NVIDIA Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Chevron Corporation

Silver set a new record, gaining 15% since the beginning of 2026. Elon Musk's AI startup xAI raised $20 billion to expand its AI infrastructure and data centers. Meta faced scrutiny from China over its deal to buy startup Manus. Read about these and other topics in our review of key events as of the morning of January 7.

Musk's AI startup xAI raised $20 billion from Nvidia and Cisco, with a valuation of $230 billion.

Tesla, Inc.

Musk is by a wide margin already the world's richest businessman

SpaceX IPO could double Musk's fortune and bring it closer to $1 trillion - Bloomberg

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has raised $15 billion from investors, CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/musk-xai-funding.html">writes</a>, citing sources.

Musk's xAI has raised $15 billion to scale AI capabilities

Microsoft Corporation

World leader in artificial intelligence processors Nvidia, one of the leading AI companies Microsoft and Elon Musk's AI startup xAI were among a group of investors who will spend $40 billion to buy 100% of data center owner Aligned Data Centers. This follows the <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251015016099/en/Macquarie-Asset-Management-to-Lead-Sale-of-Aligned-Data-Centers-at-an-Enterprise-Value-of-%24US40-Billion">announcement</a> of the deal. It involves, among others, the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) consortium, which <a href="https://news.microsoft.com/source/2024/09/17/blackrock-global-infrastructure-partners-microsoft-and-mgx-launch-new-ai-partnership-to-invest-in-data-centers-and-supporting-power-infrastructure/">was formed in</a> September 2024 with participation from Microsoft, BlackRock and UAE-based investment firm MGX. Nvidia and xAI <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-xai-join-microsoft-blackrock-develop-ai-infrastructure-2025-03-19/">joined</a> it in March 2025.

Nvidia and Microsoft are part of the "largest data center deal ever" at $40 billion

Tens of billions of dollars in infusions have become the norm for the AI industry

Nvidia to fund chips for Musk's xAI as part of $20 billion deal - Bloomberg

There has been a wave of resignations in the business empire of the world's richest man 

"He's burning out deputies fast": FT has learned of the exodus of employees from Musk's companies

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

Apple Inc.

The Boeing Company

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

Morning in New York: Trump increases uncertainty

Musk's AI startup has not publicly provided evidence that Apple is giving any advantage to the ChatGPT creator in its App Store

Elon Musk's startup xAI has accused Apple and OpenAI of monopoly collusion

Bullish

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Bitcoin rose to a new record price, topping $124,000. Chinese startup DeepSeek postponed the launch of its R2 model due to failed attempts to train it on Huawei Ascend chips, highlighting the technological gap between Chinese processors and Nvidia. Igor Babushkin, co-founder of xAI, left Elon Musk's company to launch his own fund, Babuschkin Ventures, to invest in secure AI. In turn, the crypto exchange Bullish successfully held an IPO, ending the first day of trading with a growth of almost 90% and a capitalization of over $10 billion. About these and other topics - in our review of key events on the morning of August 14.

Highlights for the morning: bitcoin breaks records, xAI co-founder leaves, DeepSeek in trouble

Intel Corporation

Donald Trump has toned down his rhetoric against Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, whom he previously suspected of having ties to China. Elon Musk, in a continuation of his feud with OpenAI, accused Apple of antitrust violations over its promotion of ChatGPT in the App Store and threatened a lawsuit. On the stock market, ticket marketplace StubHub, which previously suspended its offering due to fare turbulence, decided to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in September in an effort to strengthen its position in a competitive industry. On these and other topics - in the review of key events by the morning of August 12.