Chinese AI chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits explodes 700% on Shanghai debut, closing at 829 yuan after raising $600 million as Beijing accelerates semiconductor independence amid escalating US tech export restrictions.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urge Americans to pursue manufacturing careers offering $70,000-$90,000 starting salaries without college degrees, as the industry faces a staggering 1.9 million worker shortage while positioning itself as crucial for AI competition and national prosperity.
Ford launches a $2 billion battery storage business targeting data centers and electric grids, repurposing its Kentucky factory to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries with 20GWh annual capacity starting in 2027 as it pivots from scaled-back electric vehicle plans to compete with Tesla and GM in energy storage.
NVIDIA unveils Nemotron 3 AI models featuring revolutionary hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture that delivers 4x higher throughput and slashes inference costs by 60%, with major companies like ServiceNow, Oracle, and Zoom already integrating the technology across manufacturing, cybersecurity, and software development applications.
The US Commerce Department prepares to authorize Nvidia H200 AI chip exports to China, dramatically reversing previous restrictions on advanced processors, though Beijing may reject the offering as it shifts toward domestic AI hardware development.
MIT researchers unveil revolutionary voice-controlled robot system that transforms spoken commands into fully assembled furniture within five minutes using AI-powered 3D generation and magnetic modular components, drastically outpacing traditional 3D printing while reducing waste through reusable parts.
Excelsior Sciences secures $95 million to revolutionize drug discovery by replacing human chemists with AI-powered robots that break down FDA-approved molecules into 'smart bloccs' and reassemble them into new pharmaceutical compounds, promising faster and cheaper development while reshoring manufacturing to the US.
Sequoia Capital backs Ricursive Intelligence, an AI startup co-founded by AlphaChip creators that promises to slash semiconductor design time from years to mere days using automated AI systems, potentially revolutionizing the chip industry by making custom processors accessible to any company.
Amazon unveils Nova Forge, a groundbreaking service enabling organizations to build custom frontier AI models by combining their proprietary data with Amazon's curated datasets while preventing catastrophic forgetting through advanced data mixing techniques.
Nvidia purchases a $2 billion stake in Synopsys at $414.79 per share, forming a strategic partnership to accelerate AI engineering solutions and compute-intensive applications, sending both stocks higher.