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Meta Platforms just inked a multibillion-dollar deal with AMD for six gigawatts of AI chips and data center gear over the decade, signaling a massive push into artificial intelligence infrastructure. Bloomberg Technology reports this endorsement diversifies Meta away from Nvidia dominance, with AMD shares jumping seven percent on the news, while the Nasdaq 100 climbed zero point nine percent amid rebounding markets.

Anthropic's latest unveiling of agentic AI tools, including Claude for modernizing outdated COBOL code on IBM systems, is rattling software stocks but fueling optimism in AI workloads. IBM surged four percent as investors eye its legacy mainframe revival. Meanwhile, media giants Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount escalate takeover talks, with Paramount upping its offer to thirty-one dollars per share, drawing Netflix into the fray.

FAANG stocks show divergence, per EBC analysis: Apple holds bullish at two hundred seventy-eight dollars with RSI above sixty, while Meta at six hundred sixty-one dollars dips bearish. Massive capex looms—Meta's sixty-five to one hundred thirty-five billion dollars, Amazon's two hundred billion, Alphabet's one hundred seventy-five to one hundred eighty-five billion—repricing these firms as AI utilities, Moody's warns of six hundred sixty-two billion in data center risks.

Quantum computing heats up with SoftBank and HorizonX backing QAI Ventures' Singapore hub for hybrid systems. For businesses, prioritize AI supply diversification to hedge capex risks; consumers, expect faster AI-driven services but higher subscription costs.

Experts predict a FAANG rebound if capex yields quick cash flow, though regulatory tariffs and geopolitics add uncertainty. Long-term, agentic AI could transform coding and cloud, boosting efficiency.

Listeners, practical takeaway: Monitor Nvidia earnings tomorrow for AI spend clues, and diversify portfolios beyond pure tech plays.

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