Microsoft says cloud AI demand exceeds supply despite spending surge

Microsoft says cloud AI demand exceeds supply despite spending surge

Amy Hood, chief financial officer at Microsoft, speaks during a presentation on affordable housing in Bellevue, Washington, on Jan. 17, 2019. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft is increasing spending at a rate not seen since at least 2016. It still might not be enough. In its earnings report on Thursday, Microsoft said … Read more

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet tempers worries that it’s falling behind in AI in Q1 results

Alphabet went into its earnings report on Thursday facing concerns about the growth of its core Google ads business and the company’s ability to generate profits from its hefty investments in artificial intelligence. For the time being at least, the company put Wall Street’s fears to rest. Alphabet topped analysts’ estimates, reporting revenue growth of … Read more

(RBRK) starts trading on New York Stock Exchange

(RBRK) starts trading on New York Stock Exchange

Bipul Sinha, CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder of Rubrik Inc., the Microsoft backed cybersecurity software startup, rings the opening bell during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Data management software maker Rubrik jumped in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, … Read more

Microsoft (MSFT) Q3 earnings 2024

Microsoft (MSFT) Q3 earnings 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court in Washington on Oct. 2, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will report financial results for its fiscal third quarter after the market close on Thursday. Here is what analysts are looking for, according to LSEG: Earnings per share: $2.82 expected Revenue: $60.80 billion … Read more

Alphabet set to report first-quarter results after market close

Alphabet set to report first-quarter results after market close

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Alphabet will report first-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here is what analysts are expecting. Earnings per share: $1.51, according to LSEG. Revenue: $78.59 billion, according to LSEG. YouTube … Read more

Dow drops 600 points on inflation, growth concerns: Live updates

Dow drops 600 points on inflation, growth concerns: Live updates

Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Stocks fell sharply Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data showed a sharp slowdown in growth and pointed to persistent inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 631 points, or 1.7%, weighed down by sharp declines … Read more

Rubrik prices IPO at $32 per share, above expected range

Rubrik prices IPO at  per share, above expected range

Bipul Sinha, co-founder and CEO of data security software company Rubrik. Sinha previously backed cloud management company Nutanix. Greylock Partners Rubrik, a data management software company backed by Microsoft, priced its IPO at $32 a share, according to a person familiar with the matter. That’s above its expected range. The 10-year-old company had planned to … Read more

Elon Musk is keeping investors’ dreams of a Tesla robotaxi alive

Elon Musk is keeping investors’ dreams of a Tesla robotaxi alive

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured during a visit at the company’s electric car plant in Gruenheide near Berlin, eastern Germany, on March 13, 2024, as employees resumed work after production had to be halted due to a suspected arson attack that caused a power outage.  Odd Andersen | AFP | Getty Images By just … Read more

HashiCorp shares spike on report that IBM is in talks to buy company

HashiCorp shares spike on report that IBM is in talks to buy company

HashiCorp at the Nasdaq MarketSite on Dec. 9, 2021. Source: Nasdaq HashiCorp shares jumped as much as 26% on Tuesday following a media report claiming IBM was in talks to acquire the cloud software maker. Developers use HashiCorp’s software to set up and manage infrastructure in public clouds that companies such as Amazon and Microsoft … Read more

Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of ‘new operating reality’

Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of ‘new operating reality’

Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, speaks during the US Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.  Julia Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wearing a hoodie with the words “We use Math” on the front, Google search boss Prabhakar Raghavan had an important message for employees … Read more