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Chip stocks fell across global markets, with Micron and Intel giving back recent gains. Cerebras reported earnings. The PGA Tour's next chapter was also covered. Stock futures are higher after all three major averages closed lower yesterday.
German car subscription platform FINN raised €140 million in Series D funding, including €100 million in equity and €40 million in debt. The Munich-based company now holds over 50,000 active subscriptions and exceeds €300 million in annual recurring revenue, reaching a valuation over €1 billion within seven years.
Yatra Online denied a report that ixigo was in advanced talks to buy a 15, 20% stake from its promoters, calling it inaccurate. The two companies reported combined FY26 revenue of roughly Rs 2,235 crore. ixigo earned Rs 1,228 crore from individual travelers, while Yatra earned Rs 1,006.5 crore from corporate bookings, offering complementary resilience.
Nervous investors await Micron earnings as the chip sector experiences whipsaw movements. The semiconductor industry faces volatility ahead of the company's financial report. Market participants closely watch Micron's results for signals on chip demand trends.
CryptoQuant warned that Strategy's cash reserve fell 38% year-to-date, covering only 14 months of dividends versus seven years prior. CEO Ki Young Ju urged the company to pause Bitcoin purchases and rebuild reserves. Dividend obligations nearly quadrupled to $1.2 billion, driven by STRC preferred stock with an 11.5% yield.
Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5% in premarket trade after a two-day semiconductor selloff. Oil hit its lowest level since the start of the Iran war. Investors now await Micron's next move.
Alphabet is joining the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The company will replace Verizon in the stock index. The change reflects the shifting composition of the American economy toward technology companies.
Meta positioned its AI tools as an end-to-end ad platform covering creation, testing, and launching. Advertisers now see a $4.13 return per $1 spent, a 25% increase since 2022. The company introduced brand memory, enhanced text generation, translations, and a shared collaboration space. A WPP partnership opened the platform to third-party agencies.
Google will face an 11-week trial over a £1bn class action brought by thousands of UK app developers. The Competition Appeal Tribunal authorized Professor Barry Rodger to lead the case on an opt-out basis in May 2025. Google sought to require developers to opt in shortly before trial.
Micron Technology reports fiscal third-quarter results Wednesday after market close. Memory chip and data storage stocks plunged Tuesday despite sustained AI-driven demand. The swoon reflects a micro-crisis of confidence in the AI trade, even as Micron remains a top S&P 500 gainer this year.
Chicago is investing in quantum computing to avoid repeating its past failure to capitalize on the digital revolution. The city plans to turn the site of a former US Steel mill into a quantum computing campus. The initiative aims to establish Chicago as a leader in the emerging technology sector.
Nasdaq CFO Sarah Youngwood implemented a martial arts-style belt system for AI proficiency in the finance team. Employees earn white belts for foundational knowledge and can advance to black belt. Youngwood mandated everyone reach white belt, with a long-term goal of 20% of the team achieving black belt status.
Lockheed Martin plans to flight test an in-development, extreme-range cruise missile with the U.S. Air Force by the end of the year. The AGM-158 XR was first teased in late 2024. Lockheed's Tim Cahill said the company will evolve the AGM-158 into a modular system configurable to different lengths and payloads.
LiveKid, a Poland-based childcare management platform, has acquired Aldea, a Monterrey-based software provider for daycare centers in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. The deal expands LiveKid's Latin American footprint. LiveKid now serves over 5,000 centers and 600,000 parents, processing more than $400 million in annual payments.
Home loan marketplace Ambak is raising ₹80 Cr ($8.4 Mn) led by Quona Capital, with participation from Peak XV Partners and Z47 Partners. The round values the startup at ₹650-680 Cr post-money. Founded in 2023, Ambak operates a digital marketplace with over 50 lender partners and 15,000 customers.
New-age Indian consumer brands are growing three times faster than the overall FMCG market. These insurgent brands, powered by digital and quick commerce, capture market share through rapid innovation and addressing unmet consumer needs. Their accelerated growth challenges established FMCG companies to adapt.
Samsung Electronics plans a 90 trillion won share buyback to fund a special bonus for Device Solutions semiconductor staff. The bonus equals roughly 10.5% of operating profit, paid in shares over three years. Employees can sell a third immediately, a third after one year, and the remainder after two years.
Samsung is spending $59 billion to buy back its own stock. The move is designed to boost shareholder value and signal confidence in the company's financial health. The buyback is one of the largest in the tech industry.
Automotive suppliers are leveraging manufacturing and safety expertise to enter the humanoid robot sector, which Morgan Stanley forecasts could be worth up to $5 trillion by 2050 with 1 billion units deployed. Experts warn suppliers risk building only physical components while more valuable technology remains controlled elsewhere.
Investors are hitting pause on the AI run-up, with chip stocks slumping from record highs. The AI buildout faces a reality-check moment for businesses spending on compute and investors bidding up stock prices. Compute rental costs are falling, but flagship model prices remain high.
Cory Doctorow argues AI will never render humans obsolete but will be used by bosses to degrade work. He describes a 'reverse centaur' as a human forced to assist a machine, citing warehouse workers, self-driving truck monitors, and lawyers checking AI output. Doctorow says AI appeals to those in power.
Partly raised $50 million in Series B funding and launched into the US market. The company built the Interpreter AI model for the automotive repair supply chain, trained on human feedback and synthetic data. DST Global Partners backed the round. Partly's US operation is based in Austin, Texas.
Walmart agreed to acquire Vibe, a CTV advertising platform for small and midsize businesses, in a deal sources valued at over $1 billion. Vibe, which generated $100 million in annual recurring revenue, will join Walmart Connect. Co-founders Arthur Querou and Franck Tetzlaff are expected to lead integration by fiscal year 2027.
OneCap uses agentic AI to automate financial reconciliation, a process still heavily manual across most enterprises. The startup analyzed over 10 million transactions worth ₹17,000 crore, identifying discrepancies that cause revenue leakage. Founded by Sandeep Nambiar and Gururaj Laxmayya, OneCap operates with a six-member team and AI-powered virtual employees.
Micron Technology's upcoming earnings report carries heightened importance as the market closely watches for AI-related demand signals. The semiconductor company's financial results are expected to provide key insights into the health of the artificial intelligence hardware sector. Investors are on edge over how AI trends will impact Micron's performance.
Agility Robotics, the Oregon startup behind the Digit bipedal robot, is negotiating a SPAC merger valuing the company at roughly $2.5 billion. The deal would mark a premium over its $2.12 billion valuation from a $400 million Series C in March 2025. Digit has generated commercial revenue moving totes in a GXO Logistics warehouse.
The parent company of Mamaearth valued a slow-growing bootstrapped firm in its latest acquisition. The deal involves an undisclosed amount for the target company. The acquisition reflects the parent's strategy to expand its portfolio with established brands.
Cboe launched a prediction market suite featuring binary option contracts on the S&P 500. The contracts pay a fixed amount if the index settles above or below a specified level at expiration. The suite offers a regulated alternative to event-based prediction markets.
Canada updated police certificate rules for International Experience Canada work permits. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada now requires the certificate to be issued within six months before the application is received. The earlier guidance lacked this clear timeframe.
AIVA, a New York-based AI company, secured $1.5 million in seed funding from Comma Capital and 645 Ventures. Founded in 2026 by Lucía Marí Sanguino and Paula Rodríguez Jou, the company builds an intelligence layer that helps hotels understand guest behavior and operations in real time.
A tech sell-off shook global markets on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq closing 2.2% lower and the S&P 500 dropping 1.43%. The Dow remained steady. The sell-off shifted focus away from the US war with Iran toward the future of AI companies and chipmakers that have driven stock markets to record highs.
Zhipu is considering a multibillion-dollar Hong Kong share sale after its stock surged 2,000% since its January IPO, pushing its market cap above $128 billion. The move would allow the company to raise additional capital from international investors.
Attention, a New York-based AI platform for revenue teams, raised $30 million in Series B funding led by RTP Global. The company will use the capital to scale its agentic capabilities and expand among enterprise organizations. Returning investors include Aglaé Ventures, Eniac, and Alven, with new investor Linea Ventures and angel investors from Preply, Pavilion, Engine, Abridge, and Scale.
BharatTender, an Indian B2B procurement technology platform, raised ₹1.25 crore in a pre-seed round from an angel investor. The company plans to use the capital for product development, customer acquisition, and new AI-powered procurement features. Founded in 2025 by Rankit Singh, Sanyam Jain, and Anshul Kochar, the platform digitizes sourcing, tendering, and escrow-backed payments.
Meta paid $19 billion for WhatsApp over a decade ago, yet it contributes less than 2% of Meta's revenue. With AI launches failing and morale low, Meta is reorganizing and spending $145 billion to find growth. Kunal Shah becoming WhatsApp CEO signals a push to transform the messaging platform into fintech, with lending as a feature.
The author details a method to generate $100,000 in new revenue within 90 days without any advertising spend. The approach focuses on organic growth strategies and brand building. Specific tactics are outlined to achieve rapid revenue gains.
Cerebras shares fell on the company's first earnings report as a public company, with profit margins trailing those of AI chip competitors. The lower margins raised investor concerns about Cerebras's competitive position in the AI hardware market.
MoEngage acquired San Francisco-based Aampe in an all-cash deal worth tens of millions of dollars. Aampe assigns a dedicated AI agent to each customer for personalized messaging. The startup has over 30 customers and grew annual recurring revenue by 150% in the past year.
Apple improved the iOS 27 Weather app layout with a new Highlights section for at-a-glance daily info. Users can toggle between hourly temperature, precipitation, and wind views. The 10-day forecast adapts to these views. A new extra large Home Screen widget size is also available.
Cerebras Systems shares fell 11% in after-hours trading after the company guided to lower profit margins. First-quarter revenue nearly doubled to $193.4 million, beating loss forecasts. The company expects core gross margin of 36%-38% in the second quarter, down from 46.5% in the first.
Anthropic announced a major milestone in its AI model performance, highlighting the success of its latest large language model version. The company emphasized improved accuracy and real-world application in customer support and coding tasks. Performance benchmarks show a 22% increase in task completion rates compared to prior versions.
Nouriel Roubini co-authored a whitepaper for USAFi, a tokenized investment product backed by the Atlas America Fund ETF. Securitize provides the tokenization infrastructure. The token plans to launch under Dubai's VARA framework in the third quarter of 2026.
Cerebras reported Q1 revenue of $193.4 million, up 94% year over year, with a net loss of $14 million, down 41%. The company forecast core gross margin to shrink in Q2. CBRS stock dropped over 8% in after-hours trading.
Superhuman Inc., the company formerly known as Grammarly, has acquired GPTZero, the AI detection startup founded by Edward Tian. GPTZero has 19 million registered users and $30 million in annual recurring revenue. GPTZero will be integrated into Superhuman Go, the company's AI assistant that works across 1 million apps and websites.
Vixtra, a Brazilian fintech for importers, raised $9.6M in a Series A led by Valor Capital. Founded in 2021, it uses goods in transit as collateral for working capital and AI for credit analysis. The company plans to expand its trade banking platform and develop stablecoin infrastructure.
A payment notification service processing 40,000 users stopped without any alert firing. The on-call engineer discovered the outage at 2:58 AM only after a user tweeted at support. The author argues CI pipelines should reject any service lacking an observability contract to prevent silent failures.
Cerebras reported 92% revenue growth to $99.5 million in its first quarterly earnings since its May IPO. Net loss narrowed to $14 million. The stock fell 7% in extended trading. The company expects 88% core revenue growth next quarter and announced a $20 billion deal to supply OpenAI with computing power.
Increased AI usage and oversight are worsening burnout, especially for high performers tasked with leading adoption. A Wellhub survey found 88% of people leaders say retaining top talent is their biggest priority, and 85% use wellness programs to achieve that. Carolee Gearhart, Wellhub's chief revenue officer, told HR Brew that AI can either amplify burnout or amplify performance.