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Anthropic Seeks Investor Meetings Ahead of Potential IPO in October

Catch up on the top artificial intelligence news and commentary by Wall Street analysts on publicly traded companies in the space with this daily recap compiled by The Fly.ANTHROPIC IPO:Anthropic is seeking to meet with investors ahead of its potential IPO and banks leading the offering are scheduling meetings in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz. The Claude chatbot maker is considering an initial public offering as soon as in October, Bloomberg has reported.BLACKSTONE/ANTHROPIC:Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman introduced Ode with Anthropic, the AI services firm announced earlier this year, now launching under its official name and brand. Ode is a standalone company that combines Anthropic's AI models, a team of experienced AI engineers and operators, and the backing of a consortium of investors. Alongside the founding partners, the investor consortium includes Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX/OPENAI:University of Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix Education Partners, announced a collaboration with OpenAI designed to help working adult learners "build the AI capabilities they need to succeed in a rapidly changing economy." With OpenAI, University of Phoenix will explore high-value AI applications across teaching and learning, student support, career services, institutional operations and collaborative research, all with a singular focus on helping working professionals develop practical AI skills they can immediately apply in their workplaces, University of Phoenix said.MICROSOFT/3M:3Mand Microsoftannounced a strategic partnership focused on AI data center infrastructure and enterprise transformation. Microsoft's Azure Cloud and AI Infrastructure will become the first announced hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M's Expanded Beam Optical technology. 3M will also use Microsoft's AI and digital platforms as part of its enterprise transformation across key business functions. Together, the companies will combine Microsoft's digital and hyperscale infrastructure with 3M's materials science and precision manufacturing to accelerate AI adoption and strengthen the physical networks required for the growth of cloud and AI workloads.APPLE EYES AI CHIP COMPANY DEALS:Appleis on the lookout for acquisitions of chip companies to boost its efforts to build server chips for running AI, people familiar with the company's efforts told The Information's Aaron Tilley and Valida Pau. The iPhone maker has talked with bankers about possible deals in recent months and has also approached semiconductor startups to gauge their interest in selling themselves, the report says.APPLE INTELLIGENCE:Apple's AI service "Apple Intelligence" has been registered to be used in iPhones in China, Ethan Wang and Liz Lee of Reuters reports, citing China's cyberspace regulator. The AI services will incorporate abilities from Baiduand Alibaba'sAI models, a source told Reuters.GOOGLE/COPYRIGHTS:Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of using copyrighted books and journal articles without permission to build its AI models, A.J. Katz of The Wrap reported. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and accuses Google of copying written works from a variety of sources without paying or obtaining permission.NOKIA/AI-RAN:Nokiaannounced the industry's first commercial AI-RAN platform. Nokia's AI-RAN platform helps telecommunication providers unlock more uplink and downlink capacity from the spectrum and radio infrastructure they already own, providing a path to AI-native networks while improving network economics and accelerating innovation at software speed. "AI-RAN is the biggest innovation in radio in decades. AI-RAN makes the network intelligent, extends AI into the physical world, and allows telcos to get more from their existing infrastructure, including a software upgrade path to 6G. Nokia's anyRAN software, powered by Nvidia'sAerial AI-RAN platform, unlocks greater performance from the spectrum operators already have and can be deployed with existing Nokia or ORAN-compliant radio units. For operators, that means more performance, better returns and faster delivery of new services," said Justin Hotard, president and CEO at Nokia.NVIDIA/JAPAN:Japanese AI companies are increasingly adopting lower-cost alternatives such as NPUs and cache servers to reduce reliance on expensive Nvidia GPU servers while expanding AI infrastructure, Nikkei Asia's Hitomi Izawa reports. The Fly notes that Penguin Solutions is a provider of memory and AI infrastructure.

Tech Stocks Lead Gains as S&P 500 Futures Rise 0.29%

Stock futures are modestly higher, with technology shares leading premarket gains as investors shift their attention from inflation to corporate earnings. Markets are looking to build on Tuesday's gains after softer-than-expected inflation data eased concerns that the Federal Reserve may need to tighten policy again this month. That view is likely firmed up further by today's cooler-than-expected producer price data that reinforced signs that pricing pressures are easing. The producer price index for final demand fell 0.3% in June, driven by a 1.4% decline in goods prices, while services prices edged up 0.2%. The softer-than-expected report follows Tuesday's encouraging CPI data and is likely to strengthen expectations that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged at its July meeting.Semiconductor stocks are also back in focus after ASML reported better-than-expected results and raised its full-year revenue outlook, citing continued strength in AI-related demand. The upbeat forecast is lifting sentiment across the chip sector and helping offset concerns following recent volatility in AI-related equities.Geopolitical risks remain in the background. Oil prices are moving higher as tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to fuel concerns about potential disruptions to energy exports from the Middle East. While markets have become somewhat more resilient to the headlines, sustained strength in crude could complicate things.In pre-market trading, S&P 500 futures rose 0.29%, Nasdaq futures rose 0.68% and Dow futures rose 0.22%.Check out this morning's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER -PayPalup 19% after ReutersStripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire the company for $60.50 per shareUP AFTER EARNINGS -BlackRock (BLK) up 4%ASMLup 2%Morgan Stanleyup 1%PNC Financialup 1%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Phoenix Educationdown 9%Elevance Healthdown 7%Johnson & Johnsondown 2%LOWER -Pentairdown 23% after cutting its guidance and announcing the resignation of CFO Nicholas Brazis

Tech Stocks Rebound, Nasdaq Outperforms Other Indices

Sentiment in the Tech arena has continued to seesaw as investors bought yesterday's dip in Semiconductors and Semi equipment names, helping the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite outperform the other indices.  Tech was also the best performing sector in the S&P 500, even though the IT Services and Infrastructure Software areas were dinged by a disappointing pre-announcement from IBM, with commentary reflecting IT budget investment surge "toward servers, storage, and memory purchases to secure supply-constrained infrastructure ahead of expected price increases."  Indeed, Memory, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Storage were among the best performing themes on Tuesday following this IBM rationale regarding its underwhelming quarter.Early earnings season updates from large financials also contributed to the bullish mood, with Goldman Sachsup 9% and JPMorgan up 3% after the results.  Further helping matters was a benign CPI report, countering the renewed inflationary pressure narrative that dominated the headlines overnight as a result of Strait of Hormuz escalation.  Treasury yields fell across the curve while fed funds futures repriced the near-coin-flip probability of a Fed rate hike at the end of this month to favor a tightening in October.In the opening hour of the evening session, S&P E-minis and Nasdaq 100 contracts are flat.  In commodities, WTI Crude Oil remains bid just shy of $80 per barrel, with Fox News interview comments from President Trump doubling down on the resolve of the administration to strike Iran until a deal on Hormuz passage and Iranian nuclear program  can be reached.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Aehr Test Systemsup 27.7%ALSO HIGHER -Lionsgate Studiosup 8.5% after Reuters reports company received takeover interest from Bollore GroupDOWN AFTER EARNINGS -Phoenix Education Partnersdown 10.3%ALSO LOWER -Pentairdown 13.3% after negative Q2 pre-announcementWabash Nationaldown 12.9% after convertible debt offering