to $10bn in cash flow through these reductions. Additionally, Oracle is exploring the […]
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd. has signed binding agreements with three major investors to sell just over 80% of US assets to American and global investors to avoid a US government ban. Under the TikTok US sale terms, ByteDance will license its AI recommendation technology to a newly created US TikTok entity, which will use […]
SoftBank Group Corp. sold its entire stake in Nvidia Corp., pocketing $5.8 billion ahead of a rash of planned investments by founder Masayoshi Son to build his own sphere of influence supporting artificial intelligence. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. (Reuters) The Tokyo-based company had raised its stake in Nvidia to about $3 billion by the end […]
ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the world’s largest private company, is asking the US government to provide loan guarantees for its massive infrastructure expansion that will eventually cost more than $1 trillion. Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc. (Bloomberg) Speaking at a Wall Street Journal business conference, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explained that government backing […]