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Nscale, the Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider that has filed to list on the NYSE, raised $2.36B in convertible notes led by Third Point.
$NVDA separately committed another $1B, bringing the total financing to $3.36B.
Funding is expected in mid-November.
$META is a reminder that “AI downstream” stocks are working
PS: and also the folly of ‘timing’ markets
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Microsoft $MSFT CEO Satya Nadella just posted this:
“We’re building Copilot as a new OS for work that spans every model, every form factor, and every task. Today, we’re announcing our biggest update to Copilot to date, bringing four things together:
· Autopilot: proactive and long-running agent built for the enterprise
· Code: build apps with Copilot, hosted inside your company’s tenant
· Home: Chat + Cowork together
· Office: now fully embedded in Copilot (and Copilot embedded in Office, of course!)”
Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Tim Cook and many other CEOs were spotted at the Trump-Xi state dinner.
Photos via Getty Images, Reuters and White House correspondents.
WSJ: "Data-center spending is greater than that for the canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and wealth but also boosting inflation"
wsj.com/economy/the-ai-build…
During Tim Cook’s tenure at the helm of Apple, its shares rose 2,000%, pushing the company’s market capitalization as high as $5 trillion in July and making Apple the second company ever to reach that milestone. bit.ly/4Ask8QC
Many of you have heard me say for a while now that earnings from tech companies in particular have acted as a powerful shield for stock markets, deflecting what has been a notable series of external shocks. This chart from John Authers illustrates the point.
#economy#markets#tech#investing#investors
Dan Ives (@DivesTech) says tech stocks are in a “1997 moment,” not a 1999-2000 bubble, arguing the AI spending cycle is still early.
Tom Lee (@fundstrat) says the “probability of a massive rally” is high as earnings outpace the broader market.