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Oracle (ORCL) stock price rises again after hours as Wall Street rethinks its OpenAI cloud bet

Oracle (ORCL) stock price rises again after hours as Wall Street rethinks its OpenAI cloud bet

Oracle shares rose 2.1% to $159.87 in after-hours trading Tuesday, after hitting an intraday high of $165.32. The company announced new AI automation features for its Fusion Cloud software and plans to raise up to $50 billion in 2026 to expand cloud infrastructure. Analyst opinions remain divided, with Melius Research downgrading the stock to “hold.”
10 February 2026
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MongoDB stock jumps 6% as Morgan Stanley flags cloud demand rebound ahead of March earnings

MongoDB stock jumps 6% as Morgan Stanley flags cloud demand rebound ahead of March earnings

MongoDB shares rose 6.3% to $380.32 Tuesday morning on Nasdaq, rebounding from an early drop amid renewed interest in cloud software stocks. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs issued notes downplaying AI disruption fears and projecting revenue upside. Investors await MongoDB’s quarterly results due March 2 for updates on Atlas usage and revenue trends. Snowflake and Datadog also traded higher.
10 February 2026
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Applied Digital stock jumps as new filing ties exec pay to hyperscaler milestones

Applied Digital stock jumps as new filing ties exec pay to hyperscaler milestones

Applied Digital shares closed up 9.4% Monday after the company disclosed multi-year, performance-based stock awards for President Jason Zhang and CFO Saidal Mohmand, tied to leasing and profit targets. A new SEC filing showed Zhang’s awards vest if the company signs up to 1.6 gigawatts in long-term hyperscaler contracts. Analyst Mike Grondahl raised his price target to $56 on potential new leasing. Shares were little changed after hours.
10 February 2026
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Amazon stock slips near close as AWS chip pact spotlights $200B AI spending bet

Amazon stock slips near close as AWS chip pact spotlights $200B AI spending bet

Amazon shares fell 0.5% to $209.19 Monday as investors weighed the company’s expanded chip deal with STMicroelectronics and a projected $200 billion in 2026 capital spending. AWS secured rights to buy up to 24.8 million ST shares over seven years, tied to chip purchases. About 80.8 million Amazon shares traded. U.S. jobs and inflation data due later this week could affect tech valuations.
9 February 2026
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Nebius Group (NBIS) stock price jumps 8% as earnings week sharpens focus on AI cloud buildout

Nebius Group (NBIS) stock price jumps 8% as earnings week sharpens focus on AI cloud buildout

Nebius Group N.V. shares jumped 8.3% to $93.26 in heavy trading Monday, ahead of its quarterly results due Feb. 12. The Amsterdam-based AI cloud firm’s stock swung sharply as investors weighed execution risks on major GPU infrastructure contracts with Meta and Microsoft. Wall Street expects another loss, with consensus at a 44-cent per-share deficit on $232.2 million in revenue.
9 February 2026
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IREN stock price jumps as traders lean back into AI-cloud bet despite bitcoin slide

IREN stock price jumps as traders lean back into AI-cloud bet despite bitcoin slide

IREN shares climbed 6.4% to $44.51 Monday, rebounding after last week’s earnings drop despite a decline in bitcoin. The company reported a quarterly net loss of $155.4 million on $184.7 million in revenue, with $167.4 million from bitcoin mining and $17.3 million from AI services. IREN said it secured $3.6 billion in GPU financing tied to its Microsoft contract. Analyst price targets diverged after the results.
9 February 2026
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Apollo’s $3.4B xAI chip lease puts Nvidia demand, Broadcom’s Google TPU push back in focus

Apollo’s $3.4B xAI chip lease puts Nvidia demand, Broadcom’s Google TPU push back in focus

Apollo Global Management is close to a $3.4 billion loan to buy Nvidia chips for leasing to Elon Musk’s xAI, The Information reported. Alphabet is considering a $15 billion U.S. bond sale to fund AI infrastructure, according to Bloomberg. Investors are watching whether custom chips from Broadcom and Google can challenge Nvidia’s dominance.
9 February 2026
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IREN stock slips premarket as bitcoin dips again; traders focus on AI cloud buildout

IREN stock slips premarket as bitcoin dips again; traders focus on AI cloud buildout

IREN shares slipped 0.9% to $41.46 in premarket trading Monday after reporting a $155.4 million quarterly loss and declining bitcoin mining revenue. Bitcoin fell 3.1% to $69,064, pressuring crypto-linked stocks. IREN said AI cloud revenue rose and it secured $3.6 billion in GPU financing, but its $3.4 billion ARR target is not fully contracted. Microsoft has a $9.7 billion agreement with IREN for AI compute capacity.
9 February 2026
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Cloud computing stocks bounce back — SKYY jumps, but Amazon’s AI spending plan keeps nerves high

Cloud computing stocks bounce back — SKYY jumps, but Amazon’s AI spending plan keeps nerves high

Cloud-focused ETFs rose 2%–4% Friday as tech stocks rebounded, with the First Trust Cloud Computing ETF up 4.4%. Amazon dropped 5.6% on concerns over $200 billion in planned AI infrastructure spending. Snowflake jumped 7.5% and Microsoft gained 1.8%. U.S. jobs and inflation data due later this week could shift rate expectations and impact high-growth cloud shares.
8 February 2026
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Cloud computing stocks rebounded — but Amazon’s $200 billion spending plan keeps traders on edge

Cloud computing stocks rebounded — but Amazon’s $200 billion spending plan keeps traders on edge

Cloud-focused ETFs rose Friday, with the First Trust Cloud Computing ETF up 4.4% and WisdomTree’s fund up 3.5%. Amazon fell 5.6% after projecting $200 billion in 2026 capex, while Microsoft gained 1.8% and Alphabet slipped 2.5%. Investors weighed AI’s impact on software growth. Key cloud earnings and delayed U.S. jobs data are due next week.
7 February 2026
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Amazon’s $200bn AI spending plan spooks investors as AWS runs into Europe power grid delays

Amazon’s $200bn AI spending plan spooks investors as AWS runs into Europe power grid delays

Amazon shares fell 7% to $206.31 Friday after the company projected $200 billion in capital spending for 2026, up sharply from $131 billion in 2025. AWS cited multi-year waits for power-grid connections in Europe as a key obstacle to data center expansion. Investors questioned whether heavy AI and cloud outlays will deliver returns quickly.
6 February 2026
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Atlassian stock price slips in premarket after earnings; TEAM eyes cloud-growth slowdown and fresh target cuts

Atlassian stock price slips in premarket after earnings; TEAM eyes cloud-growth slowdown and fresh target cuts

Atlassian shares fell 6.3% to $98.41 in premarket trading after reporting fiscal Q2 revenue of $1.586 billion and a GAAP net loss of $42.6 million. Several brokers cut price targets following the results. Cloud revenue rose 26% to $1.067 billion, but guidance points to slower growth ahead. The stock is down over 66% in the past year.
6 February 2026
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Amazon earnings today: AWS cloud growth under the microscope after Microsoft’s $500B wipeout

Amazon earnings today: AWS cloud growth under the microscope after Microsoft’s $500B wipeout

Amazon will report fourth-quarter results Thursday, with analysts expecting AWS revenue near $35 billion, up about 21% year-over-year. Investors remain cautious after Microsoft’s Azure slowdown erased $500 billion in value from Microsoft shares. Amazon projects net sales between $206 billion and $213 billion for the quarter. Wall Street eyes Amazon’s spending on AI infrastructure and its impact on margins.
5 February 2026
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Microsoft stock ends higher as software selloff deepens; traders weigh Azure outages and AI spend

Microsoft stock ends higher as software selloff deepens; traders weigh Azure outages and AI spend

Microsoft shares closed up 0.6% at $413.56 Wednesday, outperforming a sharp sell-off in software stocks. Short interest in Microsoft rose about 20% over the past week, and options activity stayed defensive. Traders watched for fallout from a multi-region Azure outage linked to a storage policy change. Key U.S. economic data releases were delayed after a brief government shutdown.
4 February 2026
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AT&T stock rises on Amazon cloud-satellite tie-up as traders eye fiber rollout

AT&T stock rises on Amazon cloud-satellite tie-up as traders eye fiber rollout

AT&T shares rose 1.5% to $27.22 after announcing a deeper partnership with Amazon Web Services to move network workloads to the cloud and expand broadband via Amazon’s satellites. The move follows AT&T’s $5.75 billion acquisition of Lumen’s fiber business, adding over 1 million subscribers. Wall Street awaits cost details, with more information expected at Mobile World Congress in March.
4 February 2026
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Nvidia’s $20B OpenAI deal talk is back — and Oracle’s AI funding bet is in the spotlight

Nvidia’s $20B OpenAI deal talk is back — and Oracle’s AI funding bet is in the spotlight

Nvidia is nearing a $20 billion investment in OpenAI, a source said, as the AI firm seeks up to $100 billion at a valuation near $830 billion. Oracle’s stock rose after the company outlined plans to raise up to $50 billion, tied to OpenAI’s data center needs. Cerebras Systems secured $1 billion in funding, reaching a $23 billion valuation, as OpenAI explores chip alternatives.
4 February 2026
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AT&T stock pops as Amazon cloud-and-satellite tie-up puts fiber back in focus

AT&T stock pops as Amazon cloud-and-satellite tie-up puts fiber back in focus

AT&T shares rose 2.1% to $27.39 by midday Wednesday after announcing a connectivity deal with Amazon’s AWS and satellite units. The agreement includes moving workloads to AWS Outposts and expanding fiber links to AWS data centers. Senate scrutiny of telecom security kept pressure on the sector. AT&T stock had closed 2% higher Tuesday, outperforming the broader market.
4 February 2026
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Huang says Nvidia will still invest in OpenAI, dismisses ‘drama’ as Oracle exposure draws scrutiny

Huang says Nvidia will still invest in OpenAI, dismisses ‘drama’ as Oracle exposure draws scrutiny

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed plans to invest in OpenAI’s next funding round, denying reports of tension between the companies. Nvidia shares fell 3.6% and Oracle dropped 4% as investors reacted to uncertainty over OpenAI’s chip and cloud partnerships. OpenAI is testing alternatives to some Nvidia chips for AI inference tasks. Oracle aims to raise up to $50 billion in 2026 to expand data center capacity for OpenAI.
3 February 2026
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GitLab shares rise on stronger AI outlook, 350 layoffs announced

2 June 2026
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