"If the brand-new Blackwell chip didn't trigger a fresh rally, it's because the arrival of a new and a more powerful chip was already priced in," said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote Bank. Super Micro Computer was down 1.5%, while Advanced Micro Devices shed 1.7% and Marvell Technology dropped 2.2%. Along with the B200 "Blackwell" chip, the company detailed a new set of software tools at its highly anticipated annual developer conference on Monday, to help developers sell artificial intelligence models more easily to firms that use Nvidia's technology.
The U.S. Justice Department's top prosecutor in San Francisco is targeting artificial intelligence (AI) and other tech start-ups that defraud investors before they go public, he told Reuters. Ismail Ramsey, who became U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California a year ago, said his office is uniquely positioned to crack down on tech start-ups that mislead investors on the path to initial public offerings (IPOs) given his proximity to Silicon Valley venture and angel investors. High-profile examples of such frauds by start-ups include Theranos, whose founder Elizabeth Holmes and president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani were convicted of deceiving Silicon Valley investors about the start-up's blood-testing technology, or uBiome Inc, a San Francisco start-up whose co-founders were charged with defrauding investors about its ability to expand clinical tests to monitor gut health.
India Vehicle Finance, a Mauritius-incorporated special purpose vehicle set up by Shriram Finance, has raised $300 million in a "first-of-its-kind deal" by an Indian issuer, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The bonds, which come under the "social bonds" category and were issued to U.S. investors, were priced at a coupon of 5.85% late on Monday, inside the initial price guidance of around 6.15%. Proceeds from social bonds are used to address or mitigate specific social issues such as access to essential services, financial inclusion and employment generation, among others.