(L-R) Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as they arrive for the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Days before a planned IPO …
Morgan Stanley’s office in Canary Wharf financial district on Jan. 30, 2025 in London, UK. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Morgan Stanley will soon open a key wealth management funnel to artificial intelligence agents from thousands of corporations, CNBC has learned exclusively. It’s one of the earliest instances of a major Wall …
Matthias Balk | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Five years ago, venture capitalists were pouring money into American startups selling everything from lingerie subscriptions to scheduling software, anointing them with billion-dollar valuations before most even turned a profit. It was a frothy era for startups, fueled by a combination of cheap money and pandemic-boosted demand. …
The first stage of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, named ”Never Tell Me The Odds,” returns to Port Canaveral, United States, on April 19, 2023. The booster is onboard the drone ship Jacklyn, where it landed after a successful launch. This marks the first time Blue Origin is reusing the same first stage. (Photo by …
As Elon Musk prepares to lead a second trillion-dollar company into the public market, a move that will likely put him in charge of two of the 10 most valuable U.S. enterprises, chatter is building that Musk’s ultimate goal is to combine the entities into one. SpaceX is expected to start trading on the Nasdaq …
A Tesla Cybertruck drives past SpaceX facilities in Hawthorne, California, US, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Ethan Swope | Bloomberg | Getty Images SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket on Friday after a first try was scrubbed due to technical issues a day earlier. A 90-minute launch window opened at 6:30 p.m. ET, and the …
SpaceX’s new Starship V3 rocket is seen docked at the Starbase during the 12th test flight on May 21, 2026 as seen from South Padre Island in Texas. Ronaldo Schemidt | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX is readying for the 12th test flight of its massive Starship rocket on Thursday, a landmark launch ahead of …
Immad Akhund, CEO and co-founder of the startup Mercury. Courtesy: Mercury Technologies Mercury, a fintech firm that provides banking services to startups, has raised $200 million in funding at a $5.2 billion valuation, CNBC has learned exclusively. That valuation is 49% higher than the San Francisco-based company’s previous funding round just 14 months ago, bucking …
A combination photo shows CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (L) on April 28, 2026 and Elon Musk on April 29, 2026 during the trial in Elon Musk’s lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California, U.S. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, …
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images French cybercrime authorities have escalated an investigation of Elon Musk and his social network X to a criminal probe, …