Martin Peers

AI cloud firm Nebius’ revenues rocketed 684% to $399 million in the first quarter, the company reported Wednesday morning, reflecting the explosion of demand for AI neoclouds’ computing capacity.But Nebius, like fellow neocloud CoreWeave, is burning cash. Its capital expenditures jumped to $2.472 billion from $544 million a year ago, while cash from operations was $2.258 billion. Nebius has

Remember Bard? It was the original name of Google’s AI chatbot, but the Gemini brand long ago replaced it. Just as you’ve likely forgotten that history, you’re not likely to remember Rufus in 12 months’ time, either. Rufus, the name of Amazon’s AI-powered shopping chatbot, got tossed on ...

AI chip designer Cerebras Systems priced its initial public offering at $185 a share Wednesday night, well above its initial expectation of between $115 and $125. The IPO price values Cerebras at $56 billion taking into account all outstanding options and warrants.Cerebras sold 30 million shares in the offering, up slightly from the 28 million originally planned, and underwriters have an

This should be an action-packed week in tech news, what with Nvidia’s first-quarter earnings, Google’s annual I/O developer conference and Meta Platforms’ scheduled layoffs of 8,000 employees. But it is Elon Musk who has the biggest week coming up.For one thing, the first test launch of SpaceX’s ...

Uber lifted its stake in Germany-based food delivery firm Delivery Hero to 19.5%, with options to go to 25%, a sign the ride-hailing and delivery firm may be contemplating expanding further in Europe. Uber told a German regulator it “currently…has no intent” of buying more than 30% of Delivery Hero’s shares.The investment cost Uber about $1.8 billion. Uber had spent $300 million to buy a

Elon Musk’s big week isn’t starting out too well. Firstly, the all-important test launch of Starship got delayed by a day. Meanwhile, news broke that a worker died on Friday at SpaceX’s Starbase complex in Texas, where the rocket will launch.Separately, Musk on Monday lost the lawsuit against ...

If you pay attention to one thing in AI this week, it should be Google’s I/O presentation on Tuesday. The tech giant unveiled a bunch of AI tools, most significantly the addition of new AI features such as agents to Google Search. Any distinction that existed between Google’s Gemini AI chatbot ...

Nvidia, wow. The AI chip giant did it again, delivering better than projected 85% revenue growth for its April quarter, the first in its 2027 fiscal year. Even better, Nvidia forecast 95% growth for the second quarter. Its fiscal 2027 is shaping up to be a firecracker, with sharply faster growth ...

If SpaceX pulls off what is widely described in the news media as the “largest IPO in history” next month, it will be a testament to Elon Musk’s skills as a salesman. The company’s newly public IPO prospectus makes it plain that SpaceX is largely a telecom firm with a rocket launch business on ...

As we return from the long weekend, we’re preparing for a resumption this week of one of tech’s big debates: whether AI is killing enterprise software. Salesforce, Snowflake and Asana are each reporting earnings for the first fiscal quarter in the next few days, providing us with an update on ...