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Artificial Intelligence News 1 November 2025 - 2 November 2025

AI Goldrush: IREN Stock Rockets 500% as Bitcoin Miner Morphs into AI Cloud Powerhouse

AI Goldrush: IREN Stock Rockets 500% as Bitcoin Miner Morphs into AI Cloud Powerhouse

Company Background & Operations IREN Limited is a vertically integrated data center operator that began as Iris Energy, a company known for sustainably mining Bitcoin using 100% renewable energyts2.tech. Headquartered in Australia with major operations in Canada and Texas, IREN controls roughly 2.9 GW of clean power capacity (hydro and wind) for its facilitiests2.tech. This massive energy footprint enabled low-cost crypto mining (all-in cost ~$0.03–$0.04 per kWh, or about $41K per Bitcoin mined)ts2.tech – among the cheapest in the industry. By mid-2024 the company had scaled to ~20 exahashes of Bitcoin hashing power, making it one of the largest miners
2 November 2025
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BigBear.ai Stock’s Defense-Fueled Surge: Boom or “Mini-Palantir” Bust?

BigBear.ai Stock’s Defense-Fueled Surge: Boom or “Mini-Palantir” Bust?

Company Overview & Stock Performance Holdings is a mission-focused AI analytics provider specializing in national security and enterprise decision support. The company’s software fuses data from disparate sources and employs machine learning to aid critical operations – from military planning and intelligence analysis to supply chain optimization and airport securityir.bigbear.aiir.bigbear.ai. Headquartered in McLean, VA, BigBear.ai went public via SPAC in late 2021 and initially struggled (its stock collapsed ~90% in 2022). However, in 2023–2025 it transformed into one of the stock market’s hottest small-cap AI plays, thanks to a confluence of defense-tech hype and headline contract wins. BigBear’s stock price
2 November 2025
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AI & Quantum Frenzy Propels IBM Stock to New Heights – Will the Rally Last?

AI & Quantum Frenzy Propels IBM Stock to New Heights – Will the Rally Last?

IBM Stock Price Rally: From Stagnation to Multi-Year Highs International Business Machines (IBM) has staged a remarkable stock comeback in 2025. After years of underperformance, “Big Blue” saw its shares roar back to life, recently trading around $307–$310 – levels not seen in decades. The stock is up roughly 30% in 2025 (through late October), dramatically outperforming the broader market (the S&P 500 is +~17% YTD). In fact, IBM even briefly hit all-time highs above $300 per share this year – a milestone that seemed far-fetched just a couple years ago. Recent trading trends underscore the bullish momentum. IBM shares
2 November 2025
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Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Juggernaut – Jensen Huang’s $400B Deal Frenzy and the Unstoppable Tech Boom

Nvidia’s $5 Trillion AI Juggernaut – Jensen Huang’s $400B Deal Frenzy and the Unstoppable Tech Boom

From Niche Player to the Backbone of AI Nvidia’s incredible ascent underscores how dramatically the tech landscape has shifted with the rise of artificial intelligence. Founded in 1993 as a graphics-chip designer, Nvidia spent decades as a niche player focused on PC gaming GPUs. But in the past few years – and especially since the debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022 – Nvidia has transformed into “the backbone of the global AI industry,” as Reuters puts itts2.tech. Its high-end graphics processors proved ideally suited to training AI models, and Nvidia moved quickly to dominate this burgeoning market. The company
2 November 2025
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AI Boom Sends Teradyne (TER) Stock Soaring to Record Highs – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

AI Boom Sends Teradyne (TER) Stock Soaring to Record Highs – Here’s What’s Driving the Rally

Stock Price Snapshot (Nov 2025) Teradyne’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, recently hitting record levels. The shares closed at $181.76 on October 31, 2025 Marketbeat, up about 60% from a year ago and roughly 44% year-to-date Finviz Finviz. In fact, TER has more than doubled off its 52-week low of around $66 Finviz, propelled by improving business trends and investor enthusiasm for AI-related tech stocks. This autumn, Teradyne markedly outperformed the broader market. By late October, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were hitting fresh highs as inflation eased and rate-cut hopes fueled a tech rally ts2.tech. Teradyne
2 November 2025
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NVIDIA’s Stock Soars to New Highs – Analysts Eye Further Gains

NVIDIA Stock Surges to Record Heights – Is the AI Boom Unstoppable? Market Open Preview — Nov 3, 2025.

Key Facts: – NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) closed around $202.5 on Oct 31, 2025marketbeat.com. Last week it hit ~$207 (Oct 29), briefly making NVDA the first-ever $5 trillion companyreuters.comts2.tech. Since late October, shares have oscillated ~$180–207ts2.techmarketbeat.com, so the stock currently sits near all-time highs. Year-to-date NVDA has gained roughly 50%ts2.tech, far outpacing broad indexes. CEO Jensen Huang sold ~25,000 shares on Oct 29 (~$5.2M) under a pre-set plants2.tech, part of ~$1.5B insiders have taken off the table in 2025. In the latest quarter (FY2026 Q2), revenue jumped 56% YoY to $46.7Bts2.tech (≈88% from data-center AI chips) with ~72% gross margin (50%
2 November 2025
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Microsoft Stock Soars on AI and Cloud Frenzy – Analysts Eye $600+ Price Targets

Microsoft Stock Soars Toward $600? AI Boom, Earnings & Analyst Targets Before Nov. 3, 2025

With its recent earnings beat and aggressive AI/cloud investments, Microsoft remains the poster child of the “AI and cloud” rallyxtb.comts2.tech. Many experts see continued momentum. Morgan Stanley notes “durable top-line demand” and flagged MSFT as a buy on any weaknessinvesting.cominvesting.com. Stonehage Fleming’s Gerrit Smit observes MSFT is “becoming more of a cloud infrastructure business and a leader in enterprise AI”ts2.tech. Consensus forecasts (analyst and models) generally target $600+ by mid-2026, reflecting confidence that AI-driven growth will persist. Bottom line: Microsoft’s fundamentals remain strong (double-digit growth, huge cash flow)ts2.techmicrosoft.com. Q1 results showed robust revenue and Azure gainsreuters.com, and the big AI
2 November 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Alphabet Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Is $300 Next? Market Open Preview — Nov 3, 2025

Alphabet’s momentum comes from booming ad sales and AI cloud spending. The company’s October 2025 results (out Oct. 29) blew past expectations, proving that Google Search still dominates and that Google Cloud is hitting its stride. CEO Sundar Pichai says Alphabet is “investing to meet customer demand” across its businessesreuters.com. As Northwestern Mutual’s Matt Stucky notes, “continued strength in search is helping to dispel negative sentiment” about AI cannibalizing Google’s corereuters.com. In other words, Google’s core cash-cow (ads) is healthy again, while new AI-driven offerings fuel further growth. Q3 Earnings & Business Highlights Alphabet’s Oct. 29 earnings report was a
2 November 2025
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AI Vacuum Meltdown: Robot Channels Robin Williams in Hilarious LLM ‘Crash’

AI Vacuum Meltdown: Robot Channels Robin Williams in Hilarious LLM ‘Crash’

LLMs vs. Bots: The “Pass the Butter” Challenge Andon Labs, an AI safety and evaluation company, designed a simple experiment to stress-test modern LLMs in a physical setting. They took a basic office vacuum robot equipped with a camera and LIDAR and gave it several state-of-the-art LLM “brains.” The task was seemingly easy: fetch and pass a stick of butter to a coworker. In practice, it was split into steps: the robot had to navigate to a hidden butter package, visually confirm it was butter, locate the human recipient even if they’d moved, deliver the butter, and wait for a
2 November 2025
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NextEra Energy Stock Skyrockets: AI & Google Nuclear Pact Propel Rally

NextEra Energy Stock Skyrockets: AI & Google Nuclear Pact Propel Rally

Stock Price & Recent Performance NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) stock climbed sharply in October 2025. On Oct. 27–28 it traded around $86–87 (near its 52-week high)ts2.tech, about 15% above its early-October levels, far outperforming the utility average. This peak came just before earnings, and by Oct. 31 it had eased back to roughly $81.4investing.com. (Investing.com historical data shows Oct. 27 close $86.03, Oct. 28 close $83.57, and Oct. 31 close $81.40investing.com.) In the past month, NEE has outpaced the broad utilities sector, driven by bullish news and strong operational resultsts2.tech. Recent News & Developments Google Nuclear Deal: On Oct. 27,
1 November 2025
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Oracle (ORCL) Stock Rockets 70% on AI Frenzy – Jim Cramer Warns “It’s the Only One I’m Worried About”

Oracle Stock Skyrockets on AI Cloud Deals – Is a $1 Trillion Market Cap Next?

Oracle’s Current Stock and Performance Oracle’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, nearly doubling from around $170 in Jan 2025 to record highs (~$345) in mid-Septemberts2.tech. That rally put Oracle in the top 5 of U.S. companies by market cap (approaching $1 trillion)ts2.tech. As of Oct 31, 2025 the share price is about $262–270, after a mild late-October pullbackmarketbeat.comts2.tech. Year-to-date the stock is up roughly 70–75%ts2.techts2.tech, far outpacing the S&P 500 and even the “Magnificent Seven” tech giants. In mid-Oct, profit-taking trimmed the price by about 7% in a day, but ORCL remains in a clear uptrendts2.techts2.tech. Technically, the
1 November 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

AMD Stock Skyrockets: AI Mega-Deals Fuel Record Rally and $300 Price-Target Frenzy

Recent Stock Performance In late October, AMD shares have been volatile after surging to new highs. In mid‑Oct, the stock hit about $240 (a 52‑week high) and was up roughly 80% YTDts2.tech. By Oct 29 it briefly reached ~$264 (per Investing.com datainvesting.com), driven by the AI deal announcements. However, profit-taking set in: AMD fell about 3.6% on Oct 30, then gained ~0.5% on Oct 31 to close around $256.12investing.com. Overall, the tech-heavy Nasdaq index was near all-time highs on this AI-fueled rallyts2.techreuters.com, and AMD has significantly outperformed broad markets. The surge was kicked off by the Oct 6 OpenAI news:
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Stock Market Today

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Kenvue shares closed Friday at $18.13, up 0.33%, with about 63.5 million shares traded. The Kimberly-Clark offer values Kenvue at roughly $18.76 per share, leaving a deal spread of about 3%. Both companies’ shareholders approved the merger, which is expected to close in the second half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals. Kenvue’s dividend record date is Feb. 11, with earnings due Feb. 17.
IREN stock heads into Monday after 5% rebound as Microsoft AI financing stays in focus

IREN stock heads into Monday after 5% rebound as Microsoft AI financing stays in focus

7 February 2026
IREN shares closed up 5.1% at $41.83 Friday after reporting a $155.4 million quarterly loss and $184.7 million in revenue. The company announced $3.6 billion in GPU financing for its Microsoft contract, with $2.8 billion in cash as of Jan. 31. Bitcoin mining revenue fell, while AI cloud services rose. Traders await bitcoin’s weekend move and Monday’s market reaction.
Cadence Bank stock is stuck at $42.11 after Huntington deal — what CADE holders watch next week

Cadence Bank stock is stuck at $42.11 after Huntington deal — what CADE holders watch next week

7 February 2026
Cadence Bank shares have been delisted following Huntington Bancshares’ takeover, with each Cadence share converted into 2.475 Huntington shares. Huntington closed Friday at $19.27 and named Senthil Kumar as chief risk officer ahead of new regulatory requirements. The merger leaves Cadence as a brand under Huntington, with customer account conversions planned for mid-2026. Huntington executives will address investors at a UBS conference on Tuesday.
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