Hacker News with Generative AI: Investments

Norway's $1.7T Wealth Fund Reports $40B Tech-Driven Loss (bloomberg.com)
Norway’s $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported its biggest loss in six quarters in what was a roller-coaster period for markets globally, with the decline largely caused by a drop in the value of technology companies.

Finance, Investments, Technology, Norway

34 points by impish9208 2 days ago | 57 comments

Yale sells up to $6B of its PE portfolio amid federal funding challenge (secondariesinvestor.com)
The US university that pioneered the 'endowment model' is selling its PE investments in the secondaries market for the first time.

Finance, Investments, Education, Private Equity

42 points by themgt 7 days ago | 17 comments

White House plans to target university investments (semafor.com)
The next phase of the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on elite universities will focus on their financial investments, particularly in areas disfavored by the White House like clean energy and China, people familiar with the plans said.

Politics, Education, Investments, China, Clean Energy

13 points by jmsflknr 9 days ago | 1 comments

Warren Buffett holds enough cash to buy 476 companies in the S&P 500 (mitrade.com)
Warren Buffett has stacked up so much cash at Berkshire Hathaway, he could straight-up buy the bottom 476 companies in the S&P 500 right now.

Finance, Investments, Warren Buffett, S&P 500, Berkshire Hathaway

44 points by panny 9 days ago | 10 comments

CEO Explains How He Faked Results in $300M Meltdown (bloomberg.com)
Agritech venture eFishery was one of Asia’s brightest startups with money from the likes of SoftBank and Temasek. Then it all came crashing down.

Business, Startups, Fraud, Asia, Investments

16 points by bocahrokok 11 days ago | 3 comments

Gutsy Traders Make $1.5B Triple-Leveraged Bet on Nasdaq 100 (bloomberg.com)

Finance, Investments, Nasdaq 100, Trading

21 points by paulpauper 17 days ago | 7 comments

Ask HN: How will the tariffs affect investor funding? (ycombinator.com)
Assuming Pres. Trump's tariffs are not repealed or significantly altered, what does this mean for startups seeking capital?

Business, Investments, Politics, Startups

49 points by dlivingston 18 days ago | 19 comments

Elon Musk sets stage for Tesla to bail out Twitter/xAI at an insane valuation (electrek.co)
Elon Musk, who already suggested Tesla invest in xAI, is now setting the stage for the public company under his control to grossly overpay for xAI, a private company under his control that just absorbed Twitter (X).

Elon Musk, Twitter, xAI, Business, Investments

24 points by JustExAWS 18 days ago | 6 comments

Ubisoft's $4B carveout sells Tencent a 25% stake in some of its biggest games (theverge.com)
Tencent will invest $1.3 billion in a new entity controlling Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

Gaming, Acquisitions, Investments, Tencent, Ubisoft

3 points by mfiguiere 28 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has allowed Chinese investors to buy stakes as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore hubs, according to reporting from ProPublica.

SpaceX, China, Investments, Offshore Finance

10 points by 01-_- 30 days ago | 1 comments

Gold ETFs Inflow Takes over Bitcoin ETFs Amid Historic Rally (coindesk.com)
Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have overtaken bitcoin ETFs in assets under management as investors shift toward the traditional safe-haven asset as BTC price tumbled more than 19% over the past three months, while the precious metal climbed 12.5%.

Gold, Bitcoin, ETFs, Investments, Financial Markets

5 points by PaulHoule 30 days ago | 0 comments

Schneider Electric pumps $700M into US ops as AI datacenter demand surges (theregister.com)
Schneider Electric plans to spend $700 million through 2027 to expand its US operations and bolster the supply of its power equipment necessary to sustain the proliferation of AI datacenters.

Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Investments, Technology

4 points by rntn 31 days ago | 0 comments

Gitlab is sued by its own investors over misleading AI hype (theregister.com)
For the third time in five months, GitLab or its execs have been sued over allegedly misleading investors about AI capabilities and demand.

Lawsuits, AI, Business, Technology, Investments

22 points by AbuAssar 36 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4B missing (electrek.co)
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion is missing.

Tesla, Finance, Accounting, Investments, Stock Market

44 points by donohoe 37 days ago | 10 comments

California Pension Fund Labels Chevron and Saudi Aramco as Climate Investments (financialpost.com)
The US’s largest pension fund has classified more than $3 billion of holdings in oil drillers, coal miners, and other major greenhouse gas producers as climate-friendly investments, according to a new analysis of public records.

Climate Change, Investments, Finance

3 points by jmsflknr 46 days ago | 0 comments

Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk's companies (ft.com)

Finance, Business, Elon Musk, China, Investments

10 points by throwaway5752 47 days ago | 2 comments

Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk's companies (ft.com)

Elon Musk, Investments, China, Business

7 points by dkobia 48 days ago | 1 comments

Solar crushed 2024, but emissions were up as industry used more natural gas (techcrunch.com)
The U.S. invested a record-breaking $338 billion in the energy transition last year, according to a new report, but it wasn’t quite enough to lessen the country’s overall carbon emissions.

Energy, Climate Change, Investments, United States

9 points by PaulHoule 53 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC expected to announce $100B investment in U.S. (wsj.com)
WASHINGTON—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest at least $100 billion more in chip-manufacturing plants in the U.S. over the next several years under a plan announced Monday by the company and President Trump.

Semiconductors, Investments, Technology, USA

490 points by perihelions 54 days ago | 1072 comments

China's Alibaba to invest US$50B in AI, cloud computing (channelnewsasia.com)
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said on Monday (Feb 24) it will spend more than US$50 billion on artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next three years, a week after co-founder Jack Ma was seen meeting President Xi Jinping.

Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, China, Investments, Technology

5 points by 9woc 61 days ago | 0 comments

Apple will spend more than $500B in the U.S. over the next four years (apple.com)
Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.

Apple, Investments, United States, Technology, Business

47 points by meetpateltech 61 days ago | 1 comments

Hedge Funds Are Pocketing Much of Their Clients' Gains with 'No Limit' Fees (bloomberg.com)
In 2023, the main hedge fund at billionaire Dmitry Balyasny’s eponymous firm notched a gross return of 15.2%.

Hedge Funds, Finance, Investments, Fees

160 points by wslh 74 days ago | 124 comments

Amazon plans to spend $100B this year to capture once in a lifetime opportunity (cnbc.com)

Amazon, Investments, Business, Technology, Economy

9 points by jarsin 78 days ago | 6 comments

OpenAI announces SoftBank partnership as fallout from DeepSeek continues (semafor.com)
OpenAI announced a joint venture with Japan’s SoftBank on Monday, with the investment giant spending $3 billion a year to use OpenAI software, in an apparent change of strategy following DeepSeek’s unexpected rise.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Investments, Business, Partnerships

18 points by thunderbong 81 days ago | 17 comments

SoftBank Is Betting Billions That OpenAI's Agents Will Automate Work (gizmodo.com)
In what could be SoftBank’s newest trick to make ungodly amounts of money disappear, the Japanese investment firm will pay $3 billion a year to force companies in its portfolio to experiment with AI agents.

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Investments, Automation

15 points by rntn 81 days ago | 10 comments

SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25B in OpenAI (ft.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Investments, Venture Capital

9 points by jmsflknr 86 days ago | 4 comments

RCA and the Roaring Twenties (globalfinancialdata.com)
When you think about the Roaring Twenties and the bull market that surged until 1929, the one stock that comes first in everyone’s mind is Radio Corporation of America.

History, Finance, Investments, Stock Market

61 points by benbreen 87 days ago | 27 comments

Meta to spend up to $65B this year to power AI goals, Zuckerberg says (reuters.com)

Meta, Artificial Intelligence, Investments, Technology, Business

6 points by testrun 91 days ago | 3 comments

Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers (apnews.com)
President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Partnerships, Investments, Technology

1021 points by tedsanders 94 days ago | 1538 comments

Dutch pension funds divest from Tesla (ipe.com)
Dutch civil service scheme ABP and construction sector fund Bpf Bouw have both sold their shares in Tesla.

Finance, Investments, Tesla, Netherlands, Pension Funds

10 points by belter 95 days ago | 0 comments