Business headlines from the Apex backend, organized by sectors and major public companies for faster market scanning.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang dismissed customer moves toward their own AI hardware as part of a broader cycle of experimentation, rollout plans, and shifting priorities, arguing the chip industry will still need NVIDIA’s platform approach.
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Salesforce, the enterprise software bellwether, rose about 22.6% on August 27 following its latest earnings report, a move that comes as investors have been reassessing “SaaSpocalypse” fears tied to generative AI spending.
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Crypto-linked equities moved higher after bitcoin extended its rally on August 21, setting up a week gain of more than 20% according to market tracking reported by Yahoo Finance.
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A post-earnings reaction to NVIDIA Corporation’s latest results showed the stock’s volatility, with shares initially rising in premarket trading before ending the session down 4.6%.
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After a strong multi-year run, Uber Technologies’ stock has drawn fresh comparisons to takeover-offer benchmarks, with valuation indicators suggesting the company may still look “reasonable” to some investors despite the move higher.
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Meta Platforms is down sharply from a 2025 high, and investors are pressing for clarity on the timing and payoff of the company’s large-scale artificial intelligence investment. One Evercore ISI analyst points to an “optional” path to as much as $22 billion in AI-related value.
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BlackRock is selling a majority stake in the Jessup power plant to Equinor, moving operational control from a BlackRock subsidiary to the Norwegian energy company amid growing electricity requirements from data centers in the region.
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In its fiscal 2026 filing, Microsoft reported $24.1 billion of revenue tied to “commercial” OpenAI arrangements, according to a report citing the company’s 10-K. The disclosure highlights how large the partnership has become, while leaving investors without one specific number the market is watching.
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The biotech said it plans a private placement of convertible senior notes and a “capped call” transaction meant to reduce potential dilution from any future conversion.
