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The latest news and information about the tech sector's CEOs and former CEOs.
Elon Musk looks on ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo: AFP
United States

Elon Musk returns to US government for Pentagon war study

He will co-lead Project Meridian with Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of defence tech firm Anduril Industries, and former House speaker Newt Gingrich.

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Artificial intelligence

AI leaders to UN: for the sake of humanity, regulate tech we created

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United States

Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown amid superintelligence fears

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Donald Trump

Trump bought shares in Musk’s SpaceX in June, disclosure reveals

White House says third-party manager executed trade without presidential input following rocket maker’s US$1.77 trillion IPO.

A live feed shows SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on June 12. Photo: Reuters
Get to Know

Meet Madison Huang, daughter of multibillionaire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

Before joining her father’s US$5.25 trillion tech giant, the Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef worked at LVMH in Paris and studied AI at MIT.

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Why 17 people have held title of China’s richest person in past 27 years

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says.

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Russia

Russia charges Telegram founder with aiding terror, issues wanted alert

FSB accuses app administration of enabling acts of sabotage and cyberfraud by Ukrainian forces.

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov. Photo: AFP
X (formerly Twitter)

Musk’s X launches invite-only ‘X Money’ payment service

Feature enables peer-to-peer transfers, bill pay, and wire transfers directly in app for paying subscribers.

US-China trade war

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang meets US officials as issues grow over China chip access

Washington visit comes amid investigation into whether restricted processors were used to train Moonshot AI models.

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Huawei

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law: a new path amid US sanctions

Company founder Ren Zhengfei says the new framework is crucial for survival, enabling chip advancements without EUV lithography.

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Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, northern Shanxi province on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua
Technology

Opinion | Clash of the tech titans: China’s quiet industry vs loud US innovation

At the heart of the battle for AI dominance is a deeper contest between two very different leadership styles.

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The strengths of each model lie in its strategic priorities, as do the weaknesses. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

SpaceX bankers prepare for potential US$20 billion bond offering, sources say

The offering ⁠would mark the first time the rockets-to-AI company has issued investment-grade dollar ‌bonds.

United States

SpaceX vaults past Amazon’s market value, briefly topping Microsoft

Elon Musk’s company was worth roughly US$2.655 trillion at closing – some US$800 billion more than at its record IPO last week.

United States

US judge dismisses Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

A San Francisco judge said xAI failed to show that OpenAI induced former xAI engineer Xuechen Li to steal trade ⁠secrets.

Grok and xAI logos on a smartphone. Photo: Reuters
Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Musk is world’s first trillionaire – what could he buy with all that money?

The SpaceX boss has reached a level of wealth that is hard to understand in real terms. But we’re going to try.

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A bust of Elon Musk is seen in Brownsville, Texas, on Friday, the day of SpaceX’s IPO. Photo: Reuters
United States

Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO

The company’s shares hit US$160.95 each, propelling the world’s richest person’s fortune to US$1.1 trillion.

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IPO

As Musk becomes first trillionaire from SpaceX IPO, will next come from China?

As the initial public offering sees Musk become the first ever trillionaire, China is also seeing growth in its tech uber-rich.

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SpaceX

Blast off on Wall Street: record SpaceX IPO could make Musk a trillionaire

At US$135 a share, the offering will raise US$75 billion, making it the biggest market debut in history.

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A new version of the SpaceX Starship rocket launching from Starbase in Texas in May. Photo: dpa
IPO

The world’s 5 largest-ever IPOs, before Elon Musk’s SpaceX listing

Ahead of SpaceX’s public listing on Friday, set to break records, here are some previous block-buster fundraisers.

Fame and celebrity

Meet Away’s glam co-founder, Jen Rubio – a fashionista in the making

The co-founder of luggage manufacturer Away has been making fashion waves at Cannes and the Met Gala – so who is she exactly?

Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

US jury rules against Musk in OpenAI feud, finding lawsuit came too late

Jurors deliberate for less than two hours before tossing Elon Musk’s breach-of-contract claims against OpenAI and its founders.

A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

China’s Amec setting industry standard for chipmaking tech, founder says

The head of one of China’s leading semiconductor makers said its technology has been adopted by overseas competitors.

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The founder of chipmaker AMEC says its technology has become a standard in the semiconductor industry. Photo: Shutterstock
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Musk joins Trump’s Beijing delegation as a ‘natural bridge’ for trade

Gigafactory stakes and a push for self-driving software approval cast the billionaire as a key US envoy while seemingly sealing a reconciliation with Trump.

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Monica Mosseri, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s wife and Met Gala date

The ex-Facebook employee met her future husband during her time with the company, has 3 sons – and doesn’t have a public Instagram account.

X (formerly Twitter)

French prosecutors open judicial investigation into Elon Musk and X

Move follows tech billionaire’s failure to attend an April summons over possible abuses on his social media network X.

Elon Musk. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek mystery: who is speaking for start-up amid CEO Liang Wenfeng’s absence?

Researcher Chen Deli is emerging as DeepSeek’s new public face as speculation over the whereabouts of the company’s founder and CEO lingers.

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DeepSeek’s logo is reflected in the glasses of a student. The company recently released its V4 model. Photo: Getty Images
Millionaires, billionaires and trillionaires

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman reveals power struggle for OpenAI

Musk, one of the original co-founders of OpenAI, is seeking US$150 billion in damages from the company and Microsoft, one of its largest investors.

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Canada

OpenAI’s Sam Altman apologises to Canada town for not reporting mass shooter

The killer’s ChatGPT account was banned over concerns about usage linked to violent activity, but police were not alerted.

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