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TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Overtakes Amazon in Market Value

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: Databricks releases Genie One, an agentic co-worker for businesses. And Rivian and Robinhood announce layoffs. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here's your afternoon, TNB Tech Minute, for Tuesday, June 16th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

0:09.1

SpaceX shares paired gains after the rocket company overtook Amazon to become the world's fifth most valuable public company.

0:17.0

The Elon Musk-led company's stock rose as much as 17% in early trading before falling

0:23.6

back. SpaceX ended the day nearly 5% higher, with its market capitalization narrowly leapfrogging the

0:31.2

e-commerce giant. We exclusively report that Databricks is releasing AI agents for businesses.

0:39.1

The company says its new Genie One is an agenic coworker that will help professionals get answers and make decisions using corporate data.

0:47.9

Databricks, valued at $134 billion, provides the underlying layer for storing and organizing data in the cloud.

0:55.8

It's been pushing further into Enterprise AI as it aims to carve out a place in the AI era.

1:01.2

The company reported a revenue run rate of over $1.7 billion from its AI products up from over

1:08.3

$1 billion last September. Albertsons and Rivian are already using Databricks's new AI agents to analyze data for

1:16.2

merchandising and operational insights.

1:19.4

And a challenging day for the job market as both Rivian and Robin Hood announced significant

1:24.9

staff cuts. Rivian laid off hundreds of employees today.

1:29.0

A spokesperson for the EV startups said the cuts represent less than 2% of the workforce.

1:34.6

The job cuts affect employees in Rivian service and customer organization, which handle sales

1:39.8

and marketing. The company said it restructured to ensure it can profitably scale the business.

1:46.3

Robin Hood said it'll lay off about 10% of its workforce, eliminating roughly 290 jobs in a bit

1:53.0

to keep the brokerage firm lean and, quote, maximize its talent density. This is Robin Hood's first

1:58.6

major layoff in three years. The company said it's seeing record

2:02.6

average trading volumes in stocks, options, and prediction markets so far this month. And that's

2:08.6

it for your T&B Tech Minutes. We'll have another quick tech update in the morning.

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