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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50: OpenAI becomes first back-to-back No. 1 companyAI dominates the 12th annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list. CNBC's Julia Boorstin has the details.
Persons: OpenAI, CNBC's Julia Boorstin Organizations: CNBC
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDisruptor #14: Flutterwave CEO breaks down the business of paymentsOlugbenga Agboola, Flutterwave co-founder and CEO, joins 'Money Movers' to discuss how the company's expansion into India is going, the company's efforts to secure money-transferring licenses, and more.
Persons: Olugbenga, Flutterwave Locations: India
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  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
In a sign of how the ties between the deepest players in the field of artificial intelligence and other sectors of the economy are growing, Nvidia just announced a venture investment in Carbon Robotics in May. Carbon Robotics is a pioneer in AI-powered agricultural robotics designed to help farmers cut costs, boost production and improve crop yield. In 2023, Carbon Robotics opened two new facilities: Carbon Robotics North and its Richland, Washington-based laser refurbishing and manufacturing facility, allowing the company to increase production rates — it says demand tripled year over year in 2023. Carbon Robotics has also added seven European languages to the LaserWeeder's iPad operator app. To continue its growth, Carbon Robotics raised $43 million in new capital in 2023, just over half of the $80 million it has raised since its founding.
Persons: it's, Paul Mikesell Organizations: Monsanto, Syngenta, BASF, Nvidia, Carbon Robotics, NBC, Deere, Robotics, AndNowUKnow, Stout Industrial Technology, Bear Flag Robotics, Technology Locations: Richland , Washington, Europe, Australia
Persephone KavallinesIt's a first for the annual CNBC Disruptor 50 list: a company landing at No. Perhaps no surprise, that company is OpenAI. More than any other startup in the 12-year history of the Disruptor 50 list, OpenAI's disruptive impact and potential is unparalleled. In fact, 34 of this year's Disruptor 50 companies describe AI as critically important to more than half of their revenue. Thirteen say that it is generative AI, specifically, that is critically important to the majority of sales.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email2024 CNBC Disruptor 50: Cityblock CEO breaks down the business of health careCNBC’s Julia Boorstin with Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Cityblock CEO, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss bridging the gap of members health care needs.
Persons: Julia Boorstin, Toyin Organizations: CNBC
Look at what's happening in Ukraine. Look at what's happening in the Middle East. Drones have changed modern warfare, public safety, and homeland security forever," Dedrone CEO Aaditya Devarakonda told CNBC on May 6, 2024, the day his startup was acquired by public safety company Axon. Public safety technology company Axon announced Monday that it is acquiring drone defense startup Dedrone. "And you can see what's happening around the world.
Persons: Aaditya Devarakonda, Dedrone, Rick Smith, CNBC's Morgan Brennan, Smith Organizations: Armed Forces, Ukraine, CNBC Locations: Lviv, Ukraine
Katie SchoolovThrasio, the top aggregator of Amazon third-party sellers, is losing its CEO and five other senior executives, months after the former highflier filed for bankruptcy. Greg Greeley, Thrasio's CEO, informed staff on Tuesday that he plans to resign, according to an internal memo viewed by CNBC. Thrasio filed for bankruptcy in February and said it had agreed with lenders to restructure some of its debt load. Alongside the C-suite shakeup, Thrasio is also laying off "employees at every level," according to the memo. They're also inquiring about officers and directors involved in over $300 million in company stock sales "that has given rise to allegations of fraud."
Persons: Prosper, Katie Schoolov Thrasio, Greg Greeley, Josh Burke, Stephanie Fox, Greeley, Thrasio, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, They're, Josh Silberstein Organizations: Amazon, CNBC, Finance, BlackRock, JPMorgan, CNBC's, U.S . Customs, Border Protection, GXO Logistics, Walmart Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S
Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it's eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of growth. The San Francisco-based startup designs, builds and operates autonomous delivery drones, working with clients that range from more than 4,700 hospitals including the Cleveland Clinic to major brands such as Walmart and GNC. The company said its zero-emission drones have now flown more than 70 million autonomous commercial miles across four continents and delivered more than 10 million products. The push into restaurant partnerships marks an "obvious transition" he said, due to the continuing growth in interest in instant food delivery. Zipline deliveries for some Panera locations in Seattle are expected to begin next year, the Panera franchisee's chief operating officer Ron Bellamy told CNBC.
Persons: It's, Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Rinaudo Cliffton, Ron Bellamy, I'm, Bellamy Organizations: Cleveland Clinic, Walmart, Sequoia Capital, a16z, Google Ventures, CNBC, Memorial Hermann Health Locations: San Francisco, Ghana, Seattle, Houston, Detroit
Netflix said Thursday it will no longer report quarterly membership numbers and average revenue per membership starting in the first quarter of 2025. It's also a signal Netflix's second wave of subscriber growth may be ending. Netflix shares fell 4% in after-hours trading, in part because of a weaker full-year revenue growth outlook than some analysts estimated. Netflix forecast revenue growth of 16% in the second quarter but just 13% to 15% for the full year. "In our early days, when we had little revenue or profit, membership growth was a strong indicator of our future potential," Netflix said in its shareholder letter.
Persons: It's, haven't, Greg Peters Organizations: Netflix, ARM, Apple, Warner Bros, Disney, Paramount Global, Comcast, CNBC Locations: U.S
The Harvard professor's research is bankrolled by tech tycoons "pissed off" at academia's dogma. But this boundary-pushing is exactly why he's backed Loeb's research. AdvertisementDesch, the astrophysicist from Arizona University, posted a critique of Loeb's work on arXiv alleging "multiple fatal flaws with the manuscript's arguments." Asked whether he no longer believes in a possible technological origin for the meteor, Loeb said they need to investigate further. As he plans more extravagant expeditions to prove the origin of the interstellar meteor, Loeb likens his critics to crows pecking at the neck of an eagle.
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AI is emerging “as a great disruptor in the world of work,” Denis Machuel, chief executive of Adecco Group, said in a statement. Some 46% of executives said they would redeploy employees internally if their jobs were impacted by AI. Responses from more than 800 global companies showed that a quarter of them expected AI to cause job losses, while half thought the technology would create new jobs. The WEF said employers expected most technologies, including AI, to be “a net positive” for jobs over the following five years. Still, that offers little consolation to the workers AI has already helped push out.
Persons: ” Denis Machuel, Goldman Sachs Organizations: London CNN, Adecco Group, Oxford, Adecco, World Locations: Swiss, United States, Canada, Germany, Japan
Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina has played a key role in stabilizing Russia's sanctions-hit economy. It's also aimed at the woman behind him: Elvira Nabiullina, the country's central bank governor, who plays a chief role in keeping Russia's wartime economy ticking. At the time, she was the first woman to lead a Group of Eight, or G8, central bank. In 2015, Euromoney, a finance trade publication, named Nabiullina Central Bank Governor of the Year. In December, she issued a warning that Russia's economy was at risk of overheating.
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He was able to scale the business to more than $600,000 in revenue by 2018, when he graduated from high school. Before the internet, starting a business was a serious hassle. The problem wasn't that people weren't interested in starting a business: A 2016 EY study found that 62% of 18- to 34-year-olds had toyed with venturing into business ownership. That has made starting a business all the more appealing — and affordable — for prospective entrepreneurs. And with the plethora of digital tools we have today, starting a business is more accessible than ever.
Persons: Luke Lintz, Lintz, Bernhard Schroeder, Schroeder, Gen Zers, , Martin Warner, Warner, GoDaddy, HighKey, Nicki Minaj, Kevin Hart, Khloé Kardashian, Tom Peters, Peters, " Schroeder, ZenBusiness, Gen, Zers, he'd Organizations: Apple, Shipping, Lavin Entrepreneurship, San Diego State University, Entrepreneurship, Dynamics Statistics, Business, Fast Company, Small Business Administration Locations: North America, China
Einride plans to open many EV charging stations for freight trucking on the West and East coasts, though California is the only state in which there are any EV freight charging stations of scale today. Voltera, which develops, owns and operates EV infrastructure, said the site was permitted, built, electrified and operational in under 18 months. "In the world of charging infrastructure, that's pretty remarkable," its CEO Matt Horton said in a statement. One of the first EV charging stations of scale for freight trucks is opening near the major ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, as the trucking market takes some limited, but significant steps to build the infrastructure required for a long-term transition to EV trucking and net-zero shipping. Additional EV charging projects at ports in New York and New Jersey, as well as the Pacific Northwest, are planned.
Persons: NFI, Matt Horton, Robert Falck, Einride, Moller, Erik Neandross, , Neandross Organizations: EV, West, Volvo, Southern California Edison, Maersk, CNBC, Pepsi, Walmart, U.S, California Air Resources Board, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Locations: East, California, Lynwood, America, Southern California, Ontario , California, U.S, Sweden, Einride, Los Angeles, Long Beach , California, Government, New York, New Jersey, Pacific Northwest, Shanghai, Chicago
Disney is at war with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who's seeking two board seats. The media giant deployed Pinocchio in an investor presentation to accuse Peltz of falsehoods. AdvertisementDisney is fending off an activist campaign from billionaire investor Nelson Peltz and his Trian Partners firm. It wants Disney shareholders to vote Peltz and another nominee onto the board, instead of two Disney directors seeking re-election. Peltz filed a letter to Disney shareholders this week titled "Shareholders Can't Afford Another Boom and Bust Sequel."
Persons: Nelson Peltz, Peltz, Disney's, , Trian, Disney, It's, that's, Bob Iger, he's, it's, Trian didn't Organizations: Disney, Service, Trian Partners, SEC, Netflix, Business Locations: Florida
Oura will now sell its smart rings on Amazon , its latest retail expansion as the health and wellness wearable space continues to grow. Starting Thursday, Oura will have its full selection of rings and accessories available to U.S. shoppers on Amazon through its own brand store. The move also comes as Oura faces a new challenge from Samsung in the smart ring category, as well as other wearables adding more health benefits. More than one million Oura rings have been sold to date, according to Oura. As for Samsung's potential entry into a ring, Sweeny said Oura is viewing it "as a positive thing."
Persons: Oura, Doug Sweeny, Sweeny, Fitbit Organizations: Best, Oura, CNBC Disruptor, Samsung, Apple, Garmin, Amazon, Google, Watch Locations: U.S
But the tides have shifted in recent months as investors overlook the $2.6 trillion company for rosier AI opportunities. "Everybody's waiting for Apple to come along," said Max Wasserman, co-founder and senior portfolio manager at Miramar Capital. "Great cash flow, great balance sheet, but they're just not demonstrating that they're going to be the new leader in AI." Apple's AI story Last month, Apple pulled the plug on its decade-long autonomous vehicle project in what many on Wall Street viewed as a move to divert resources toward AI prospects. Another way Apple could satisfy the need for AI progress is through a merger or acquisition of a company with large-scale AI capabilities, Meeks said.
Persons: Max Wasserman, they're, Tim Cook, haven't, CFRA Research's Angelo Zino, Wasserman, That's, Paul Meeks, Miramar's Wasserman, Melius Research's Ben Reitzes, Rosenblatt's Barton Crockett, Meeks, hasn't, Michael Bloom Organizations: Apple, Miramar Capital, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Union, Huawei, Accounting, Portfolio Management, Apple's, Conference Locations: China
Last week, Musk sued OpenAI and co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman for breach of contract and fiduciary duty. "It's certainly a good advertisement for the benefit of Elon Musk," Kevin O'Brien, partner at Ford O'Brien Landy LLP and former assistant U.S. attorney, told CNBC. In the suit, Musk's lawyers say they want OpenAI to return to its work as a research lab and no longer exist for the "financial benefit" of Microsoft. Musk's attorneys didn't respond to a request for comment. Musk has an AI company of his own, X.AI, which introduced a competing chatbot called Grok in November after two months of training.
Persons: Elon Musk, Tesla, Beata Zawrzel, Elon, Musk, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, It's, Kevin O'Brien, Ford O'Brien Landy, I'm, O'Brien, isn't, Shannon Capone Kirk, Ropes & Gray, Chris Ratliffe, Kirk, , X.AI, He's, bigwigs, Andrej Karpathy, Kyle Kosic, OpenAI's, Jason Kwon, Kwon Organizations: Nurphoto, Microsoft, Elon, CNBC, Ropes &, Ropes & Gray LLP, Bloomberg House, Economic, Bloomberg, Getty, The New York Times, SEC, Tesla, X.AI, OpenAI Locations: Krakow, Poland, Davos, Switzerland, OpenAI
Thrasio, an early leader in the big business of Amazon aggregators, had a booth at the popular Prosper Show for Amazon sellers in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 14, 2021. Thrasio, an early leader in aggregating Amazon sellers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New Jersey court Wednesday. Thrasio and other Amazon aggregators raised billions of dollars from investors looking to cash in on the third-party seller rollup craze. Aggregators bought up promising products and storefronts on Amazon, to use their data and operational expertise to turbocharge sales. WATCH: What's behind the big hype and billion-dollar aggregator start-ups buying Amazon seller brands
Persons: Prosper, Thrasio, Greg Greeley, Aggregators, Josh Silberstein, Carlos Cashman Organizations: Amazon, fizzle, CNBC Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, New Jersey, Greeley
A frenzy around AI-adjacent stocks fueled the sector to robust gains: the Nasdaq Composite Index (IXIC) was up 43%, and the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) was up 56%. And yet, in addition to outperforming the broader market, Ivana Delevska’s Spear Alpha ETF (SPRX) managed to smash its peers in the tech sector. The fund was up 88% on the year and beat 99% of similar funds, according to Morningstar data . We were like the only ones buying it at the bottom, it really felt totally abandoned,” Delevska told Business Insider. 3 AI stocks to buyThe first is chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA).
Persons: Ivana Delevska’s, , , ” Delevska, Delevska, they’re Organizations: Nasdaq, Technology, Alpha, Morningstar, Business, Citadel Asset Management, Nvidia, Palo Alto
23andMe considers splitting up company to revive stock price
  + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Shares of 23andMe sank 21% on Thursday, a day after the genetic testing company reported dismal fiscal third-quarter results and discussed splitting itself in two to help juice its stock price. 23andMe reported revenue of $45 million for the quarter, down from the $67 million it reported in the same period last year. The five-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a deal that valued the company at around $3.5 billion. The company has launched additional therapeutics and research businesses, but its share price has tumbled more than 95% from its peak. They lowered their target price for the stock to 85 cents from 90 cents.
Persons: 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, Sergey Brin, Forbes, Joe Selsavage, Selsavage Organizations: TechCrunch, 23andMe, Nasdaq, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, CNBC Disruptor, Citi, CNBC PRO Locations: San Francisco , California, 23andMe
Read previewWho knows what kind of fate would have awaited Uber had Travis Kalanick decided not to relinquish his power in 2017. But instead of crashing, Uber has seemingly defied the odds thanks to Kalanick's successor, Dara Khosrowshahi. Net profit for the year hit $1.9 billion versus an enormous $9.1 billion loss in 2022, which had been inflated by revaluations of Uber's equity investments. Former Uber boss Travis Kalanick. But having been at the helm of online travel business company Expedia for 12 years before moving to Uber, Dara's success appears to come from his pedigree as an operator.
Persons: , Uber, Travis Kalanick, Dara Khosrowshahi, Khosrowshashi, Eric Piermont, Khosrowshahi, SoftBank, Didi Chuxing Organizations: Service, Business, AFP Dara's Locations: Silicon, San Francisco, China
In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDisney CEO Bob Iger on new streaming bundle partnership: I'd rather be a disruptor than be disruptedCNBC's Julia Boorstin sits down with Disney CEO Bob Iger to talk Disney's new sports streaming bundle partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox.
Persons: Bob Iger, Julia Boorstin Organizations: Disney, Warner Bros . Discovery, Fox
Nelson Peltz, founding partner and CEO of Trian Fund Management, speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on July 17, 2013 in New York. Are you not entertained, Nelson Peltz? Both Disney's higher profits, and string of content and partnership announcements, appeared to form a direct rebuttal to Peltz's concerns about the company. It was hard to keep up with Disney's announcements this quarter:ESPN finally set a launch date for its direct-to-consumer service: August or fall of 2025. It's only logical that the mountain of announcements came this quarter, given activist pressure from Trian and Blackwells Capital.
Persons: Nelson Peltz, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin, Peltz, Jay Rasulo, Michael Froman, Maria Elena Lagomasino, Bob Iger, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Iger, Boorstin, Taylor, Trian, Disney Organizations: Trian Fund Management, Disney, CNBC, ESPN, Epic Games, Warner Bros . Discovery, Fox, Blackwells, Disney Board Locations: New York, Trian
Amazon has eliminated hundreds of jobs in its Pharmacy and One Medical divisions, the company confirmed to CNBC. "Unfortunately, these changes will result in the elimination of a few hundred roles across One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy." At the start of this year, Amazon announced cuts in its Prime Video, MGM Studios, Buy with Prime, Twitch and Audible units. Here's the full memo from Lindsay:Hi everyone, The past year has been incredibly exciting for all of our health care businesses, and we're seeing tremendous growth for Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical, and Amazon Clinic. Unfortunately, these changes will result in the elimination of a few hundred roles across One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy.
Persons: Neil Lindsay, Lindsay, Andy Jassy, Brian Olsavsky, Amazon, Neil CNBC Organizations: Amazon, CNBC, Amazon Health Services, Amazon Pharmacy, MGM Studios, Amazon Clinic, Pharmacy, CARE Locations: Amazon's, d50nominations.cnbc.com
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