Nvidia dips as SoftBank dumps entire $5.8 billion position in the chip designer

SoftBank is moving on from the AI boom’s signature stock to fund an investment in the owner of the AI boom’s signature product.

In its Q2 earnings presentation, the Masayoshi Son-led Japanese investment firm said it sold its $5.8 billion position in Nvidia in October. On the conference call, CFO Yoshimitsu Goto noted that SoftBank owes OpenAI $22.5 billion by year-end to finance its equity stake in the ChatGPT maker, and spoke positively on the performance of its core product.

“This year, the OpenAI investment is large,” he added, when asked about why SoftBank sold Nvidia. “For that, we do need to divest our existing portfolio so that that can be utilized for our financing. We don’t have any specific meaning in October, or it’s nothing to do with NVIDIA itself.”

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Rivian climbs after posting better-than-expected Q4 results; sees R2 SUV hitting the market in Q2

EV-maker Rivian reported its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results after markets closed on Thursday. Its shares climbed 13% in after-hours trading.

In the fourth quarter, which coincided with the end of federal EV tax credits in the US, Rivian booked $1.29 billion in revenue, down 26% year-over-year, but above analysts expectations of $1.26 billion. The company posted an adjusted loss of $0.54 per share in Q4, compared to the expected loss of $0.68 per share.

Rivian forecast full-year adjusted earnings losses in the range of $1.8 billion to $2.1 billion, compared to a $1.75 billion loss expected by Wall Street.

2026 is set to be a big one for the company, with its upcoming $45,000 R2 SUV planned to begin deliveries in the second quarter. Rivian issued full-year delivery guidance of between 62,000 and 67,000 vehicles, compared to Wall Street’s expectations of 65,700. Analysts polled by FactSet expect 14,700 of those 2026 deliveries to be R2s. In 2025, Rivian delivered 42,247 vehicles.

“It’s incredibly exciting to see the early strong reviews of the R2 pre-production builds, and we can’t wait to get them to our customers next quarter,” said CEO RJ Scaringe.

Matt Phillips30m

Arista Networks soars as it beats on Q4 EPS and revenue, gives upbeat sales guidance

Arista Networks, which sells equipment and software used to run and monitor data center networks, reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and sales after the close of trading on Thursday

Arista shares were up about 9% in the after-hours session.

Here’s what the switch and router maker reported:

Adjusted earnings per share of $0.82 vs. Wall Street expectations for $0.76, according to FactSet.
Sales of $2.49 billion vs. an expected $2.38 billion, per FactSet data.
A non-GAAP Q4 gross margin, a measure of how profitable a company’s core products are to produce, of 63.4% vs. previous guidance of 62% to 63%.
Guidance for Q1 sales of approximately $2.6 billion vs. the $2.46 billion expected on Wall Street.
Guidance for a Q1 non-GAAP gross margin of between 62% to 63% vs. the 63% FactSet forecast.

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Coinbase posts record stablecoin revenue but falls short of expectations for Q4 sales

Shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase jumped after hours on Thursday, after the company reported record stablecoin revenue, despite Q4 revenue numbers that missed Wall Street expectations.

The stock was up 3.1% in recent trading.

Revenue came in at $1.78 billion vs. the $1.81 billion consensus analyst expectation, per FactSet.
Transaction revenue was $982.7 million vs. a $998 million forecast.
The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.66, compared with $3.37 a year earlier.
Stablecoin revenue hit a record $364.1 million, up 61% from the same quarter the previous year.

Earlier Thursday, Coinbase seemingly suffered an outage, saying it was “aware that customers may be unable to buy, sell, transfer on Coinbase.com at this time” but noting that “your funds are safe.” The company said the issue was resolved just over an hour later.

Coinbase shares — which were added to the S&P 500 last May — have been crushed by the downturn in crypto this year. The stock was down by more than 30% in 2026, through Wednesday’s close. And that was before the stock caught a double downgrade on Thursday before the report.

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Applied Materials jumps after posting better-than-expected Q1 results, strong Q2 outlook

The semicap company just reported its Q1 results.

Applied Materials campus in Silicon Valley

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Tech drags down stocks amid continued AI anxiety

Tech led losses while defensive sectors utilities and consumer staples led gains.

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