Tech stocks regain safe haven status amid Iran ceasefire Tech American tech stocks have reasserted their role as a market safe haven, as easing tensions between Washington and Tehran trigger a sharp rebound across beaten-down AI and software names. A two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, alongside a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, has already sparked a relief rally. The Nasdaq jumped [...]
Broadcom tightens grip on AI infrastructure with Anthropic, Google deal Tech Broadcom’s latest agreement with Anthropic and Google strengthens the chipmaker’s position as one of the key firms sitting underneath the AI boom, as AI firms race to lock in even larger amounts of compute. Under the new arrangement, Anthropic will have access to multiple gigawatts of Google tensor processing unit (TPU) capacity from 2027, while [...]
Nvidia’s $1 trillion bet keeps bubble fears at bay AI Nvidia has raised its estimate of the potential market for its artificial intelligence chips to $1 trillion by 2027, in a move that helped steady investor concerns about the durability of the AI boom. Speaking at the company’s developer conference in California, chief executive Jensen Huang said demand for AI computing continues to expand as [...]
From toilets to MSG: Four unlikely winners of the AI boom March 11, 2026 Believe it or not, Toto, the Japanese toilet and bidet maker, has become one of the more improbable stock success stories of the AI boom. The company produces electrostatic ‘chucks’, components critical to memory chip production, and when activist fund Palliser Capital took a stake last month and called it “the most undervalued and overlooked [...]
Nscale lands $2bn funding amid UK push to grow AI infrastructure March 9, 2026 London-based AI infrastructure firm Nscale has raised $2bn (£1.6bn) in funding, raising its valuation to $14.6bn as Britain seeks to get ahead of the global AI computing race. The series C round, led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, has been backed by heavyweight investors including Nvidia, Dell Technologies, Lenovo, Citadel and Point72. The funding [...]
Autonomous vehicle firm Oxa taps BP, Nvidia in $103m funding round March 4, 2026 British autonomous vehicle firm Oxa has raised $103m (£77m) in a fresh funding round after attracting support from the world’s most valuable tech firm, Nvidia. The Oxford-based business, formerly known as Oxbotica, completed the Series D raise with backing from the government’s National Wealth Fund as well as from the venture arm of energy giant [...]
This is why Nvidia’s results failed to woo investors February 26, 2026 Nvidia’s earnings juggernaut continued this week with another quarter of rapid growth, record revenues and guidance ahead of expectations. Yet the reaction from Wall Street was muted, reflecting the scale of expectations now set for the world’s most valuable listed company. The chip giant reported fourth-quarter revenue of $68.1bn (£50.3bn), up 73 per cent year [...]
FTSE 100 Live: WPP sinks; LSEG, Rolls-Royce bumper buybacks February 26, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. After a few days of tariff-induced risk aversion, the FTSE 100 was back on blistering form on Wednesday, finishing the day’s trading session with a new record. London’s blue-chip index soared over one per cent to seal yet another record close at 10,806.41p. This was [...]
Revolut investors eye $100bn price tag in push for new share sale February 25, 2026 Revolut is weighing a fresh secondary share sale in the second half of 2026 as investors at the fintech giant hope to secure the $100bn price tag ahead of its highly-anticipated public debut. The London-born digital bank is in early talks over a transaction that would give new investors the opportunity to buy into the [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Index hits record as HSBC, St James’s stock rally February 25, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. There’s a number of factors weighing on global markets at the moment, and yet the FTSE 100 was able to close Tuesday’s session unscathed. It came despite President Donald Trump’s new 10 per cent tariffs coming into effect, sending some jitters across global indexes. But [...]