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07 Aug 2026

Twilio Stock Jumps 17% as Voice AI Powers Strong Earnings Beat and 22% Revenue Growth

Twilio delivered a strong Q2 earnings beat with $1.47 per share and $1.5 billion in revenue, surpassing analyst expectations. The cloud communications provider attributed its success to rapid adoption of its Voice AI product unveiled at SIGNAL conference. With voice growing 20% year-over-year and guidance raised for full-year revenue, the company demonstrates its positioning as critical AI infrastructure.

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Cloudflare Shares Jump 18% After Raising Annual Outlook on Surging AI-Driven Demand

Cloudflare raised its full-year revenue forecast to $2.86-$2.87 billion, exceeding Wall Street estimates, as businesses increasingly rely on its network to deploy AI agents. The cloud services firm reported Q2 revenue of $696.1 million, up 36% year-over-year, sending shares up 18% in after-hours trading despite announcing 1,100 job cuts in May.

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06 Aug 2026

HII Signs $900M Deal to Automate Navy Shipbuilding with AI-Powered Robotics

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced performance-based production agreements worth up to $900 million with Path Robotics and GrayMatter Robotics to deploy AI-powered automation across U.S. Navy shipbuilding. The seven-year deal aims to address labor shortages and boost production capacity by 30% through autonomous welding, grinding, and inspection systems.

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Lumilens Exits Stealth at $5.5B Valuation to Fix AI Data Centers' Connectivity Crisis

San Jose-based Lumilens emerged from stealth mode with $700 million in Series C funding, achieving a $5.51 billion valuation. The optical networking startup is already shipping products under a multi-billion-dollar agreement with a hyperscaler, addressing the critical bottleneck in AI infrastructure where connecting GPUs has become harder than acquiring them.

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SpaceX Ramps Up Tesla Megapack Purchases to $295M in Q2 to Power Its AI Data Centers

SpaceX spent $295 million on Tesla Megapacks during Q2 2026, bringing its half-year total to $329 million as it expands AI infrastructure at Colossus data centers in Greater Memphis. The battery systems help manage uneven electricity demand from AI workloads, while natural gas turbines face community concerns over emissions and noise.

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SanDisk's AI Momentum Drives Record Revenue, But Stock Falls 8% on Conservative Outlook

SanDisk reported record fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $8.97 billion fueled by AI-driven demand for data storage, but shares fell 8% in after-hours trading as investors deemed the company's forward guidance too conservative. The company has signed $93.9 billion in long-term purchase agreements backed by $16.5 billion in financial guarantees, signaling a fundamental shift in how hyperscale customers are securing AI storage capacity.

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Unitree IPO values China's humanoid robot champion at $9 billion as geopolitical tensions escalate

China's Unitree priced its Shanghai IPO at $9 billion, becoming the country's first mainland-listed humanoid robot maker. The deal comes as U.S.-China trade and technology tensions intensify, with Washington imposing new restrictions on Chinese robotics while Beijing positions humanoid robots as a strategic industry for its AI ambitions.

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Alphabet Raises $25 Billion in Bond Sale to Fund AI Infrastructure Build-Out

Alphabet sold $25 billion in bonds across 10 tranches to finance its AI infrastructure expansion, drawing $115 billion in peak demand. The tech giant's 2026 capital budget reaches $205 billion as it posts its first negative free cash flow since 2004.

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Shopify says AI is ushering in a 'golden age of entrepreneurship' as ChatGPT traffic triples

Shopify President Harley Finkelstein declared AI is launching a golden age of entrepreneurship as traffic from ChatGPT and Gemini tripled over the past year. The company's AI assistant Sidekick handled 34 million conversations last quarter, helping merchants reach their first five sales faster while 75% of AI-driven purchases went to smaller brands outside the top 100 categories.

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Figma Stock Plunges 16% Despite Record Growth as AI Costs Alarm Investors

Figma posted its strongest quarter yet with 48% revenue growth to $370.1 million and raised its annual revenue forecast. But the design collaboration platform's shares fell 16% after-hours as surging AI costs doubled operating expenses to $426.9 million, squeezing margins and raising questions about the true price of AI integration efforts.

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AI Stocks Trigger Record Market Volatility Across South Korea, Taiwan and Japan

South Korea's Kospi index plunged 40% in just six weeks after doubling on AI-driven gains from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The AI stock rout wiped out billions as Taiwan's TSMC fell 14% and Asian hedge funds posted record 15.2% monthly losses in July, exposing dangerous concentration risks in emerging markets.

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Siemens Raises Profit Outlook on AI Data Center Boom But Shares Drop 6% on Investor Expectations

German industrial giant Siemens raised its profit outlook for the second time this year after record orders driven by AI spending and data center buildout reached €27.9 billion. Despite net profit rising 15% to €2.6 billion, Siemens shares plunged 6% as the guidance increase fell short of investor expectations and concerns emerged about AI software risks.

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DeepSeek Plans Major API Price Hike as Demand Overwhelms Its Cost-Effective AI Infrastructure

DeepSeek, the Chinese AI lab that disrupted the market with ultra-cheap models, is preparing a significant price increase for its API services. The move comes just days after launching V4 Flash at rock-bottom rates of $0.14 per million input tokens, triggering a demand surge that its 20,000-GPU infrastructure struggles to handle.

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News Corp CEO Slams AI Companies as 'Crass Kleptomaniacs' for Pilfering Content at Scale

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson launched a scathing attack on AI companies accused of content theft, calling them "crass kleptomaniacs" and warning their clients are in possession of stolen goods. While the media giant reported 7% revenue growth to $9.03 billion, it pursues aggressive legal action against unauthorized content scraping.

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Uber Declares End of Tokenmaxxing Era as AI Spending Demands Proof of Value

Uber burned through its entire 2026 AI budget by April, prompting CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga to declare the end of the tokenmaxxing era. The rideshare giant is now demanding measurable returns on AI investments, shifting from unlimited experimentation to disciplined spending that prioritizes efficiency over raw consumption.

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