OpenAI recruits over 100 former Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan bankers at $150/hour for Project Mercury, training AI models to automate entry-level investment banking tasks like cash-flow analysis and pitchbook creation, potentially revolutionizing Wall Street's traditional apprenticeship system.
Anthropic integrates Claude AI directly into Microsoft Excel with a sidebar interface that reads, modifies, and creates spreadsheets, delivering 5x faster business reviews and 90% data accuracy for major financial institutions during beta testing.
Perplexity AI's valuation skyrockets from $14 billion to $50 billion in months as the search startup raises funding rounds monthly instead of annually, generating $150 million in revenue while making a stunning $34.5 billion bid for Google Chrome amid fears of an AI investment bubble with 100x revenue multiples.
Apple crushes Q4 earnings with $102.47 billion revenue and $1.85 EPS, beating estimates as iPhone 17 demand reaches record highs with supply constraints driving expectations for the company's best December quarter ever.
Amazon surpasses Q3 earnings expectations with $1.95 per share and $180.17 billion revenue while AWS cloud division accelerates growth to 20.2%, prompting the company to boost 2025 capital spending to $125 billion even as it cuts 14,000 corporate jobs to streamline operations.
Alphabet shares rocket 5% to record highs as Q3 revenue soars to $102.4 billion, driven by Google Cloud's explosive 34% growth to $15.2 billion amid surging AI demand that's pushing the tech giant to raise capital spending guidance to $92 billion for massive data center expansion.
Corporate travel company Navan crashes 20% in its Nasdaq debut despite raising $6.2 billion in its IPO, even as the firm boasts $613 million in revenue and major clients like Zoom and OpenAI.
Alphabet shatters records with $102.35 billion quarterly revenue, marking the first time the tech giant crosses $100 billion while Google Cloud surges 35% to $15.15 billion amid explosive AI demand, prompting the company to boost 2025 infrastructure spending to up to $93 billion.
Microsoft crushes Q1 earnings with $77.67 billion revenue and 40% Azure growth, but stock tumbles 4% as company forecasts accelerated capital spending and absorbs a massive $3.1 billion OpenAI investment hit despite maintaining its $135 billion stake in the AI giant.
Meta shares crash 9% despite crushing earnings expectations as the tech giant absorbs a massive $15.9 billion tax hit from Trump's new tax legislation while simultaneously ramping up AI spending with capital expenditures jumping to $70-72 billion for 2025.