Jonathan Vanian
@jonathanvanian.bsky.social
Journalist for CNBC
Airbnb hired Meta’s former head of GenAI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, as its new technology chief - www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/a... by @samanthasubin.bsky.social
Airbnb poaches former Meta GenAI leader to be new technology chief
The new appointment comes amid Airbnb's massive app redesign, which added catering and personal training.
www.cnbc.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Airbnb hired Meta’s former head of GenAI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, as its new technology chief - www.cnbc.com/2026/01/14/a... by @samanthasubin.bsky.social
Meta’s VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg’s massive pivot to AI
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/m...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/m...
Meta's VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg's massive pivot to AI
Meta began laying off employees in its Reality Labs division focused on virtual reality and shut down several VR studios as it pushes resources towards AI.
www.cnbc.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Meta’s VR layoffs, studio closures underscore Zuckerberg’s massive pivot to AI
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/m...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/m...
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says
TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says
TikTok's U.S. operations will be housed in a new joint venture, according to a memo sent to employees by CEO Shou Zi Chew.
cnb.cx
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
New: Trump just signed an executive order, issuing a single regulation framework for AI, marking a win for tech companies lobbying against states' abilities to regulate it. States that don't adhere to the rules could face funding restrictions, the order says. cnb.cx/44mxKyC
Trump signs executive order for single national AI regulation standard, limiting power of states
President Trump's executive order, which limits the power of states in regulating AI, is a win for big tech companies that have lobbied for a federal standard.
cnb.cx
December 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
New: Trump just signed an executive order, issuing a single regulation framework for AI, marking a win for tech companies lobbying against states' abilities to regulate it. States that don't adhere to the rules could face funding restrictions, the order says. cnb.cx/44mxKyC
From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion - the advent of foundation models have upended Meta's traditional, standardized software development and processes - many organizations likely experiencing similar changes
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/m...
From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion
Meta’s push to develop its next frontier model, codenamed Avocado, under new AI leadership is creating internal friction as it races rivals OpenAI and Google.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From Llamas to Avocados: Meta's shifting AI strategy is causing internal confusion - the advent of foundation models have upended Meta's traditional, standardized software development and processes - many organizations likely experiencing similar changes
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/m...
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup: “As I envision it, AMI will have far-ranging applications in many sectors of the economy, some of which overlap with Meta’s commercial interests, but many of which do not.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/m...
Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup
Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving the company, marking an end of an era of pioneering computer science research at the Facebook parent.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup: “As I envision it, AMI will have far-ranging applications in many sectors of the economy, some of which overlap with Meta’s commercial interests, but many of which do not.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/m...
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram.
Judge Boasberg writes “people treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram, and the amount of competitive overlap is economically important.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...
Judge Boasberg writes “people treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram, and the amount of competitive overlap is economically important.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram
Meta has won its case against the Federal Trade Commission, seven months after the trial began.
www.cnbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram.
Judge Boasberg writes “people treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram, and the amount of competitive overlap is economically important.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...
Judge Boasberg writes “people treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram, and the amount of competitive overlap is economically important.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...
Snap shares rocket 20% on strong forecast, $400 million Perplexity deal
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/s...
Snap shares rocket 25% on strong forecast, $400 million Perplexity deal
Perplexity AI will pay the social media company $400 million over 1 year to integrate the AI startup's search features into Snapchat in 2026, Snap said.
www.cnbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Snap shares rocket 20% on strong forecast, $400 million Perplexity deal
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/s...
Pinterest shares plummet 15% on earnings miss, weak forecast. Pins CFO said during earnings call that “we see these broader trends and market uncertainty continuing with the addition of a new tariff in Q4 impacting the home furnishing category.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/p...
Pinterest shares plummet 15% on earnings miss, weak forecast
Pinterest shares tanked on Tuesday after the company reported third-quarter financial results that missed on earnings per share and provided weak guidance.
www.cnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Pinterest shares plummet 15% on earnings miss, weak forecast. Pins CFO said during earnings call that “we see these broader trends and market uncertainty continuing with the addition of a new tariff in Q4 impacting the home furnishing category.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/p...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/04/p...
While AI spending is top of mind, online ads are driving a lot of Big Tech’s growth
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/01/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/01/m...
While AI spending is top of mind, online ads are driving a lot of Big Tech's growth
Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft reported quarterly earnings that showed rising digital ad sales and increased AI infrastructure spending.
www.cnbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
While AI spending is top of mind, online ads are driving a lot of Big Tech’s growth
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/01/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/01/m...
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
Palantir's comms chief said she's concerned about its political shift toward the Trump admin, including embracing parts of Trump's agenda and inking a contract with ICE to build "ImmigrantOS"
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
Palantir communications chief calls the company's political shift 'concerning'
Palantir Head of Global Communications Lisa Gordon's comments come as CEO Alex Karp aligns himself further with the Trump administration.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Palantir's comms chief said she's concerned about its political shift toward the Trump admin, including embracing parts of Trump's agenda and inking a contract with ICE to build "ImmigrantOS"
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
"I think it's going to be challenging," she said.
via @jennelias.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/p...
Reddit shares rise on earnings beat, strong forecast - also, CEO Steve Huffman told analysts that the company is not currently seeing any major traffic from AI-powered chat apps, but "there’s plenty of opportunity there as we continue to work together.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/r...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/r...
Reddit shares rise on earnings beat, strong forecast
Reddit reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday in which the company beat on the top and bottom and provided strong guidance.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Reddit shares rise on earnings beat, strong forecast - also, CEO Steve Huffman told analysts that the company is not currently seeing any major traffic from AI-powered chat apps, but "there’s plenty of opportunity there as we continue to work together.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/r...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/r...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends AI spending: 'We're seeing the returns'
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/m...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends AI spending: 'We're seeing the returns'
Mark Zuckerberg is reminding investors that Meta needs to keep spending on artificial intelligence because of the risk of not investing enough.
www.cnbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends AI spending: 'We're seeing the returns'
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/m...
Meta's AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI's Sora - Meta has boosted Vibes’ visibility by paying creators to produce a consistent stream of AI-generated videos - with @zachvallese.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/m...
Meta's AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI's Sora
The Meta AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since the company launched Vibes and began paying creators to make AI-generated videos.
www.cnbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta's AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI's Sora - Meta has boosted Vibes’ visibility by paying creators to produce a consistent stream of AI-generated videos - with @zachvallese.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/m...
Meta lays off 600 from 'bloated' AI unit as former Scale AI CEO Wang cements leadership - with @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
Meta lays off 600 from 'bloated' AI unit as Wang cements leadership
The cuts did not impact employees within TBD Labs, which includes many of the top-tier AI hires brought into Meta this summer, people familiar told CNBC.
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Meta lays off 600 from 'bloated' AI unit as former Scale AI CEO Wang cements leadership - with @ashleycapoot.cnbc.com
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
New: Two Amazon delivery drones crashed into a construction crane midflight in Arizona yesterday, prompting the company to suspend the service.
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
Amazon faces FAA, NTSB probe after two delivery drones crashed into crane in Arizona
The drones sustained "substantial" damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.
www.cnbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
New: Two Amazon delivery drones crashed into a construction crane midflight in Arizona yesterday, prompting the company to suspend the service.
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
The FAA and NTSB are probing the incident: www.cnbc.com/2025/10/02/a...
Appreciate you and sharing your expertise on this awful but important topic.
September 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Appreciate you and sharing your expertise on this awful but important topic.
5 takeaways from CNBC’s investigation into 'nudify' apps and sites -
“I’m concerned that we will continue to be left behind and sacrificed at the altar of trying to have some geopolitical race for powerful AI.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/28/5...
“I’m concerned that we will continue to be left behind and sacrificed at the altar of trying to have some geopolitical race for powerful AI.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/28/5...
5 takeaways from CNBC’s investigation into 'nudify' apps and sites
CNBC investigated "nudify" apps and how a group of friends became key figures in the fight against nonconsensual, AI-generated porn.
www.cnbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
5 takeaways from CNBC’s investigation into 'nudify' apps and sites -
“I’m concerned that we will continue to be left behind and sacrificed at the altar of trying to have some geopolitical race for powerful AI.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/28/5...
“I’m concerned that we will continue to be left behind and sacrificed at the altar of trying to have some geopolitical race for powerful AI.”
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/28/5...
How a 'nudify' site turned a group of friends into key figures in a fight against AI-generated porn - this story, months-long in the making, explores the legal quagmire surrounding nonconsensual deepfakes and the deep, trauma experienced by victims
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/27/n...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/27/n...
How a 'nudify' site turned a group of friends into key figures in a fight against AI-generated porn
A group of friends in Minnesota last year learned that a man they knew had used their social media photos to create pornographic deepfakes.
www.cnbc.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How a 'nudify' site turned a group of friends into key figures in a fight against AI-generated porn - this story, months-long in the making, explores the legal quagmire surrounding nonconsensual deepfakes and the deep, trauma experienced by victims
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/27/n...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/27/n...
Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order, Vance says business valued at $14 billion
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/t...
Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order, Vance says business valued at $14 billion
President Donald Trump on Thursday approved a proposed deal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S.
www.cnbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order, Vance says business valued at $14 billion
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/t...
Intel gets $5.7 billion from Trump deal as White House says details are ‘being ironed out’
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/i...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/i...
Intel gets $5.7 billion from Trump deal as White House says details are 'being ironed out'
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Intel deal is still "being ironed out by the Department of Commerce."
www.cnbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Intel gets $5.7 billion from Trump deal as White House says details are ‘being ironed out’
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/i...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/i...
Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses with a display, wristband at Connect next month - with the amazing @sal19.bsky.social and @lorakolasinski.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/m...
Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses with a display, wristband at Connect next month
Meta's glasses are codenamed Hypernova and will include a small display in the right lens of the device, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.
www.cnbc.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses with a display, wristband at Connect next month - with the amazing @sal19.bsky.social and @lorakolasinski.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/22/m...
Key takeaway from tech earnings was the impact of (predictive) AI on digital advertising. Plus, Snap adds Reddit to list of competitors, and Asian-online retailers picked up spending on Meta but not Pinterest this quarter...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/t...
Tech is getting a boost from AI ad tools. Some companies are being left behind
Ad revenue has stayed strong amid broader macroeconomic uncertainty due to President Donald Trump's tough tariffs and the closing of the de minimis loophole.
www.cnbc.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Key takeaway from tech earnings was the impact of (predictive) AI on digital advertising. Plus, Snap adds Reddit to list of competitors, and Asian-online retailers picked up spending on Meta but not Pinterest this quarter...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/t...
Reposted by Jonathan Vanian
How Tim Cook convinced Trump to drop made-in-USA iPhone — for now www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/a... by @kif.bsky.social
www.cnbc.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
How Tim Cook convinced Trump to drop made-in-USA iPhone — for now www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/a... by @kif.bsky.social