There’s been a lot of turnover lately at xAI, with numerous executive departures and, yesterday, news that the SpaceX-owned company was hiring two senior leaders from Cursor, an AI coding startup that’s…
Category: Business
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It might be less expensive to make an Oscar-winning movie than you think
Three of the ten Best Picture nominees at this year’s Academy Awards had production budgets of $10M or less. -
War in the Middle East halts Meta’s undersea fiber project
Meta is a parter in the ambitious 2Africa project, which aims to connect Africa and the Middle East to Europe with 45,000 kilometers of undersea fiber cable. -
Apple lowers App Store commission to 25% in China following regulator pressure
Apple is lowering its fees for in-app purchases and paid transactions to 25% from 30% in China. -
Google Maps is getting a new AI-powered “Ask Maps” feature
Will Gemini be enough to hush the Apple Maps heads? -
Adobe sinks as CEO departs after 18 years at the helm, overshadowing solid Q1 results
ARR exited the quarter up 10.9% on this time last year, a slight slowdown that might compound AI concerns. -
Meta reportedly delays the launch of its new AI model because it’s just not that good
Meta’s AI leaders have “instead discussed temporarily licensing Gemini to power the company’s AI products, though no decisions have been reached,” according to the New York Times. -
Hims & Hers sees surge turn sour in its biggest reversal since the 2025 stock market bottom
There’s not much in the way of company-specific news to point to: Hims, like many other firms, tanked as oil climbed. -
Stocks tumble as Brent crude closes above $100
Investors were plagued by inflation fears amid rising oil prices and ongoing private credit concerns. -
Spiking oil prices have investors turning up their noses at fragrance stocks
Estée Lauder and International Flavors & Fragrances are among the worst-performing stocks since the kinetic conflict in the Middle East started. -
How Tesla quietly wound up owning a small piece of SpaceX
Tesla’s $2 billion investment in xAI will be turned into a less than 1% stake in SpaceX.
