Events Newsletters

About Speakers Bureau Careers Podcast

Privacy© 2024 Semafor Inc.

D.C.
BXL
Lagos
Riyadh
Beijing
SG

Events Newsletters

D.C.
BXL
Lagos

Riyadh
Beijing
SG

IntelligentTransparentGlobal

Semafor technology

Alphabet’s strong third quarter earnings underscore AI-powered growth

Google’s parent company saw higher-than-anticipated earnings for its cloud business, which is essential to the development of AI.

Mike Blake/Reuters

US likely to pressure EU for more curbs on China exports, ASML says

The US has been strong-arming allies into imposing curbs on AI exports to China as the two superpowers compete for primacy.

Workers are seen in front of a “High NA EUV” lithography system at an Intel facility in Hillsboro, Oregon

Artificial intelligence will ‘revolutionize’ pharma industry, Nvidia says

Chip giant Nvidia has developed a supercomputer for Danish pharma company Novo Nordisk, the maker of blockbuster weight loss drug Ozempic.

CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang and director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen

Former European Parliament member and tech critic talks AI, the politics of big tech

Marietje Schaake, now a fellow at Stanford, is the author of The Tech Coup, a scathing critique of the tech industry’s concentration of financial and political power.

Marietje Schaake

Exclusive: NASA head says report of Elon Musk talking to Putin should be investigated

NASA head Bill Nelson told Semafor that alleged calls between Russian President Vladimir Putin and billionaire Elon Musk are “concerning” if true.

Bill Nelson

Nvidia CEO says India should focus on exporting AI rather than chips

Global tech firms have been racing to build chip manufacturing facilities in India as a way to compete with Taiwan’s dominance in the sector.

Jensen Huang.

Biden orders agencies to harness advanced AI

The national security memorandum directs the government to ensure the US leads global development of safe, secure AI.

Tesla says Cybertruck reached profitability as quarterly earnings beat estimates

The electric vehicle maker reported its Cybertruck had reached profitability for the first time.

Return of the Jedi

How the hardball tactics of the $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing project never stopped, years after the whole thing crumbled.

AI firms need to address security, open-source concerns: G42 exec

Industry leaders from Gulf-based G42, IBM, and BNY joined Semafor at an event focused on the Gulf’s role in emerging technology.

Disappointing numbers for semiconductor giant ASML bring scrutiny to chip industry

A leaked earnings report showed Europe’s biggest tech company had to revise its financial guidance for 2025.

Big names in tech invest in AI search visualization company Tako

Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz and AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant are among those plowing money into the startup.

African crypto startup Yellow Card raises $33 million in new funding

Already in 20 countries on the continent, the latest financial support will help it expand to other places like Morocco and Kenya.

Google turns to nuclear energy to power AI data centers

The tech giant signed a deal with Kairos Power, which will provide it with its first small nuclear reactor by 2030.

Matthew Segal on how ATTN will be the ‘HBO of short-form’

A Q&A with the head of the short-form video company.

Microsoft Azure CTO: US data centers will soon hit size limits

As data centers grow in size, connecting multiple sites for a single training run may soon be necessary.

Vinod Khosla on OpenAI, national security and AI’s climate impact

Khosla says the next wave of technology, driven by generative AI, may have the biggest impact on humanity yet.

US weighs breaking up Google, a move that could transform tech

The Justice Department may ask a federal court to force the tech giant to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system.