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AI Drug Discovery Darling? Recursion Pharma (RXRX) Stock’s Wild Ride in 2025

AI Drug Discovery Darling? Recursion Pharma (RXRX) Stock’s Wild Ride in 2025

Introduction: A New Kind of Biotech Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: RXRX) is redefining drug discovery by combining cutting-edge biology and data science. Based in Salt Lake City, this “TechBio” pioneer uses automation, massive datasets and machine learning to identify new therapies faster than traditional labsdirectorstalkinterviews.comnasdaq.com. Its mission – “to decode biology to radically improve lives” – has attracted major industry partners and bold investors. But as an early-stage biotech with no approved drugs, Recursion’s stock can be a rollercoaster ride, swayed by scientific milestones and market sentiment alike. In early October 2025, Recursion’s stock made headlines after a sudden surge
8 October 2025
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SoundHound AI Stock Soars 240% – Could This Voice Tech Disruptor Make You a Millionaire?

SoundHound AI Stock Soars 240% – Could This Voice Tech Disruptor Make You a Millionaire?

SOUN Stock Surges on AI Hype and Big News SoundHound AI’s stock has been on a tear in recent months, riding the wave of excitement surrounding artificial intelligence. The company’s share price has climbed roughly 240% over the past year (and more than doubled in the last six months) ts2.tech. Just in the past week, SOUN jumped about 15%, climbing from the mid-$15s to around $18 per share, amid a broader AI stock rally. One catalyst was Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announcing a blockbuster partnership with OpenAI: the ChatGPT creator will use up to 6 gigawatts of AMD chips to
8 October 2025
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Dell’s AI Server Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Is a Data Center Glut Looming?

Dell’s AI Server Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Is a Data Center Glut Looming?

Dell Bets Big on AI – Doubling Growth Targets Dell’s announcement on October 7, 2025 marked a turning point for the company’s trajectory. At an analyst meeting that day, the tech giant dramatically raised its long-term financial forecasts, effectively doubling the pace at which it expects to expand in coming years ts2.tech. Management now projects high-single-digit percentage revenue growth (7–9% annually) and at least mid-teens earnings growth through 2029 reuters.com ts2.tech – a remarkable upgrade from the prior “GDP-plus” style targets (~3–4% revenue and ~8% EPS growth). The bold new goals signal far greater confidence in future demand, driven almost
8 October 2025
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OpenAI’s Mega-Deals with Nvidia & AMD Spark a $1 Trillion AI Frenzy

OpenAI’s Mega-Deals with Nvidia & AMD Spark a $1 Trillion AI Frenzy

OpenAI Fuels a $1 Trillion AI Hardware Boom OpenAI – the creator of ChatGPT – has positioned itself at the center of an AI hardware buying frenzy that is reshaping the tech industry. In the past few weeks (early October 2025), OpenAI announced two blockbuster chip-supply deals that together span 16 gigawatts of computing capacity – an almost inconceivable scale. (For perspective, 16 GW of data center power is roughly equivalent to the output of 16 large power plants.) These deals, one with long-time AI chip leader Nvidia and the other with rival AMD, are helping propel what analysts dub a “trillion-dollar
8 October 2025
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OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

A $100 Billion+ Chip Deal: OpenAI’s Bet on 6 GW of AMD GPUs OpenAI’s new partnership with AMD, announced on October 6, 2025, is staggering in scope – even by the outsized standards of the AI industry. OpenAI will buy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct data center GPUs over the next several years ts2.tech. To put that in perspective, 6 GW of computing is on the order of hundreds of thousands of high-end chips, enough to fill multiple giant data centers devoted entirely to artificial intelligence workloads ts2.tech. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, said AMD will be a “core strategic compute partner” providing the massive
8 October 2025
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Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Stock Performance & Recent News Rally to Multi-Year Highs: Alibaba’s stock has staged a remarkable comeback in 2025. After two difficult years, the shares rebounded with powerful momentum this year, fueled largely by optimism around the company’s tech initiatives and a brighter Chinese policy environment. By early October, 9988.HK had climbed to about HK$183 per share, marking its highest level since 2021ts2.tech. This represents roughly an 85–90% gain year-to-datets2.tech – a stark outperformance versus the broader market (for context, the NYSE Composite was up only ~12% over the same period)ts2.tech. The rally accelerated in late September, when a series of bullish catalysts converged. On September 24, CEO
8 October 2025
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AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

Key Facts (as of 8 Oct 2025) Metric Value Evidence Stock price ~58.46 CHF per share (closing price 7 Oct 2025digrin.com) with a forecast fair opening on 8 Oct of ~58.68 CHFstockinvest.us. The stock had risen in seven of the prior ten trading days, gaining ~2.38 % over two weeksstockinvest.us. Digrin, StockInvest Market cap ≈US$135 billioncompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Trailing P/E ratio ~32.4×companiesmarketcap.com (up from 25× at end‑2024). CompaniesMarketCap Dividend yield (TTM) ≈1.53 % with an annual dividend of US$1.13 per ADRcompaniesmarketcap.com. ABB has paid a dividend for 22 consecutive yearscompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Major news (late Sept – 8 Oct 2025) ABB announced SoftBank would buy its Robotics division for US$5.4 billion, reversing a planned spin‑offnew.abb.com. The 7,000‑employee
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Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Soars to Record High as Risks Mount Gold’s astonishing climb to record highs above $4,000 per ounce underscores how anxious the global backdrop has become. The metal has spiked over 50% in 2025, an “unbelievable” rally that signals “something bad is happening and that we should be nervous,” warns Dan Smith, a commodity analytics director reuters.com. Indeed, analysts say little stands in the way of gold’s surge given the current climate reuters.com. Virtually every classic gold driver is flashing green: geopolitical strife, economic uncertainty, and expectations of easier monetary policy have all converged. “Right now, everything that is a
8 October 2025
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Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

$75 Million Infusion Fuels AI Connectivity Expansion POET’s $75 million capital raise – a non-brokered private placement of ~13.64 million shares (with warrants) – marks a major vote of confidence in the company’s technology ts2.tech. “This is the largest single investment in POET’s history,” noted CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, adding it boosts POET’s balance sheet to $150 M+ cash and no debt ts2.tech ts2.tech. The deal was funded by a single institutional backer (whose identity was not disclosed), sparking speculation of a potential strategic partner behind the scenes ts2.tech. With this hefty war chest, management plans to “scale up [POET’s] growth ambitions in the
8 October 2025
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Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Market Index Roundup (Oct 7–8, 2025) U.S. equities see-sawed over the past two days. On Tuesday (Oct 7), the major indexes pulled back modestly after a multi-session winning streak: the S&P 500 fell about 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7% reuters.com. Notably, this retreat came immediately after the S&P and Nasdaq had touched intraday record levels earlier that day investopedia.com. The dip snapped the S&P’s seven-day rally investopedia.com, as traders locked in profits from the market’s recent run-up. These declines followed a banner session on Monday. In the Oct 6 session, the
8 October 2025
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AI Surges, Cyber Hacks & Rocket Launches: Tech’s Wild 48-Hour Ride (Oct 7–8, 2025)

AI Surges, Cyber Hacks & Rocket Launches: Tech’s Wild 48-Hour Ride (Oct 7–8, 2025)

In-Depth Report AI & Big Tech: Lawsuits, New Funding, and Soaring Demand Less than a year after generative AI caught fire, the industry is navigating both explosive growth and rising legal peril. In a sign of the times, OpenAI (maker of ChatGPT) and rival Anthropic are preemptively eyeing their war chests to handle expected copyright lawsuits reuters.com. With authors and media companies suing over AI training data, both startups may tap investor funds to establish a “captive” insurance vehicle or other reserves for potential settlements reuters.com. “The insurance sector broadly lacks ‘enough capacity for (model) providers,’” warned Aon’s cyber risk
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AI Boom Delivers $75 Million Windfall to POET Technologies – Optical Revolution Ahead?

AI Boom Delivers $75 Million Windfall to POET Technologies – Optical Revolution Ahead?

POET’s $75 Million Bet to Scale AI Connectivity POET Technologies – a Toronto-based designer of photonic chips – has landed a $75 million cash infusion to supercharge its growth in the AI hardware arenatipranks.com. Announced on October 7, the deal was a non-brokered private placement (13.64 million new shares plus warrants) with a single institutional investor, underscoring a strong vote of confidence in POET’s technologyglobenewswire.comglobenewswire.com. The investment “marks the largest single investment in POET’s history” and boosts the company’s balance sheet to over $150 M in cash with no significant debt, according to CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesanglobenewswire.comglobenewswire.com. “The massive growth of AI infrastructure represents an unprecedented opportunity for which POET is
7 October 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

Oracle’s AI Cloud Gamble Drives Soaring Stock – Can ORCL Join the Trillion-Dollar Club?

Stock Performance: Skyrocketing on AI Hype Oracle’s share price has been on a tear in 2025, handily beating the broader market and most tech peers. Riding a wave of AI optimism, ORCL is up roughly 70% year-to-date (as of early October)ts2.tech. This surge far outpaces the ~16–25% gains of the average tech sector – and even leaves cloud heavyweights like Microsoft (+25% YTD), Alphabet (+32%), and Amazon (flat) in the dustfinviz.com. The rally culminated in a stunning spike on September 10, 2025, when Oracle’s stock exploded by over 36% in a single sessionreuters.com. Shares hit an intraday high around $345.69 – an
7 October 2025
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The Trade Desk’s Wild 2025 Ride: Stock Rebound, AI Moves & Wall Street Predictions

The Trade Desk’s Wild 2025 Ride: Stock Rebound, AI Moves & Wall Street Predictions

Stock Performance & Valuation (2025 YTD) After a dramatic run-up and crash, The Trade Desk’s share performance in 2025 has been a roller coaster. The stock soared in the first half of the year – at one point more than doubling – but then suffered a punishing collapse. In total, TTD fell about 70% from peak to trough, including an approximately 50% drop in the weeks following its Q2 earnings in August Marketbeat Marketbeat. This implosion wiped out all early-2025 gains and then some, leaving the stock deeply in the red for the year by late Q3. As of October 7, 2025, TTD trades around $53–55
7 October 2025
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Dell’s AI Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Stock Soars as Investors Cheer

Dell’s AI Boom Doubles Growth Forecasts – Stock Soars as Investors Cheer

Dell’s Bold New Forecasts Fuel Market Optimism Dell’s announcement on Oct 7, 2025 marked a turning point in the company’s trajectory. At its analyst meeting that day, the tech giant sharply raised its long-term growth forecasts, effectively doubling the pace at which it expects to expand sales and profits in the coming yearsreuters.com. Management now targets high-single-digit percentage revenue growth (7–9% annually) and at least mid-teens percentage earnings growth each yearreuters.com. This is a remarkable upgrade from Dell’s prior “GDP-plus” style goals of ~3–4% revenue and ~8% EPS growth, signaling far greater confidence in future demand. The news instantly electrified investors. Dell’s stock, which
7 October 2025
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AMD’s AI Mega-Deal Sparks Stock Surge – Inside the OpenAI Partnership, New Chips & Showdown with Rivals

AMD’s Stock Skyrockets After Blockbuster OpenAI Deal – What It Means for Investors in 2025

Stock Performance & Key Financials (October 2025) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been one of 2025’s standout tech stocks. After a volatile 2024 (when AMD slid 18%), the shares rebounded strongly this year on the back of the AI boomts2.tech. As of early October 2025, AMD trades around $200 per share – up sharply from the ~$150s just a few weeks prior, and roughly 50–60% higher year-to-date. The stock’s latest spike came after news of a major AI partnership (details below) sent investors into a buying frenzy. In fact, on October 6 alone AMD surged over 30%, adding about $80 billion in
7 October 2025
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Nvidia’s Meteoric October: $4 Trillion Milestone, Mega AI Deals, and Unstoppable Momentum

Nvidia’s $4 Trillion AI Juggernaut: Record Stock Surge, Mega Deals & What’s Next for NVDA

Bottom Line:Nvidia has ridden the AI wave to unprecedented heights – achieving a market cap and growth numbers once unthinkable for a chip company. Its GPUs are effectively the “shovels” enabling the AI gold rush, and for now Nvidia enjoys an enviable position with cutting-edge tech, booming demand, and strong execution. In the coming months, observers expect continued strength as AI investment ramps up globally (from Silicon Valley to Beijing to the Middle East). Nvidia’s challenge will be living up to sky-high expectations and fending off intensifying competition. The company’s strategic bets – like the OpenAI alliance and stake in
7 October 2025
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OpenAI’s DevDay Bombshells: No-Code AgentKit, ChatGPT App Store & Jony Ive’s AI Vision

OpenAI’s DevDay Bombshells: No-Code AgentKit, ChatGPT App Store & Jony Ive’s AI Vision

OpenAI DevDay 2025: Building the Future of AI Agents OpenAI’s annual developer conference in San Francisco (DevDay 2025) delivered a slew of announcements that underscore the company’s evolution from a research lab into a full-fledged AI platform. After weeks of headline-grabbing news in consumer AI – from the launch of the Sora video-generation app to a share sale valuing the company at half a trillion dollars – OpenAI used DevDay to refocus attention on developers and the enterprise. “AI has moved from something people play with to something people build with every day,” CEO Sam Altman told the audience, highlighting
7 October 2025
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IBM Stock Soars on Quantum Breakthrough and AI Revival – Key Updates (Sept 25, 2025)

IBM’s Big Blue Comeback: How AI and Cloud Bets Sent IBM Soaring in 2025

Stock Performance: Riding High After Years in the Doldrums IBM’s stock has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in 2024–2025, after spending much of the prior decade languishing. The share price sits near a 52-week high (around $296) with no major pullback so far this year. In late September, IBM briefly hit an intraday peak close to $296 when news of a quantum computing breakthrough (with HSBC) sparked a one-day 5% rallyts2.tech. As of the first week of October, IBM trades just a few percent shy of that high, reflecting sustained optimism. This rally marks a dramatic turnaround. Year-to-date, IBM is up
7 October 2025
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IREN Stock Today (Sept 26, 2025): AI Cloud Moonshot Meets Wall Street Reality Check—Is the Rally Just Pausing or Running Out of Fuel?

IREN Stock Skyrockets 500% as Bitcoin Miner Becomes AI Powerhouse – Here’s Why

IREN’s Stock Hits Record Highs in 2025 Shares of IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) have been on a phenomenal tear this year, reaching fresh record highs in early October 2025. The stock recently traded around $57–58 per share, its highest level ever, after starting the year near the low teens. Over the last month alone, IREN has jumped roughly 66%, and it’s up almost ~180% in the past quarterts2.tech. Year-to-date, IREN has skyrocketed about +382% (through Oct. 6)holder.io, making it one of the best-performing stocks of 2025 by a wide margin. In fact, Zacks Investment Research just highlighted IREN (along with
7 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

7 February 2026
Home Depot shares rose 0.7% to $385.15 Friday, trading between $379.10 and $386.37. Investors await a delayed U.S. jobs report Wednesday and CPI data Friday, both postponed by a brief government shutdown. Home Depot reports fourth-quarter earnings Feb. 24. The Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time.
JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

7 February 2026
JPMorgan shares rose 3.95% to $322.40 Friday, outpacing other major banks as U.S. stocks rallied and the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The bank recently completed a $3 billion subordinated notes offering. Investors are watching for delayed U.S. jobs data and inflation figures next week, ahead of JPMorgan’s Feb. 23 company update.
AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

7 February 2026
AbbVie shares rose 2% to $223.43 Friday, capping a volatile week marked by earnings and drug sales scrutiny. Moody’s upgraded AbbVie’s credit rating to A2, citing strong performance in immunology and neuroscience. Investors remain focused on Skyrizi and Rinvoq growth amid rising competition and recent regulatory filings. Trading volume stayed below average, with the stock still 9% off its 52-week high.
SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

7 February 2026
SK hynix shares closed at 839,000 won, down 0.36% Friday and 8% for the week, as tech stocks retreated across Asia. S&P Global Ratings upgraded the chipmaker to “BBB+” with a positive outlook, citing strong HBM sales. The KOSPI fell 1.4% Friday, ending a six-week winning streak. Traders await Monday’s Seoul open for signs of further tech weakness.
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