WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Japanese conglomerate’s CEO is in talks to spend up to $43 billion to boost Altman’s OpenAI, in what would be the biggest ever investment in a startup. The two companies also announced a joint venture this week. Startups and venture capital reporter Berber Jin joins host Pierre Bienaimé to talk about Son’s track record and what that fresh capital means for OpenAI. Plus, markets reporter Matt Wirz takes a look at the mountain of competing investments from every corner of Wall Street.



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Plus, Spotify hits its first ever full year of profitability, fueled by record user growth and austerity measures. And digital identity verification provider Okta will cut its workforce by about 3%. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.

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Meta's relationship with advertisers was once based on its efforts to combat hate speech and misinformation on its social-media platforms Facebook and Instagram. Wall Street Journal reporter Suzanne Vranica joins host Pierre Bienaimé to discuss a new cultural moment—punctuated by President Trump’s return to the White House—in which the tech giant’s more permissive policy changes have Madison Avenue worrying about the end of “brand safety.”



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Plus, SoftBank Group and OpenAI team up to offer artificial-intelligence services to Japanese businesses. And a leading semiconductor equipment maker’s CEO says China remains far behind the West in cutting-edge chip manufacture. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.

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Cryptocurrency was strictly regulated during the Biden administration, but President Trump may be looking to change all that. On this encore presentation of our series exploring what Trump’s second term means for tech, WSJ Heard on the Street writer and WSJ’s Take On the Week co-host Telis Demos joins host Belle Lin to discuss the future of crypto, and what Trump’s meme coin has to do with all of it.



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