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☆ Chanel CEO describes the ChatGPT fail that happened while visiting Microsoft headquarters
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chanel CEO Leena Nair visited Microsoft to discuss AI, she told Stanford's business school. Chanel is preparing for AI integration and testing experiments including chatbots, Nair said. AdvertisementChatGPT may be one of the major contenders in the AI race, but Chanel CEO Leena Nair was left slightly less than impressed by it during her trip to Microsoft headquarters. "And we're like, 'Show us a picture of a senior leadership team from Chanel visiting Microsoft' — it is all men in suits." Yes, 76% of my organization is women, 96% of my clients are women, female CEO," Nair said.

Persons: Leena Nair, Nair, Chanel, —, you've Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Stanford Graduate School, ChatGPT, Chanel, Unilever, Business Locations: Seattle

☆ Big Tech earnings drop this week. Here's what Wall Street is watching.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Big Tech earnings start today, with roughly $12 trillion in market cap reporting over three days. Mark Zuckerberg hasn't shied away from saying his company will keep spending big on AI, and the market hasn't minded. Judging by Meta Connect 2024 and its CTO's comments , the tech giant wants to own the market for AI-powered wearables.

Persons: —, We'll, Insider's Kelly Cloonan, We're, Mark Zuckerberg hasn't, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Milan Sehmbi, Amanda Yen Organizations: Business, Service, Traders, Big Tech, Google, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, AWS, Apple, Apple Intelligence Locations: China, New York, London

☆ Google's been on an efficiency drive. Its new CFO said it can 'push a little further.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Google's new CFO, Anat Ashkenazi, signaled the company can do more to save money and move faster. She said leaders had done good work cutting costs, and they could "push a little further." Google is ramping up its spending on AI, and Wall Street analysts want more details. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Ashkenazi name-checked Google CEO Sundar Pichai and former CFO Ruth Porat for doing "really good work" in starting to rework Google's cost base.

Persons: Anat Ashkenazi, —, Sundar Pichai, Ruth Porat, Ashkenazi, Mark Mahaney, Pichai, Sundar Organizations: Google, Wall Street, Service, BNP

☆ Microsoft's GitHub expands beyond OpenAI, lets developers use AI models from Anthropic, Google
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft has a very expensive and very public relationship with artificial intelligence startup OpenAI. But one of Microsoft's most successful AI products, GitHub Copilot, is now going beyond OpenAI to give developers more choice in what models they want to use. Microsoft introduced GitHub Copilot in 2021, offering source code suggestions to software developers. Copilot relies on models from OpenAI, which has received billions of dollars in funding from Microsoft and has exploded in popularity since releasing ChatGPT in late 2022. At that point, it felt like "the right time" to add models from Anthropic and Google , Dohmke said.

Persons: Claude, Thomas Dohmke, They're, GitHub, Dohmke Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI's, o1, CNBC, Google

☆ What to know about the new way Microsoft will report cloud numbers Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Announced in August , and reported this way for the first time this week, Microsoft decided to change which revenue streams fall under its three main reporting segments. In Microsoft's upcoming report, search and news advertising revenue will move from the More Personal Computing (PCP) segment into the Intelligent Cloud (IC) segment. Another change includes Microsoft removing revenue from Power Business Intelligence data analytics and the Enterprise Mobility and Security group of products from the IC segment. MSFT YTD mountain Microsoft (MSFT) year-to-date performance Some Wall Street analysts are upbeat on the new reporting structure. He also touted Microsoft's AI prospects ahead of quarterly earnings — citing the company's first-mover advantage in integrating AI.

Persons: Piper Sandler's Brent Bracelin, Bracelin, Morgan Stanley, there's, Jim Cramer, I'm, Jim, Amy Hood's, Jim Cramer's, Satya Nadella, Dimas Ardian Organizations: Microsoft, Web Services, Power Business Intelligence, Enterprise Mobility, Security, Piper, CNBC, BI, Guggenheim, Big Tech, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: OpenAI, Jakarta, Indonesia

☆ Microsoft Copilot AI use extends deep into corporate America, but companies aren’t 100% sold
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Eric Rosenbaum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

When asked whether it's been worth the cost ( $30 monthly per user in the case of Copilot), tech leaders say they aren't sure. According to recent Deloitte research, two-thirds of organizations are increasing gen AI investments based on "strong early value to date." There are multiple reasons why companies will still be short on confidence when it comes to enterprise AI adoption, according to Deloitte. The Azure cloud offering from its biggest AI partner and AI investment, OpenAI, is in use at nearly two-thirds of companies. Forty-six percent of CNBC survey respondents said that within their organizations at least half of employees are now using AI.

Persons: it's, Jim Rowan, Anthropic, Mistral, Eric Schmidt —, Morgan Stanley, Copilot, Rowan Organizations: CNBC, Microsoft, CNBC Technology, Council, Deloitte, Microsoft Microsoft, Fortune, Capital Group, Disney, Dow, Kyndryl, Novartis, Deloitte Consulting, Meta, Silicon, OpenAI, AIs Locations: Europe

☆ Robert Downey Jr. says he would 'sue all future executives' if Marvel replicated his likeness. He's the second 'Avengers' star to speak out against AI.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Robert Downey Jr. says he would sue "future executives" if Marvel uses AI to replicate his likeness. Downey Jr. is the second "Avengers" star after Scarlett Johansson to criticize AI. AdvertisementRobert Downey Jr. told tech journalist Kara Swisher he would sue Marvel if the studio replicated his likeness with AI after his death. But Downey Jr. will return to the MCU to play a villain, Doctor Doom, in 2026's "Avengers: Doomsday." He added that he's not concerned about Marvel using AI for the moment.

Persons: Robert Downey Jr, Kara Swisher, Downey, Scarlett Johansson, —, Downey Jr, Tony Stark, Josh Brolin, Doctor Doom, he's, Swisher, he'd, Tony Stark's, I'm, gals, Christopher Reeve, OpenAI, Johansson, Sam Altman, Altman, cybercrime Organizations: Marvel, Service, Marvel Studios, Warner Bros

☆ Alphabet's two pillars of growth stand tall in the latest quarter. But we're not ready to act
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

However, on "Mad Money" following the release, Jim said Alphabet delivered an "unambiguously great quarter." Alphabet Why we own it : Alphabet's Google Search is an invaluable tool for advertisers. Revenue for the Google Search, YouTube ads, and Google Network line items totaled $65.85 billion. That was up more than 10% from the year-ago quarter, though it was a slower growth rate than in the second quarter. The company exited the quarter with $93.23 billion in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities on its balance sheet.

Persons: It's, Jim Cramer, Jim, it's, Sundar Pichai, We're, Waymo, Anat Ashkenazi, Pichai, Jim Cramer's, Justin Sullivan Organizations: Google, U.S, European, Justice Department, Big Tech, Nvidia, YouTube, Microsoft, Revenue, Google Services, Walmart, Dallas Fort, CNBC Locations: U.S, Dallas, Dallas Fort Worth, Mountain View , California

☆ Bret Taylor’s AI startup Sierra raises funding at $4.5 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kate Rooney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bret Taylor, co-CEO of Salesforce, speaks at the Viva Technology Conference in Paris on June 15, 2022. Artificial intelligence startup Sierra, co-founded by ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, is more than quadrupling its valuation to $4.5 billion in a fresh funding round. The San Francisco-based company, which was valued at $1 billion in January, raised $175 million in a funding round led by Greenoaks Capital. Sierra is focused on helping enterprises like home security company ADT , Sonos , Weight Watchers and Casper personalize and implement AI agents for customer service. Taylor describes Sierra as "conversational AI," and bristles at the word "chatbot," even banning the phrase in the company's downtown San Francisco office.

Persons: Bret Taylor, Sierra, Taylor, Marc Benioff, Elon Musk, Clay Bavor, Casper personalize, Bavor, ICONIQ, Josh Kushner’s Organizations: Salesforce, Viva Technology Conference, Greenoaks Capital, Twitter, Elon, Google, Sierra, Google Labs, CNBC Locations: Paris, San Francisco

☆ Apple announces new iMac with M4 chip, starts at $1,299
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple on Monday announced an updated iMac with the company's latest M4 chip. Unlike on the iPhone, where only phones released in the past two years will support Apple Intelligence, all of Apple's computers with the M1 chip and newer since 2020 can run the company's artificial intelligence. For example, you might highlight the text of an email and use Apple Intelligence to make it sound more professional or more concise. Apple plans to release another version of Apple Intelligence in December that adds OpenAI's ChatGPT support into writing tools and Siri. It comes with an updated Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard with USB-C charging, too, replacing the older Lightning port.

Persons: Apple's, Siri, It's Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence

☆ Meet OpenAI’s first chief economist—3 things you may not know about him
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

[alt heds: OpenAI has hired its first chief economist – 3 things to know about him3 things you may not know about OpenAI's new chief economist]While no one knows exactly how artificial intelligence will reshape society, OpenAI plans to analyze the technology's potential economic impact. On Oct. 22, OpenAI named Dr. Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji as its first chief economist. In this role, he will oversee research on a range of AI-related topics, including how AI innovations may impact the global economy and how the workforce can utilize AI tools both now and in the future, according to OpenAI's press release. While this move marks a first for OpenAI, it won't be Chatterji's first high-profile role. Here are three things you may not know about OpenAI's new chief economist.

Persons: OpenAI, –, Aaron, Ronnie, Chatterji, Larry Summers Organizations: U.S . Treasury

☆ Wall Street braces for a Trump or Harris presidency. Here's what that means for your portfolio.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In today's big story, the first of our five-part refresher series on the potential impact Donald Trump and Kamala Harris presidencies could have on US consumers. Business Insider's Matthew Fox detailed how Wall Street sees former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris affecting the investment landscape if they win the White House. One of the biggest areas where Harris and Trump differ is their proposed tax policies, which are believed to have big impacts on stocks. AdvertisementTrump's universal tariffs proposal is also viewed as having a big impact. It's a big week for Apple.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Matthew Fox, Harris, Trump, it's, Alyssa Powell, Joe Biden, Steve Sosnick, Neil Dutta, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Rebecca Zisser, Elon Musk, James Yates, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, Grace Lett, Amanda Yen, Milan Sehmbi Organizations: Business, Service, Getty, BI, White, Bank of America, Interactive Brokers, JPMorgan, Twitter, Elon, Apple, Apple Intelligence, iOS, Venture, Ford Motors, MLB, LA Dodgers, New York Yankees, Forbes Locations: It's, New York, London, Chicago

☆ Apple Intelligence is finally here for some as part of the iOS 18.1 software update
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple rolled out long-awaited AI features to some iPhone and other users with its iOS 18.1 update. The new software is officially available on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, months after the tech giant first announced Apple Intelligence at the Worldwide Developers Conference. These are the Apple Intelligence features out nowApple Intelligence was revealed at Apple WWDC 2024. AdvertisementWith iOS 18.1, Apple said Siri can field typed requests, answer "thousands of questions" about Apple products, and understand context better. AppleTo ensure they get the features, iPhone owners must join a waitlist to request activation of Apple Intelligence.

Persons: Dan Ives, —, Siri, Apple, There's, Tim Cook Organizations: Apple, Apple Intelligence, Service, Sequoia, Worldwide, Wedbush Securities Locations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa

☆ This startup for traders raised $30 million from investors including Stanley Druckenmiller and Greg Coffey. Here's how it plans to transform how Wall Street analyzes data.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Bianca Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Reflexivity is a startup cofounded by two former hedge fund traders. AdvertisementA startup looking to transform how investors and traders use data just received funding from some of the biggest names in the hedge fund world. Reflexivity, formerly known as Toggle AI, just raised its $30 million Series B, the startup announced Monday. Interactive Brokers and Greycroft led the round, which included participation from billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller and Greg Coffey, the Australian founder of hedge fund Kirkoswald. AdvertisementIt has a valuation between $115 million and $150 million, Szilagyi said.

Persons: —, Greycroft, Stanley Druckenmiller, Greg Coffey, Izzy Englander, Reflexivity, Jan Szilagyi, Szilagyi, George Soros, Giuseppe Sette, Howard, Wells, Szilyagyi, that's Organizations: Service, Interactive, Millennium, Catalyst, P, Business, Druckenmiller's Duquesne Capital Management, Fortress Investment Group, Millennium Management, Soros Fund, London Stock Exchange Group, Federal Reserve Locations: Australian, MUFG, Fargo, Wells Fargo

☆ Former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor on his new startup's funding round and $4.5 billion valuation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kate Rooney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor on his new startup's funding round and $4.5 billion valuationBret Taylor, OpenAI board chair and co-founder of Sierra, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss the company's quadrupled valuation, how AI models can remain relevant without licensing content from media, and more.

Persons: Bret Taylor

☆ Insider Today: Millennial money mistake
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Check out tomorrow's edition of Insider Today for the first in a series focused on what a Trump or Harris presidency would mean for your finances. On the agenda today:AdvertisementBut first: A tech CEO puts an end to employees working remotely from Bali. In a memo to staff seen by Business Insider, Markus Villig said all staff would be required to work from the office 12 days a month starting January. Business Insider combed through 1.7 million listings and analyzed thousands of makes and models to understand what drives America. Also read:AdvertisementThe AI Power ListKaran Singh for BIFor the second year running, Business Insider released its list of the most powerful people in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Persons: —, Ford's, Jim Farley doesn't, Trump, Harris, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Markus Villig, We've, Automobiles Pete Ryan, we've, Buckle, Jimmy Simpson, millennials, Karan Singh, Natalie Ammari, It's, Marc Benioff Organizations: Business, Service, Today, Automobiles, BI, Federal, Google, Walgreens, Microsoft Locations: Shanghai, Bali, United States, xAI

☆ Reddit's CEO sees an opening against Google on search
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google is ranking the site higher in search results as more people look to it for answers. "People are going to Google with the intention of ending up on Reddit," Huffman said at the conference. It now presents Google search results in natural language at the top of the page. While Reddit could be seen as a potential competitor to Google Search, Google itself has prioritized Reddit in its results after recent changes to its algorithm. Google and Reddit also announced a deal in February that allows Google to train its AI models using Reddit comments.

Persons: Steve Huffman, —, Huffman, Reddit, Alpha, we've, there's Organizations: Google, Service, Wall Street

☆ Reddit is becoming the new Google
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWhile speaking at a conference this week hosted by The Wall Street Journal, a reporter said she now uses Google Search mostly to get to Reddit for information. "People are going to Google with the intention of ending up on Reddit," Huffman said at the conference. While Reddit could be seen as a potential competitor to Google Search, Google itself has prioritized Reddit in its results after recent changes to its algorithm. Google and Reddit also announced a deal in February that allows Google to train its AI models using Reddit comments. Huffman said at the conference that it still feels like Reddit is "married to Google" but that "more and more people learn that Reddit has just pretty much everything that you're looking for."

Persons: Steve Huffman, —, Huffman, Reddit, Alpha, we've, there's Organizations: Google, Service, Wall Street

☆ Nvidia overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Nvidia dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Friday following a record-setting rally in the stock, powered by insatiable demand for its specialized artificial intelligence chips. Nvidia’s stock market value briefly touched $3.53 trillion, slightly above Apple’s $3.52 trillion, LSEG data showed. Nvidia ended the day up 0.8%, with a market value of $3.47 trillion, while Apple’s shares rose 0.4%, valuing the iPhone maker at $3.52 trillion. In June, Nvidia briefly became the world’s most valuable company before it was overtaken by Microsoft and Apple. Shares of Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft have an outsized influence on the richly valued technology sector as well as the broader U.S. stock market, with the trio accounting for about a fifth of the S&P 500 index’s weight.

Persons: OpenAI, ”, Russ Mould, AJ Bell, ” Nvidia’s, TSMC, Rick Meckler, “ Organizations: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Western Digital, ”, chipmaker, Huawei, Federal Reserve, Cherry Lane Investments Locations: United States, China, New Vernon , New Jersey

☆ Q3 Earnings: Welcome to the ‘show me the money’ quarter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In what some analysts are calling the “show me the money” quarter, most of the major US tech titans will report earnings during Halloween week. “Tech companies have been spending billions on AI like kids in a candy store,” said David Laut, chief investment officer at Abound Financial. “Now investors want to see what they’re getting for their money.”Earnings season for tech got off to a strong start Wednesday evening when Tesla surprised Wall Street with better-than-expected earnings. The results sent Tesla’s shares surging more than 11% in after-hours trading, potentially setting a positive tone for next week’s parade of tech earnings. But there’s more spooking Wall Street than just tech earnings.

Persons: ”, David Laut, Tesla, Tesla’s, Jim Reid, Dan Ives Organizations: New, New York CNN, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, Nvidia, “ Tech, “, ChatGPT, Reserve, Deutsche, Wedbush Securities Locations: New York, Canada, France

☆ Morgan Stanley says these tech stocks are table-pounding buys ahead of earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A slate of overweight-rated tech stocks are worth buying ahead of earnings, Morgan Stanley said. Microsoft Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss is sticking with the tech giant ahead of earnings. Indeed, Microsoft shares are up nearly 14% in 2024, but the firm said the stock is too attractive to ignore at current levels. Apple The firm is also standing by its top pick Apple ahead of quarterly earnings on Oct. 31, despite reports of mixed iPhone 16 demand. "We expect Apple to post a strong Sept Q top- and bottom-line beat," he added.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Microsoft Morgan Stanley, Keith Weiss, GenAI monetization, Weiss, Atlassian Weiss, Erik Woodring, Woodring, billings Organizations: CNBC, Fortinet, Microsoft, Apple, Gross, TEAM, Apple Intelligence, … Locations: …

☆ VCs are 'hedging their bets,' backing competing LLMs like Anthropic and OpenAI, breaking a long-standing venture taboo
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Ben Bergman | Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Venture firms are increasingly investing in competing LLM startups like OpenAI and xAI. Some VCs argue investing in multiple LLMs is strategic, while others see it as unethical. AdvertisementWhen venture firms pull out their checkbooks, there has traditionally been an unspoken rule: Do not back a competitor. Sound Ventures and Wisdom Ventures backed both OpenAI and Anthropic. There is also the matter of money, with only a handful of firms capable of writing the colossal checks required to fund LLM companies.

Persons: VCs, —, Joe Aaron, — Sheel, Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk's XAI, Ilya Sutskever, Umesh Padval, Padval, Anthropic, OpenAI, Gregg Hill, they've Organizations: Service, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Ark Invest, Sound Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, Thomvest Ventures, Parkway Venture, Madrona Ventures, NASDAQ Locations: OpenAI, Canadian

☆ How I turned ChatGPT into my tour guide in Italy
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Salvador Rodriguez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Traveling through Italy, I used ChatGPT as a tour guide for the moments where my mom and I wandered into interesting little corners, alleys and buildings where our curiosity was piqued with no tour guide around. As I stood with my mom under the blistering sun in Rome waiting for our audio tour of the Pantheon to begin, I decided to kill some time with ChatGPT. "Pretend you're a tour guide and tell that to me in a more interesting fashion," I wrote. But my favorite ChatGPT use case so far has been as a tour guide in Italy. Elsewhere on our trip, ChatGPT told us that the central figure of the Trevi Fountain was Neptune riding a chariot pulled by sea horses, and explained why Rome's Stadio Olimpico still maintained a monument for Benito Mussolini.

Persons: ChatGPT, OpenAI's ChatGPT, I've, it's, Trevi, Benito Mussolini, Maximilian I, Napoleon III Organizations: Stadio Olimpico Locations: Italy, Rome, Austrian, Lombardy, Venetia, Milan, Mexico

☆ LinkedIn says it has verified 55 million users in effort to combat AI's spread of scams, misinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Salvador Rodriguez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

LinkedIn has verified more than 55 million of its users, for free, in order to combat the spread of misinformation fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence, the company told CNBC. The Microsoft -owned service said it has the most verified individual human identities of any major social network. LinkedIn began verifying users in April 2023. Social networks are stepping up their efforts to weed out inauthentic activity, including scams and misinformation, across their services. While peers are charging users for verification, LinkedIn is verifying people for free, and using a two-pronged strategy, with a goal of having 100 million users verified by 2025, the company said.

Persons: Oscar Rodriguez, ChatGPT Organizations: CNBC, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Facebook

☆ Inside Wall Street's efforts to value OpenAI: Who's involved, how it could work, and what's at stake for the banks
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Here's how the process could work and what Wall Street bankers stand to gain. AdvertisementAs third-quarter earnings demonstrated, Wall Street dealmaking appears to be bouncing back after three years of lackluster activity. Spokespersons for both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley declined to comment or confirm their reported participation in the project. The two investment bankers – neither of whom are affiliated with Goldman, Morgan Stanley, OpenAI, or Microsoft — requested anonymity to preserve industry relationships. Largely speaking, however, Wall Street is poised to win, Roberts said.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, —, OpenAI, –, Morgan Stanley's, PwC, Michael Roberts, Morgan, Roberts, Wharton, dealmaker, Sam Altman, Altman, Elon Musk, Reed Alexander Organizations: Service, Wall Street Journal, Microsoft, The, BI, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Goldman, Wall Street, Wharton, dealmakers, Apple, Tesla Locations: San Francisco, Silicon Valley

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