Open AI Reaches $80 Billion Valuation

In a new financing round, investors are now valuing the artificial intelligence startup at $80 Billion after a recent tender-offer financing round led by Thrive Capital. Investor interests in AI startups and technologies continue to be on the rise.

Open AI recently released a new tool, Sora, whic...

Capital One Agrees To Buy Discover Financial

Credit card giant Capital One agrees to buy rival Discover Financial, potentially creating one of the largest credit card companies by loan volume. Capital One market cap stands at $52 Billion while Discover’s market cap stands at $28 Billion. The new combined entity will be one of the largest...

Diamondback and Endeavor Merge in $26 Billion Deal

Diamondback Energy & Endeavor Energy Resources announced they are merging to form a premier, Permian, pure play oil & gas company, in a deal valued at $26 Billion. The deal involves $8 Billion in cash and 117.3 million shares of Diamondback stock. Post-merger, Diamondback shareholders will o...

Private Equity Chief, David Rubenstein, Buys Baltimore Orioles for $1.7 Billion

Carlyle Group founder and billionaire, David Rubenstein, has reportedly led a buyer group to purchase the Baltimore Orioles for $1.7 Billion. The buyer group reportedly includes David Rubenstein as the lead person, and Iron Man, and Cal Ripken, Jr, amongst others. The group will reportedly own about...

Judge Denies Elon Musk’s $56 Billion Pay Package

In 2018, Tesla’s board approved a pay package for Elon, predicated on him achieving certain milestones for Tesla, which he has attained. However, a Delaware judge recently nullified the $56B pay package, on grounds that the pay is very extravagant and the process to approve the package was fla...

Apple Enters Electric Vehicle Business

Consumer electronics and software giant, Apple, is reportedly planning to start producing electric vehicles (EVs), to directly compete with major EV firms like Tesla and BYD. Apple is targeting 2028 as the year for the release of its first EV.

Why would a corporate giant, known for computers and ...

Wayfair Lays off 1650 People, Especially Remote Staff

Online home furnishings seller, Wayfair, is reportedly cutting 1,650 jobs, or about 13% of its workforce, targeting mostly those who were working remotely. The subtle message here from the company is that remote work is not encouraged.  ...

E-commerce Giant, eBay Laying Off

E-commerce giant, eBay, announced it is laying off 1,000 staffs, which is about 9% of its workforce. eBay intends to scale back on OPEX as revenues have declined post pandemic due to decreased consumer spending. This follows similar job cuts from other tech firms, including Google, Amazon, Tiktok, &...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs Trade $4.7 Billion On 1st Day

Just one day after the SEC approved the trading of spot bitcoin ETFs on most US exchanges, spot Bitcoin ETFs did $4.7 Billion on its first day of trading. This is remarkable, as it shows strong institutional interests in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a new and viable asset class. The spot bitcoin ...

Chesapeake To Acquire Southwestern Energy in $7.4 Billion Deal

Chesapeake Energy has announced that it’ll be acquiring Southwestern Energy Co. in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $7.4 billion. Chesapeake is paying $6.69 per Southwestern share and Southwestern shareholders will receive 0.086 shares of Chesapeake stock for each Southwestern share. ...

The SEC Finally Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs.

After months of speculation, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) has approved its first-ever spot Bitcoin ETF application. 11 applications were approved from asset managers, including BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Bitwise, VanEck, Valkyrie, Invesco, WisdomTree, Franklin Templeton, H...

BlackRock is Laying Off

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager and investment company with Assets Under Management (AUM) in excess of $9 trillion is reportedly laying off some 600 of its employees, about 3% of its workforce. It’s CEO, Larry Fink ascribed the cuts to changes in new technology affecting ind...

Volkswagen Now Using ChatGPT

German car manufacturer, Volkswagen, will be incorporating ChatGPT into its car’s voice assistant, enabling drivers to have more hands-off interactions with their cars while driving. With the end goal being to create an overall enriching experience for drivers while on the road....

Ai-based Search Engine, Perplexity.ai Raises $74 Million

Perplexity.ai, an Ai-based search engine startup recently raised $74 Million from prominent investors, including Jeff Bezos, at a valuation of $0.5 Billion. The less than 2-year old startup is based in Silicon Valley and intends to compete with Google search. Being able to get direct answers to your...

APA Corp. Buys Callon in $4.5B Deal.

Apache has agreed to buy Callon Petroleum in a deal valued at $4.5 Billion. The all-stock acquisition involves 120,000 acres in New Mexico & West Texas and 500K boepd incremental production to APA.

This comes shortly after Occidental recently acquired CrownRock for $12 Billion and ExxonMobil...