Zuckerberg expects Meta’s AI assistant — available across its services, including Facebook and Instagram — to serve more than 1 billion people in 2025.

Key tech stocks were a mixed bag in early trading Thursday after executives at Meta and Microsoft said they plan to keep pouring billions of dollars into AI – despite lingering anxiety over the

SoftBank Group is negotiating to lead a $40 billion funding round for AI developer OpenAI, which could value the company at $300 billion. This move comes as competition heats up with Chinese startup DeepSeek's low-cost AI model.

OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. unveiled Project Stargate during a Tuesday press briefing at the White House. The companies intend to build an expansive network of data centers that will be optimized to run AI workloads. OpenAI will be the sole user of the data centers, the Financial Times’ sources said.

Meta Platforms unveiled plans to make artificial intelligence more personalized this year, and Microsoft predicted “exponentially more demand" for AI products.

Meta and Tesla shares rally. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

Meta Platforms, Tesla and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies.

Both Meta and Microsoft committed to huge investments in artificial intelligence, despite new Chinese software outperforming American rivals at a lower cost.

DeepSeek’s AI disrupts industry, causing Nvidia’s $600B plunge. AI investments surge: SoftBank backs Skild AI, ElevenLabs raises $250M, and Infinite Reality buys Obsess.

OpenAI is in talks to raise another giant round, of about $40 billion, led by SoftBank, which would value the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion including the investment—nearly double its valuation late last year in a Thrive Capital-led

Wall Street are pointing mostly higher in premarket trading while more corporate earnings poured in a day after the Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark lending rate alone