Spotify Technology S.A.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

The Boeing Company

Global central banks fear that Donald Trump's pressure on the Fed will not only undermine the independence of the U.S. regulator, but also set an unwelcome precedent for Europe and Japan

Morning in New York: political factors limit the rally

Tesla, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

In mid-August, it became known that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman intends to <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/04484164-724e-4fc2-92a2-e2c13ea639bd">back</a> Merge Labs, a company that is developing a brain-computer interface - a class of technology that allows people to control computers using neural signals from the brain, i.e., actually by the power of thought. This further intensifies competition with his former partner and now rival Elon Musk, who launched a similar startup, Neuralink, in 2016. So far, the technology is being used with the noble goal of helping completely paralyzed people to communicate with the world around them again by controlling computer interfaces. However, both billionaires believe that in the long run, this technology will literally save humanity from extinction.

The great merger: why billionaires are getting in our heads

Firefly Aerospace Inc.

WhiteFiber, Inc.

HeartFlow, Inc.

Shares of US Firefly Aerospace, a SpaceX competitor, soared by a third on the first day of trading after listing on Nasdaq. Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish has decided to raise up to $629 million on the New York Stock Exchange. Czech manufacturer of armored vehicles and heavy ammunition CSG is planning an IPO in Amsterdam and is seeking a €30 billion valuation. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.

Firefly shares soar and crypto exchange Bullish lists: highlights of the IPO by Aug. 11

Nebius Group N.V.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Intel Corporation

Apple Inc.

AI and fintech are surging in the U.S. market. OpenAI is preparing an employee stock deal that could raise the company's valuation to $500 billion - higher than SpaceX. Apple joined Donald Trump in announcing a $100 billion increase in investments in the U.S., including $2.5 billion in iPhone glass manufacturing. Palantir surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the first time, Nebius Group shares soared 28% after a seven-fold increase in revenue and an increase in guidance. The main events of August 4-8 are in our review;

Highlights of the week: Trump and duties, Palantir breaks records, OpenAI catches up with SpaceX


U.S. space company goes public after historic moon landing


Firefly Aerospace IPO: shares of SpaceX competitor become available


Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

At least 20 Google employees have moved to Microsoft in recent months

Microsoft has begun poaching Google's AI talent, using Meta tactics - WSJ

The deal would turn developer ChatGPT into the most expensive non-public tech company ever

OpenAI has begun talks to sell shares at a $500 billion valuation

Figma

Ambiq Micro, Inc.

Shoulder Innovations, Inc.

Shares of Figma, a service for designers that competes with Adobe, soared 250% at the debut trading in New York. Against the background of such excitement, the Swedish installment service Klarna resumed its preparations for IPO. In addition, two competitors of Ilon Musk's space company SpaceX are preparing to enter the stock exchanges in the United States and China. And the richest man in Asia wants to earn more than $6 billion for a 5% stake in his telecom company. The main events on the IPO market for the week - in our selection.

Figma's record, Klarna and SpaceX competitors go public: what's important about the IPO by Aug. 3

NVIDIA Corporation

Nvidia has placed an order for 300k H20 chips from TSMC amid renewed US approvals for shipments to China. Meanwhile, in China, startup Z.ai has released an open-source AI model, GLM-4.5, capable of running on just eight H20 chips - yet claiming to be a leader in efficiency, competing with DeepSeek and OpenAI. In the autonomous transportation market, Waymo, an Alphabet company, has announced it will launch a robotaxi in Dallas in 2026 in partnership with Avis. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of July 29.

Highlights for this morning: Nvidia ramps up chip production for China and a new DeepSeek competitor

During his spat with Musk, the U.S. president promised to strip the billionaire's companies, including SpaceX, of subsidies and government contracts

SpaceX has warned investors of the risk of Musk's return to politics


Tesla has postponed its annual shareholder meeting to an unprecedentedly late date this year

Tesla shareholders will be asked to vote on xAI investment. Should we be alarmed?

Last week, the world's richest man, Ilon Musk, announced his new project: he is creating a new political party in the United States. In business, he has had nine projects, seven of them working. In politics there will be only the third, the first were the election of Trump as president and DOGE. And there the score is 1:1 so far.

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