{"id":17393,"date":"2026-04-26T14:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/17393\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T14:23:26","slug":"weekend-round-up-intels-earnings-triumph-metas-amazon-deal-googles-potential-anthropic-investment-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/17393\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Round-Up: Intel&#8217;s Earnings Triumph, Meta&#8217;s Amazon Deal, Google&#8217;s Potential Anthropic Investment A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">This week was a whirlwind of tech and market news, with major players like\u00a0Intel Corporation,\u00a0Meta Platforms, and\u00a0Google making headlines. From blockbuster earnings to strategic partnerships and potential billion-dollar investments, the tech industry was buzzing with activity. Here\u2019s a quick recap of the top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Intel\u2019s Q1 Earnings Exceed Expectations<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/earnings\/26\/04\/52017327\/intel-stock-soars-after-blockbuster-q1-earnings-here-are-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meta Expands Partnership With Amazon<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Meta Platforms has inked a deal to utilize AWS Graviton processors, marking a significant expansion of their partnership with\u00a0Amazon.com. The deployment will begin with tens of millions of Graviton cores, enhancing Meta\u2019s AI capabilities. With this deal, Meta has become one of the largest Graviton customers in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/52037972\/meta-goes-all-in-on-amazons-beast-chips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google May Invest Heavily In Anthropic<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Google is reportedly considering a substantial investment in AI startup Anthropic. An initial $10 billion cash investment could value the startup at $350 billion, with a potential additional investment of $30 billion if certain targets are met. Prior to this, Google\u2019s investment in Anthropic was over $3 billion, owning a 14% stake in the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/52050426\/google-may-pour-up-to-40-billion-into-anthropic-as-ai-compute-demand-booms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nvidia\u2019s Market Cap Surpasses $5 Trillion<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Shares of\u00a0Nvidia Corp\u00a0gained 4.32% on Friday, pushing the chip designer&#8217;s valuation past $5 trillion. This surge was driven by a fresh wave of AI-driven optimism that lifted semiconductor stocks across the board. Despite its dominance, Nvidia faces increasing competition, particularly from Alphabet, which is developing in-house AI chips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/52050283\/nvidia-tops-5-trillion-market-cap-as-ai-boom-lifts-intel-amd-and-chip-stocks-own-it-dont-trade-it-says-jim-cramer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Taiwan Semiconductor\u2019s ASML Snub<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Taiwan Semiconductor\u2019s decision not to use ASML&#8217;s High-NA EUV machines for its A13 node production due to their high cost has resulted in a significant market value loss for ASML. Following the announcement, shares of Europe&#8217;s most valuable company fell about 3%, erasing roughly 14.32 billion euros ($16.76 billion) in market value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/tech\/26\/04\/52023405\/taiwan-semiconductor-snub-wipes-16-billion-off-asml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Disclaimer:\u00a0This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Image via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week was a whirlwind of tech and market news, with major players like\u00a0Intel Corporation,\u00a0Meta Platforms, and\u00a0Google making&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[53,5893,5896,5892,5891,12527],"class_list":{"0":"post-17393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-anthropic","8":"tag-anthropic","9":"tag-category-news","10":"tag-category-tech","11":"tag-cms-wordpress","12":"tag-pageisbzpro-bz","13":"tag-tag-weekend-recap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}