Hydra Host closed a $100 million Series A on June 15, 2026, led by Kindred Ventures with participation from NVIDIA, ARK Invest, SPLY Capital, Jasper Lau's Era Funds, Comcast Ventures, Magnetar, and PEAK6. Existing investors including Founders Fund, 10x Founders, Sterling Road, and Flume Ventures (with participation from Scott McNealy) also participated in the round.
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Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter David Hollerith explains how SpaceX's (SPCX) initial public offering (IPO) is fueling Morgan Stanley (MS), Goldman Sachs (GS), JPMorgan (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and Citi (C).
Don't underestimate the potential upside for this diversified healthcare stock.
Chowdhry's thesis rests on a simple but far-reaching claim: the AI boom that enriched Nvidia is giving way to a different era. "Ai Training is the Past - Ai Inference is the Present - Ai Applications is the Future, i.e., GPUs is the Past, CPUs is the Future," he wrote, framing 2026 and beyond as the era of Intel's 18A Xeon server chips and 18A Panther Lake laptop processors, in direct contrast to 2025 and prior being Nvidia's GPU moment.
SpaceX Rockets Past Palantir in Stunning Post-IPO Valuation Race

Nvidia (NVDA) is the latest hyperscaler to tap the debt market to fund its artificial intelligence (AI) build-out. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre discusses more in the video above.
Fiserv announced an abrupt CEO change, just one month after its investor day.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) both reported Q1 2026 results that reframe how investors should think about the AI compute race. AMD posted a clean acceleration story powered by its Instinct and EPYC franchises. Intel delivered a noisy but improving turnaround quarter under CEO Lip-Bu Tan, with foundry traction and a surprise non-GAAP ... AMD vs Intel: Both Are Positioned for AI Data Center Growth But There Will Be Only One Winner
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is an integrated energy major whose July 2025 Hess acquisition added Guyana, Bakken, and Gulf of America assets. With WTI near $95 and the Fed funds rate sitting at 3.75% after 75 basis points of cuts, the question I want to answer is whether income investors can trust the payout. Dividend Snapshot Metric ... Chevron Stock Is an Absolute Steal at 11 Times Forward Earnings
Data Center Valley could deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs and begin operations in 2027.
Nvidia stock rallied Monday along with the semiconductor sector and the broader stock market. The artificial intelligence leader filed a prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell investment-grade corporate bonds for the first time since 2021. The SEC filing is a placeholder for a multipart offering of senior unsecured notes.
With the ceasefire with Iran supposedly going permanent, the market is facing a fork in the road. The NEOS Nasdaq 100 High-Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) is rallying, up 3% so far today, but even bulls are not convinced this euphoria will continue for too long. Obviously, a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and peace ... Buy, Sell, or Hold The NEOS Nasdaq 100 High Income ETF Right Now | QQQI
Realty Income, Williams, and PMI seem like better buys than the red-hot space stock.
It can often be smart to buy when it feels like the worst idea.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) just posted its fifth straight earnings beat, yet the stock is up just 3.35% year to date despite AWS posting its fastest growth in 15 quarters and a chips business running at a $20 billion revenue run rate. CEO Andy Jassy says Amazon is “in the middle of some of the biggest inflections ... Can Amazon Reach $300 Per Share Before Year-End 2026?
Shares of SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) are up 16% in Monday afternoon trading, climbing to about $187 as buyers extend the post-IPO surge that began last Friday. The newly minted NASDAQ listing priced at $135 and opened at $150, and the momentum hasn’t paused since. Meanwhile, Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) stock is rallying 7% to $109 and change. ... SpaceX Soars 16%, Rocket Lab Gains 7%, Virgin Galactic Drops 4%: Why Space Stocks Are Diverging Today
For retirees writing a check to themselves every month, the JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) is one of the most popular destinations in the ETF universe right now. JEPQ pairs a portfolio of Nasdaq-100 stocks with an options overlay that produces a trailing yield north of 10%, paid monthly, at a net expense ... Can Retirees Count on JEPQ’s 10.3 Percent Dividend and Monthly Payments?
The growth of AI inference workloads in data centers is boosting demand for server CPUs, a market that's dominated by AMD and Intel.
DoorDash's market reality hasn't reflected the underlying business this year. That's starting to change. World Cup ads are just the start.
Stocks surged Monday on news of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal. SpaceX added another $239 billion in market cap for good measure.
Chipmaker looks to raise fresh capital as AI infrastructure spending continues to climb.
Precious metals are roaring back after the announcement of a permanent Iran ceasefire, but the Aberdeen Physical Platinum Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PPLT) is worth paying attention to if you want to buy into a more long-term rally. This ETF tracks the spot price of physical platinum bullion, and there’s a significant platinum shortage. PPLT surged by ... Is The Aberdeen Physical Platinum Shares ETF A Buy, Sell, Or Hold? | PPLT
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock is up 5% in Monday midday trading, changing hands near $134. The move comes alongside a broad risk-on rally, with the NASDAQ 100 tracking ETF Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) up 3% on the session. Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) stock is following the same script, trading higher by 3% to around $235 and change. ... Palantir Rises 5%, Cloudflare Pops 3% as Investors Pile Into AI Security Plays