An investment Zoom made in Anthropic in 2023 could be worth between $2 billion and $4 billion, CNBC reported Monday (Jan. 26), citing analysts from Baird. The companies announced in May 2023 that they had partnered and that Zoom Ventures had invested in Anthropic, according...
The recent spate of executives and companies using AI avatars to interact with investors and clients poses this question: What are the regulatory implications of using one’s digital doppelganger for business? In May, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski used his AI avatar to deliver the company’s...
Skype, the blue bubble that once connected continents and conference rooms with a single click, will fall silent for good on Monday (May 5). For millions who remember the iconic ringtone and the thrill of seeing a loved one’s pixelated face appear on screen, the...
Zoom has added new artificial intelligence (AI) agentic skills to its AI Companion. These agentic skills have been deployed across the Zoom platform, the company said in a Monday (March 17) press release. “AI Companion is evolving from a personal assistant to being truly agentic, which signals...
August 26, 2024
The tail end of Q2 earnings were good to several companies on the CE 100 this week. The Index ended the week of August 23 up 2.6%, led by the “Live” pillar up 3.7% and “Bank” at 2.7%. Many companies posted positive gains for the week, but none more than Peloton, which overcame a drop […]
June 17, 2024
The headlines moving the CE 100 Index this week were dominated by Apple’s announcements at its developers conference that covered everything from AI to payments. And yet the tech behemoth’s...
March 04, 2024
The Connected Economy 100 Index notched a 1.9% gain as February gave way to March. And of the 10 pillars, only one — the Be Well segment — lost ground,...
May 22, 2023
The CE 100 Index gained 2.3% as artificial intelligence (AI) sparked investor enthusiasm and the earnings season continued to wind down for the March quarter. This past week’s performance brought...
May 24, 2026
Zoom has reportedly netted around $1 billion from an investment in Anthropic. That’s according to a report Friday (May 22) from Bloomberg News, citing a regulatory filing. The total value of the videoconferencing firm’s stake in the artificial intelligence startup is about $1.27 billion, the report added, a number that could climb as Anthropic wraps […]
January 26, 2026
An investment Zoom made in Anthropic in 2023 could be worth between $2 billion and $4 billion, CNBC reported Monday (Jan. 26), citing analysts from Baird. The companies announced in...
March 17, 2025
Zoom has added new artificial intelligence (AI) agentic skills to its AI Companion. These agentic skills have been deployed across the Zoom platform, the company said in a Monday (March 17) press...
October 31, 2024
Swedish FinTech Klarna has launched a payments partnership with video communications platform Zoom. The collaboration, announced by the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Thursday (Oct. 31), is designed to...