Meta loses two execs overseeing the company's largest markets and key advertising verticals
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Why Tesla is at a tipping point
Tesla has had a tumultuous few weeks, and the company is at a tipping point.
Inside Nvidia's annual developer festival, where AI meets Denny's pancakes and Taiwan-style night markets
Nvidia's packed San Jose conference starred Jensen Huang at breakfast. Merch, lines, and robots were everywhere.
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What Google bosses are telling staff about its big $32 billion Wiz deal
Top executives at Google highlight the $32 billion Wiz acquisition, the company's largest deal ever, amid a critical time for AI and cybersecurity.
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Microsoft is replacing its chief people officer as it rethinks performance reviews. Read CEO Satya Nadella's email.
The change has come after nearly 2,000 employees deemed low-performers were fired by Microsoft in January and February.
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Tech employees are getting the message: Playtime's over
The tables have turned for tech employees as performance pressure and proclamations of "efficiency" and "intensity" replace perks and pampering.
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Amazon employees are warning customers about DeepSeek privacy concerns — and pushing Amazon's own AI instead
DeepSeek's impact has rippled across Amazon product updates, sales pitches, and development efforts, according to internal documents and sources.
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Google shook up its Cloud sales strategy unit, internal memo reveals
An internal memo reveals Google Cloud's strategy overhaul, including team consolidation to increase sales productivity.
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The AI data center boom will create new jobs. Most won't be at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or Meta.
Data centers contributed 4.7 million jobs to the US economy between 2017 and 2023, a PwC study found. Most of them aren't direct tech jobs.
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Amazon VP who oversaw flagship AI product is leaving after a big shake-up
Amazon's AI shake-up sees VP Baskar Sridharan leave, as AWS consolidates Bedrock team and forms a new Agentic AI unit
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A top Amazon tech exec emailed its CEO: Don't buy the hype about Microsoft's 'breakthrough'
Amazon executives and employees have been frustrated by Microsoft's recent quantum claims, questioning the true significance of its new chip.
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Broadcom just proved Nvidia will be looking over its shoulder for a while longer
Broadcom's custom AI chips appeal to cloud companies as a cheaper option for high-volume AI work.
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Amazon is spending $100 billion on data centers this year. Energy firm GE Vernova will help power a slice of it.
The companies have signed a strategic agreement to help power Amazon's rapidly growing fleet of data centers.
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Amazon is working on a new 'reasoning' AI model that competes with OpenAI and Anthropic
The move will put the cloud-computing giant in closer competition with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Amazon's investments in Anthropic are now worth a cool $14 billion
Amazon initially backed Anthropic in 2023. The move has reaped huge rewards for the cloud giant.
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In the biggest market for data centers, Big Tech flashes cash and influence
A Big Tech and private equity-backed data center group donated $165,500 to Virginia lawmakers.
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Amazon makes Zoom the 'standard' app for internal meetings and starts using Microsoft 365 tools, internal memo shows
Amazon transitions to Zoom for internal meetings, replacing Chime, and begins integrating Microsoft 365 tools, according to an internal memo.
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Amazon CEO says cloud business would have grown faster if it had more AI chips, power, and server components
AWS's growth is slowed by AI chip shortages and server constraints, CEO Andy Jassy said, as the company plans significant capital investment.
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An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
Developers for Powerconnex have notified Ohio regulators of plans to build a 120 MW natural gas plant to power a data center next door.
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Exxon Mobil CEO says natural gas can meet surging data center demand on a faster timeline than nuclear power
Exxon Mobil is building a natural gas power plant and implementing carbon capture technology to power AI data centers.
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Microsoft's performance-based job cuts begin, termination letters show: Ousted workers lose healthcare, and some say they get no severance
The termination letters say healthcare benefits will stop immediately.
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Microsoft CEO tries to assure investors DeepSeek is good for business as scrutiny of AI spending mounts
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's model led to increased scrutiny on Microsoft's AI spending.
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Microsoft CFO tells employees in an internal memo to 'focus' amid AI news like DeepSeek and Stargate
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood had a message for Microsoft employees amid the DeepSeek and Stargate news, internal memo shows.
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Big AWS customers, including Stripe and Toyota, are hounding the cloud giant for access to DeepSeek AI models
Many Amazon cloud clients want to test and evaluate DeepSeek's AI capabilities, according to an internal AWS document obtained by BI.
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An on-site natural gas plant will help power Stargate's first data center, public filings show
Developers for Stargate, the $500B AI infrastructure project by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, will establish a natural gas plant in Abilene, Texas.
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Stargate's first data center is underway in Texas. Public filings show how much it will cost to build.
Stargate's first data center campus in Texas, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, could cost an estimated $1.1 billion.
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Amazon resumes new US green-card applications for foreign workers, leaked memo shows
Amazon planned to resume US green-card applications for foreign workers on January 6, a leaked memo said.
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Amazon has a new way of checking whether employees are really coming into the office five days a week
The company has told most employees to work in the office five days a week, starting in January.
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Amazon's full RTO is off to a bumpy start. Some staff complain of a lack of space and theft. And they're still on video chats.
In January, Amazon required most employees to start working from an office five days a week. The transition has not been smooth for some.
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Microsoft lays off employees in security, experiences and devices, sales, and gaming — separate from performance cuts
The layoffs are separate from cuts targeting underperforming employees across the company, a spokesperson confirmed.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has a new 'shadow' advisor. It's one of the most prized roles inside the company.
This time, the CEO picked a 17-year AWS veteran who has experience with business applications.
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Microsoft forms new AI group under former Facebook head of engineering Jay Parikh
The Core AI group, run by Jay Parikh, will focus on AI, and AI agents in particular. Satya Nadella sees this technology as transforming applications.
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Internal Microsoft document shows one way managers decide which employees they can't afford to lose — and it's all about AI
The AI-talent wars are raging. An updated Microsoft document gives some managers a new way to keep AI experts at the company.
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Leaked AWS org chart: These 11 executives are helping Matt Garman take on the AI competition
Garman took the top job at the cloud giant in June. He's made some changes since then, including hiring a new chief marketing officer.
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Microsoft is planning job cuts and focusing more on underperforming employees
The moves are part of a broader change in Microsoft's approach, which includes taking a harder look at low performers, sources told BI.
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Internal Amazon list shows more than 40 office locations where its 5-day RTO plan is delayed
An internal Amazon list viewed by Business Insider shows the locations where employees are being asked to work from offices only three days a week.
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Larry Ellison's career spans software, Hollywood, and yacht racing. Here's how it all began — and how he's making his fortune now.
Meet Larry Ellison, Oracle's CTO and cofounder who's amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune and whose son will be the new chief at Paramount.
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Internal document: AWS has planned lower spending on ZT Systems, a data-center-gear maker being acquired by AMD
AWS is designing more hardware in-house as it looks for opportunities to enhance data-center efficiency and reduce costs.
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These are the top executives who joined, left, or moved within Google in 2024
Google's 2024 was all about AI. It was also a big year for shuffling in the executive ranks.
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The fabulous life of Michael Dell, the $122 billion tech icon betting big on AI
The Dell Technologies founder and CEO is a true believer in AI who also enjoys private planes, fancy cars, and summer homes.
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Milan is set to be Europe's next biotech hub, and the city is working hard to attract investors and industry
With a steady supply of STEM talent and a strong ecosystem of startups and investors, Milan is set to be the next center of biotech.
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10 business leaders who spearheaded industry-transforming change in 2024
Learn about business leaders like the WNBA's Cathy Engelbert and Amazon's Mike Hopkins who are innovating in their sectors.
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Meet 21 DC power players who shape federal policy for chip companies like Intel, Nvidia, and TSMC
Business Insider analyzed public lobby disclosures, mapping out the top lobbyists and policy issues for chipmakers.
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AMD downgraded after BI report on weak demand for its AI chips among AWS customers
Bank of America downgraded AMD on Monday, citing competitive risks in the AI market from Nvidia and low demand impacting growth potential.
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Amazon isn't seeing enough demand for AMD's AI chips to offer them via its cloud
AWS has not committed to offer access to AMD's AI chips. That's partly because cloud customers aren't asking for these components.
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Amazon's AI chip executive tells BI why Nvidia is not a competitor, how Anthropic helps, and what AMD needs
Amazon's AI chip strategy focuses on customer choice, not competing directly with Nvidia.
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Why approving time-off requests feels like a chore — and how to fix it
A commissioned Forrester Consulting New Technology TEI study shows how time-off automation earned up to 821% ROI.
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Amazon cloud executives share their latest AI strategies, and why choice matters more than owning the top model
Amazon doesn't have the most powerful AI model. Its cloud business is finding other ways to win.
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Marc Benioff ruptured his Achilles tendon. He doesn't give a 'Fakarava' as Agentforce hope sends Salesforce stock to record.
The CEO was in an upbeat mood on Salesforce's earnings call as AI promise drives the stock up to a record high.
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