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As AI companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into data centers, concerns grow that the industry is inflating a financial bubble that could harm the economy.

Chinese onshore investor frenzy for artificial intelligence chips has intensified, with the initial public offering (IPO) of Beijing-based graphics processing unit (GPU) maker Moore Threads drawing more than 4,000 times subscription from retail investors this week. The red-hot demand for Moore Threads highlights China’s determination to build home-grown alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, and is expected to accelerate listing plans for other domestic GPU developers, from MetaX to Biren...

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TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is in talks to sell gaming studio Shanghai Moonton Technology Co. to Saudi Arabia-based Savvy Games Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

Growing unease over frothy artificial intelligence valuations is weighing on shares of SoftBank Group Corp., which traders increasingly view as a proxy for privately held OpenAI.

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Kioxia Holdings Corp.’s shares dived more than 14% after a Bain Capital-backed entity unloaded $2.1 billion of shares in the Japanese memory chipmaker at a discount, stoking concerns about the lofty valuations of global AI-related firms.

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Competitors OpenAI and Anthropic have raised significant funds in recent months as demand for foundational models skyrockets.

Sword Health’s 41-year-old founder isn’t shy about his ambitions — or his lack of interest in taking the conventional path to the public markets.

A Bain Capital-backed entity will dump a stake in Kioxia Holdings Corp. in a block trade as the stock has surged since its initial public offering about a year ago.

Zetwerk Pvt, an Indian contract manufacturer, is preparing to file for an initial public offering that may raise as much as $750 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

PT Super Bank Indonesia, part of Indonesian conglomerate PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi, is planning an initial public offering in Jakarta that could raise as much as 3.1 trillion rupiah ($186 million).

UBTech Robotics, one of China’s top makers of humanoid robots, plans to raise HK$3.11 billion (US$399.6 million) through a share placement in Hong Kong – its sixth and largest such fundraising since last year, riding on growing industrial orders and the sector’s momentum. The Shenzhen-based company aimed to sell 31,468,000 new shares for HK$98.80 each, representing a discount of around 11.4 per cent from the closing price on Monday, according to a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on...

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It raised about $17 billion in 2024 for its flagship funds and is targeting a higher amount for funds launching in 2026, Bloomberg News has reported.

Ubisoft Entertainment SA’s shares jumped by the most in nearly a year after the company closed a deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd. for an investment in Vantage Studios, a unit carved out for its Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchises.

Abu Dhabi asset manager Lunate is in discussions to commit as much as $1 billion to state-backed artificial intelligence investor MGX, according to people familiar with the matter.

JD.com Inc.’s supply-chain technology unit has started gauging interest for a Hong Kong initial public offering that may raise around $500 million in the coming weeks, people familiar with the matter said, setting it on course to complete a more than two-year attempt to go public.

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Tech companies are pouring billions into AI chips and data centers. Increasingly, they are relying on debt and risky tactics. Financial analysts are worried there's a bubble that will soon pop.

Investors had looked to Nvidia's earnings report to settle fears that the AI bubble is on increasingly shaky ground.

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The market is "quite confused" over the dramatic rally and reversal, one fund manager said.

Asian chip stocks fell in early trading, tracking Nvidia's losses in the U.S., despite the American AI chip darling posting strong third-quarter earnings.

Huang Shilin, co-founder of Contemporary Amperex Technol­ogy (CATL) and its third-largest shareholder, has cashed in on a rally in the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) battery giant’s shares, selling a 1 per cent stake worth 1.7 billion yuan (US$239 million). The engineer-turned-entrepreneur agreed to offload 45.6 million yuan-denominated A shares to 16 corporate and institutional investors at 376.12 yuan apiece, according to a filing by CATL to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The billionaire still...

Physical Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help robots learn a wide range of tasks, has raised $600 million in a new round of funding that values the company at $5.6 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.Alphabet Inc.’s independent growth fund CapitalG led the round, with participation from existing investors Lux Capital, Thrive Capital and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing priva