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AMD has broken a chip monopoly before. In the 2000s, it took server market share away from Intel’s dominant x86 processors, forcing years of price and performance competition that reshaped enterprise computing. Two decades later, AMD is attempting a similar disruption, this time against Nvidia’s ...
CEO Michael Intrator says the global AI build-out requires capital on a scale rarely seen, but that he is on the “right side” of a generational change.
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it is adding the Xbox Game Pass starter edition to its Meta Horizon+ subscription service, expanding its gaming offering on Quest virtual reality headsets. The move deepens Meta's partnership with Microsoft's Xbox and will give Horizon+ subscribers access to more than 50 Game Pass titles alongside the existing catalog of more than 100 virtual reality games available through the service.
Investors have long priced in oil shocks and inflation from Middle East conflicts, but the Iran war is targeting something far more unfamiliar: the physical data centers powering the global cloud economy, and Big Tech is already absorbing the damage.
Microsoft has agreed to spend billions of dollars on Mistral's computing infrastructure in Europe under a deal that will also expand distribution of the French AI startup's technology through the U.S. cloud and software giant, the companies said on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, Microsoft Azure customers will be able to develop software using Mistral's data centers in France, giving Microsoft more capacity in Europe and regulated industries an alternative to U.S.-controlled infrastructure. Mistral, meanwhile, has added its AI models called Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 to Microsoft's app builder known as Foundry.
(Bloomberg) -- Jijia Vision is in discussions to hold an initial public offering on Hong Kong’s stock exchange as soon as this year, joining a flurry of Chinese AI firms planning public market debuts. Most Read from BloombergSaudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Vows to Protect Ships From HouthisUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledIran Says Mediators Stepping In After Days of US ClashesMoonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than ComputeChinese AI Sensation Moonshot’s Gamble on
Microsoft has been one of the worst large-cap tech stocks of 2026. While Nvidia kept climbing and the broader market recovered from its early-year lows, Microsoft went the other direction. The stock has shed roughly a fifth of its value this year, even as Azure kept growing and the AI business kept ...
(Bloomberg) -- The sharp selloff in momentum stocks may be nearing its end, creating an opportunity for investors to start rebuilding positions in artificial intelligence and semiconductor shares, according to UBS’ trading desk. Most Read from BloombergYemen’s Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi ArabiaUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledIran Says Mediators Stepping In After Days of US ClashesMoonshot’s Kimi K3 May Be More About Memory Than ComputeThousands of Truck
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s fiscal fourth quarter results will be a key test of the company's AI execution, with Azure growth, AI infrastructure spending and Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption expected to be the main focus when the software giant reports, according to Bank of America...
The Magnificent Seven will again reign supreme over S&P 500 earnings, but their dominance is fading. As second-quarter earnings reports start to flow in, analysts expect the Magnificent Seven companies to grow earnings by a combined 31.1%. The other 493 S&P 500 companies are expected to increase earnings 22.8%, FactSet Senior Earnings Analyst John Butters wrote in a report.
AMD stock rose more than 3% on Monday.
Plus, Jordan becomes a flashpoint in the U.S.-Iran war as troop deaths rise, and London faces a deepening housing crisis.
(Bloomberg) -- The popular Magnificent Seven stocks moniker is “no longer relevant” in assessing how to play the US artificial intelligence trade, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists.Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran in Escalating Campaign After Troops KilledThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz LegacyUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsTrump Silent So Far on Iran Plans as US Death Toll Hits 17FCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over
The first, a subscription-based furniture rental company he started in 2017, employed around 150 staff at its peak before he sold it in 2022. The newest generation of companies, infused with AI from the start, offer a vision of how work could soon be structured elsewhere in American corporations: Fewer co-workers; more on-staff engineers; and a flatter structure in which nearly everyone is a player-coach instead of strictly overseeing teams. A new working paper examining thousands of recent Y Combinator and other U.S. venture-backed startups indicates as much.
(Bloomberg) -- After last week’s wipeout in chips and the broader selloff in technology stocks, pressure is building for the biggest spenders on artificial intelligence to justify their expenditures to beleaguered traders with increasingly itchy fingers hovering over their sell buttons.Most Read from BloombergUS Strikes Iran to ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 TroopsFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesThousands of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria in Sign of Hormuz
Microsoft has been one of the worst-performing large-cap tech stocks of 2026, down about 20% year to date, even as the company keeps expanding its AI business and growing Azure at a pace most cloud companies would envy. A lot of investors have been sitting on their hands, waiting either for a ...
GOOGL heads into Q2 earnings with AI-fueled momentum in Search, Cloud and YouTube, even as heavy infrastructure spending pressures near-term margins.
(Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp.’s warning this week that its sales are falling well short of expectations highlights a growing divide between artificial intelligence winners and everyone else in the tech universe.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal GoalsBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthNasdaq Futures Tumble 1.5% as Chip Rout Deepens: Ma
(Bloomberg) -- President Xi Jinping hailed China’s progress in developing low-cost artificial intelligence, pressing his personal imprint on the country’s rapidly expanding global influence to call for a more open technological order.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Catalyst for GrowthGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as Tech Falls Short of Internal GoalsCIA Says AI Drones Give Russian Troops Only 30 Minu
(Bloomberg) -- On a video conference call from Hangzhou earlier this year, one of China’s hottest startups held a four-hour pitch meeting with potential venture investors that was unusual by almost any measure. Only two representatives per institution were allowed. The majority of those present were getting a glimpse of the company’s leader for the very first time.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsBeckham’s IM8 Gets $1 Billion From General Cat
MEDIA & MARKETING Photo: George Downs/WSJ Struggling to keep up in the console market, Microsoft’s Xbox bet on a subscription service called Game Pass. The company spent more than $80 billion to acquire game studios—and bring major franchises like “Call of Duty” and “Fallout” onto the platform.
Microsoft has not been an easy stock to own in 2026. It's down more than 20% year to date and nearly 23% over the past year, a run that's frustrated a lot of investors who expected the company's AI push to show up in the share price by now. The spending has been enormous, Azure has kept growing, ...
Exposure to the artificial-intelligence boom has become virtually impossible for investors to avoid. The theme hasn’t just cornered the stock market. It has systematically swallowed up corporate credit and venture capital, too.
Despite rising debt levels, Oracle’s large backlog, lower valuation compared to peers, and a sector-wide increase amid lower inflation have boosted investor sentiment.
Citi and Mizuho just cut their Microsoft price targets before fiscal Q4 earnings, yet both firms kept their bullish ratings intact. The reason behind that split signal could reshape how investors think about the AI spending wave ahead of July 29.
(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street banks, scouring every corner of the capital markets to finance the artificial intelligence buildout, have landed on a new pool of funds: US leveraged loans, which are clamoring for the transactions amid a dearth of buyout deals.Most Read from BloombergThailand Scraps Plan to End Visa-Free Entry for Indian TouristsOpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI CompanionTrump Drops 20% Fee for Hormuz Cargo After Gulf PressureUS Hits Iran With Strik
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