Dell boosted its annual revenue and profit expectations on Thursday, showing data center expansion by clients is fueling demand for its AI-optimized servers that are powered by Nvidia's powerful chips. U.S. tech giants including Alphabet and Amazon plan to spend over $700 billion on AI infrastructure this year, which would drive up demand for server and data center equipment from suppliers such as Dell and Super Micro Computer. These AI servers are critical for powering services such as ChatGPT, as they are equipped with advanced memory chips to store data and instructions, providing the immense computing power required for such applications.
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Peoples Bancorp pairs community banking with insurance, wealth, leasing, and premium finance, giving it more than one earnings lever. Lower funding costs help, but the stock’s upside depends on whether that mix can support durable earnings after credit costs.
Software company lifted fiscal 2027 product revenue guidance as AI tools and core demand strengthened.
With its latest funding round, Anthropic has more than doubled its valuation since February, jumping from $380 billion to $965 billion.

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Anthropic's funding round make it the most valuable AI startup at $965 billion, ahead of OpenAI for the first time.
Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO.
Investing.com -- Anthropic has raised $65 billion in Series H funding at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, the artificial intelligence company announced Thursday.
Anthropic raised $65 billion in a Series H funding round, valuing the AI lab at $965 billion post-money, in one of the largest private funding rounds in tech history.
Anthropic is more valuable than OpenAI in latest funding round.
Anthropic also unveiled Claude Opus 4.8, an upgrade to its Opus class of models with stronger performance across coding, agentic tasks, and professional work
The United States Postal Service said Thursday it reached a $10 billion deal to provide “last-mile” package delivery services for DHL eCommerce, an arm of German package services provider DHL. The USPS said in December it intended to open its last-mile delivery network to large and small shippers, expanding beyond current arrangements with Amazon and UPS. Postmaster General David Steiner said in a call with reporters that since the USPS delivers to 170 million locations six days a week, “we are the best last-mile provider by default.”
Best Buy is known for its laptops and smartphones. Best Buy stock surged nearly 17% Thursday after the electronics chain reported first-quarter operating earnings of $1.28 a share, up from $1.15 a year earlier—helped by higher margins and a 2% bump in same-store sales. Best Buy, meanwhile, stoked the uncertainty further when it announced in April that CEO Corie Barry would step down Oct. 31, to be replaced by longtime company veteran Jason Bonfig.
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Anthropic on Thursday said it is launching an upgraded Claude Opus 4.8 model even as it works to release its powerful, market-moving Mythos model to all customers in the coming weeks. Mythos is the AI lab's large language model with advanced cybersecurity capabilities that have raised concerns among executives and world leaders about its impact. As a part of Project Glasswing, major tech firms such as Amazon, Microsoft and Apple are permitted to use Mythos for cybersecurity purposes.
RGTI's 108-qubit Cepheus-1 launch and rising QPU demand strengthen its push toward quantum advantage and revenue growth.
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