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🧠 Marvell Technology stock slides 7% — why the AI chip favorite just hit a wall

Marvell Technology edged up 1.7% in early premarket action Friday, recouping only a sliver of Thursday’s 7.05% slide.

That stumble dragged the AI data-center chipmaker off its 52-week peak. The stock ended Thursday at $160.01, having dipped to $158.55 earlier in the session.

It’s all about timing.

Marvell is set to deliver fiscal first-quarter numbers on May 27, and after a rapid climb in April, investors want to see if AI infrastructure demand can keep the rally going.

The company plans to hold its call at 1:45 p.m. Pacific, right after the results drop. TechStock² reports.


🔐 CrowdStrike Holdings stock jumps 8% as AI cybersecurity rally meets CEO share sale

CrowdStrike Holdings surged 8% Thursday, outperforming a soft U.S. market as traders rotated back into cybersecurity names benefiting from AI momentum.

Datadog shot higher following a raised outlook, while both CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks posted gains, even as the S&P 500 slipped.

This development lands in the middle of a debate: does AI undercut cybersecurity vendors, or expand their opportunities?

Back in February, shares of CrowdStrike, Datadog, and Zscaler dropped roughly 11% following the rollout of an AI security tool by Anthropic.

Robert W. Baird analyst Shrenik Kothari described the slide as a “narrative-led selloff,” noting that the tool didn’t actually address live intrusion defense. TechStock² reports.


🧠 Datadog’s $1 billion AI quarter sends stock flying

Datadog surged Friday, catching the market’s attention as the New York-based software company lifted its 2026 sales target and clocked its first-ever quarter with revenue topping $1 billion.

That’s a pointed response to skepticism around AI’s impact on enterprise software demand.

Shares were last seen at $188.73, up $45.02 from the previous close, according to the latest figures. TechStock² reports.


🔐 Why Akamai shares are trading higher by 26%

Shares of Akamai Technologies rose sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and raised its FY26 sales guidance.

Akamai reported first-quarter revenue of $1.074 billion for the period ended March 31, beating analyst estimates by 0.17%.

Revenue was up 6% year over year.

The company reported earnings per share of $1.61, surpassing estimates by 8.78%.

Akamai Technologies shares jumped 26.4% to $147.50 in pre-market trading. Benzinga reports.


☁️ IREN Limited stock jumps after Nvidia’s $2.1 billion AI cloud bet: what changed

Nvidia is set to invest as much as $2.1 billion in IREN Limited through a fresh AI infrastructure tie-up, offering the Nasdaq-listed data center player a heavyweight ally as it looks to convert its bitcoin mining operations into AI cloud services.

IREN stock jumped roughly 9% after hours, finishing the session at $56.85, according to Reuters.

Timing is key here, with the AI rush still bumping up against a relentless bottleneck: compute resources. GPUs, the backbone chips for AI training and deployment, demand massive, power-hungry data centers, and those don’t spring up overnight.

IREN, calling itself a “neocloud,” aims to step in as a specialist renting out Nvidia-powered computing capacity to firms that want AI infrastructure but can’t wait years to build out their own. TechStock² reports.


⚡ NuScale Power stock sinks after Q1 loss puts its SMR cash story under pressure

NuScale Power Corp. slid late Thursday after the company posted a bigger first-quarter loss and revenue tumbled, burning through $314.7 million in operating cash.

Shares last traded at $11.48 in the after-hours session, off 8.7%, following a 6.95% drop to $12.58 at the close, according to MarketScreener.

The report arrived as investors continue debating how to value the nuclear expansion tied to data centers and artificial intelligence demand.

NuScale stands out as a public SMR play, with small modular reactors designed to deliver scalable nuclear power solutions, supported by regulatory tailwinds but still lacking consistent revenue generation. TechStock² reports.

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