Qualcomm Nears $4B Modular Deal as AI Push Tops $14B
Qualcomm is in advanced talks to buy AI software startup Modular for ~$4B, on top of a reported $8-10B run at Tenstorrent. The combined ~$14B is Qualcomm’s biggest AI bet yet.
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Memory Stocks Rip Ahead of Micron’s Wednesday Print
Chip stocks closed last week with double-digit pops in SNDK, INTC, and MU. Micron’s fiscal Q3 print Wednesday is the next test of the AI memory trade.
IT Services Rout: EPAM, Cognizant, IBM Slide on AI Fears
Accenture’s FY26 guide cut pulled the whole IT services group down — EPAM -12.6%, Cognizant -10.5%, IBM -5.1%. Is AI eating consulting?
BFLY Pops 56% as Midjourney Builds Scanner on Its Chip
Butterfly Network jumped 56% to $8.90 after Midjourney unveiled a full-body scanner using 40 ultrasound-on-chip modules under a $74M license deal.
Marvell Hits Record High on AI Switch and Trainium Buzz
Marvell jumped 7% to a record $310 as a new 102.4 Tbps Teralynx switch, an Adobe-veteran CFO hire, and Amazon Trainium spillover stoked the rally.
Bloom Energy Jumps 15% as AI Power Trade Heats Up
Bloom Energy (BE) surged 15.4% on June 18, 2026, extending a 12-month run near 1,430% as Wall Street prices in the AI data-center power crunch.
Accenture Beats on Q3 EPS, Cuts Guide, ACN Crashes 17%
Accenture beat Q3 FY26 with $3.80 EPS and $18.7B revenue, but trimmed full-year growth to 3-4% local currency. ACN fell 17% to a 52-week low near $129.
Tim Cook: Apple Price Hikes ‘Unavoidable’ as Memory Costs Surge
Tim Cook told the WSJ that Apple price increases are ‘unavoidable’ after AI-driven memory chip costs hit a ‘hundred-year flood.’ AAPL fell 1.1% to $295.95.
NVIDIA Sells $25B in Bonds, Largest Ever, First Since 2021
NVIDIA priced a $25B seven-tranche bond on June 15, upsizing from $20B — its first debt sale since 2021 and the largest in its history.
AMD Tops $900B at Record $558 as Ryzen AI Halo Lands
AMD jumped 8% to a record $558.37 on June 15, 2026, vaulting market cap above $900B as Ryzen AI Halo undercut Nvidia’s DGX Spark.