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277 pages SpaceX’s filing comes in at that eye-popping length before notes and exhibits. IPO prospectuses for aspiring public companies typically top out around 200 pages. They include descriptions of the business and audited financial statements, as well as boilerplate legal language about the risks of investing in a company’s shares.

Russia hopes to power its flagship GigaChat AI model ‌with Chinese-made chips, Sberbank's CEO said ‌during President Vladimir Putin's visit to China, as Western ​sanctions continue to block the country's access to advanced hardware abroad. "We are hoping that we will be able to use Chinese ‌microchips for GigaChat," ⁠Chief Executive German Gref told state broadcaster Channel One. GigaChat was developed by ⁠Sberbank, the country's largest lender, which has been driving Russia's push into AI.

Alibaba Group on Wednesday unveiled a new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, as the Chinese technology giant intensifies efforts to build domestic alternatives to ‌Nvidia processors amid tightening U.S. export curbs. The chip, developed by Alibaba's semiconductor design subsidiary ‌T-Head, delivers three times the performance of its predecessor, Zhenwu 810E. Alibaba said the new processor is well-suited to handle the heavy memory and communication demands of agent workloads, where models must retain long stretches of context and coordinate with one another in real time.

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Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) reported a return to revenue growth in its first quarter of 2026, with management emphasizing that artificial intelligence has become the company’s primary growth engine and now accounts for a majority of its general business revenue. Co-founder and Chief Executive Robin Li said

Consensus at $79 billion sits above Nvidia's own guidance midpoint

Alibaba stock is trading lower after yet another profit miss. The company's AI business, meanwhile, continues to grow at a stellar pace.

The hot ticker on every retail trader’s screen this week is Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS), the AI chip designer whose IPO surged 65% on its IPO day and is now drawing the predictable wave of FOMO from anyone hunting the next Nvidia. But here’s what you should actually be watching. Cerebras went public into the most ... Forget Cerebras Systems’ IPO and Focus on This Tech Giant Instead

Wall Street braces for what could be the largest stock market debut in history, but the most cited academic on US IPO performance is warning buyers to sit on their hands. SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its planned offering, and Reuters this morning lined the deal up against three ... The Professor Who Tracks Every US IPO Just Issued a Warning on SpaceX: “Most of the Time, Things Don’t Go According to Plan.”

SpaceX is targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its upcoming ‌initial public offering, in what could be the ‌biggest-ever stock market debut by a U.S. company on Wall Street. The ​listing of Elon Musk-led SpaceX could easily dwarf many of the biggest U.S. IPOs on record, including those of Alibaba, Visa and Facebook, now Meta Platforms, which analysts ‌say reflects high growth ⁠expectations from the rocket and satellite company that it may struggle to meet. Analysts ‌say SpaceX's proposed valuation reflects in part how much investors are being asked to pay for future growth.

Alibaba’s latest earnings report gave investors two very different numbers to digest, and the market appeared more interested in the one tied to artificial intelligence. The Chinese e-commerce and cloud giant reported revenue of RMB243.38 billion, or $35.28 billion, for the quarter ended March 31, ...

Nvidia stock gapped higher on Thursday on a report that Chinese firms are lining up to buy its AI chips if they can secure China's approval.

President Trump’s posture toward China has whipsawed markets for over a year, with prediction markets confirming tariffs escalated from 10% to 40% to 100% between February and June of last year. Any thaw in that relationship, whether through tariff relief, eased chip export rules, or restored market access, would flow straight into the income statements ... 5 Companies Are Betting on Trump’s China Pivot. Here’s Who’s Best Positioned.

(Bloomberg) -- China’s twin technology leaders reported revenue that fell short of estimates, signaling the challenges in translating higher AI spending into profits. Yet investors piled into Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after the company declared it’s on track to triple revenue from artificial intelligence services.Most Read from BloombergAmbani’s Cola War With Coke, Pepsi Spurs Fridge Bonanza in IndiaNvidia’s CEO Joins Trump in China With AI in the SpotlightMamdani Scraps Property Tax Hike, Coun

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) reports robust revenue growth driven by AI and cloud services, despite challenges in cash flow and EBITA.

Alibaba Gr Hldgs (NYSE:BABA) reported fourth-quarter financial results on Wednesday. The transcript from the company's fourth-quarter earnings call has been provided below. Benzinga APIs provide real-time access to earnings call transcripts and financial data. Visit https://www.benzinga.com/apis/ to learn more. The full earnings call is available at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/npqai6e2/ Watch the full earnings call below: Summary Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a 11% year-over-year re

Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) said its stepped-up investments in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and consumption businesses are beginning to translate into faster revenue growth, even as those investments weighed heavily on adjusted earnings and free cash flow in the March quarter. On the comp

SpaceX is gearing up for what could be the largest IPO ever. What does history have to teach us?

Alibaba's stock is up even though the company's profits sank.

Headline PPI month over month pole-vaulted to +1.4%, nearly 3x the +0.5% anticipated.

Strong AI and cloud demand helped offset weaker international e-commerce trends.

The tech giant has continued to invest heavily in artificial intelligence and fend off intense competition in the food-delivery space.

Alibaba stock fell following quarterly results.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) shares fell Wednesday after the e-commerce and cloud-computing company reported mixed fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results, as strong revenue growth and accelerating AI momentum were overshadowed by a sharp decline in adjusted earnings. The company reported quarterly revenue of $35.28 billion, up 3% from a year earlier and slightly ahead of analyst estimates of $35.23 billion. Excluding the divested Sun Art and Intime businesses, revenue increased 11% on a li

Micron, Nvidia, and Qualcomm rise as investors pile back into chip stocks, while EchoStar surges after the FCC approves a spectrum sale.

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China's Alibaba on Wednesday posted a 3% rise in fourth-quarter revenue on robust growth for ‌its cloud computing and AI divisions, while its e-commerce ‌unit benefited from a new round of government subsidies. Like other major tech giants, Alibaba too has benefited from soaring business demand for artificial intelligence. Revenue from Alibaba's Cloud Intelligence Group ⁠surged 38% to 41.63 billion yuan ($6.13 billion) from a year ago and was a touch ahead of estimates of 41.27 billion ​yuan.

Tencent Holdings extended its streak of double-digit profit growth in the first quarter despite the Chinese tech giant’s ballooning investments to stay ahead in China’s artificial-intelligence race, though revenue growth slowed. Tencent was previously focused on leveraging the technology to boost productivity and reduce costs across various businesses.

After Tuesday’s inflation report, focus turns to President Trump’s long-awaited visit to China, with the Iran war and tariffs likely to be central topics. Meanwhile, the OpenAI-Elon Musk trial continues in California and earnings are expected from companies including Cisco Systems.