Amazon.com, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Amazon and Meta Platforms <a href="https://about.fb.com/news/2026/04/meta-partners-with-aws-on-graviton-chips-to-power-agentic-ai/">have entered into an</a> agreement under which the owner of Facebook and Instagram will rent hundreds of thousands of universal chips from Amazon for its projects in the field of artificial intelligence, according to a release on Meta's website. Financial details of the deal the parties do not name, but Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/meta-inks-multibillion-dollar-deal-to-use-amazon-chips-for-ai">writes</a>: we are talking about a multi-billion dollar agreement.

Meta signs 'multi-billion dollar' deal with Amazon to use AI chips

Microsoft Corporation

NIKE, Inc.

Meta Platforms and Nike are also planning large-scale layoffs

Microsoft offered early retirement to 9,000 employees for the sake of AI investment - Media

Meta announced massive layoffs: about 8,000 people - about 10% of its total workforce - will be affected, according to an internal memo HR Director Janelle Gale sent to employees on Thursday, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/meta-tells-staff-it-will-cut-10-of-jobs-in-push-for-efficiency">reports</a>. The company will also close 6,000 positions it had planned to fill. "We are doing this to operate more efficiently and to offset other investments," Gale explained in the memo.

Meta has announced it will cut 10% of its staff. What is it freeing up funds for?

In the U.S., such personnel monitoring is within the law, but it is certain to be banned in Europe, legal experts say

Surveillance in the name of AI: Meta has decided to record every click of its employees

In early April, Meta <a href="https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/">unveiled</a> its Muse Spark AI, the first to be created since Mark Zuckerberg actually personally <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/perelivanie-krovi-kak-i-zacem-meta-vysasyvaet-talanty-s-rynka">demolished</a> and then rehired an AI development team last year. But in 2026, simply owning your own AI is no longer enough - it is important to be able to answer investors' questions about how to monetize it.

Meta's Overmind Lab has released its first product. Is it possible to make money on it?

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

American Airlines Group Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Capital Markets Research, Freedom Broker.

Morning in New York: Investors focus on escalation in the Middle East  

Globalstar, Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

A Fox News journalist announced an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump in which he was quoted as saying, "The war [in the Middle East] is over". Meta has extended its partnership with Broadcom until 2029 to scale its own AI chips and reduce its reliance on Nvidia and AMD. Amazon is buying satellite company Globalstar for $11.6 billion to compete with Starlink and launch direct-to-smartphone connectivity - without the use of cell towers. These and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of April 15.

Top story by morning: Trump called war 'over' - Fox, Anthropic valued at $800 billion

Google's share of the U.S. search advertising market is declining

Google may lose its leadership in the online advertising market. What do investors need to know?

The head of Meta is personally involved in training and testing his AI avatar, sources claim 

Zuckerberg will replace himself with an AI copy when communicating with subordinates - FT

Tesla, Inc.

Universal Music Group N.V.

Donald Trump agreed with Iran on a two-week truce and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which supported the growth of world markets and led to a slight decline in oil prices. Meanwhile, details of a possible listing of SpaceX became known: the company is preparing a placement with a focus on retail investors, but analysts doubt the potential for profitability at a valuation of $2 billion. Against this background, Pershing Square plans to acquire Universal Music with a significant premium, considering the company's securities undervalued. The main events of April 6-10 are in our review.

Highlights of the week: US-Iran truce, Meta AI model, Universal Music deal

SpaceX posted a loss of about $5 billion before its IPO due to xAI investments and integration, but expects a valuation of over $1.75 trillion and the development of orbital data centers for AI. Anthropic, amid a shortage of computing power, is exploring building its own chips while growing revenue to more than $30 billion and strengthening partnerships with Google and Broadcom. These and other topics are covered in our roundup of key events for the morning of April 10.

Main by morning: Anthropic decided to create chips, US fears cyber risks of AI models

The new AI model that Meta Platforms unveiled on April 8 reinforced JPMorgan's bullish stance on the company. The bank believes that this release will help restore investor confidence in Meta's AI strategy and expects its quotes to grow by more than 30%.