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Cerebras plans to raise IPO range amid surging AI demand

Cerebras Systems is reportedly considering raising both the size and price range of its IPO because of surging demand for its shares and AI hardware.

The Cerebras IPO has been oversubscribed by more than 20x, prompting the company to raise its proposed IPO range to $150 to $160 a share, up from $115 to $125 ​a share, while increasing the number of shares marketed to 30 million from 28 million, Reuters reports. At the high end of the revised range, Cerebras could raise around $4.8 billion, up from $3.5 billion.

This surge underscores a massive investor appetite for AI semiconductor plays that offer a credible alternative to Nvidia. Led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Barclays, and UBS, the deal positions Cerebras to trade under the symbol CBRS on the Nasdaq.

Cerebras first filed for an IPO in 2024 but pulled that plan last year. Since then, Cerebras has secured clients including Amazon and OpenAI.

The company makes specialized wafer-scale AI chips, designed specifically for AI training and inference. Their flagship product is the Wafer-Scale Engine-3 (WSE-3), the world’s largest and fastest AI chip, holding 4 trillion transistors.

This surge underscores a massive investor appetite for AI semiconductor plays that offer a credible alternative to Nvidia. Led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Barclays, and UBS, the deal positions Cerebras to trade under the symbol CBRS on the Nasdaq.

Cerebras first filed for an IPO in 2024 but pulled that plan last year. Since then, Cerebras has secured clients including Amazon and OpenAI.

The company makes specialized wafer-scale AI chips, designed specifically for AI training and inference. Their flagship product is the Wafer-Scale Engine-3 (WSE-3), the world’s largest and fastest AI chip, holding 4 trillion transistors.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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