Newly-Public Aquantia Is Now Coming For Self-Driving Cars
Faraj Aalaei, CEO of semiconductor company Aquantia, spoke to Cheddar about the company's recent IPO. The company started trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday morning.
Faraj expressed that the company's interested in autonomous vehicles and discussed the possibilities that new technology can bring for the company's bottom line.
The executive explained that the losses the company reported for 2016, and through the first part of this year, came from increased investments, which he believes will soon see returns.
Investment in space was down 53% over the first three months of the year, according to a report from investment fund Space Capital. Chad Anderson, founder and managing partners of Space Capital, joined Cheddar News to discuss the funding downturn that's hit the lowest level in 14 quarters for the space industry.
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Pulitzer Prize winning digital media outlet BuzzFeed News is being shut down as part of a cost-cutting drive by its corporate parent that’s shedding about 15% of its entire staff, adding to layoffs made earlier this year.
Belgian customs have destroyed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life, advertised as the ″Champagne of Beers,” at the request of houses and growers of the bubbly beverage.
Stocks remained listless in afternoon trading Friday, as Wall Street closed out a quiet week highlighted by a batch of mostly mixed corporate earnings reports.
