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OpenAI is bolstering its team ahead of its public debut by hiring Noam Shazeer, a renowned AI expert, and Dean Ball, a former Trump White House AI policy official. Shazeer, credited with co-authoring the seminal 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," joins from Google, where he had been a co-lead at Gemini and founder of Character AI. Ball, who will lead OpenAI's Strategic Futures team, will focus on shaping frontier AI policy, covering catastrophic risk, recursive [...]

Fermi, Fluence Energy, and Hut 8 are the top Artificial Intelligence stocks to watch, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume in the last several days. Fermi aims to power AI needs with low-carbon energy, while Fluence Energy offers energy storage products and AI-enabled software. Hut 8 operates data centers for digital assets mining, computing, and AI in the US. These businesses may benefit from the growth of AI adoption, [...]

Elon Musk exercised 303,960,630 Tesla stock options, generating $115.9 billion in paper gains, and increased his direct Tesla voting power to approximately 20%. The transaction was made possible by an Implementation Agreement signed on April 21, 2026, and comes after SpaceX completed its IPO, giving it a public market valuation and share currency. Musk's move has fueled speculation about a potential Tesla and SpaceX merger, with the timing and structure of the stock option exercise carrying significant [...]

Snap's highly anticipated AR glasses, Specs, had a disappointing debut, with the company's stock plummeting over 5% after the launch. The glasses, which retail at nearly $2,200, have raised concerns about their profitability, particularly given Snap's core user demographic of teenagers who may not have the financial means to afford them. The stock has been struggling, dropping 30% over the past year, and has yet to recover from the announcement. Snap's CEO, Evan Spiegel, defended the price, [...]

EigenQ, a quantum technology company, has announced a definitive business combination agreement with Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. to become a publicly traded company on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol EIGQ. The combined company is valued at an estimated $3 billion enterprise value. EigenQ plans to expand its initiatives in quantum-resilient security, trusted infrastructure, AI security, and computing, with an initial focus on government, defense, and critical infrastructure markets. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth [...]

SpaceX shares experienced a significant decline of over 5% after a strong initial public offering (IPO) rally. Analysts have expressed concerns that the company's valuation may be outpacing its fundamentals. Despite a limited public float and inclusion in major indices, which have contributed to sustained demand, the stock's price has begun to correct. This development has sparked questions about whether the hype surrounding SpaceX is starting to catch up with its underlying financials.

The original Magnificent 7, including Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, has seen some members' performance decline, leading to a revised list. Tesla and Meta no longer qualify due to their weight in the S&P 500. The new list, dubbed the Magnificent 15, includes five original members, plus SpaceX, Taiwan Semiconductor, Broadcom, Samsung, AMD, Oracle, ASML, Micron, Intel, and Cisco. These companies have significant market capitalization and play crucial roles in the tech industry, including AI, chip manufacturing, and [...]

Micron Technology's stock has surged 237% since the start of the year to $908, leapfrogging analyst forecasts and putting it just 7% shy of its peak. The memory maker's rally has been notable, rewriting its sector's playbook. Unlike typical cyclical rallies, Micron's surge has been significant, with the company's stock nearing its all-time high. The rally has been driven by strong demand and improving market conditions. Micron's stock is now close to its 52-week high, a significant [...]