Walmart Beats, OpenAI's Altman and Anthropic's Amodei Talk Exclusively to CNBC 2/19/26
Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed market reaction to Walmart's Q4 beat and what new CEO John Furner said on the earnings call about consumer spending. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to hold hands during a group photo shoot with tech leaders at an AI summit in India. Both men spoke exclusively to CNBC: Altman on the U.S.-China AI arms race, Amodei on AI's effect on jobs. Also in focus: OpenAI's march toward a new $100 billion funding round, more pain for software stocks, Etsy jumps on the sale of second-hand fashion app Depop to eBay, Blue Owl…
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