Norway’s Sovereign Fund Posts $185 Billion Gain, CEO Warns of Harder Times
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, earned $185 billion in the first half of 2026, a gain driven heavily by its holdings in semiconductor companies, CNBC…
Anthropic’s Amodei Courts Wary Investors Ahead of a Possible IPO
Dario Amodei has spent years describing artificial intelligence in the language of civilization, science and God. In private meetings with prospective investors this summer, the Anthropic chief executive has been…
Sequoia’s New Stewards Raise $10 Billion and Call the Market a White Swan
Alfred Lin and Pat Grady have run Sequoia Capital for less than a year. They have already raised more money than any leadership team in the firm’s 54-year history. Sequoia…
xAI Cofounder’s River AI Raises $1.1 Billion With Nvidia and AMD on Board
Igor Babuschkin left Elon Musk’s xAI to build a company of his own. On Monday, investors lined up to pay for it. River AI, the startup founded by the xAI…
Nvidia’s Credit Risk Gauge Eases After Financing Plan Gets a Clarification
The price of protecting against an Nvidia default eased on Monday, a day after the company said it would limit its exposure to a $500 billion plan to finance artificial-intelligence…
Temasek Weighs First Korean Equity Bet, Targeting Samsung and SK Hynix
Singapore’s Temasek is considering its first direct foray into Korean stocks, and it has set its sights on the country’s two memory-chip giants. The sovereign fund has been weighing investments…
OpenAI’s No. 2 Executive Departs as IPO Preparations Accelerate
Brad Lightcap, the chief operating officer who built OpenAI’s commercial engine, is leaving the company to start a venture of his own. The New York Times reported the departure Monday…
TSMC Approves $29.4 Billion Budget and Teams With Sony on Image Sensors
The board meeting was routine. The numbers it approved were not. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. signed off on a $29.4 billion capital budget Monday and confirmed a joint venture with…
Intel’s $20 Billion Share Sale Draws More Than $100 Billion in Orders
Intel’s bankers did not have a quiet week. The company’s $20 billion stock offering closed Tuesday with institutional orders topping $100 billion, a wave of demand that left the deal…
Samsung SDI Buys Out GM’s Battery Plant and Pivots It to Storage
The plant was built for the electric-vehicle boom. It will spend its early years making batteries for storage instead. Samsung SDI said Monday it will acquire General Motors’ stake in…
