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BANGALORE, June 22 - Indian fintech firm CRED's founder Kunal Shah will become Meta-owned WhatsApp's new leader, the messaging app's current head Will Cathcart said on Monday in a post on X. 

Indian ‌fintech firm ‌CRED said ​on Monday it will raise ‌about $900 ⁠million from Meta Platforms ⁠at a ​post-money ​valuation ​of $4.5 billion, ‌as it seeks to accelerate growth ‌and ​prepare ​for ​an eventual ‌stock market ​listing. (Reporting ​by Surbhi Misra ​in ‌Bengaluru; Editing ​by Diti ​Pujara)

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US futures were pointing higher at the start of the week as investors return from the Juneteenth holiday weekend, with technology stocks expected to lead gains despite lingering uncertainty over the Middle East and the prospect of further Federal Reserve tightening. Dow Jones futures were up...

A $115 million program to train workers for data centers is the clearest signal that the real bottleneck in the race with China isn’t software—it’s labor.

June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures started the week on a subdued note, after Friday's public holiday, with investors monitoring developments in U.S.-Iran talks following a tense start.

The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:DIA) has climbed about 7% year to date and is up almost 22% over the past year, but those returns hide a dramatic shift in what drives DIA. Because the Dow is price-weighted, the highest-priced stock carries the most influence, and Caterpillar’s (NYSE:CAT) 73% YTD surge to ... The One Stock Now Controlling DIA’s Next Move: Why Caterpillar’s Power Generation Backlog Matters More Than Apple

Since inception, Cred has raised around $1bn from investors.

Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) is partnering with Reliance Industries to build a large-scale AI-enabled data center in India. The facility is Meta’s first built-to-suit data center in the region and is planned to run on renewable energy. The project will use desalinated seawater for cooling and is expected to support Meta’s global AI compute needs. This collaboration aligns with India’s push to position itself as an AI and data center hub. Meta Platforms is deepening its physical footprint...

To look ⁠for ways to eradicate online listings, including through AI-enabled detection and prevention. Represent a ⁠fifth of the global e-commerce market and 90% of the world's social media users. Vodafone, Vodacom, Safaricom to use ​AI ​in anti-money-laundering and transaction monitoring ​systems across mobile money ‌platform M-Pesa.

US stocks traded mixed on Monday as investors assessed signs of progress in US-Iran peace talks, while shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX (SPCX) fell for the third day in a row.

The biggest winners from artificial intelligence may not be the companies building the most popular AI products. According to Div Garg, founder and CEO of AGI Inc., the companies with the most to lose in an AI-agent future could be some of today’s biggest technology platforms, including Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.. Garg, who famously turned down a lucrative job offer from OpenAI to build his own company, believes investors are focusing on the wrong question. Rather than asking which co

On a recent episode of The Investor’s Podcast, investor Hari Ramachandra explained the bull case he saw for Meta Platforms after the stock fell roughly 20% from its peak, calling Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) one of the most mispriced large-cap opportunities available today. The stock closed at $577.22 on Thursday, June 18, 2026, down 12.4% year-to-date and 16.77% ... Veteran Tech Investor: Meta Is ‘One of the Best Advertising Machines Ever Built’ With 46% Upside

TSMC's biggest strength may be that its customers are also its competitors.

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Meta Platforms is in the red this year and is the second-worst-performing Magnificent 7 stock so far. Here are the key challenges that the company is facing.

Meta has major AI aspirations, but the market isn't buying it.

I am opening with the verdict because the gap between where Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) trades today and where our model says it should trade is too wide to bury. After a punishing six months for the stock, our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Meta is $837.78, implying 47.61% upside from $567.58. The recommendation is ... Meta’s Recent Pullback Creates an Attractive Buying Opportunity

Apple’s next chief executive has tipped his hand on artificial intelligence, and the message is the opposite of what is coming out of Redmond, Mountain View and Menlo Park. John Ternus, who becomes CEO of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on Sept. 1, 2026, used a pre-appointment interview to draw a philosophical line: technology exists to serve the ... Apple’s Incoming CEO Draws a Line on AI: Tools Serve Products, Not the Reverse

At the Pure Accelerate Summit in Las Vegas, Rob Lee, Chief Technology and Growth Officer at Everpure (NYSE:P), the company recently rebranded from Pure Storage, told a Bloomberg Businessweek Live audience that the enterprise AI conversation has flipped. Six to 12 months ago, customer dialogue centered on experimentation. Today, those meetings open with ROI questions. ... Why ‘Real-Time AI’ Is AI’s Next Wave, and Why Meta Platforms Could Be a Massive Winner

Apple Inc. is preparing to raise prices across its product lineup after CEO Tim Cook acknowledged the company can no longer absorb skyrocketing costs for memory and storage components. Apple To Raise Prices “Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable,” Cook said in a Wall Street Journal interview published Wednesday. “We’re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, but the situation has become unsustainable.” Don’t Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup ba

Snap Inc.’s latest augmented reality glasses are facing sharp criticism from investor Ross Gerber, who questioned both the product’s design and CEO Evan Spiegel’s long-term hardware strategy following the device’s debut. Snap’s New Specs AR Glasses Draw Criticism Snap unveiled its new Specs AR glasses on Tuesday, opening preorders with a refundable $200 deposit ahead of expected fall shipments in the U.S., U.K. and France. The glasses carry a $2,195 price tag. The pricing puts Snap’s Specs below

Chip stocks are still hot, but one ETF stands out as the better choice given current conditions.

Mark Zuckerberg opened Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)‘s Q1 2026 earnings call with a sentence that would sound deranged coming from almost any other CEO: “We’re on track to deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people.” It was the thesis. The claim landed alongside numbers that, for once, support the swagger. Meta posted Q1 revenue of $56.31 ... Meta’s CEO Just Promised Superintelligence. He Thinks Everyone Will Have It

Satya Nadella did something unusual on June 14. The CEO of a roughly $2.93 trillion company bypassed the earnings stage and the conference circuit, and posted to his personal blog, “sn scratchpad,” with a warning aimed squarely at his own industry. The line that matters: “If all the value is accrued by only a few ... Microsoft’s CEO Just Warned the Entire AI Industry: Your Dominance Will Trigger a Backlash

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Markets closed a shortened week higher as lower oil prices and a rally in chip stocks outweighed concerns about future Fed policy.

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Meta stand out as strong buys. Here's why.