The AI industry’s next blockbuster acquisition may not be another model maker. Hugging Face, whose platform helps developers discover, share, and build AI models, has been exploring a sale that could value the company at $13 billion or more. The startup has been working with a bank to evaluate bidders’ interest, and no deal has
Michael Burry criticized Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares as overvalued and disclosed that he recently exited his position in the Chinese tech giant in order to build a “large” position in rival online retailer JD.com Inc. “I planned to move most of it back after a month or two. No longer,” Burry said in a post on
Leopold Aschenbrenner, the Wall Street wunderkind whose hedge fund imploded in late July, placed huge bets on two AI stocks in the lead-up to the disaster. Aschenbrenner’s firm, Situational Awareness, owned a $5.7 billion stake in SanDisk and a $5.6 billion stake in Micron at the end of June, its quarterly portfolio update revealed on
SpaceX’s stock could come under pressure again as more early investors gain the freedom to cash in their stakes, said research analyst and “Prof G Markets” podcast co-host Ed Elson. Elson discussed the risks surrounding SpaceX’s mega IPO in June during an episode of Kara Swisher’s “On” podcast, released on Thursday. He said that although
SpaceX stock rose on Monday to reclaim an important milestone: its $135 IPO price. The stock jumped back above that threshold on Monday, rising to close 4% higher at $138.74 after struggling to mount a decisive gain early in the session. Shares are up more than 25% in August, and a 15% rally on Friday
An unusual boost is showing up in some corporate earnings this summer: tariff refunds. Nintendo became the latest beneficiary of the boost on Thursday, reporting net profit of 147.4 billion Japanese yen, or $931 million, for the quarter ending June, up 54% from a year earlier and handily beating analyst expectations of 77.8 billion yen.