MGP Ingredients gets hit hard as whiskey makers pause orders to work through excess stock, but the company says customer agreements stay in place and demand can come back as supply tightens. With well-known spirits brands, a growing tequila business, and a food-ingredients unit, it may be better positioned to outlast weaker rivals and even buy assets cheaply during the downturn.Read more

Kodiak AI aims to sell self-driving capability to trucking fleets as a service, letting customers own the trucks while Kodiak provides the driving system and support. Big-name investors are buying in, but the company still faces a race to scale real-world driverless operations before it needs more funding—and shareholders could get watered down if it succeeds.Read more

Uber pushes beyond rides into a one-stop app, using memberships and smarter promotions to keep people coming back while it builds a path to driverless trips. The big question is whether costly bets on automation and tougher rules can be managed without hurting profits as competition heats up.Read more

Embracer’s fast-buying strategy backfires when borrowing gets more expensive and a major deal falls apart, pushing it into studio closures and asset sales. Now it plans to split into separate businesses and lean on big-name game worlds and new releases to get growth moving again—while debt and hit-driven results still loom as key risks.Read more

Microsoft is weaving AI into the tools many workplaces already rely on, which could make its software and cloud services harder to live without. But big bets in cloud, gaming, and AI also bring real hurdles—from tougher competition and regulation to the chance that AI excitement cools before the payoff shows up.Read more