Artificial intelligence

Advisor Upside

Inside Envestnet’s $1B Bet on Growth with CEO Chris Todd

Photo via Envestnet

After a take-private deal in 2024, the company recently announced a $1 billion spending spree to supercharge growth.

5 min read

Photo by SeventyFour via iStock

Advisor Upside

Do Clients Really Trust AI with Money Questions?

Nearly half of Americans say AI beats everyone they know regarding financial guidance, according to a new survey.

1 min read
Photo via Kris Tripplaar/Sipa USA/Newscom

Technology

Memory Shortage Boosts Sandisk — and May Kill Personal Computers

Sandisk split off from data storage firm Western Digital to list independently in February last year just in time for the boom.

2 min read
Photo via Cheng-Chia Huang/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Semiconductors

AI Market Looks More Like Boom than Bubble After TSMC Earnings

The foundry behind Nvidia’s and Apple’s chips predicted Thursday its capital spending would swell at least 27% this year.

2 min read

Indicators

Will ‘Choppy’ Hiring, Low Firing Prompt More Job Hugging?

Photo via Paul Weaver/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Come January 28, the Federal Reserve has to decide what the state of the labor market means for monetary policy.

1 min read

Semiconductors

Nvidia H200 Exports Boost Odds of a World That ‘Runs on Chinese AI’

Photo via Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

The Chinese government has discouraged companies and government-funded data centers from buying Nvidia’s chips.

1 min read

Photo via imageBROKER/Joko/Newscom

Artificial Intelligence

Investors Brace for Revelations in New AI Bellwether Oracle’s Latest Report

Deals with Meta, Nvidia and Softbank underscore concerns that Oracle is overexposed to a possible AI bubble.

2 min read
Photo illustration by Connor Lin / The Daily Upside, Photo by Nastco via iStock

Artificial Intelligence

When AI Hallucinations Amount to Defamation, Who’s Liable?

A handful of high-profile defamation-by-AI-chatbot allegations against big tech firms are already stacking up.

5 min read
Advisor Upside

How Advisors Are Weighing the Risks of an AI Bubble

While some advisors are sounding the alarm, others are making sense of the market rally.

4 min read

Big Tech

Zuck Chooses the Red Pill With 30% Cuts to Metaverse Budget

Photo via Guillermo Gutierrez Carrascal, G/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

You might recall that in 2021, Zuckerberg deemed the metaverse so vital to the future he renamed the entire company after it.

2 min read

Sign Up for The Daily Upside to Unlock This Article

Sharp news & analysis on finance, economics, and investing.