Denise Dresser leaves Slack CEO role for OpenAI's CRO position, bringing 14 years of Salesforce sales experience to manage enterprise revenue amid high AI costs.

AI hype echoes dot-com frenzy with massive debt and investments, but higher stakes and market concentration raise bigger risks today.

Burry warns OpenAI faces a Netscape fate, shorts Nvidia like Cisco, calls Palantir overhyped, and predicts 2025 AI bubble burst.

$12B in one-time payments for row crop farmers via USDA's Farmer Bridge Assistance, funded by tariff revenues through Commodity Credit Corporation, amid trade disputes.

Amazon's Zoox starts free robotaxi rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco now, with paid service launching in Vegas early 2026 and SF later that year, pending approvals.

Paramount bids $108B all-cash for entire Warner Bros. Discovery, topping Netflix's $82.7B deal. Ellison pushes for theaters, competition; viewers face potential streaming giant or less choice.

China's steel overproduction fuels a $1 trillion trade surplus despite US tariffs, rerouting exports and squeezing American factories.

Berkshire announces Todd Combs' departure to JPMorgan and new exec roles ahead of Warren Buffett's 2026 CEO handoff to Greg Abel. Shares dip on concerns over investment direction and future stability.

IBM's $11B cash buy of Confluent targets real-time data streaming for AI, announced Dec 8, 2025; closes mid-2026 with premium pricing and analyst praise.

Commerce approves older H200 exports despite congressional security bill, handing Nvidia China sales with a US revenue cut amid debates on slowing Beijing's AI rise.