Samantha Subin

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Workday skyrockets 20% before trading halted on report of Silver Lake takeover - CNBC

Business August 14, 2026

Workday shares popped nearly 18% for their best day since 2016 on a report that private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to buy the human resources software maker. Shares were halted multiple tiοΏ½...

Databricks wraps $5 billion funding round at $190 billion valuation - CNBC

Business August 14, 2026

Databricks on Thursday said it closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation to invest in enterprise AI capabilities. The company said that it crossed $7 billion in revenue run rate οΏ½...

Hugging Face hack marks start of dangerous AI cyber era and many firms 'don't even know it' - CNBC

Business August 9, 2026

Cybersecurity executives are ready to close the book on the now-infamous Hugging Faceartificial intelligence hacking incident and start talking solutions. "We need to chill the hype a little bit," sοΏ½...

OpenAI's Hugging Face hack confirmed months of AI cyber warnings: 'Pandora's box is open' - CNBC

Business August 2, 2026

For months, cybersecurity leaders warned that artificial intelligence would reshape the threat landscape, compressing weeks- and dayslong cyberattacks into a matter of minutes. Until last week, thoοΏ½...

SpaceX stock sinks below $135 IPO price for the first time - CNBC

Business July 16, 2026

SpaceX shares fell for a fourth-straight session on Wednesday, dropping below their $135 initial public offering price for the first time, about a week after joining the Nasdaq-100. Shares have whipοΏ½...

Palantir's Karp bashes OpenAI, Anthropic token model: 'Something has gone completely wrong' - CNBC

Business July 2, 2026

Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday criticized the token model used by U.S. artificial intelligence labs Anthropic and OpenAI as costs skyrocket. "I'm not throwing shade at them, but something has οΏ½...

ON Semi tanks 24% following Synaptics deal as CEO defends core business - CNBC

Business June 28, 2026

ON Semiconductor CEO Hassane El-Khoury defended the company's core business, and shares notched their worst day since March 2020, after the sensing solutions company announced its largest acquisitionοΏ½...

ON Semiconductor strikes $7 billion deal for Synaptics in physical AI push - CNBC

Business June 27, 2026

ON Semiconductor has agreed to buy Synaptics in a nearly $7 billion all-stock deal to bolster its push into physical artificial intelligence technology. The Arizona-based company said the deal will οΏ½...

D-Wave Quantum shares soar 20% as company releases latest computing system - CNBC

Business May 21, 2025

D-Wave Quantum's latest quantum computing system has hit the market, the company said Tuesday. The company's shares popped 30%. The quantum computer, known as Advantage2, marks its sixth iteration aοΏ½...