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Alphabet's Google announced a $1.5 billion 2026-27 expansion of its Alabama data center campus, funding its own power and infrastructure costs.

Sectors

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Lean Lower Premarket Monday

Technology stocks were leaning lower premarket Monday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) declining by 0.8%.Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google is negotiating with Marvell Technology (MRVL) to develop two new processors optimized for artificial intelligence inference tasks, The Information reported, citing two people with knowledge of the discussions. Shares of Marvell Technology were up more than 5% pre-bell.Meta Platforms (META) plans to initiate its layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more expected to come later, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Meta Platforms shares were down 0.7% premarket.Parsons (PSN) said the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power selected the company to provide demand response technology, integration, and services. Parsons stock was 0.2% lower pre-bell.

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Sectors

Sector Update: Tech

Technology stocks were leaning lower premarket Monday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.3% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) marginally declining.Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google is negotiating with Marvell Technology (MRVL) to develop two new processors optimized for artificial intelligence inference tasks, The Information reported, citing two people with knowledge of the discussions. Shares of Marvell Technology were up more than 5% pre-bell.

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Asia Markets

Renewed Tensions in Middle East, Iran's Refusal to Restart Peace Talks Dampen US Equity Futures Pre-Bell

US equity futures were lower pre-bell Monday as tensions once again escalated in the Middle East after the US seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to run its blockade of Iran's ports and Iran refused to restart peace negotiations with the US in Pakistan.Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.5% lower, S&P 500 futures were down 0.4%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.4% lower.The US had said it wanted to resume negotiations before the two-week ceasefire with Iran ends on Tuesday, but Iran's foreign ministry said it would not join new talks due the ongoing blockade and "excessive demands" of the US.Over the weekend, Iran lifted and then reimposed its own blockade on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.Some of the companies expected to report quarterly earnings this week are GE Aerospace (GE) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH) pre-bell on Tuesday, Tesla (TSLA) and IBM (IBM) after-market on Wednesday, Intel (INTC) after-market on Thursday, and Procter & Gamble (PG) pre-bell on Friday.Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 4.9% at $94.81 per barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude 5.6% higher at $87.25 per barrel.The economic calendar is vacant.In other world markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 0.6% higher, Hong Kong's Hang Seng ended 0.8% higher, and China's Shanghai Composite finished 0.8% higher. Meanwhile, the UK's FTSE 100 was down 0.6% and Germany's DAX index was 1.3% lower in Europe's early afternoon session.In equities, shares of major oil companies Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), and ConocoPhillips (COP) were up 1%, 1.2%, and 1.7%, respectively, as oil prices increased on Monday. Marvell Technology (MRVL) stock was up 5.8% after The Information report the company was in talks with Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google to develop two new processors optimized for artificial intelligence inference tasks.On the losing side, BHP Group (BHP) stock was down 1.2% after a Bloomberg News report the company and Mitsubishi Development started a review of their coal and other mining assets in Queensland over concerns about the royalty demands of the Australian state.

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Equities

Social Buzz: Wallstreetbets Stocks Mostly Lower Premarket Monday; AST SpaceMobile to Fall, Marvell to Rise

The most-talked-about stocks in the Reddit subforum Wallstreetbets were mostly lower hours before Monday's opening bell.AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) tumbled by 13% premarket, after a 6% decline Friday. The company said the BlueBird 7 satellite was placed into a lower-than-planned orbit during the New Glenn 3 mission and will de-orbited.Strategy (MSTR) was 2.3% lower pre-bell, after closing the previous session with a roughly 12% jump.Rocket Lab (RKLB) was down 1.8% hours before market open, following a 2.3% increase from Friday's session.Nvidia (NVDA) fell by 1.2% in premarket activity, after a 1.7% increase from the previous session.Microsoft (MSFT) declined by 0.9% pre-bell, swinging from a 0.6% increase at Friday's close.Tesla (TSLA) was 0.7% lower in premarket hours, following a 3% gain from the previous session.Antero Midstream (AM) fell by 0.5% in pre-bell activity, following a 0.2% advance from the previous session.Marvell Technology (MRVL) advanced by 7.7% premarket, after a 4.7% rise from Friday's session. Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google is negotiating with Marvell Technology to develop two new processors optimized for artificial intelligence inference tasks, The Information reported Sunday, citing two people with knowledge of the discussions.

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Wire

NiSource Signs Alphabet Energy Deal in Indiana, Expands Amazon Agreement

NiSource (NI) signed a long-term energy agreement with a subsidiary of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) to support the development and operation of a large data center in northern Indiana.Service for Alphabet is expected to start this summer, NiSource said Thursday in a statement.NiSource also expanded its agreement with Amazon.com's (AMZN) Amazon Data Services to speed the process of bringing Amazon sites online and to accelerate related bill credits for residential customers.The company said it now expects about $1.25 billion in aggregate cost savings for existing customers.NiSource shares rose 2.6% in after-hours trading, Alphabet gained 0.2%, and Amazon eased 0.1%.

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Amazon-Backed Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.7

Amazon (AMZN)-backed Anthropic said Thursday it launched the Claude Opus 4.7 model for advanced coding across all Claude products, Amazon Bedrock, Alphabet's (GOOG/GOOGL) Google Cloud Vertex AI, and Microsoft (MSFT) Foundry.The new model provides considerable improvement relative to Opus 4.6 in terms of agentic coding, reasoning, financial analysis, and visual reasoning, but has the same price point, according to a statement.Opus 4.7 was launched with safeguards that auto-detect and block requests indicating high-risk cybersecurity uses, the company said.Amazon has invested around $8 billion in Anthropic for a minority stake.Price: $246.12, Change: $-2.38, Percent Change: -0.96%

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Update: Market Chatter: Google in Talks to Allow Pentagon to Use Gemini AI Models in Classified Settings

(Updates with additional details in the second and third paragraphs.)Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google is negotiating a deal with the Department of Defense that would allow the Pentagon to use the tech giant's Gemini AI models in classified settings, The Information reported Thursday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the talks.The report said that if the two companies reach an agreement, the move would expand Google's connection to the Pentagon as a tech contractor and would also reverse Google's past stance on working with the military.During the talks, Google has proposed language in the contract with the department that would prevent its AI technology from being used for domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without human oversight and control, the report said.Google and the Defense Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from.(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)Price: $333.33, Change: $-1.14, Percent Change: -0.34%

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Sectors

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Higher Late Afternoon

Tech stocks advanced late Wednesday afternoon with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 1.4% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) gaining 0.7%.The Philadelphia Semiconductor index fell 0.3%.In corporate news, Alphabet (GOOGL) is poised for a windfall worth more than $100 billion from its early investment in SpaceX, Bloomberg reported. Alphabet shares rose 1.1%.Snap (SNAP) plans to lay off about 1,000 employees, or 16% of its full-time workforce, as part of efforts to reduce costs. Snap shares jumped 7.4%.Broadcom (AVGO) shares rose 3.8% after the chipmaker expanded its partnership with Meta Platforms (META) to support the technology giant's AI compute infrastructure. Meta shares gained 1.7%.CoreWeave (CRWV) will receive about $6 billion from Jane Street in exchange for use of its AI cloud platform. CoreWeave shares added 1.5%.

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Sectors

Sector Update: Tech

Tech stocks were higher late Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) rising 1.4% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 0.5%.The Philadelphia Semiconductor index decreased 0.2%.In corporate news, Alphabet (GOOGL) is poised for a 12-figure windfall from its early investment in SpaceX, Bloomberg reported, citing a filing. At the end of 2025, Google LLC owned a 6.11% stake in SpaceX, the report said, citing a SpaceX filing in Alaska. At a $2 trillion valuation, which SpaceX hopes to top in its initial public offering, the holding would be worth $122 billion, the report said. Alphabet shares rose 0.9%.

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Wire

Market Chatter: Alphabet Set for Windfall From SpaceX Investment

Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is poised for a 12-figure windfall from its early investment in SpaceX, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing a filing.At the end of 2025, Google LLC owned a 6.11% stake in SpaceX, the report said, citing a SpaceX filing in Alaska. At a $2 trillion valuation, which SpaceX hopes to top in its initial public offering, the holding would be worth $122 billion, the report said.Alphabet didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from.(Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable sources but may include rumor and speculation. Accuracy is not guaranteed.)Price: $333.17, Change: $+2.59, Percent Change: +0.78%

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Wire

Alphabet Set for $100 Billion Windfall From SpaceX Investment, Bloomberg Reports

Alphabet Set for $100 Billion Windfall From SpaceX Investment, Bloomberg Reports

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Cadence Design Systems Expands Nvidia Partnership, Collaborates with Google Over AI Chip Design, Accelerated Computing

Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) said in separate press releases on Wednesday it expanded its partnership with Nvidia (NVDA) and entered a collaboration with Alphabet's (GOOG/GOOGL) Google.Cadence will work with Nvidia to deliver services covering agentic AI and physics-based simulation for productivity efficiencies and speeding up engineering flows across semiconductor design by combining its electronic design automation with Nvidia CUDA-X and Omniverse libraries, according to a statement.Nvidia will adopt Cadence's AgentStack in its chip design flows, and the companies will also focus on embedded agentic AI for the development of autonomous machines, the company stated.Cadence will collaborate with Google to optimize the Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent with Gemini on Google Cloud to advance the transition to agentic design automation, according to the company.Cadence is tightening its integration between the Gemini-enabled super agent and Cadence EDA engines, while leveraging Google's infrastructure to deliver compute for Gemini's large-language model reasoning, the company added.Price: $302.86, Change: $+10.49, Percent Change: +3.59%

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Alphabet, Thoma Bravo Partner to Accelerate AI Transformations for Enterprise Software Companies

Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google Cloud and Thoma Bravo have entered into a strategic partnership to aid enterprise software companies accelerate their artificial intelligence transformations, the investment firm said Wednesday.Under this partnership, Thoma Bravo's portfolio companies can access Google Cloud's AI platform, including Gemini models and Gemini Enterprise platform for agentic AI, according to a statement.Thoma Bravo said its cybersecurity portfolio will also partner with Google Cloud to detect and mitigate security risks with AI.Price: $332.20, Change: $+1.62, Percent Change: +0.49%

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Shutterstock Introduces AI Video Generator Platform

Shutterstock (SSTK) said Wednesday it launched a new artificial intelligence video generator that combines text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities into a single unified platform.The software integrates external generation models from partners like Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google and Runway with the company's existing media library, Shutterstock said.Users can use a text prompt or animate existing static images to build licensed commercial video content, the company said.The system allows teams to test concepts and finalize assets without relying on fragmented third-party tools, using multiple licensing choices to legally distribute their generated media, Shutterstock said.Shares of Shutterstock were up more than 2% in Wednesday trading.Price: $18.03, Change: $+0.42, Percent Change: +2.39%

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GitLab Broadens Google Cloud Collaboration to Support AI Agents

GitLab (GTLB) said late Tuesday it expanded its collaboration with Alphabet's (GOOGL, GOOG) Google Cloud, allowing customers to use Google's Vertex AI models to power the GitLab Duo Agent Platform.The integration lets joint customers call Google's AI models directly inside GitLab, with that usage counting toward their existing Google Cloud spending commitments. GitLab said the move pairs Google's model performance with GitLab's built-in security, compliance and audit controls.GitLab shares rose 6.5% in after-hours trading, and Alphabet was little changed.

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US Markets

Cloudflare Sell-Off Offers Buying Opportunity as Project Glasswing Concerns 'Overblown,' Oppenheimer Says

Cloudflare's (NET) stock sell-off offers a buying opportunity, while concerns around Project Glasswing are "overblown" as the cloud-services company is seen benefitting from a projected exponential growth in agentic artificial intelligence applications, Oppenheimer said Friday.Oppenheimer's upbeat outlook for Cloudflare comes as its shares tumbled 8.6% Thursday, which the brokerage attributed to competitive concerns around Anthropic's Project Glasswing initiative and a broader market weakness. Cloudflare shares were down 13% in Friday late-afternoon trade, bringing its year-to-date losses to nearly 15%.Project Glasswing is a cross-industry coalition formed to "secure the world's most critical software," Anthropic said in a statement. The alliance, which will be using Anthropic's unreleased Claude Mythos frontier model, includes Amazon (AMZN) Web Services, Apple (AAPL), Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco (CSCO), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google, JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).Cloudflare is not part of the coalition.The concerns over Project Glasswing are "overblown," with the Cloudflare stock sell-off providing a "tactical buying opportunity," Oppenheimer analysts Param Singh and Jake Heimowitz said in a note to clients Friday. Claude Mythos will "proactively find and fix vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure," they said."We want to highlight that Cloudflare's security sales are tied to its physical network, which is necessary to funnel data traffic," the analysts wrote. "We see Cloudflare as a beneficiary of this growing sophistication in frontier models, which will support exponential growth in agentic AI applications and benefit Cloudflare across delivery, security, and compute."Cloudflare handles roughly 20% of global internet traffic volume, with Oppenheimer seeing the company as a share gainer and beneficiary from an "increasingly agentic web," the analysts said. Agentic AI is expected to drive data traffic growth at a compound annual growth rate of more than 20%, according to the note.The brokerage, which has an outperform rating on the Cloudflare stock, said its checks indicate an accelerating customer spend with the company amid "higher security module and compute attach."Price: $167.26, Change: $-25.79, Percent Change: -13.36%

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US Markets

CoreWeave Signs AI Cloud Deal With Anthropic; Shares Jump

CoreWeave (CRWV) shares jumped Friday after the artificial intelligence cloud computing company struck a deal to support the development and deployment of Anthropic's Claude AI models.Under the multiyear agreement, the Amazon-backed (AMZN) AI startup will use CoreWeave's cloud platform to run workloads at production scale. It will bring computing capacity for Anthropic online later this year.CoreWeave shares were up nearly 11% in Friday afternoon trade, bringing its year-to-date gains to 42%."AI is no longer just about infrastructure, it's about the platforms that turn models into real-world impact," CoreWeave Chief Executive Michael Intrator said. "It's exactly the kind of real-world deployment of AI that CoreWeave was built for."The company said the collaboration with Anthropic will initially target a phased infrastructure roll-out, with the potential to expand over time.Anthropic didn't respond to' request for comment.On Thursday, CoreWeave agreed to supply AI cloud capacity to tech giant Meta Platforms (META) in a $21 billion deal as the companies expanded their partnership.CoreWeave said Friday that nine of the leading 10 AI model providers now use its platform.Separately, the company said Friday it priced an upsized private offering of $3.5 billion of 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2032, with settlement expected Tuesday.Earlier this week, Broadcom (AVGO) agreed to produce AI chips for Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google and expanded its collaboration with Anthropic.Price: $102.98, Change: $+10.98, Percent Change: +11.93%

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Sectors

Sector Update: Tech Stocks Higher Late Afternoon

Tech stocks were higher late Thursday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) up 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) adding 1.2%.The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 1.9%.In corporate news, Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI said on X that it is offering a new ChatGPT Pro tier for $100 per month. Also, OpenAI expects to report $2.5 billion in ad revenue this year and $100 billion by 2030, Axios reported. Microsoft shares eased 0.3%.Applied Digital (APLD) shares dropped past 7% following its fiscal Q3 results.CoreWeave (CRWV) agreed to supply AI cloud capacity to Meta Platforms (META) in a $21 billion deal as they expanded their partnership amid robust demand for infrastructure supporting AI workloads. Meta was up 2.7%, and CoreWeave climbed 3.6%.Intel (INTC) and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google have expanded a multiyear agreement to develop AI and cloud infrastructure using Xeon processors and custom infrastructure processing units, the companies said Thursday. Intel shares gained 4.5%, and Alphabet increased 0.5%.

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