Cerebras files updated IPO terms: $3.5bn raise at $26.6bn valuation
Cerebras files updated IPO terms: $3.5bn raise at $26.6bn valuation

Three days after suggesting it might target up to $4bn at $40bn, the AI chipmaker has marketed 28 million shares at $115-$125 each, lining the deal up with its February private valuation rather than above it. Cerebras Systems was preparing to seek up t…

Amazon’s best quarter in years was half-built on a $16.8 billion paper gain from Anthropic
Amazon’s best quarter in years was half-built on a $16.8 billion paper gain from Anthropic

Amazon reported first-quarter 2026 net sales of $181.5 billion, a 17 per cent increase year on year that exceeded analyst estimates by more than $4 billion. Net income reached $30.3 billion, nearly doubling from $17.1 billion in the same period last ye…

Wall Street says Oracle is a buy. The investors selling it can count to $300 billion.
Wall Street says Oracle is a buy. The investors selling it can count to $300 billion.

Oracle’s stock has fallen nearly 50 per cent since hitting a record in September and dropped 14 per cent in the six sessions through Thursday, its worst stretch in months. Of the 51 Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg who follow the company, 41 h…

AI chipmaker Cerebras targets up to $4bn IPO at $40bn valuation
AI chipmaker Cerebras targets up to $4bn IPO at $40bn valuation

After a CFIUS-induced retreat in 2024, the wafer-scale chip startup is back with an OpenAI deal in its pocket and a sharper bet against Nvidia. Eighteen months ago, Cerebras Systems looked like a cautionary tale. The Sunnyvale-based AI chip startup had…

Reddit Q1 revenue jumps 69% to $663m, and shares rally 9%
Reddit Q1 revenue jumps 69% to $663m, and shares rally 9%

The social platform beat Wall Street estimates across every line, raised Q2 guidance above consensus, and reported $1m in capital expenditure, a striking contrast to the hyperscaler capex arms race. Reddit reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $663 mi…

Twilio raises full-year revenue forecast as voice AI drives fastest growth in three years and shares jump 18%
Twilio raises full-year revenue forecast as voice AI drives fastest growth in three years and shares jump 18%

Q1 revenue of $1.41 billion grew 20% year on year, the highest reported rate since 2022, as the cloud communications platform repositions itself as enterprise voice AI infrastructure. Twilio raised its full-year 2026 revenue growth forecast to 14-15%, …

Apple posted its best quarter ever by not building an AI model
Apple posted its best quarter ever by not building an AI model

Apple reported its best March quarter in history on Thursday, posting revenue of $111.2 billion, up 17 per cent year over year, with net profit of $29.6 billion. iPhone revenue reached a March quarter record of $58 billion, up 22 per cent, driven by wh…

Samsung’s founding family doubled its wealth in a year. Its workers want a share.
Samsung’s founding family doubled its wealth in a year. Its workers want a share.

The Lee family of South Korea, which controls Samsung, has doubled its wealth in twelve months. Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index now values the dynasty’s holdings at $45.5 billion, up from $22.7 billion a year ago, propelling the Lees from tenth to third…

Europe’s finance ministers are about to discuss an AI model none of them can access
Europe’s finance ministers are about to discuss an AI model none of them can access

Euro-area finance ministers will discuss Anthropic’s Mythos AI model with banking supervisors on Monday, according to a senior EU official. The technology that will be on the agenda is one that no government in the European Union has access to, built b…

Blue Owl made 10x its money on SpaceX and has already sold half its position
Blue Owl made 10x its money on SpaceX and has already sold half its position

The alternative asset manager’s co-CEO disclosed the returns on a Q1 earnings call, framing the SpaceX gain as a hedge against potential software credit losses from AI disruption, a revealing window into how private credit firms are navigating the AI e…