🚨 CATHIE WOOD ON A POTENTIAL TESLA–SPACEX MERGER Cathie Wood says China could be the biggest geopolitical obstacle to Elon Musk combining $TSLA and $SPCX. Her view: Musk is balancing relationships with both Trump and Xi while navigating Tesla’s major presence in China and SpaceX’s role as a U.S. defense contractor. A Tesla–SpaceX merger would have major geopolitical implications. 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Would regulators allow it?

ANTHROPIC’S H1 2026 FINANCIALS ARE WILD 👀 According to reported figures: • Revenue: $16.29B • Net loss: $80.75B Anthropic is generating billions in revenue, but the reported loss is nearly 5x revenue. The key question: How much of these losses reflects long-term AI infrastructure investment versus ongoing operating costs?

🚨 $AMZN DEVICES BUSINESS FACES $612M LOSS IN 2026 Amazon reportedly expects a $612M gross loss in its devices business in 2026, up from its original $438M target, according to Business Insider. Rising memory chip costs are a major factor, forcing “difficult trade-offs” between pricing, sales volumes, and profitability. Amazon has already raised prices on Echo, Kindle, and Fire TV devices while replacing budget Fire tablets with more expensive Alexa tablets. The AI memory boom is creating cost pressures far beyond data centers. 📈

LEOPOLD ASCHENBRENNER’S NEXT STOCK FILING IS JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY 👀 Here’s how his reported holdings have performed since his Q2 13F filing on August 14: Top tier • $SNDK: -23% • $MU: -7% Second tier • $BE: -10% • $TSM: 0% • $NBIS: -42% Third tier • $CRWV: -46% • $CORZ: -31% • $STM: -16% • $APLD: -41% • $RIOT: -33% • $SHAZ: -68% • $IREN: -41% Smaller positions • $CLSK: -34% • $KEEL: -36% • $SEI: -0.4% • $WYFI: -66% • $BTDR: -20% • $TE: -57% • $HIVE: -29% • $BW: -58% • $PUMP: -39% • $VSH: -23% • $CBRS: -50% Since the last filing, he reportedly bought September calls on $AMD, $BE, $CRWV, $SKHY, and $SNDK. With many AI infrastructure and semiconductor positions under pressure, the next filing could be interesting. Will he double down on AI infrastructure or rotate into new names?

🚨 APPLE UNVEILS M6 MACBOOK PRO $AAPL introduced its new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by the M6 chip, bringing major performance gains. Key specs: ⚡ 12-core CPU + 12-core GPU 🎮 Up to 30% faster graphics vs. M5 🤖 25% faster AI workloads 🧠 1.9x faster Neural Engine performance 📶 Wi-Fi 7 + Bluetooth 6 🔋 Up to 24 hours of battery life Starting at $1,999, with preorders opening October 28 and availability beginning November 6. Apple continues pushing performance and on-device AI forward. 🍎

🚨 S&P AND DOW JONES INDICES PARTNER WITH KALSHI S&P Dow Jones Indices is teaming up with Kalshi to launch prediction market indices. Prediction markets are moving further into mainstream finance, creating new ways to track market expectations and real-world events. The next generation of financial markets is taking shape. 📈

CHINA PUMPS $19 BILLION INTO ITS STOCK MARKET 🚨 China has reportedly injected 129 billion yuan ($19B) into its stock market in an effort to halt what could become its longest losing streak on record. The move highlights growing pressure on Chinese authorities to stabilize equities and restore investor confidence. Will the intervention be enough to turn the market around?

$AVGO has reportedly arranged a $63B financing deal to fund AI chips for Anthropic. A special-purpose vehicle backed by Bank of America, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley will buy Broadcom chips and lease them to Anthropic, per Bloomberg. Broadcom is also guaranteeing part of the chips’ future value, taking on some of the downside risk. AI infrastructure financing is scaling alongside demand for compute.

🚨 APPLE UNVEILS NEW M6-POWERED MACS The new 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac are getting a major performance boost with Apple’s M6 chip. 🍎 ⚡ Faster everyday performance 🎮 Improved graphics 🤖 On-device AI capabilities More power, faster workflows, and AI built right in. Apple keeps pushing its silicon advantage forward.

🚨 $AMD AND $META EXPAND AI PARTNERSHIP TO GIGAWATT SCALE AMD CEO Lisa Su says “Helios is now running at Meta” as AMD invests $1B in $META and deepens its AI infrastructure partnership. The bigger picture: AMD’s EPYC CPUs already power Meta’s Muse, while Meta is also developing custom Instinct GPUs with AMD. That gives AMD exposure to both the AI agents and the models powering them. 🤖 A partnership spanning CPUs, GPUs, and large-scale AI infrastructure.

$ASTS SECURES KEY SPECTRUM APPROVALS IN BRAZIL 🇧🇷 AST SpaceMobile has secured S-band spectrum authorization from Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency. The company also received regulatory approval for secondary use of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. These approvals mark another step in expanding AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-to-cellular connectivity footprint internationally. 📡

$NVDA is investing $3B in $META’s equity offering, which was just upsized to $25B at $625 per share. That brings Meta’s total capital raise to a record $98B. Big Tech’s AI infrastructure buildout continues to demand enormous amounts of capital. The key question is how quickly these investments translate into returns.

$KO COCA-COLA BEATS Q3 EARNINGS EXPECTATIONS 🥤 🔹 Revenue: $13.4B vs. $12.92B expected 🟢 🔹 Adjusted EPS: $0.91 vs. $0.88 expected 🟢 Coca-Cola beats expectations on both revenue and earnings. Another solid quarter for one of the world’s largest consumer staples companies.

🚨 SPACEX WANTS FCC TO EXPAND SATELLITE-TO-PHONE SPECTRUM RULES SpaceX is asking the FCC to include the 902–928 MHz band in its proposed Supplemental Coverage from Space framework, citing $NN’s pending petition for a nationwide 5G flexible-use license. Key details: 🔹 SpaceX says including the band now could avoid a separate rulemaking process if NextNav’s proposal is approved. 🔹 The move could potentially open additional spectrum to direct-to-device satellite services. 🔹 $NN’s petition remains pending. Important: This is a regulatory request, not an FCC approval or an announced partnership between SpaceX and $NN. The spectrum battle for next-generation wireless connectivity continues.

$SOFI Q3’26 EARNINGS: STRONG GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD 📈 🔹 Revenue: $1.4B (+44% YoY), beating estimates of $1.25B 🔹 Adj. EPS: $0.18 (+64% YoY), above $0.16 estimates 🔹 Adjusted EBITDA: $469.8M (+70% YoY) 🔹 Members: 17.1M (+35% YoY) 🔹 Deposits: $51.3B FY2027 GUIDANCE: • Revenue: ~$6.4B vs. $6B expected • Adj. EPS: ~$0.90 vs. $0.82 expected • Adjusted EBITDA: ~$2.24B • Adjusted Net Income: ~$1.28B Financial Services revenue grew 25% YoY to $525.1M, while Lending surged 66% to $821.3M. SoFi is raising the bar with strong growth and an upbeat outlook. Can $SOFI sustain this growth trajectory into 2027?

NVIDIA $NVDA and Meta $META are teaming up to make AI agents faster, more efficient, and cheaper to run at scale. The collaboration spans: • Vera Rubin + Vera CPUs: Better performance per watt • Spectrum-X Ethernet: Higher network efficiency and throughput • BlueField-4: More efficient AI infrastructure • Muse training + inference: Lower costs and improved performance • OpenShell: Safer AI agent deployment • NVIDIA Sentry: Potential collaboration on AI agent monitoring The goal: Scale AI agents while reducing the cost of running them. As AI workloads grow, compute efficiency, networking, and inference costs are becoming increasingly important.

$VRT is positioning itself to capture more value from the AI infrastructure buildout. Vertiv just launched SmartIT for $NVDA GB300 and Vera Rubin systems, combining racks, power, and liquid cooling into one factory-tested platform. The goal: deploy AI capacity faster, especially in existing data centers where delays can cost $5M+ per day. Faster deployments + more revenue per rack.

$SPCX has reportedly signed a $40B lease deal with $APO to finance AI chips from $NVDA, per Bloomberg. The deal is structured through private bonds issued by a separate entity, keeping the financing off SpaceX’s balance sheet. Key details: • Expected to close before year-end • Lease payments begin in H1 2027 • Interest rate has yet to be determined SpaceX is securing massive financing to expand its AI computing capacity.

🚨 $CLS CELESTICA Q3’26 EARNINGS: MASSIVE FY27 OUTLOOK Q3 beat expectations across revenue, EPS, and operating earnings. 🔹 Revenue: $5.83B vs. $5.46B est. (+83% YoY) 🔹 Adj. EPS: $3.30 vs. $2.97 est. (+109% YoY) 🔹 Adj. Operating Margin: 8.5%, up from 7.6% FY2027 OUTLOOK: 🔹 Revenue: $40B vs. $35.7B est. (+90% YoY) 🔹 Adj. EPS: $21.50 vs. $19.66 est. 🔹 Adj. Operating Margin: 9.0% FY2026 revenue guidance was also raised to $21B, while Q4 guidance came in broadly in line with expectations. Management says demand remains robust, with customer demand forecasts for 2028 meaningfully higher. AI infrastructure demand continues to drive massive growth at $CLS.

$INTC is reportedly acquiring quantum software startup Classiq for ~$2.3B. The goal: build a software layer that works across different types of quantum computers. Intel lost the AI software battle to $NVDA and CUDA. Now, it may be looking to avoid the same mistake in quantum computing by owning the tools developers use before the industry takes off. The next platform war may be fought in quantum software.

Elon Musk says robot memory demand could eventually exceed everything else on Earth, with superintelligence and deep-space computing driving even more demand. For perspective, $TSLA producing 10M Optimus robots annually would require ~720 petabytes of memory at 72GB per robot. That’s a potential volume story for $MU and $SKHY as AI expands beyond data centers. Robots rely on LPDDR rather than HBM, but the scale could be massive. AI memory demand is expanding into the physical world.