Netflix, Inc.

Spot gold prices are up more than $100 in a day, with platinum also at an all-time high. Bitcoin fell in price, letting go below the $90,000 mark. OpenAI started testing advertising in ChatGPT, abandoning the purely subscription model. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of January 21.

Highlights for the morning: gold hits record, bitcoin below $90,000, OpenAI launches ads

Alphabet Inc.

Advertising could be a new revenue driver for OpenAI, according to analyst Mark Mahaney

OpenAI will hit $25 billion in ad revenue by 2030s - analyst. Is this a threat to Google?

Apple Inc.

OpenAI "consciously made a decision not to become a custom vendor for Apple" back in the fall of 2025, a source close to the startup <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8033b1bc-4ffe-47ed-baf0-5abea6a1322a">told the</a> Financial Times. Instead, the ChatGPT developer has decided to focus on building its own artificial intelligence-based device to reach beyond the ecosystems of major tech players, the publication writes. OpenAI did not respond to the FT's request for comment.

OpenAI has not partnered with Apple as it prepares its AI device - FT

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

China's largest online retailer Alibaba plans to link its flagship online shopping and travel services with its own AI assistant Qwen, taking the biggest step toward turning Qwen into a unified AI platform for users, Bloomberg writes. Alibaba's Qwen has previously been called the " <a href="https://www.gurufocus.com/news/3207043/alibabas-chatgpt-killer-ai-overhaul-signals-highstakes-play-for-mobile-domination">ChatGPT</a><a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ubijcu-chatgpt-ot-alibaba-za-pervuu-nedelu-skacali-10-mln-raz-kak-reagiruet-rynok">killer</a>." Last November - a week after its release - it was downloaded 10 million times.

Alibaba is turning its AI assistant into a "superapp". What will this do for businesses?

NVIDIA Corporation

Eli Lilly and Company

SK hynix Inc.

OpenAI strengthens its presence in medicine, Nvidia and Eli Lilly launch a billion-dollar AI project in pharma, and SK Hynix invests billions of dollars in HBM memory production. These and other topics are covered in our roundup of key events for the morning of January 13.

Highlights for the morning: US duties on Iran's partners, the OpenAI deal and Venezuela's market surge

Walmart Inc.

AstraZeneca PLC

The retailer's latest moves show it is banking on technology to boost sales

Walmart shares hit a record after its inclusion in the Nasdaq-100. It is targeting tech giants

Oracle Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

The iconic shortstop explained why he's betting against Nvidia but not shorting Meta and Alphabet, and also named his new target 

'I can't short OpenAI': Burry reveals bet against another AI company 

Over the past 12 months, Gemini's market share has grown from less than 6% to more than 20%, while ChatGPT's share has fallen from about 85% to less than 65%, Barrons writes

Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded its rating on Alphabet stock. Will Gemini beat ChatGPT?

Ford Motor Company

US car manufacturer Ford is preparing to enter the market for autonomous driving systems. OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT Health to handle personal health data. Google-owned Alphabet has surpassed Apple in terms of capitalization for the first time since 2019, and China's Zhipu has become China's first public "AI tiger". About these and other topics - in a review of key events by the morning of January 8.

Highlights for this morning: Ford and autopilot, ChatGPT will talk about health, Alphabet above Apple

Tesla, Inc.

Pinterest, Inc.

Baidu, Inc.

Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

ConocoPhillips

Daily review and forecast of events on the US stock market by Mikhail Denislavov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

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The vast majority of Wall Street analysts still recommend buying these securities, but are lowering their target prices.

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