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Intel's stock fell 45% in October — its steepest monthly decline on record — after a revenue warning tied to a weakening PC market, raising fresh doubts about the viability of the company's foundry ambitions.
Sara Montes de Oca · 17 HR AGO
A bruising October for technology stocks — the Nasdaq-100 finished the month down nearly 7% — sent investors rotating into consumer staples, which surged 11.4%, as a packed week of earnings, the midterm elections, and the jobs report looms.
Sara Montes de Oca · 4 DAYS AGO
S&P Global Ratings revised Meta Platforms' credit outlook from stable to negative, pointing to the company's $135–$145 billion capital expenditure forecast and its first-ever quarter of negative free cash flow of $2.12 billion.
Marc Sabatini · 4 DAYS AGO
Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon reported negative free cash flow this earnings season as AI infrastructure spending mounts, leaving Microsoft as the only hyperscaler still generating positive cash returns amid intensifying investor concern.
TechEchelon Staff · 4 DAYS AGO
Intel shares plunged 21% after the chipmaker's fourth-quarter guidance missed estimates by a wide margin, blaming a PC market slowdown and the fallout from a fatal fab explosion in Israel. Separately, Microsoft announced plans to raise $25 billion in bonds to fund its AI infrastructure buildout.
Marc Sabatini · 5 DAYS AGO
Aon CEO Greg Case warned that clustering billions of dollars of equipment in a small number of AI data center locations could make projects difficult to insure and cut off access to debt financing, as the company reported record demand for specialized coverage in its third-quarter earnings.
Jay Goldberg · 5 DAYS AGO
Tencent and Visa have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand cross-border payments and AI-powered commerce in China, days after Visa received approval from the People's Bank of China to prepare for a domestic bank card clearing business.
Sara Montes de Oca · 5 DAYS AGO
Microsoft reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $92.28 billion and Azure cloud growth of 48% year over year, but capital expenditures of $45.2 billion — well below the $50.7 billion analyst estimate — sent neocloud stocks CoreWeave and Nebius down nearly 5% in after-hours trading.
TechEchelon Staff · 6 DAYS AGO
Alphabet posted negative free cash flow of $9.07 billion in the third quarter of 2026, missing analyst expectations by a wide margin, as capital expenditures of $51.36 billion fell short of forecasts and a reversal in equity-holdings revenue weighed on net income.
TechEchelon Staff · 6 DAYS AGO
Starbucks is bringing back its viral Bearista glass cold cup for the 2026 holiday season, with new mystery versions arriving Nov. 10 and the original returning Dec. 1, as CEO Brian Niccol looks to repeat last year's sellout success.
TechEchelon Staff · 6 DAYS AGO
SK Hynix posted record third-quarter revenue of 104.62 trillion won and operating profit of 83.33 trillion won, surging 632.1% year on year, as demand for AI high-bandwidth memory continues to drive the South Korean chipmaker's results.
Marc Sabatini · 7 DAYS AGO
Anthropic's S-1 filing revealed $131.7 billion in cash and short-term investments, surpassing every non-bank U.S. company except Berkshire Hathaway and Alphabet, even as the company disclosed more than half a trillion dollars in future obligations and analysts cautioned that the AI sector's financing risks remain unresolved.
TechEchelon Staff · 7 DAYS AGO
Anthropic filed for an IPO Monday that could be the largest in history, disclosing 14-fold revenue growth and its first profitable quarter — but analysts warn an underperformance could trigger a broad reset across AI valuations in both public and private markets.
TechEchelon Staff · 8 DAYS AGO
Anthropic publicly filed for a Nasdaq IPO Monday under the ticker "ANT," disclosing $16.29 billion in first-half revenue — up 1,304% year over year — alongside an $80.7 billion net loss and ongoing legal battles with the U.S. Department of Defense.
TechEchelon Staff · 8 DAYS AGO
Former Citadel Securities quant Jasper Zhang is building Hyperbolic, a GPU spot marketplace and the foundation for physically settled GPU futures, as cash-settled alternatives from CME Group and ICE await CFTC review.
Jay Goldberg · 8 DAYS AGO
SpaceX has closed $40 billion in debt financing to acquire Nvidia GPUs, with the chips expected to arrive in the first and second quarters of 2027. Elon Musk warned that more than 200 neocloud companies face failure as AI debt markets tighten.
Marc Sabatini · 9 DAYS AGO
SpaceX is in talks to access as many as 80,000 cell sites, Wall Street analysts say the move — combined with a recent 800 MHz spectrum buy — signals the company is pursuing full owner economics in its challenge to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
Sara Montes de Oca · 9 DAYS AGO
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