(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models for robots, as part of a major initiative to build humanoid technology. Most Read from Bloomberg The social networking giant closed the acquisition Friday, according to a spokesperson. Meta said the startup is “at the frontier of robotic intelligence designed to enable ro...
(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. has acquired Assured Robot Intelligence, a startup developing artificial intelligence models for robots, as part of a major initiative to build humanoid technology. Most Read from Bloomberg The social networking giant closed the acquisition Friday, according to a spokesperson. Meta said the startup is “at the frontier of robotic intelligence designed to enable robots to understand, predict and adapt to human behaviors in complex and dynamic environments.” Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The Assured Robot Intelligence team, which includes co-founders Lerrel Pinto and Xiaolong Wang, will join the Meta Superintelligence Labs research division. The staff will work closely with Meta Robotics Studio, a team launched last year to work on underlying technology for humanoids. Meta is making a significant investment in humanoids — futuristic robots that can move like humans and assist with physical tasks. The emerging sector has been gaining steam at many of the industry’s biggest companies, including Tesla Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. Wang was previously a researcher at Nvidia Corp., while Pinto was a co-founder of Fauna Robotics before leaving in 2025. Amazon acquired Fauna in March to help bolster its own humanoid robot effort. Assured Robot Intelligence employees were concentrated in San Diego and New York. At Meta, the group “will bring a deep expertise in how we can design our models and frontier capabilities for robot control and self-learning to whole-body humanoid control,” the spokesperson for the social media company said. Meta’s robotics team, which aims to eventually use technology from the startup, is working on in-house humanoid hardware and the underlying AI that powers it. That includes developing sensors, software and other technology for robots that it will make available to others in the industry, meaning they could ultimately be used by a range of companies. Meta’s goal is to provide what Google’s ...
Oracle (ORCL) – a cloud software and enterprise database service provider – hit a 6-day losing streak, with cumulative losses over this period amounting to -14%. The company’s market cap has crashed by about $75 Bil over the last 6 days and currently stands at $464 Bil. Is this an opportunity or a trap? There is not much to fear in ORCL stock given its overall Very Strong operating performance and...
Oracle (ORCL) – a cloud software and enterprise database service provider – hit a 6-day losing streak, with cumulative losses over this period amounting to -14%. The company’s market cap has crashed by about $75 Bil over the last 6 days and currently stands at $464 Bil. Is this an opportunity or a trap? There is not much to fear in ORCL stock given its overall Very Strong operating performance and financial condition. This is aligned with the stock’s High valuation because of which we think it is Fairly Priced (For details, see Buy or Sell ORCL). But here is the interesting part. You are reading about this -14% move after it happened. The market has already priced in the news. To manage individual stock risk before the headlines, you need predictive signals, not notifications. High Quality Portfolio has a risk model designed to manage stock-specific drawdowns better. Trefis: ORCL Stock Insights Returns vs S&P 500 The following table summarizes the return for ORCL stock vs. the S&P 500 index over different periods, including the current streak: Return Period ORCL S&P 500 1D -1.5% 1.0% 6D (Current Streak) -13.9% 1.0% 1M (21D) 10.1% 10.4% 3M (63D) -4.2% 3.4% YTD 2026 -16.7% 5.3% 2025 18.1% 16.4% 2024 60.0% 23.3% 2023 30.9% 24.2% Gains and Losses Streaks: S&P 500 Constituents There are currently 38 S&P constituents with 3 days or more of consecutive gains and 26 constituents with 3 days or more of consecutive losses. Consecutive Days # of Gainers # of Losers 3D 23 15 4D 11 3 5D 3 0 6D 0 4 7D or more 1 4 Total >=3 D 38 26 Key Financials for Oracle (ORCL) Last 2 Fiscal Years: Metric FY2024 FY2025 Revenues $53.0 Bil $57.4 Bil Operating Income $16.1 Bil $18.1 Bil Net Income $10.5 Bil $12.4 Bil Last 2 Fiscal Quarters: Metric 2026 FQ2 2026 FQ3 Revenues $16.1 Bil $17.2 Bil Operating Income $5.2 Bil $5.6 Bil Net Income $6.1 Bil $3.7 Bil The losing streak ORCL stock is currently on doesn’t inspire much confidence among investors. In contrast, Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, ...
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) is set to report its earnings on Monday, May 4, 2026. The company has $334 Bil in current market capitalization. Revenue over the last twelve months was $4.5 Bil, and it was operationally profitable with $1.4 Bil in operating profits and net income of $1.6 Bil. While a lot will depend on how results stack up against consensus and expectations, understanding hist...
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) is set to report its earnings on Monday, May 4, 2026. The company has $334 Bil in current market capitalization. Revenue over the last twelve months was $4.5 Bil, and it was operationally profitable with $1.4 Bil in operating profits and net income of $1.6 Bil. While a lot will depend on how results stack up against consensus and expectations, understanding historical patterns might just turn the odds in your favor if you are an event-driven trader. There are two ways to do that: understand the historical odds and position yourself prior to the earnings release, or look at the correlation between immediate and medium-term returns post earnings and position yourself accordingly after the earnings are released. See earnings reaction history of all stocks Individual stocks swing, but a balanced asset allocation doesn’t. Trefis’ Boston-based wealth management partner blends strategy and discipline to smooth out market noise. Trefis: PLTR Stock Insights Palantir Technologies’s Historical Odds Of Positive Post-Earnings Return Some observations on one-day (1D) post-earnings returns: There are 20 earnings data points recorded over the last five years, with 11 positive and 9 negative one-day (1D) returns observed. In summary, positive 1D returns were seen about 55% of the time. and one-day (1D) returns observed. In summary, positive 1D returns were seen about 55% of the time. Notably, this percentage increases to 67% if we consider data for the last 3 years instead of 5. Median of the 11 positive returns = 20%, and median of the 9 negative returns = -12% Additional data for observed 5-Day (5D) and 21-Day (21D) returns post earnings are summarized along with the statistics in the table below. Forward Returns Earnings Date 1D 5D 21D 2/2/2026 6.8% -3.3% 3.7% 11/3/2025 -7.9% -6.5% -14.1% 8/4/2025 7.8% 13.7% -3.6% 5/5/2025 -12.0% -4.3% 5.0% 2/3/2025 24.0% 39.3% 7.6% 11/4/2024 23.5% 45.5% 68.7% 8/5/2024 10.4% 22.0% 27.0% 5/6/2024 -15.1% -16.9% -...