Aurora Innovation Form4 Filing Shows Uber Technologies Sold 72M Shares At $6.55/Share In $471.6M Block Trade

Shares of software companies are trading higher amid sympathy with Snowflake after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results, boosting sentiment across the sector. Falling Treasury yields and Fed's Waller's comments that he is inclined to support holding interest rates steady may also be supporting growth stocks by easing concerns about tighter monetary policy and improving risk appetite.

Consumer Tech (Aug 31-Sep 4): NVIDIA Buys World's Largest Open AI Developer, Trump Claims Total Control On Hormuz & More

President Donald Trump recently claimed the U.S. has “total control” over the Strait. NVIDIA acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion.

Gary Black Says Tesla Has Solved Unsupervised Autonomy, but Competition Is the Bigger Threat

Gary Black says Tesla has achieved unsupervised autonomy but warns competition and a stretched valuation could pressure its stock.

Breakfast News: Week in Review

Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $13 billion in a defensive move as customers develop competing chips, while MongoDB beat earnings expectations but fell 15% due to slower Q3 guidance. Token prices hit record lows, pressuring AI companies' business models. Uber cut 10% of workforce while lobbying against robotaxi regulations, and the Fed signals potential rate hold, impacting expensive AI stocks.

Bill Ackman Says Pershing Square Has Achieved a 20% Gross Annual Return Since Inception and Aims to Keep Beating That Bar. Can His Newly Launched Funds Live Up to the Track Record?

Bill Ackman's Pershing Square hedge fund has delivered a 20% gross annual return since its 2004 inception, outperforming the S&P 500's 11%. The newly launched Pershing Square USA closed-end fund, which tracks the core strategy with a concentrated portfolio of 12 stocks, has declined 21% since its April IPO at $50 per share. Ackman plans to launch Pershing Square Ventures later in 2026 to provide public investors access to pre-IPO, high-growth companies.