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CNBC Daily Open: Iran deal hopes dim, while AI dazzles investors
Normally, a spike in oil prices rattle investors, but news in the tech space seems to have, well, trumped these worries.
TL;DR
- Iran-U.S. negotiations have broken down, with Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz.
- Oil prices surged following the news, with WTI futures closing above $92 and Brent crude above $94.
- U.S. stock markets reached fresh highs, with tech sector news overshadowing geopolitical concerns.
- Nvidia announced its RTX Spark superchip at Computex, designed to run agentic AI.
- Anthropic has confidentially filed for an IPO, signaling a potentially large share sale in the AI market.
- Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son believes the AI revolution is significantly larger than the dot-com era.
- Softbank is investing 45 billion euros in France for AI infrastructure and data center capacity.
- The S&P 500 closing at a record while only a few AI-focused stocks hit their all-time highs mirrors the dot-com bubble top.