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Ford bets on rally DNA with five European models and new partnerships
business3 days ago

Ford bets on rally DNA with five European models and new partnerships

Ford plans a five‑model European rollout for 2026–2029 to refresh its lineup after discontinuing the Fiesta and Focus, including two small EVs, two crossovers with multiple powertrains, and a Europe‑specific Bronco. The small cars will ride Renault’s AMPR platform while Ford explores multiple partnerships to gain scale and reduce costs, reflecting slower EV adoption in Europe and a push to preserve Ford’s rally‑bred DNA across platforms. The company hasn’t finalized partnerships or exact specs, and questions remain about resurrecting legacy names.

via Motor1.com|
#ampr-platform#business#electric-vehicles
Stellantis Unveils FaSTLAne 2030: A €60 Billion Drive for Growth and Profit
business5 days ago

Stellantis Unveils FaSTLAne 2030: A €60 Billion Drive for Growth and Profit

Stellantis announced FaSTLAne 2030, a €60 billion, five-year plan unveiled at Investor Day to accelerate growth and profitability through six pillars: sharper brand portfolio management, investment in global platforms/powertrains/technology, strategic partnerships, optimized manufacturing, execution excellence, and empowered regions. The plan envisions 60+ new launches/refreshes (including 29 BEVs) focused on Jeep, Ram, Peugeot and Fiat, about €24 billion in platforms and tech, and the rollout of new technologies (STLA One, STLA Brain, STLA SmartCockpit, STLA AutoDrive) by 2027–2030. It also targets higher capacity utilization (Europe to 80%, US to 80%), regional growth targets, and €6 billion/year in cost savings from 2028, with regional teams empowered to tailor plans and partnerships with external players.

via Stellantis.com|
#business#electric-vehicles#fastlane-2030
Nissan Eyes Growth as Profit Returns and EV Demand Expands
business13 days ago

Nissan Eyes Growth as Profit Returns and EV Demand Expands

Nissan shifts from cost cutting to growth, forecasting 3.3 million global deliveries and a profit rebound under CEO Ivan Espinosa; Stellantis plans growth via partnerships, including a Europe-wide deal with Leapmotor; rising gas prices are boosting EV demand globally with April EV registrations up 6% year-on-year; Volkswagen's Porsche SE owners push for changes and higher returns amid market pressures.

via Jalopnik|
#business#ev#ivan-espinosa
Spotify Teams Up With Peloton to Bring 1,400 On-Demand Workouts to Its App
business29 days ago

Spotify Teams Up With Peloton to Bring 1,400 On-Demand Workouts to Its App

Spotify is expanding into fitness by partnering with Peloton to bring more than 1,400 on‑demand workout classes from Peloton instructors into the Spotify app for paid users (no Peloton bike workouts), launching April 27 with English, German and Spanish content. The move taps into growing fitness interest on Spotify and supports its broader push into video and creator monetization, aiming to boost time spent on the app. Peloton content will come from external creators, and Spotify has no current plan to invest in its own wellness library, signaling more partnerships to come.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#business#fitness#on-demand
Adobe bets big on agentic AI to reignite its stock
technology1 month ago

Adobe bets big on agentic AI to reignite its stock

Adobe unveiled multiple AI-driven initiatives at its summit, including CXO Integration with Microsoft, Nvidia, AWS, Google Cloud, OpenAI and Anthropic; GenStudio updates for autonomous task execution; a Marketing collaboration with Omnicom; and ties with IBM, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Comcast to enhance AI-powered customer experiences, while analysts maintain a Hold rating with a ~26% upside to a $313 target amid a year-to-date stock decline.

via TipRanks|
#adobe#ai#genstudio
Regeneron launches radiopharma push with Telix in a potential $2.1B collaboration
business1 month ago

Regeneron launches radiopharma push with Telix in a potential $2.1B collaboration

Regeneron pays Telix $40 million upfront to co-develop four radiopharmaceutical programs for solid tumors, with an option to add four more. If milestones are met, Telix could earn up to $2.1 billion in biobucks, or opt for milestone-based payments under a cost-sharing model, with shared global commercialization and potential co-promotion. Regeneron will select targets from its antibody portfolio and may pair these agents with Libtayo; the deal also covers diagnostics, with Telix leading commercialization. The collaboration follows Telix’s recent radiopharma expansion and comes amid regulatory headwinds for Telix’s imaging assets.

via Fierce Biotech|
#business#oncology#partnerships
OpenAI lays out a five-pronged blueprint to win enterprise AI
technology1 month ago

OpenAI lays out a five-pronged blueprint to win enterprise AI

OpenAI's internal memo maps a five-part play to dominate enterprise AI: strengthen the model layer with Spud, own the agent platform via Frontier, expand through AWS Bedrock, sell a full AI-native stack (ChatGPT for Work, Codex, API, Frontier, and the AWS runtime), and deploy at scale with DeployCo to prove value in real workflows. Framed as a platform-driven strategy with multiple entry points, the plan targets multi-year, nine-figure deals, emphasizes talent growth to meet demand, and notes Anthropic as a competitive benchmark while stressing a durable compute advantage.

via The Verge|
#ai-platform#competition#deployment
Uber bets on a multi-vendor robotaxi future to curb monopoly risk
business2 months ago

Uber bets on a multi-vendor robotaxi future to curb monopoly risk

Uber has expanded a broad slate of robotaxi partnerships with Zoox, Wayve-Nissan, Rivian and others to keep the market open and competitive by avoiding a single dominant supplier. Positioned as the demand aggregator, Uber aims to attract investment into a diversified ecosystem rather than chase one winner. While this could expand the overall ride-hailing market and give Uber more negotiating leverage, most partners have yet to deploy fully driverless paid services and cost/scale remain the main challenges.

via Business Insider|
#autonomous-driving#business#multi-vendor-ecosystem
OpenAI’s Alexa-style Device Signals a Direct Home-Assistant Showdown
technology3 months ago

OpenAI’s Alexa-style Device Signals a Direct Home-Assistant Showdown

The piece speculates that OpenAI is pursuing a first hardware device—a voice-first smart speaker with camera features, potentially priced around $200–$300, and possibly developed with LoveFrom—aimed at challenging Alexa and extending OpenAI’s omnichannel AI capabilities into the home; it suggests a possible collaboration with Amazon while highlighting the broader race among Apple, Google, and Meta in smart home devices.

via spyglass.org|
#ai-devices#alexa#amazon
Fortnite Expands Crossovers With 100 Annual Partnerships
gaming3 months ago

Fortnite Expands Crossovers With 100 Annual Partnerships

Fortnite will gain more crossovers via the Epic Games Store, offering cosmetics from partnered games as part of a program that aims for about 100 partnerships annually; the rollout begins with Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem (Feb 27) and includes others like miHoYo, Pearl Abyss, S-Game, MintRocket, and Kakao Games. Epic also plans launcher improvements, mobile-store expansion to Japan and Brazil, and notes strong third-party PC game spending and millions of free titles claimed.

via The Verge|
#crossovers#epic-games-store#fortnite
entertainment4 months ago

HBO Max expands into eight new markets with premieres and Olympic coverage

HBO Max is expanding to eight new markets—Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Israel, and Greece—with direct-to-consumer access and partner bundles (Amazon Prime Video in Italy/Germany/Austria; RTL+ in Germany; TIM in Italy; Sunrise/Swisscom in Switzerland; Hot/Yes in Israel; Vodafone in Greece). The rollout brings a slate of DC/Warner content and Max Originals, including One Battle After Another, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Industry S4, The Pitt S2, and Heated Rivalry, plus the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and a Sports add-on for events like the Australian Open and major cycling tours. Italy will host the Winter Games on the service, with Portobello and Banksters premiering in February and further originals like Melania Rea – Beyond the Case and 4 Blocks Zero to follow; UK and Ireland are planned to launch in late March to complete the European rollout.

via Warner Bros. Discovery|
#entertainment#europe#expansion