Things keep lining up against Microsoft , with all roads leading back to the company’s tarnished standing as an artificial intelligence leader and how that could impact the company’s Azure cloud growth. It’s been known for some time that Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant has been disappointing. At a time when Alphabet ‘s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT,…
Apollo Global Management‘s David Sambur told CNBC on Thursday that the selloff in software stocks from fears of artificial intelligence disruption is far from over. “I unfortunately think it’s very early,” Sambur, who is co-head of private equity, told CNBC’s “Money Movers.” Some Wall Street analysts have been comforted by the recent rebound in the…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com announced Thursday that it is laying off 12% of its staff as the company integrates artificial intelligence. “We are joining the list of companies integrating enterprise-wide AI. Companies that do not make this pivot immediately will fail,” CEO Kris Marszalek posted on X. “As…
Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley on Monday said the artificial intelligence wave is real and a lot of people got rich quick, but he expects a “reset” to come. “When people get rich quick, a whole bunch of people come in and want to get rich too, and that’s why we end up with bubbles,”…
Palantir was an outlier in a tough week for the stock market, as the provider of software and services to the U.S. government saw its stock rally 15% following the U.S. attack on Iran. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 1.2% for the week, pushed lower by names like Apple, Google and Micron, and other benchmarks tumbled…
Aire Images | Moment | Getty Images As the business world comes to grips with artificial intelligence, the biggest risk may be one where those running the economy can’t possibly stay ahead. As AI systems become more complex, humans aren’t able to fully understand, predict, or control them. That inability to understand at a fundamental level where AI models are going…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 20, 2026. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Salesforce shares were down close to 4% in pre-market trading on Thursday, after the customer service software maker reported healthy results, although its fiscal 2027 revenue view trailed Wall Street projections. The downward…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday markets have miscalculated the AI threat to software companies, hours after the chip behemoth issued an upbeat sales forecast on…
Software stocks made a comeback on Tuesday after Anthropic hosted its enterprise agents event, where it revealed new partnerships, quelling some investor fears that the sector could be displaced by artificial intelligence. The AI startup launched new updates to Claude Cowork that allow companies to integrate the productivity tool into a host of enterprise apps,…
CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, which rocked Wall Street last month, is getting a wider release. The artificial intelligence startup launched a series of connectors and plugins for the knowledge…