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Stock moves, analyst notes, and the numbers behind the hype.

Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet gained nearly $1.5 trillion in market value during earnings week while Apple, Meta, and Tesla lost ground, as investors demand AI spending show up as revenue.

ChatGPT is approaching 1 billion weekly active users, per internal OpenAI data, arriving seven months behind schedule alongside a negative 122% operating margin.
Senators Warren and Schiff have asked the SEC to investigate Trump Media’s Truth API, a paid data feed built for automated trading systems reacting to posts in milliseconds.
A New York Times investigation details how Oracle borrowed tens of billions to fund AI data centers, with its debt downgraded to near-junk status and $300 billion riding on a single OpenAI contract.
A wave of AI chip stock selling erased over $1 trillion in market value after TSMC’s earnings, before a Microsoft-led tech rally partially reversed the move days later.