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Agentic AI Foundation Welcomes 57 New Members, Gaining Major Financial Services Players and APAC Leaders

Alibaba, Visa, and Wells Fargo join as Gold Members as demand for open agentic AI infrastructure accelerates globally Summary The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) grows to 247 member organizations with the addition of 57 new members over the past three months across Gold, Silver and Associate tiers. New members include leading financial institutions, enterprise software companies, research organizations, and APAC technology leaders, reflecting rising global demand for open agentic AI standards. Momentum builds across the Asia-Pacific region with MCP Dev Summit Seoul followed by AGNTCon + MCPCon Ja

SpaceX Has Slumped Since Its Debut. Here Is Where History Says the Stock Heads Next.

Key Points SpaceX’s stock has taken a round trip back to its IPO price. The history of other hot IPOs suggests it could sink even lower.10 stocks we like better than Space Exploration Technologies › SpaceX(NASDAQ: SPCX), the aerospace and AI company founded by Elon Musk, went public at $135 per share on June 12. Its stock closed at a record high of $211.39 on June 16, but it now trades at about $140. Let's see why it slumped -- and where it might be headed. Why did SpaceX's stock soar and sink? A low float (it offered less than 5% of its shares) and market hype drove SpaceX's initial rally. Bu

China Earnings to Test Rotation From AI to Internet Stocks

(Bloomberg) -- A rotation into China's biggest tech firms from AI infrastructure stocks will be tested this week as earnings are due. Most Read from Bloomberg Five Takeaways From Zuckerberg's 6,500-Word Manifesto on AI Pakistan Says Deal Is Close Even as Iran, US Harden Stances China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI Nvidia Taps Wall Street for $500 Billion Funding Commitment Apple's Glass-Centric 20th-Anniversary iPhone Remains on Track for 2027 Results from Tencent Holdings Ltd. and JD.com Inc., due Wednesday and Thursday respectively, will offer an early look at w

JB Global Capital: Lessons from Lululemon’s (LULU) Investment Case

JB Global Capital, an investment firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund declined 12.1% in Q2, largely driven by Alibaba, its largest holding. However, since inception on January 3, 2023, the fund has returned 109.7%, compared with 94.4% for the S&P 500. Additionally, please check the fund's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026. In its Q2 2026 investor letter, JB Global Capital highlighted Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU). Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) designs, distributes, and retails athletic app

Flowers Foods (FLO) Cuts Dividend to Strengthen Financial Health

JB Global Capital, an investment firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund declined 12.1% in Q2, largely driven by Alibaba, its largest holding. However, since inception on January 3, 2023, the fund has returned 109.7%, compared with 94.4% for the S&P 500. Additionally, please check the fund's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026. In its Q2 2026 investor letter, JB Global Capital highlighted Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO). Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) is a U.S.-based packaged bakery food products company. On Augu

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) Delivered Adequate Returns Without Dramatic Change

JB Global Capital, an investment firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund declined 12.1% in Q2, largely driven by Alibaba, its largest holding. However, since inception on January 3, 2023, the fund has returned 109.7%, compared with 94.4% for the S&P 500. Additionally, please check the fund's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026. In its Q2 2026 investor letter, JB Global Capital highlighted PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL). PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) is a leading technology platform that provides digit

Tencent’s WorkBuddy Sparks AI Turnaround Hopes After Stock Rout

(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s early success with WorkBuddy may give the Chinese Internet giant a chance to catch up after lagging peers in the artificial intelligence race for the past few years. Most Read from Bloomberg China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI Stocks Churn as Hormuz Standoff Spurs Rally in Oil: Markets Wrap Iran Shakes Up Security Team After Saying Oman Deal 'Very Close' GameStop's Ryan Cohen Weighs Pulling $56 Billion EBay Offer A $20 Million Wedding Shows Zimbabwe Who's Really Running the Country A flood of users has made WorkBuddy China's

Update: US Equity Indexes Decline as Fading Hopes for Quick Hormuz Reopening Lift Crude Oil, Treasury Yields

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Sea's AI Push With OpenAI Could Deepen Shopee's Competitive Edge Now

Sea Limited SE has added a concrete artificial intelligence (AI) catalyst to Shopee through a strategic partnership with OpenAI. The June agreement targets AI-powered e-commerce across Southeast Asia and Brazil, broader access to ChatGPT and deeper developer engagement through Codex. For investors, the opportunity is practical rather than purely promotional. Shopee already uses AI in search, recommendations, seller tools and customer service, giving Sea a base from which the OpenAI relationship could extend commerce functionality. Sea's OpenAI Deal Targets E-Commerce Innovation The partnership

Update: US Equity Indexes Mixed as Crude Oil, Treasury Yields Jump Amid Worsening Iran Geopolitics

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Meta shares rise on Muse Glimmer launch and a radical AI vision

Investing.com -- Meta's stock popped 2.4% this morning following the launch of Muse Glimmer, a highly efficient, 30-billion-parameter AI model capable of running on a single GPU. Positioned as a lightweight, distilled version of the more powerful Muse Spark 1.2, Glimmer is tailor-made for "agent-like" tasks—think schedule management, rapid prototyping, and file organization. By releasing the model weights for free on Hugging Face, Meta is directly countering the permissive licensing strategies of Chinese rivals like DeepSeek and Alibaba, while carving out a distinct lane against US giants (Ama

Meta's New AI Model Takes Aim at China

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Meta Platforms Inc. (META, Financials), the social media and AI giant, launched a new open-weight model as Mark Zuckerberg tries to strengthen the company's position in an increasingly competitive AI race. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning Sign with META. Is META fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The new model, Muse Glimmer, is smaller than the flagship systems built by companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. Instead, it is designed for agentic tasks and can run directly on a Mac or PC using a single graphics card. T

Top global stories this week: BP, SoftBank among notable names

US stock indexes ended the week higher supported by a rally in mega-cap technology stocks, a rebound in Treasury securities and robust corporate earnings. By the end of the week, geopolitical tensions involving Iran pushed crude oil prices toward $78 per barrel, raising fears that higher energy costs could stoke inflation and delay central bank rate cuts. For the week, the S&P 500 (SP500 [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SP500]) and Nasdaq (COMP:IND [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/COMP:IND]) rose 3% and 3.9%, while Dow (DJI [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DJI]) booked a 1.8% uptick. Across th

Whitaker Myers Wealth Managers LTD. Purchases 3,896 Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited $BABA

Apple says Mac users in China can connect to Alibaba's Qwen AI service

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Apple has published a guide explaining how eligible Mac users in mainland China can connect Alibaba's Qwen artificial-intelligence service to ‌the U.S. tech giant's Siri digital assistant and Writing Tools feature. The Mac-specific arrangement ‌could help Apple compete in China's AI PC market, where it has been losing market share as domestic ​manufacturers such as Lenovo have promoted locally developed AI features. Here are some details: • Qwen is Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba's family of generative-AI models, which can create text and images a

Heavy AI And Cloud Spending Turning 2026 Cash Flow Negative Could Be A Game Changer For Alibaba (BABA)

Oracle vs. Alibaba: Which Cloud & AI Giant Should You Buy Right Now?

Triglav Investments D.O.O. Acquires 25,730 Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited $BABA

US Market Review: Tech Stocks Boost S&P 500, Alibaba (BABA) Up 1

Stephens Inc. AR Has $560,000 Position in Alibaba Group Holding Limited $BABA