US tech stocks lost nearly $1 trillion on concerns about artificial intelligence spending, Meta Platforms Inc. hit a record high — signaling that investors were keeping the faith when it came to its own AI plans.

DeepSeek's large-language-model launch could wipe nearly $1 trillion in market value from the biggest U.S. tech companies.

History repeats itself, quickly it seems, as U.S. President Trump confirms that Microsoft is indeed in the running to buy TikTok.

Chicago, IL – January 27, 2025 – Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week’s list Tesla TSLA, Microsoft MSFT, Meta Platforms META and Apple AAPL.

Nvidia was down nine percent in pre-market trading, with Meta and Microsoft, which has also made a big bet on AI in recent years, both seeing their shares fall by four percent. Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML was also impacted by the slump, down 9.7 percent, while Schneider Electric similarly saw its shares slide by 8.7 percent.

Microsoft’s top leaders met with President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect Vance and Elon Musk at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. Microsoft CEO Satya

President Trump on Monday said Microsoft is one of the technology companies eyeing TikTok to keep the app in the United States amid a looming government ban.

Latest earnings for four Magnificent Seven stocks are announced this week. Results will be key to restoring investor sentiment after DeepSeek shock

Apple emerges as a “relative winner” as DeepSeek shifted investor narratives on AI, wrote Morgan Stanley analysts led by Brian Nowak in a Tuesday note to clients, explaining Apple’s “AI ambitions are far more contained” than the other “magnificent seven” American tech leaders.

DeepSeek’s cost-efficient AI training advancements rocked tech markets on Monday and came in just in time to give U.S. tech investors a reason to pay close attention to earnings season. Tech earnings will kick off on Wednesday,

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Microsoft alone is projecting $80 billion of infrastructure spend for data centers in 2025; meanwhile, OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are leading the newly announced Stargate initiative under President Trump -- a project aiming to invest $500 billion into AI frameworks over the coming years.