Hasan Chowdhury is a senior technology reporter at Business Insider.
He covers Silicon Valley companies, including Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Tesla, as well as emerging technologies such as generative AI and virtual reality. He also covers global stories in venture capital.
Prior to Insider, Hasan was a Technology Reporter at the Telegraph, and previously wrote for the Financial Times and New Statesman. To send tips or talk confidentially, email hchowdhury@businessinsider.com or message on Twitter @_hasanc.
Sample of stories:
Seasoned engineers and people with zero coding experience are embracing "vibe coding" — the act of relying on AI to write code for them.
AI
2025-02-07T14:01:50Z
Aidan Gomez helped spark the generative AI boom at Google. He doesn't think DeepSeek will fix your business's problems.
The Cohere CEO and former Google Brain member was impressed by DeepSeek's reasoning model, but doesn't think it'll be useful to enterprises.
Tech
2025-02-05T13:50:39Z
Andreessen Horowitz hires Daniel Penny, who was cleared last year in the killing of a subway rider
Andreessen Horowitz's website lists the Marine veteran Daniel Penny as a deal partner to support the venture capital firm's American Dynamism team.
AI
2025-02-01T02:41:09Z
Sam Altman says OpenAI will embrace two new AI approaches, one from DeepSeek and another from Meta
During a Reddit AMA on Friday, Altman said OpenAI has "been on the wrong side of history" when it comes to keeping model weights confidential.
Tech
2025-01-31T16:37:12Z
Apple dodged a DeepSeek sell-off, but its China headache hasn't gone away
The tech giant suffered an 11% decline in China sales last quarter, raising concerns about its ability to fend off fierce competition in the country.
AI
2025-01-31T15:21:19Z
The race to reproduce DeepSeek's market-breaking AI has begun
After the Chinese startup DeepSeek shook Silicon Valley and Wall Street, efforts have begun to reproduce its cost-efficient AI in the West.
AI
2025-01-31T14:15:29Z
OpenAI could be worth as much as TikTok owner Bytedance with SoftBank's latest investment
SoftBank's investment in OpenAI may position the company as the world's joint-second most valuable private tech firm after SpaceX.
Tech
2025-01-28T16:12:07Z
Trump's threat of Taiwan chip tariffs could give Nvidia a fresh headache after DeepSeek
President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, which could hit Nvidia, one of TSMC's biggest customers.
AI
2025-01-28T08:00:02Z
DeepSeek sparked a market panic — but some think the sell-off is overblown
China's DeepSeek has panicked investors in top AI stocks after it said its new model was built with less computing power than would be expected.
AI
2025-01-27T18:38:48Z
Intel's former CEO says the market is getting DeepSeek wrong after AI-chip-stock rout
Retired Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said "the markets are getting it wrong" Monday after investors triggered a sell-off in response to China's DeepSeek.
AI
2025-01-27T16:47:47Z
China's DeepSeek just showed every American tech company how quickly it's catching up in AI
The Chinese startup DeepSeek released an AI reasoning model that appears to rival the abilities of a frontier model from OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.
AI
2025-01-24T12:53:23Z
What does OpenAI get from Stargate? A $500 billion chance to build a whole new moat
OpenAI is focusing on AI infrastructure with Stargate as rivals like China's DeepSeek close the gap on its AI models.
AI
2025-01-21T10:45:37Z
America needs to pull off a colossal building plan to reach a new 'Intelligence Age'
AI leaders are ready to bring a new "Intelligence Age" to the US, but several challenges await those building the infrastructure needed to get there.
Tech
2025-01-20T14:04:02Z
TikTok is back online with Trump's blessing — but the ban hasn't gone away
TikTok came back online after Donald Trump promised to delay a law banning it, but its service providers have taken different stances on the ban.
AI
2025-01-17T11:38:59Z
Apple pauses AI summaries of news notifications, acknowledging a big flaw that drew backlash from publishers
The tech giant confirmed that it was pausing generative AI-enabled summaries of news notifications after complaints the technology was making errors.
Tech
2025-01-14T14:02:30Z
Biden signs executive order to accelerate AI infrastructure build-out in the US
The executive order directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal sites to companies building AI infrastructure.
Tech
2025-01-08T12:25:32Z
Apple is still blocked from selling the iPhone 16 in Indonesia after making a $1 billion factory deal
The tech giant has faced a ban on sales of the iPhone 16 in the country since October having failed to meet local investment requirements.
AI
2025-01-07T18:05:38Z
Jensen Huang channels Doctor Strange to lead Nvidia to the 'next frontier of AI'
The Nvidia boss unveiled a new AI platform at CES called Cosmos, which aims to give robots and autonomous cars endless real-world scenarios to study.
Tech
2025-01-04T02:12:02Z
Explosive experts: The Las Vegas blast could have been worse
Explosives experts told BI the design of the explosives that detonated outside the Trump Hotel didn't appear sophisticated.
Tech
2025-01-03T12:15:00Z
Apple's iPhone sales face fresh pressure in China as foreign-smartphone sales in the country almost halved in one month
Shipments to China of foreign smartphones, including iPhones, dropped by 47.4% year over year in November, highlighting Apple's uphill battle in the country.