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Chip stocks nudged higher after a fresh burst of AI enthusiasm, with names from Nvidia to Micron and Applied Materials in the winners list, while Anthropic PBC told prospective investors its preliminary second quarter revenue was $11.5 billion, an eye-catching 14-fold year-over-year jump. SpaceX shares traded above their initial public offering (IPO) price after 13F filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed Alphabet holding roughly 551 million shares, and EyePoint plunged 69% when a late-stage trial failed. The clip stitches together three market truths: narratives can move prices fast, private-paper valuations leak into public markets, and biotech outcomes remain brutally binary.