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Google Cloud profitable, Gemini 2.5 deployed: alphabet goes to the scale on the AI

Chrome: an asset with $ 50 billion according to the DuckDuckGo CEO

Gabriel Weinberg, managing director of DuckduckGo, said in the American antitrust court that the Chrome browser could be worth “up to $ 50 billion” in the event of forced resale by Google. OPENAI, Perplexity and now Yahoo! have already expressed their interest in Chrome

Tesla falls, Elon Musk is backing down

Elon Musk announced its partial withdrawal from the “Department of Government Efficient” after a collapse of $ 800 billion in Tesla’s valuation and a 70 % fall in T1 profits. His political commitment alongside Donald Trump, supposed to promote his industrial interests, has resulted in a massive rejection of consumers and diplomatic tensions, especially with China, second Tesla market. Under the pressure of investors, Musk refocuses its commercial activities, while Tesla has just lost its place as the world leader in the electric vehicle for the benefit of Chinese Byd.

Manus AI raised $ 75 million to compete with OpenAi agents

The Chinese Startup Butterfly Effect, causing Manus AI, raised $ 75 million from Benchmark and historic investors, promoting nearly $ 500 million. It intends to accelerate the international deployment of its autonomous artificial intelligence agent, capable of sorting CVs, planning trips or analyzing actions. Unveiled in March, Manus claimed performance superior to Deep Research d’Openai on certain tasks. Its launch has relaunched the debates on American technological domination, in a segment deemed strategic by Silicon Valley.

Intel size in its costs but struggles to straighten its margin

Intel achieved a stable turnover at 12.7 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2025, but recorded a GAAP net loss of $ 821 million, dug by a gross margin in decline at 36.9 %. The group announces a drop in operating expenses to $ 17 billion for the year, compared to 17.5 billion planned, by removing managerial strata and refocusing activity. While the Data Center & AI division increased by 8 %, sales of consumer processors retreat by 8 %. Intel maintains the course on its industrial strategy, focusing on the rise of its foundry activity and the release of its new generation of fleas by the end of 2025.

Uber and Volkswagen launch a Robotaxi offensive in the United States

Volkswagen of America and Uber have announced a strategic partnership to deploy an autonomous electric Robotaxis sales service, based on the ID model. Buzz, in several American cities by 2035. The first fleet will be launched in Los Angeles at the end of 2026, with a human operator on board at first, before a visit to the completely autonomous mode planned for 2027. The project is based on the American subsidiary of Volkswagen Admt, created after the abandonment of Argo AI, and is based on Mobileye technology.

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Paris-Saclay Spring 2025-The event around innovation in France returns on May 20

Paris-Saclay Spring will bring together on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute in Paris in Palaiseau, the key players in innovation in the Paris-Saclay territory, the first Deeptech cluster in Europe.

🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:

• • • Record results for revolut / robotics, ultimate AI application? / Washington shouts in economic extortion
    • We spend 50% of the time in a meeting and we are late on the roadmap… / Openai ready to buy Chrome? / Google further retreats to third -party cookies /
    • Quarterly results: to a stock market bath? / Meta shared its AI technologies with China? / Sometimes it snows in April: the EU freezes…
    • OPENAI is preparing a strategic buyout / 7 Interviews for recruitment? / Believe: towards a removal of the side
    • Meta: $ 30 billion if not nothing / a legal flaw that benefits Uber France / Figma brave the turbulence for its iPo

🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:

• • The limits of French Tech are those of the Nation Startup: a model designed by investors.