Anthropic is preparing for an IPO with the ambitious goal of generating up to $200 billion in revenue by 2028. For the rapidly growing AI giant, a successful stock market debut will largely depend on its ability to justify investors’ lofty expectations while managing the enormous costs of computing infrastructure.

Far-reaching changes in the automotive industry are forcing large companies to reassess their portfolios and concentrate capital on areas where they hold the strongest position. Continental is therefore completing its long-term restructuring and preparing for a new stage of operations with a significantly narrower business focus.

Alphabet entered May 2026 as a company that is no longer just a stable leader in digital advertising, but increasingly one of the main winners of the AI cycle. The latest quarterly results showed stronger revenue growth, a sharp acceleration in cloud growth, and rising profitability, which immediately shifted the discussion from the usual earnings report to the question of whether Alphabet could become the world’s most valuable company.

Amazon has taken a significant strategic step by agreeing to acquire satellite operator Globalstar for $11.57 billion. This deal pushes the company deeper into the satellite connectivity segment, where Starlink already dominates, and also shows that the largest tech companies want to control not only the cloud and artificial intelligence but also the infrastructure through which these services will operate on a global scale. [1]

In the race for absolute AI dominance, Nvidia is once again rewriting the rules of the game in 2026. This time, her attention was drawn to the physical limits of data transmission. The company announced a massive, multi-year strategic investment totaling $4 billion, split equally between two key players in optics and photonics – Lumentum and Coherent.

In the investment world, there are companies that just follow trends, and then there are those that create them. Palantir Technologies is definitely in the second category in 2026. The latest financial results for the fourth quarter not only exceeded analysts' expectations, but showed the company's transformation from a visionary startup to a highly profitable giant that stands at the center of global business.