All articles tagged with #partnership
Nintendo and LEGO are expanding their long-running collaboration with a LEGO Donkey Kong set, teased in a 19-second clip on the Nintendo Today app that says the set is 'rolling soon'. Since starting in 2020 with Super Mario, the partnership has expanded to Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong has enjoyed renewed attention, including a Donkey Kong Bananza release on Switch 2.
Bristol Myers Squibb is striking a broad deal with Hengrui Pharma worth up to $15.2 billion, featuring $600 million upfront for 13 early-stage programs, ex-China rights to four oncology/hematology assets, and joint discovery on five candidates; Hengrui will gain access to BMS immunology assets in China, Hong Kong and Macau and lead early development to proof of concept, in a move that leverages China's reportedly faster timelines (50–70% quicker) to clinical proof of concept.
Private equity firm KKR is investing to accelerate the growth of MLS NEXT Pro, forming Hometown Soccer Holdings with Major League Soccer to unlock new markets and boost community engagement for the development league.
Qualcomm shares rose about 13% in premarket trading after reports that the chipmaker is partnering with OpenAI to supply a smartphone processor, signaling potential AI-driven demand for its chips and a strategic boost for the company.
OpenAI and Microsoft unveiled a revamped partnership that allows OpenAI to serve customers across any cloud and caps revenue-sharing payments through 2030; Microsoft will stop receiving a revenue share, while OpenAI will pay Microsoft 20% of revenue under the new terms, signaling a simplification aimed at broader AI deployment.
Qualcomm shares jumped about 13% in premarket trading after analyst notes suggested OpenAI is partnering with Qualcomm and MediaTek to develop AI-focused smartphone processors, with Luxshare as the exclusive system co-design/manufacturing partner and mass production targeted for 2028, signaling a potential long-term AI upgrade cycle for mobile chips.
Bloom Energy shares moved higher in after-hours trading after the company announced an expanded strategic partnership with Oracle to support its AI and cloud infrastructure, with Oracle planning to procure up to 2.8 gigawatts of Bloom’s fuel-cell systems under a master services agreement (an initial 1.2 GW already contracted); deployment is underway and expected to continue into next year, with Bloom’s Aman Joshi calling the expanded relationship a step toward a shared vision for energy and AI infrastructure. BE was up about 9.7% after hours to around $193.93.
Hims & Hers Health Inc. shares jumped in premarket trading after media reports that Novo Nordisk plans to sell obesity drugs through Hims & Hers' telehealth platform as part of a potential partnership between the two companies.
Stanford Athletics and Waymo announced a first-of-its-kind partnership making Waymo the official autonomous ride-hailing partner for Stanford, with Waymo’s driverless service rolling out on campus for events at the Oval and Museum Way and limited routes on non-event days to the Oval and Stanford Visitor Center; two additional stops at Escondido Village and the Visitor Center were added, and the Museum Way location operates five hours before and two hours after large events. Riders can plan with the Waymo app or Stanford’s searchable map and provide feedback via QR codes as the program is evaluated for mobility and accessibility improvements across campus, supported by Elevate.”,
Tata Group has signed OpenAI as a customer for its data-center business, signaling a strategic push to grow its data-center and cloud infrastructure to support AI workloads and services.
Rumors suggest Blizzard and Nexon are co-developing a reimagined StarCraft as a shooter, with pre-production reportedly underway and Nexon leading the Shooter Division; Blizzard reportedly approved a content development agreement last year, and chatter ties this effort to earlier reports about StarCraft projects, with a potential reveal at BlizzCon 2026.
Amazon is in talks to obtain special access to OpenAI technology as it weighs a tens-of-billions-dollar equity investment, plus a commercial deal that could see OpenAI dedicate researchers to building customized AI models for powering Amazon products such as Alexa.
The Wall Street Journal reports Nvidia’s plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI has stalled as executives question the deal; Jensen Huang says the $100B figure was never a binding commitment, and Nvidia wants to avoid being seen as overly dependent on OpenAI or paying an “OpenAI valuation tax.” Nvidia will still participate in OpenAI’s current funding round (potentially the largest investment it’s ever made), but there has been little progress since September as the two firms reassess the partnership amid competition from Google and Anthropic.
Nvidia’s plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI to help train and run its AI models has stalled amid internal doubts, with discussions reportedly shifting toward a multi‑billion equity stake rather than a single upfront commitment. CEO Jensen Huang has privately noted the original deal was non-binding and voiced concerns about OpenAI’s business discipline and competitive pressure from Google and Anthropic, even as other giants like Amazon pursue OpenAI funding while OpenAI aims to raise up to $100 billion at a roughly $830 billion valuation.
NVIDIA and CoreWeave expand their collaboration to accelerate the buildout of more than 5 gigawatts of AI factories by 2030, supported by a $2 billion NVIDIA investment. The deal includes CoreWeave adopting NVIDIA compute and storage platforms (Rubin, Vera CPUs, BlueField) and testing CoreWeave SUNK and Mission Control to align with NVIDIA reference architectures for cloud partners and enterprises, while deploying multiple NVIDIA generations across CoreWeave’s platform to meet surging AI demand.