NVIDIA Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

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

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Caris Life Sciences, Inc.

Slide Insurance Holdings, Inc.

MiniMax, a Chinese competitor of DeepSeek, has begun preparations to list in Hong Kong.&nbsp;Spanish casino chain Cirsa has decided to raise up to 460 million euros in its first IPO this year in Madrid. Shares in cancer diagnostics developer Caris Life Sciences and Miami-based home insurer Slide Insurance soared after listing in the US. The main events on the IPO market during the week are in our selection.