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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Plus, the European Union says its fines on big tech are “not a tax.” And FTX settles with K5 Global. Belle Lin hosts.

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Digital risks to critical infrastructure, data and information systems, and from artificial intelligence are multiplying. On the fifth episode of our series exploring what President Trump’s second term means for tech, WSJ reporter Dustin Volz joins host Belle Lin to talk about how Trump’s approach to securing the digital realm could play out over the next four years, and why AI is only part of the big picture.

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Plus, OpenAI is in early talks to raise up to $40 billion in a funding round which would bring its valuation to $300 billion. And in earnings, Apple reports slump in iPhone sales, while Intel gives a gloomy outlook. Julie Chang hosts.

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Starting with the Department of Government Efficiency, tech executive Elon Musk is playing an influential role in the new Trump administration. But he’s not stopping there—he’s having a voice on artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and space. On the fourth episode of our series exploring what Trump’s second term means for tech, WSJ columnist Tim Higgins joins host Belle Lin to discuss how Musk is shaping Trump’s policies, and may impact the future of tech.

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Plus, OpenAI investigates the Chinese company DeepSeek. Microsoft’s cloud-business growth slows. And Meta sales soar to record. Belle Lin hosts.

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During his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order to cut regulations around energy production, including eliminating climate regulations tied to electric-vehicle production. On the third episode of our series exploring what Trump’s second term means for tech, WSJ reporter Scott Patterson tells host Belle Lin how the president's embrace of artificial intelligence and crypto could impact the clean-energy sector. Plus, what could be in store for the EV industry.

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