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UiPath's stock has been left for dead, yet several of enterprise software's biggest players have compelling reasons to want it. Five names stand out as potential acquirers, and the logic behind one of them is almost impossible to argue against.

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Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment is weak, with a shift toward ‘extremely bearish’ on SPY and QQQ.

Databricks said on Thursday it would expand its partnership with Microsoft through the ‌2030s, a deal under which it will increase ‌its use of the Azure platform and Microsoft's custom chips. Databricks offers a ​platform that helps users ingest, analyze and build AI applications using complex data from various sources. One of the most valuable private companies, the San Francisco-based firm's move marks a ‌sizeable win for ⁠Microsoft's Azure cloud business and comes as enterprise AI adoption accelerates.

IBM has agreed to buy HRL Laboratories, a private quantum computing research lab jointly owned by Boeing Co and General Motors, the ‌company said on Thursday, adding a second pillar to IBM's quantum computing efforts. IBM has been racing ‌against Alphabet's Google, Microsoft and others to create practical quantum machines that can crack problems that would take conventional computers thousands ​of years to solve. In May, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it would award $1 billion to IBM to set up a new company called Anderon in New Albany, New York, to serve as a chip factory for U.S. quantum computing firms.

Alphabet topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly cloud revenue growth on Wednesday, as the Google parent benefited from strong demand for its cloud computing services from ‌enterprises worldwide thanks to the AI boom. Revenue at Google Cloud rose 82% to $24.8 billion ‌during the quarter ended June, accelerating from the 63% jump reported in the preceding three months. The third-largest cloud services provider behind Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, Google has seen demand surge as companies race to secure the cloud capacity needed to develop, train and run AI models, helping it land ‌major deals with firms, including Anthropic.

3M beat second-quarter estimates and raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance following its AI infrastructure partnership with Microsoft.

Infleqtion received three Department of Energy research projects and led gains among the companies tied to the initiative.

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Today, July 21, 2026, memory-chip leaders rallied, leading stocks higher even as investors weighed geopolitical and tariff risks.

Earnings are the most important thing, and expectations are high. But interest rates are rising, and energy tensions aren't easing.

3M stock jumped on Tuesday after the industrial conglomerate beat Wall Street's earnings expectations and raised its full-year guidance.

The deal gives Microsoft more computing capacity in Europe and brings Mistral's AI models into Microsoft Foundry and Copilot Studio

Some contract announcements move stocks. And then there are the ones that reframe an entire investment thesis. We saw the latter on a Monday, July 20. IREN Limited (IREN) was trading up more than 21% to $40.57 as of July 20 midday, according to Yahoo Finance. That’s after the Australia-based ...

Expectations are running high for Alphabet's Q2 results on Wednesday, July 22, but so is the company's earnings momentum.

The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD, XETRA:AMD) have announced an expanded strategic partnership focused on deploying AMD’s next-generation AI infrastructure across Microsoft Azure, including the rollout of AMD’s Helios rack-scale systems to support...

AMD stock rallied Monday after the chip giant announced an expanded AI partnership with technology giant Microsoft.

Investing.com -- Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) shares jumped 5% on Monday following a high-stakes expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft, placing AMD’s next-gen silicon at the heart of Azure’s cloud infrastructure. The centerpiece of the deal is Microsoft’s wide-scale deployment of the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution to drive frontier model AI inference across Azure services and enterprise customer workloads. Helios—an integrated power-rack combining AMD Instinct MI455X GPUs,

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The newly created strategic relationship with Microsoft to deploy Expanded Beam Optical technology in AI data centers has lifted 3M's stock price. How should investors play this?

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3M's hot new optical technology for data centers is being deployed by Microsoft Azure, the companies announced on Wednesday. MMM stock is a top performer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday, flashing an early buy signal. 3M said on its April 21 earnings call that its new expanded beam optics technology had received validation and a significant order from a hyperscaler, which has apparently now been revealed to be Microsoft.

Coursera has announced new job cuts as part of a restructuring after its merger with Udemy.

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee returned to CNBC’s Morning Call Sheet on Thursday, July 9, alongside JonesTrading’s Mike O’Rourke and Vital Knowledge’s Adam Crisafulli, to discuss a market that is simultaneously celebrating the AI build-out while rotating into value and defensive names. Lee argued: “AI is probably one of the most important structural stories in our lifetime.” ... Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: AI Is a Once in a Lifetime Story – Why Easing Inflation in H2 2026 Could Fuel the Next Rally

Meta Platforms shares had their best day since January after Bloomberg reported that the Facebook parent will sell access to AI computing power and models similar to those offered by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Meta shares soared nearly 9% Wednesday on a report that the company is wading into the business of selling cloud computing services and access to AI models.

Alphabet (GOOGL) just got one of the most renowned promotions in the stock market. Google parent Alphabet officially entered the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, replacing Verizon Communications (VZ) and giving the 30-stock blue-chip index a stronger stake in the artificial intelligence ...

Tech bull Dan Ives of Wedbush initiated coverage of SpaceX with an Outperform rating and a $190 price target, weighing in on a stock that has whipsawed investors in the three weeks since its record-setting initial public offering. Ives sees SpaceX as a player in the hyperscaler wars too.