Elon Musk's SpaceX is counting on early inclusion in stock indexes after going public, which could come as early as later this year. Sources <a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/spacex-seeks-early-index-entry-as-it-prepares-massive-ipo-8445ed59?mod=hp_lead_pos1">told </a>The Wall Street Journal that the company's advisers have contacted major index providers, including Nasdaq, to discuss how SpaceX could get into key benchmarks sooner than usual.

SpaceX seeks rapid inclusion in stock indexes after IPO - WSJ

UBS Group AG

NVIDIA Corporation

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

The US ended a brief shutdown after America's President Donald Trump signed legislation to fund the government, but disputes over immigration and the Department of Homeland Security budget remain ahead. UBS reported better-than-expected earnings but showed a weaker-than-expected quarter amid the complex integration of Credit Suisse. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of February 4.

OpenAI unhappy with Nvidia chips and looking for alternatives - Reuters

York Space Systems, Inc.

PicS N.V.

Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Elon Musk wants to time the biggest IPO in history to coincide with his birthday and a parade of planets. The developer of ChatGPT has accelerated preparations for the listing for fear that investors' funds will go to a competitor. The European IPO market had its best start of the year. The main events on the IPO market during the week - in our selection.

SpaceX and the parade of planets, OpenAI is afraid of the competitor: the main thing about IPO by February 1

Microsoft Corporation

The value of securities in trading on January 29 collapsed at the strongest rate since 2020

Outperforming 99% of rivals, an investment fund bought Microsoft stock during the collapse

Amazon.com, Inc.

The three-year agreement will allow Perplexity to expand its cloud infrastructure beyond AWS amid a legal battle with Amazon

Perplexity strikes cloud deal with Microsoft amid conflict with Amazon

Alphabet Inc.

SoftBank Corp.

OpenAI expects to raise more than $100 billion during its preliminary funding round, which could lead to a potential valuation of $830 billion for the company, the WSJ writes

Developer ChatGPT is rushing to IPO in 2026 ahead of Antrophic. Why would he do that?

Major tech companies are discussing large-scale investments in OpenAI: According to The Information and Financial Times, Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft could invest tens of billions of dollars in the ChatGPT developer as part of a funding round in which OpenAI expects to raise $100 billion.

Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft discuss tens of billions investment in OpenAI - media outlet

SoftBank Group Corp.

The possible deal could be part of OpenAI's massive funding round, which could bring the ChatGPT developer's valuation to about $830 billion, Reuters writes

SoftBank wants to invest up to $30 billion more in developer ChatGPT. Will the bet pay off

Renault SA

Donald Trump said the Greenland deal with NATO was "framed" and rejected new duties against Europe. OpenAI has begun talks to raise up to $50 billion from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds. Elon Musk is accelerating SpaceX's IPO to fund space AI data centers and is thinking about returning to politics. The main events of January 19-23 are in our review.

Highlights of the week: Greenland deal, SpaceX IPO acceleration and $50 billion for OpenAI

ChatGPT developer 'falling apart in real time', says ex-Fidelity executive George Noble

Open AI