๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: $NOW ServiceNow Could Cut Around ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ Jobs as Acquisition Integration Continues
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โค ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ก๐ผ๐ could reduce around ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ roles during ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ.
โค Workforce changes follow the acquisitions of ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ, and ๐๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐.
โค Company aims to end ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ with roughly the same headcount it started with.
โค ServiceNow entered ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ with about ๐ฎ๐ต,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ employees and now has around ๐ฏ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ.
โค Sources said reports of ๐ฏ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌโ๐ฑ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ job cuts are overstated.
โค Restructuring is being implemented gradually over several months.
โค ServiceNow raised its full-year ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ outlook after strong Q2 results.
โค Shares remain down more than ๐ฎ๐ฐ% year-to-date despite improving AI momentum.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โค Indicates workforce optimization rather than broad cost-cutting.
โค Reflects integration of recent acquisitions while maintaining profitability goals.
โค Reinforces ServiceNow's focus on AI-driven growth and margin expansion.
โค Clarifies market speculation by suggesting layoffs are far smaller than rumored.
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐:
๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐๐, CEO of ServiceNow:
"Weโre a growth company, and weโre going to grow. Weโre going to grow fast."
"complete this cycle of 2026 and start 2027 with the exact same headcount before we did the acquisitions."
โThe companyโs sterling fundamentals have us operating to the Rule of 56, well on our way to the Rule of 60. With our AI Control Tower as the market standard, agentic deployments of ServiceNow AI increased ninefold in just nine months. Our $29 billion in remaining performance obligations is fueled by longer customer commitments and skyrocketing demand from our partner ecosystem.โ
$CORZ | Freedom Broker ๐๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ป๐ฐ. from Hold to ๐๐๐, PT $๐ฏ๐ฏ
Analyst sees an improved story after a 40% stock drop, citing the addition of AMD as a major partner and progress on its CoreWeave power contract.
๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: Citadel Acquires AI Stock Portfolio From OpenAI Researcher-Led Hedge Fund
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โค ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น acquired a significant portion of AI stocks from ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
โค Situational Awareness is led by former ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ researcher ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ.
โค Fund has been liquidating public equities following recent ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ declines.
โค Transaction was reported by ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น, citing people familiar.
โค Situational Awareness retains some ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ holdings.
โค Fund also continues to hold private stakes, including in ๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ.
Jim Cramer on $LLY Eli Lilly: โEli Lilly is classic own donโt trade. ... Eli Lilly is a good company, and Iโve owned it for years. Iโm going to continue to own it for years because itโs a great business with great drugs.โ
๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: $LLY Eli Lilly and Resilience Invest $๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป to Expand U.S. Drug Manufacturing
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โค ๐๐น๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ and ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ will invest $๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in U.S. manufacturing.
โค Investment will create ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ new high-skilled jobs in Cincinnati, Ohio.
โค Resilience will manufacture ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐'๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ป injectable devices.
โค KwikPen supports treatments for ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ and ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐.
โค Partnership has produced over ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป medicine doses since ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ.
โค Lilly's U.S. capital expansion commitments exceed $๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป since ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
โค Lilly plans to begin construction at additional U.S. manufacturing sites this year.
โค Investment comes amid broader industry efforts to expand U.S. pharmaceutical production.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โค Expands manufacturing capacity for Lilly's fast-growing diabetes and obesity medicines.
โค Strengthens domestic pharmaceutical supply chains amid evolving U.S. trade policies.
โค Reinforces Lilly's long-term manufacturing strategy to meet rising patient demand.
โค Highlights continued reshoring of drug production across the pharmaceutical industry.
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐:
๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐, Lilly's Manufacturing Head:
"The partnership reflects Lilly's efforts to meet rising demand for its medicines."
๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: $GOOGL Google Unveils Gemini Robotics ER 2 With Multi-Robot Collaboration and Advanced Planning
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โค ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ launches ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ for embodied AI.
โค Model is available via ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐๐ฃ๐ and ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ.
โค Private preview begins on the ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ.
โค Supports ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ collaboration across different robot types.
โค Integrates with ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฃ๐ for lower-latency robot control.
โค Achieved ๐ฑ๐ณ.๐ฐ% progress classification accuracy and ๐ต๐ญ.๐ฏ% moment-finding accuracy.
โค Delivers ๐ฌ.๐ต๐ฒ-๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ mean absolute distance on timing tasks.
โค Supports external tools including ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต and custom functions.
โค Demonstrated with ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ ๐๐๐ผ, and ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐.
โค Safety improvements enable robots to stop near people and resume autonomously.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โค Advances Google's push into the rapidly growing ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ and robotics market.
โค Multi-robot coordination could accelerate deployment in manufacturing, logistics, and warehouses.
โค Stronger planning and safety capabilities may improve commercial adoption of autonomous robots.
โค Expands the Gemini ecosystem beyond chatbots into real-world robotic applications.
$VRT | UBS ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ on ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐, maintains PT at $๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฌ
Analyst sees near-term pressure from 2Q timing shifts but expects a significant 2H recovery and higher estimates as full-year guidance was raised.
$MSFT | Cantor Fitzgerald ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ on ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐, ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ PT to $๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฎ from $๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฎ
Analyst sees F4Q26 results and F1Q27 outlook as further validation of the AI-led secular growth story for Microsoft, with accelerating AI-driven KPIs.
๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก: Oracle Expands Google Cloud Partnership, Integrates Gemini AI Into Enterprise Applications - $ORCL $GOOGL
๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โค ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ and ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ expand their strategic AI partnership.
โค ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ AI models will be integrated into ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ.
โค Oracle will embed ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ models across ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ and ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
โค Integration includes ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฏ.๐ญ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ and ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฏ.๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ต.
โค Customers will continue to access AI models from ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
โค Gemini integration supports ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, automation, and enterprise workflows.
โค Partnership builds on existing ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ integration with Gemini.
โค Oracle continues expanding ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น AI capabilities for enterprise customers.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โค Strengthens ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ'๐ AI software portfolio for enterprise customers.
โค Expands ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ's reach into enterprise business applications.
โค Increases competition with enterprise AI offerings from ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ.
โค Supports broader enterprise adoption of ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ and workflow automation.
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐:
๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, Executive Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle:
"To achieve the best business outcomes, organizations need the flexibility to choose the AI model best suited to each problem. By bringing Gemini to Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, we are giving customers and partners greater choice as they build and extend agents and agentic applications."
๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, Founder and Executive Vice President of Oracle NetSuite:
"working with leading large language models, like Google's Gemini, to help customers improve visibility, automate work, and move from insight to action within NetSuite."
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