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Some well-known companies were added to the annually updated list, which designates them as a U.S. national-security risk.

Investing.com -- The Pentagon added Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., BYD Co. and Baidu Inc. to its list of companies that support the Chinese military on Monday. The announcement was posted to the Federal Register and updates the Defense Department’s roster of companies believed to aid the People’s Liberation Army.

The U.S. on Monday issued an updated list of Chinese companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military, including e-commerce group Alibaba, Internet search provider Baidu and automaker BYD. The long-awaited update supersedes ‌a list from early 2025, and comes less than a month after President Donald Trump met China's Xi Jinping on a ‌visit to Beijing, where the two leaders maintained a delicate trade war truce. In February, when Trump's trip to China had been pending, the Pentagon briefly posted an updated list, known ​as the 1260H or CMC list, but then quickly withdrew it with little explanation.

2026 is shaping up to be the year of the trillion-dollar IPO, but there's only one I'm seriously considering.

Not all of Wall Street is buying Musk’s math.

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Mega IPOs from SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are already turning heads on Wall Street and Main Street, expected to fetch some of the steepest valuations in the history of U.S. markets. However, those banking on these IPOs being a guaranteed payday might want to revisit those assumptions. Despite ...

SpaceX disclosed Wednesday that it plans to raise $75 billion in its initial public offering, which is expected to occur within a few weeks.

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A potential IPO from SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) could dramatically reshape the history of global public offerings, with the Elon Musk-led company reportedly targeting a valuation that would eclipse every previous stock market debut. If current expectations hold, SpaceX could raise far more capital than any company before it and potentially become the first IPO to debut with a valuation approaching $2 trillion.

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The IPO market is back in full force. After two years of sluggish dealmaking, investors are once again chasing the next mega-listing, and the bigger the valuation, the bigger the excitement seems to get. That enthusiasm is helping to push stock indexes to record highs as valuations across tech and AI expand with a rise ... SpaceX Is Headed for a $1.75 Trillion IPO. History Says the Stock Could Be Down 32% a Year From Now

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A potential IPO from SpaceX could dramatically reshape the history of global public offerings, with the Elon Musk-led company reportedly targeting a valuation that would eclipse every previous stock market debut. If current expectations hold, SpaceX could raise far more capital than any company before it and potentially become the first IPO to debut with a valuation approaching $2 trillion.

NVDA stock fell despite stellar fiscal Q1 2027 earnings. Nvidia still looks a buy given continued growth in the AI chip market.

SpaceX’s historic IPO is drawing huge retail interest, but history shows mega IPOs often stumble after launch-day excitement fades. Valuation and hype may outweigh opportunity for now.

SpaceX's planned IPO would more than triple the U.S. record. Here's how past mega-listings have performed.

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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.

Alibaba has unveiled a new artificial-intelligence chip as well as an update of its AI model, as the Chinese company aggressively pursues its AI ambitions on multiple fronts. Alibaba also released an update of its large language model, called Qwen3.7-Max, which is engineered for more advanced agent coding and complex reasoning. Alibaba’s management said in a recent earnings call that scaling up the deployment of its in-house chips represent “the highest value for money compute power,” which will improve Alibaba Cloud’s margins.

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NVDA stock recently hit record highs, but its upcoming earnings report could be the next major catalyst.

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