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fromTheregister
3 weeks agoSalesforce buyback to saddle company with debt until 2066
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced a $50 billion stock buyback financed partially with 40-year debt maturing through 2066, viewing current market conditions as a buying opportunity despite investor concerns about AI's impact on software relevance.
Tech industry
fromFortune
4 weeks agoMicrosoft's IPO turns 40 today. If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 1986, you'd have $5.5 million today | Fortune
Microsoft transformed from a two-person software company spotting opportunity in a 1975 magazine cover into a global technology giant reshaping how the world works, communicates, and builds over five decades.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month agoWorkday's stock has been in a slump. Its CEO is leaning into agentic AI.
We're working really hard to figure out how do we improve business process execution for our customers at a lower cost. I think that's where the agentic model fits in. What can agents do to replace human labor? And then obviously longer term, we've got to figure out what we're going to do with those humans that are displaced.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromFortune
4 months agoBillionaire tech founder Joe Liemandt says getting an MBA isn't worth it and you don't learn a 'fraction' of what you would as an entrepreneur | Fortune
Jumping straight into entrepreneurship yields far more practical business knowledge and experience than a two-year MBA.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
7 months agoElon Musk says he wants to 'simulate' Microsoft 'purely' with AI. He's calling it 'Macrohard.'
xAI is building a purely AI software company called Macrohard to simulate software companies like Microsoft by replicating non-hardware operations entirely with AI.
fromHackernoon
3 years agoThe HackerNoon Newsletter: The Video Game Industry Is Having Its Peter Pan Moment Now With AI (7/4/2025) | HackerNoon
The adoption of AI in the video game industry is being critically reflected upon, contrasting it with the adoption seen in the software industry.
Tech industry
Business intelligence
fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 months agoSalesforce agrees to buy Redwood City-based Informatica in deal worth $8 Billion
Salesforce to acquire Informatica for $8 billion, enhancing its AI-driven growth strategy.
Informatica shareholders receive $25 per share in cash, marking a significant premium.
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