Artificial Intelligence 18 May 2026

Intel Stock Bounces as Wall Street Rethinks AI Narrative

Intel shares climbed 3.3% to $111.69 Tuesday afternoon, bouncing after five down sessions. Some bullish analyst notes came out even as the Nasdaq was lower. The stock moved between $102.43 and $112.59, and volume topped 112 million shares.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:INTC·Stock Market

Amazon shares fall as $200 billion AI question lingers

Amazon.com shares dropped around 2.3% to $258.73 Tuesday afternoon, a steeper slide than the wider indexes as traders pulled back from big tech before Nvidia’s numbers. The stock’s market cap came in near $2.81 trillion. That keeps the $3 trillion mark in sight, but it’s no longer clear the move is automatic.

19 May 2026

Amazon·Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AMZN·Stock Market

Astera Labs Moves Higher as Wall Street Eyes Next AI Bottleneck

Astera Labs stock traded up 15.2% at $248.36 on Tuesday afternoon, reaching as high as $251.98. The move followed new bullish notes from Wall Street and remarks from management about AI data-center demand. With the latest quote, Astera’s market cap was close to $45.0 billion. Shares were priced at around 168 times earnings per share.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ASTA·Stock Market

Hut 8 shares fall again as AI infrastructure push grows

Hut 8 Corp. stock slipped Tuesday, handing back part of this month’s rally. The drop came as the company said it would invest $16 million in infrastructure for its River Bend AI data center campus in Louisiana.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:HUT·Stock Market·Technology

Anthropic Brings on OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy

Anthropic has picked up Andrej Karpathy, one of OpenAI’s founders and ex-Tesla AI lead, as it looks to boost its research team amid tough competition for AI talent. The Claude maker is adding a high-profile technical hire as rival labs continue hiring sprees.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:TSLA

Snowflake Shares Jump Ahead of Results as Wall Street Bets on AI Demand

Snowflake Inc. shares moved higher in early trading Tuesday, outperforming U.S. index trackers that traded lower. The move came after new analyst notes turned attention again to demand for the cloud-data company’s AI offerings.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:SNOW·Stock Market·Technology

Seagate Shares Dip Again as AI Storage Demand Pinches Supply

Seagate Technology shares dropped for a second day Tuesday, after a sharp fall Monday. CEO Dave Mosley said new factories would “take too long,” raising doubts about how quickly the company can meet AI demand. The stock was down about 2.3% at $723.81 on Nasdaq, following Monday’s close at $740.84.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:STX·Stock Market·Technology

Adobe Stock Rises Before the Open as AI Selloff Faces a Fresh Test

Adobe shares rose before the open on Tuesday, extending a rebound in a stock that has spent much of the year under pressure from fears that generative AI will eat into demand for traditional creative software. The shares were indicated at $261.10 in premarket trading, the early session before regular exchange hours, after closing Monday up 3.25%.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:ADBE·Stock Market·Technology

ServiceNow AI move puts pressure on Salesforce

ServiceNow jumped 8.8% to $103.44 on Monday, its biggest daily move in about a year, after Bank of America restarted coverage with a Buy. The analyst argued the workflow-software company stands to benefit from the growth of AI agents, not be sidelined by them. Salesforce got a different call from the same team: Underperform. That stock still added 3.4%.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NOW·NYSE:CRM

Standard Chartered’s Push Into AI May Cut 7,000 Jobs as Bank Looks for 18% Returns

Standard Chartered plans to cut over 7,000 jobs by 2030 as it chases a roughly 18% return on tangible equity, with job cuts and artificial intelligence set to drive the next phase for the London lender. Return on tangible equity measures profit against shareholder capital minus intangible assets.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·LSE:STAN·Technology Trends

SAP shares move higher as optimism on AI lifts interest in Europe’s software major

SAP SE shares rose during Tuesday trading in Frankfurt. The German software group was among the bigger gainers in European tech, as investors bought back into the cloud software stock after recent losses.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Stock Market·XETRA:SAP

Alphabet Approaches $5 Trillion With Google AI Cloud Move Targeting Nvidia

Alphabet shares looked set to open higher Tuesday after Google and Blackstone announced a new U.S. AI cloud deal. Investors had another reason to buy a stock already close to records. The Class A shares finished Monday at $396.94, with a market cap of about $4.81 trillion. Google Finance quoted the stock at $401.09 before the open.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:GOOGL·Stock Market·Technology

LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

LiveRamp Holdings stock climbed to $37.77 on Monday after Publicis Groupe of France said it would acquire the U.S. data-collaboration firm. The agreed price is $38.50 a share in cash, putting LiveRamp’s equity at $2.546 billion. The enterprise value is $2.167 billion, accounting for cash and debt.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:PUB·NYSE:RAMP·Stock Market

Zeta Global Surges 12% After OpenAI Ad Remarks

Zeta Global Holdings Corp. shares rose 11.6% to finish Monday at $19.19 after CEO David Steinberg said the marketing-tech firm had “executed an agreement” with OpenAI to “help them run their advertising.” Zeta hit $19.44 during the session and barely moved after the close.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:SNOW·NYSE:ZETA·Stock Market

ServiceNow Jumps After Wall Street Shifts AI View

ServiceNow climbed 8.8% Monday to close at $103.42. Bank of America’s Tal Liani put coverage back on the stock, giving it a Buy and a $130 price target. Shares hit $104.68 during the day, with 50.74 million shares changing hands, outpacing the 27.71 million average.

19 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NOW·Stock Market·Technology

AI stocks stall as bond market weighs on Wall Street

U.S. stocks slipped Monday, the Nasdaq falling the most. Chipmakers and tech shares lost steam, and oil and bonds kept inflation concerns in focus.

18 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NYSE:WMT·Stock Market

Figma shares test rebound as AI bet delivers

Figma traded up Monday, keeping most gains after its earnings bounce. Investors are watching whether the design-software player can price new AI features without cutting into customer activity. Shares changed hands at $23.20 early afternoon, compared to $22.92 at Friday’s close, even as the Nasdaq dipped.

18 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:FIGA·Stock Market

Musk loses suit against OpenAI, Altman gets big win

Jury rejects Musk lawsuit against OpenAI, says case too late A U.S. jury on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit accusing OpenAI of straying from its mission to benefit humanity. The panel found OpenAI not liable and said Musk’s case was filed too late.

18 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Elon Musk·NASDAQ:MSFT·OpenAI

Applied Digital’s AI Stock Just Hit a Wall After Its $7.5 Billion Win

Applied Digital shares slid about 10% in midday trading on Monday, a sharp pullback for one of the market’s hotter AI-infrastructure names, as investors took profits and re-priced risk around high-growth data-center stocks. The shares recently traded at $38.30 after opening at $42.75 and touching an intraday low of $37.945.

18 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:APLD·Stock Market

TSMC’s $1.5 Trillion AI Chip Move Pressures Samsung, Intel

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. thinks the semiconductor market could be worth over $1.5 trillion by 2030, based on presentation slides made for its technology symposium. That’s higher than its last forecast of $1 trillion.

18 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:TSM·Semiconductors

Artificial Intelligence 18 May 2026 - 19 May 2026

Intel Stock Bounces as Wall Street Rethinks AI Narrative

Amazon shares fall as $200 billion AI question lingers

Astera Labs Moves Higher as Wall Street Eyes Next AI Bottleneck

Hut 8 shares fall again as AI infrastructure push grows

Anthropic Brings on OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy

Snowflake Shares Jump Ahead of Results as Wall Street Bets on AI Demand

Seagate Shares Dip Again as AI Storage Demand Pinches Supply

Adobe Stock Rises Before the Open as AI Selloff Faces a Fresh Test

ServiceNow AI move puts pressure on Salesforce

Standard Chartered’s Push Into AI May Cut 7,000 Jobs as Bank Looks for 18% Returns

SAP shares move higher as optimism on AI lifts interest in Europe’s software major

Alphabet Approaches $5 Trillion With Google AI Cloud Move Targeting Nvidia

LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

Zeta Global Surges 12% After OpenAI Ad Remarks

ServiceNow Jumps After Wall Street Shifts AI View

AI stocks stall as bond market weighs on Wall Street

Figma shares test rebound as AI bet delivers

Musk loses suit against OpenAI, Altman gets big win

Applied Digital’s AI Stock Just Hit a Wall After Its $7.5 Billion Win

TSMC’s $1.5 Trillion AI Chip Move Pressures Samsung, Intel

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