BABA rises after its relaunched AI app, Qwen, hits over 10 million downloads in one week
is trading 3.5% higher in the US premarket after the Chinese e-commerce giant disclosed that its revamped Qwen app was downloaded more than 10 million times in the week since it was relaunched, per Bl...
Ads are showing up on Google’s AI Mode now
We knew it was coming, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. has officially turned on the ad spigot in AI Mode, the search giant’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Ads started showing up in Google’s AI...
IBM gets a Wall Street-high price target from Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer analysts published a bullish initiation of coverage on IBM on Friday, spotlighting software sales growth as a bright spot and the potentially rich growth in AI-related businesses to develo...
OpenAI launching Target app in ChatGPT
OpenAI has announced a partnership to integrate app into ChatGPT and enable a “curated, conversational shopping experience,” according to the press release. The sprinkle of AI fairy dust helped the r...
Intuit strikes $100 million partnership with OpenAI
We are starting to see the appification of ChatGPT. Last month, OpenAI announced its refreshed vision for app integration within ChatGPT, announcing deals with , , and to allow those companies’ custo...
Meta overhauls Marketplace with AI insights and collaborative shopping
announced Thursday that it’s giving its buy-and-sell platform, Marketplace — arguably the best part of Facebook and the most appealing to young people — a “glow up.” Each day in the US and Canada, one...
Hims & Hers launches blood test analysis product
announced the launch of a lab-testing product it says will analyze bloodwork and suggest custom health plans. The product, called “Labs,” will allow users to upload bloodwork and suggest “doctor-devel...
AI agent fatigue may be hitting enterprise customers
You may have noticed that recently, every piece of business or productivity software seems to have an “AI agent” feature that keeps getting pushed in front of you, whether you want it or not. That’s ...
Google rolls out Private AI Compute matching Apple’s AI privacy scheme
One of the barriers to people embracing AI in their daily lives is trust — making sure that the company that built the AI isn’t going to just spill your most sensitive info to advertisers and data bro...
Alex Karp explains what Palantir does, in his own words
iconoclastic CEO, Alex Karp, sat down with Wired’s Steven Levy for a Q&A published Monday. The discussion yields little of specific note for shareholders, focusing mostly on the more controversial as...
Tinder taps AI that can analyze your camera roll to find better matches
If you’ve grappled with describing yourself in an online dating profile beyond liking dogs, food, and walks on the beach, don’t worry: an AI matchmaker might soon be able to ascertain your interests f...
Snap shoots up 25% on $400 million deal with Perplexity, strong earnings
shares shot up as much as 25% in after-hours trading on the release of third-quarter earnings that beat estimates, as well as the announcement of a big deal with AI startup Perplexity to integrate its...
Apple to pay Google $1 billion a year for access to AI model for Siri
plans to pay about $1 billion a year to use the search giant’s AI model for Siri, Bloomberg reports. Google’s model — at 1.2 trillion parameters — is way bigger than Apple’s current models. The deal...
Tempus AI dives after-hours despite strong Q3 numbers
, a company that captured the attention of retail shareholders and surged to a valuation of more than $15 billion in spite of persistent losses, reported better-than-expected Q3 results after the clos...
Anthropic projections for 2028: Up to $70 billion in revenue, could be profitable by 2027
Anthropic’s Claude API business is doing so well with enterprise customers, the company is upping its revenue forecasts significantly. According to a report from The Information, the company’s robust ...
Amazon, which is developing AI shopping agents, doesn’t want Perplexity’s AI shopping agents on its site
has sent a cease and desist letter to Perplexity AI, demanding that it stop letting its AI browser agent, Comet, make online purchases for users, Bloomberg reports.
Palantir’s exceptional earnings receive ugly reaction
dove Tuesday as an outbreak of investor anxiety over sky-high valuations overshadowed an objectively stellar quarter for the software giant. Palantir trounced Q3 expectations and sharply raised its fu...
Palantir posts ninth straight earnings beat, boosts guidance
Defense and AI software maker reported its Q3 numbers after the close of trading on Monday, topping earnings estimates for the ninth quarter in a row. Here’s how things shaped up for the retail trade...
Palantir climbs toward a fresh record high ahead of earnings report
Data, defense, and AI software company is due to report quarterly results after the bell Monday, amid soaring expectations that are putting the stock on track to close at a new record high. Palantir ...
Hims & Hers rises after JPMorgan ups position
rose on Friday after JPMorgan disclosed that it substantially increased its position in the telehealth company. As of September 30, JPMorgan owned 17,796,759 shares — or about 8.1% of the company — up...