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Artificial Intelligence News 16 October 2025 - 17 October 2025

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

AMD Stock Surges After AI Mega-Deals With OpenAI and Oracle – Could $300 Be Next?

Stock Hits Highs on AI Hype Advanced Micro Devices’ stock has been on fire in October 2025, reaching its highest levels in over a year. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, AMD surged over 8% and touched an intraday peak around $240.48, a new 52-week hights2.tech. It closed that day near $238.7, capping roughly an 80% year-to-date gain for the chipmaker’s sharests2.tech. By comparison, chief rival Nvidia’s stock is up about 40% in 2025, and Intel’s is flat-to-moderately higher after a rough 2024ts2.tech. AMD’s market capitalization now sits around $350 billion, putting it in the upper echelon of chipmakers by valuets2.tech. This short-term
17 October 2025
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Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Soars 300% on AI Mega-Deals – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

Red-Hot Rally Fueled by AI Mania Palantir Technologies has seen its stock go parabolic in 2025, transforming from a mid-cap data firm into a near half-trillion-dollar tech titan. Shares of PLTR currently trade around $178–$180 – about 3–4 times their price at the start of the yearts2.tech. This meteoric rise (+300% YTD) vastly outpaces the broader market and has vaulted Palantir into the ranks of the most valuable tech companies. In fact, Palantir’s market value (roughly $425 billion at last count) is now comparable to or larger than legacy defense giants like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop combinedreuters.com. As tech news
17 October 2025
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Amazon Stock Today: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Twist, and $3 Trillion Dreams

Amazon Stock Rebound Stalls: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Settlement & the $3 Trillion Question

Stock Price & Recent Performance Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has seen choppy trading in recent days. The stock fell sharply by about 5% on Oct. 13 amid a broader tech sell-off tied to renewed U.S.–China trade tensionsts2.tech. After closing around $227 last week, shares dipped to the mid-$210s before stabilizing. Over the past week, AMZN oscillated roughly between $216 and $228 – holding above a support level near ~$215 but unable to break through resistance in the mid-$220sts2.tech. Traders noted the stock recently “rebounded off” those support levels as Amazon’s expansion announcements buoyed sentiment, though it remains below key trend
17 October 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

Oracle’s $300B AI Cloud Bet Sends Stock Soaring – Trillion-Dollar Dreams Awaken

Oracle Stock Update: Riding High on AI Frenzy Oracle headquarters building. Oracle’s stock has been a standout performer in 2025 amid a frenzy for AI-related cloud services. Oracle’s stock price is hovering near $304 per share as of October 17, 2025, after a year of extraordinary gains driven by optimism around the company’s foray into artificial intelligence cloud servicests2.tech. It closed at $303.98 on October 16ts2.tech, essentially flat on the day, capping off a volatile few weeks. Just last month, Oracle shares touched a record intraday high of about $345.69 (on Sept. 10) following announcements of unprecedented AI cloud dealsts2.tech.
17 October 2025
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Nvidia’s $4 Trillion AI Stock Surge: Record Highs, Mega Deals & Bold Forecasts

Nvidia Stock Whipsaws as AI Boom Clashes with New Risks

NVDA Stock Rollercoaster: From Record Highs to Sharp Swings Nvidia’s stock has been on a wild ride in recent days. The share price reached an all-time high of about $195.62 in early Octoberts2.tech amid frenzied buying, but then rapidly reversed course. By Tuesday, Oct. 14, NVDA had tumbled over 4% in a single session to around $180ts2.tech as traders cashed in gains and broader tech stocks slipped. The Nasdaq’s tech sector was down that day, reflecting profit-taking and a rotation out of high-flying names. Even so, Nvidia’s stock remains near its peaks – still roughly 58% higher than a year
17 October 2025
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The $350B Shake-Up: How AI Summaries Rewire Publisher Traffic

Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Soars on AI Boom & Ad Rebound – $3 Trillion Valuation in Sight?

GOOGL Stock Nears Record High on Rally Momentum The Google logo at the company’s headquarters. Alphabet’s stock has been flirting with record highs amid surging optimism in its core ads and AI businesses.Alphabet Inc.’s Class A shares (NASDAQ: GOOGL) have been on a tear this year, recently touching their highest levels in over a year. The stock closed at $251.03 on Oct. 16 – around a new 52-week peak of ~$256ts2.tech – after jumping about 2% that day. As of Oct. 17, GOOGL traded just above $251, holding near that high-water mark. At these prices, Alphabet’s market value is roughly $2.97 trillion, putting Google’s
17 October 2025
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Google Stock Hits 52-Week High on AI Hype, Nears $3 Trillion Mark – What’s Next?

Google Stock Hits 52-Week High on AI Hype, Nears $3 Trillion Mark – What’s Next?

Alphabet Rallies to Record Territory Alphabet’s share price has been on a tear, recently hitting a fresh 52-week high of $256.02 investing.com. At that level, Google’s parent company is worth roughly $2.97 trillion – nearly joining the exclusive club of $3 trillion market-cap companies ts2.tech. The stock has climbed about 30% year-to-date, vastly outpacing the broader market (the S&P 500 is up ~12% in 2025, Nasdaq-100 ~17%) ts2.tech. Notably, Alphabet jumped 38% in the third quarter alone, its best quarterly performance since 2005 ts2.tech. This momentum reflects strong fundamentals: over the past year the stock is up ~57%, buoyed by Google’s continued
17 October 2025
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GitLab Stock Rockets 11% on Datadog Buyout Buzz – AI Moves and Analyst Reactions

GitLab Stock Rockets 11% on Datadog Buyout Buzz – AI Moves and Analyst Reactions

GitLab Shares Surge on Takeover Speculation GitLab Inc.’s stock skyrocketed on October 16 following fresh buyout rumors. Shares jumped 10.6% intraday – from the mid-$40s to a $48.27 close – after a report that cloud-monitoring firm Datadog (DDOG) may be preparing a takeover bid ts2.tech. The rumored offer, above $60 per share, represents a hefty premium. Traders leapt at the news: GTLB’s ~11% one-day gain far outpaced the broader market, and volume exploded to ~19 million shares (about seven times the usual daily average) ts2.tech. The Datadog-GitLab chatter originated with a StreetInsider report and quickly spread on trading desks. According
17 October 2025
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Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

Micron (MU) Stock Skyrockets to Record High on AI Frenzy – Analysts See More Upside

AI Boom Lifts Micron to Record Highs Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is on a tear as investors pile into AI-focused semiconductor stocks. Shares of Micron jumped about 5.5% on Thursday to $204+ intraday, notching a fresh 52-week high (recent peak $206.34) marketbeat.com investing.com. Even on a down day for the broader market, Micron was among the top gainers in the S&P 500, boosted by bullish analyst calls investopedia.com investopedia.com. The stock has now more than doubled year-to-date, vastly outperforming the tech sector, after starting the year near multi-year lows. (Micron’s 52-week low was just $61.54 marketbeat.com.) Its market capitalization has
17 October 2025
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GitLab Stock Soars 11% on Datadog Takeover Rumors Amid AI DevOps Boom

GitLab Stock Soars 11% on Datadog Takeover Rumors Amid AI DevOps Boom

GitLab Shares Surge on Takeover Speculation GitLab Inc. (NASDAQ: GTLB) rocketed higher on Thursday amid renewed buyout speculation. The stock surged 10.6% intraday – rising from the mid-$40s to close at $48.27 – after a report that cloud-monitoring firm Datadog (DDOG) may be preparing a takeover bidseekingalpha.com. The rumored offer price, over $60 per share, represents a substantial premium. Traders responded enthusiastically to the prospect: GitLab’s nearly 11% one-day jump far outpaced the broader market, and trading volume exploded to ~19 million shares, about seven times its recent daily averagestockanalysis.comstockanalysis.com. The Datadog-GitLab chatter first surfaced via a StreetInsider report and
17 October 2025
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Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI-Driven Breakthroughs and Big-Pharma Deals

Recursion (RXRX) Stock Surges on AI-Driven Breakthroughs and Big-Pharma Deals

Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX) is a Salt Lake City–based clinical-stage “TechBio” biotech that uses AI, automation and massive biological datasets to speed drug discoveryts2.tech. In early October 2025 the stock showed wild swings: it plunged to the mid-$5s then rebounded ~16% on Oct 8 after an AI-focused tech conference and pipeline newsts2.techts2.tech. As of mid-day Oct 16, RXRX trades around $6.5, having closed at ~$6.79 on Oct 16insidermonkey.com. This volatility reflects renewed investor interest in Recursion’s AI platform and upcoming trial readouts. Key Facts Recent Stock Performance Recursion’s share price has been unusually volatile in October 2025. On Oct 7
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AMD’s AI Mega-Deal Sparks Stock Surge – Inside the OpenAI Partnership, New Chips & Showdown with Rivals

AMD Stock Skyrockets on AI Mega-Deals — Is $300 Next?

AMD’s exhibition stand at Gamescom 2022. AMD has been aggressively showcasing new AI infrastructure (like the “Helios” rack platform) and forging partnerships across the industry. As a result, AMD stock has raced higher this month – on Oct. 15 it hit a 52-week intraday high of $240.48 and closed around $238.7marketbeat.com, up over 8% that day. In the past week, the catalyst was two major AI deals. On Oct. 6, AMD announced a multi-year agreement with OpenAI: the chipmaker will supply six gigawatts of high-performance Instinct GPUs to OpenAI’s training data centers, and OpenAI received warrants to buy up to
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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