
Travis Kalanick raises $1.7B for Atoms, with Uber and a16z backing his robotics return
Kalanick, the Uber founder forced out in 2017, is back with $1.7 billion for industrial AI and robotics.

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Kalanick, the Uber founder forced out in 2017, is back with $1.7 billion for industrial AI and robotics.

A trans-Atlantic regulatory fight just got more expensive. Here is what the $1 billion penalty signals for tech platform risk.

The AI compute arms race gets real hardware commitments, with the first gigawatt scheduled for 2027.

Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai frames AI spending as already paying off, with search and cloud strength doing the heavy lifting.

A $40 billion threat is pushing the standards debate from scattered labs to something buyers can actually enforce.

Tesla’s call-out for Micron comes alongside a massive $55 billion chip-fab bet aimed at loosening memory constraints.
A premium-plan shift is paying off for T-Mobile, and the cash forecast suggests it is not a one-off quarter.

The deal doubles Uber's dual-services footprint and pushes a ride-and-eats bundling play into 50 more markets.

In Friday's Wall Street debut, SK Hynix turns AI RAM demand into a $26.5B fundraising moment that rewrites comps.
A failed late-stage heart study triggered a swift market punishment, forcing investors and boards to reset timelines and risk.

The chip giant filed for a Nasdaq listing plan that could raise $29.4 billion, instantly reshaping investor expectations.

The satellite and rocket company’s quick $25 billion borrowing move signals how it plans to finance scale after going public.