Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Articles by Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Nvidia's investments grow to $99 billion as chip giant becomes major backer of AI companies - cnbc.com

Business September 5, 2026

Nvidia has become one of the world's largest corporate backers of tech companies as the value of its equity investments soared more than tenfold in the past year to $99 billion, with the chip giant iοΏ½...

Why Nvidia's 'defensive move' to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips - cnbc.com

Business September 5, 2026

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribeΒ here. Yesterday, Nvidia confirmed what we all already knew.Β  The company is planning to acquire H...

China is gaining ground in AI. But the U.S. still has a major advantage - CNBC

Business August 8, 2026

This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribeΒ here. Earlier this week, ClΓ©ment Delangue, the CEO of startup Hugging Face which was recently on t...

Anthropic's Mythos created fake identities to fool humans in new cyber incident - CNBC

Business August 6, 2026

Anthropic's Mythos model created fake online identities as it looked to pressure humans into approving malicious code updates to an open source project, marking yet another cyber incident carried outοΏ½...

Anthropic, OpenAI among firms facing new scrutiny under EU AI Act enforcement powers - CNBC

Business August 4, 2026

The European Union gained new powers to inspect AI models, restrict EU market access and fine model providers, raising the stakes for U.S. companies like Anthropic and OpenAI and Google. Under the pοΏ½...

Trump's push for American-made AI chips hits TSMC's margins - CNBC

Business July 23, 2026

Pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture advanced semiconductors in the U.S. is increasing costs and squeezing marginsat TSMC, the world's leading chipmaker. Following Trump's return to οΏ½...

Lawmakers probe growing use of Chinese AI models in U.S. companies - CNBC

Business July 9, 2026

U.S. lawmakers are considering how to curb the growing adoption of Chinese AI models by homegrown companies, as geopolitical tensions surrounding the rollout of artificial intelligence ramp up. AI οΏ½...

Chinese AI models are gaining ground with U.S. companies as OpenAI, Anthropic costs surge - CNBC

Business July 8, 2026

Chinese-built AI models are gaining traction among U.S. companies as they narrow the performance gap with leading American rivals while remaining significantly cheaper to use. Recent model releases οΏ½...

Former Google DeepMind researcher's AI startup raises record $1.1 billion seed funding to pursue superintelligence - CNBC

Business April 28, 2026

A former top researcher at Google AI division DeepMind announced Monday a record $1.1 billion seed round for his months-old startup, Ineffable Intelligence. The startup is pursuing superintelligencοΏ½...

OpenAI halts UK stargate project amid regulatory and energy price concerns - CNBC

Business April 10, 2026

OpenAI's Stargate project in the U.K. is being paused, with the company pointing towards the cost of energy and the country's regulatory environment. The U.S. AI startup announced plans for the majοΏ½...