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Funding LeapXpert raises $180M growth round led by Riverwood Capital for AI-governed enterprise messaging Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation as open-source inference demand surges Breaking Amazon Leo deploys 390+ satellites; ready to launch initial commercial service by end of 2026 Market Trump bought AAPL, NVDA as markets tumbled April 8; tariff reversal next day lifted S&P 9.5% Funding Joulent lands $1.75B from National Grid; powers Microsoft data center with 2.67 GW Project Kilby Breaking Apple PCC goes to Google Cloud; stacks NVIDIA + Intel + Google Titan for confidential inference Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation as AI infra consolidates Funding Together AI raises $800M Series C at $8.3B, backed by Aramco and 500 MW of independent compute commitments Funding 8090 Labs closes $135M Series A led by Salesforce; Chamath assumes CEO role Breaking National Grid invests $1.75B in Joulent; 2.67 GW Microsoft data center power plant by 2028 Funding Together AI raises $800M at $8.3B valuation, plans 50x capacity growth Chips SK hynix Plans $712.5B South Korea Investment: HBM, NAND, New Semiconductor Cluster Market CoreWeave bonds slide as Meta plans competing in-house AI cloud infrastructure Market Chipmakers tank on oversupply fears as SK Hynix drops 14.6%, Samsung 9.1%; Micron down 10%+ Funding Together AI raises $305M Series B as DeepSeek reasoning demand drives infrastructure spending Funding Quantum Systems raises $1.2B at $8B valuation as European drone defense spending accelerates Breaking Supermicro denies Taiwan office raid in GPU smuggling probe; employees under investigation for export violations Chips Turkey launches $5B chip incentive plan; Elin Energy breaks ground on $400M semiconductor fab in Sivas Market Tesla deliveries surge 25% YoY to 480K in Q2, beating Wall Street consensus by 18% Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation, backed by Aramco on open-source AI boom Funding LeapXpert raises $180M growth round led by Riverwood Capital for AI-governed enterprise messaging Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation as open-source inference demand surges Breaking Amazon Leo deploys 390+ satellites; ready to launch initial commercial service by end of 2026 Market Trump bought AAPL, NVDA as markets tumbled April 8; tariff reversal next day lifted S&P 9.5% Funding Joulent lands $1.75B from National Grid; powers Microsoft data center with 2.67 GW Project Kilby Breaking Apple PCC goes to Google Cloud; stacks NVIDIA + Intel + Google Titan for confidential inference Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation as AI infra consolidates Funding Together AI raises $800M Series C at $8.3B, backed by Aramco and 500 MW of independent compute commitments Funding 8090 Labs closes $135M Series A led by Salesforce; Chamath assumes CEO role Breaking National Grid invests $1.75B in Joulent; 2.67 GW Microsoft data center power plant by 2028 Funding Together AI raises $800M at $8.3B valuation, plans 50x capacity growth Chips SK hynix Plans $712.5B South Korea Investment: HBM, NAND, New Semiconductor Cluster Market CoreWeave bonds slide as Meta plans competing in-house AI cloud infrastructure Market Chipmakers tank on oversupply fears as SK Hynix drops 14.6%, Samsung 9.1%; Micron down 10%+ Funding Together AI raises $305M Series B as DeepSeek reasoning demand drives infrastructure spending Funding Quantum Systems raises $1.2B at $8B valuation as European drone defense spending accelerates Breaking Supermicro denies Taiwan office raid in GPU smuggling probe; employees under investigation for export violations Chips Turkey launches $5B chip incentive plan; Elin Energy breaks ground on $400M semiconductor fab in Sivas Market Tesla deliveries surge 25% YoY to 480K in Q2, beating Wall Street consensus by 18% Funding Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation, backed by Aramco on open-source AI boom
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Trump bought AAPL, NVDA as markets tumbled April 8; tariff reversal next day lifted S&P 9.5%

President Trump made 327 stock purchases on April 8, 2025—his 11th busiest trading day—as the S&P 500 plummeted following his April 2 announcement of sweeping tariffs (dubbed "liberation day"). Trump's buying spree focused on megacap tech: Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Nvidia, each receiving $100,001–$250,000 purchases. All five stocks are in the Magnificent Seven and had been hammered by tariff fears; the S&P 500 had fallen over 12% in the four-day spiral and sat near the edge of a bear-market definition (20% drawdown).

The next morning, April 9, Trump posted on Truth Social: "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!" and announced a partial retreat from the tariff plan. The S&P 500 jumped 9.5% that session—one of its best days on record. Apple surged 15% (its best day since 1998), and Nvidia leaped 19%. The index has cumulatively surged roughly 50% since April 8. Trump's personal financial disclosure, released this week, showed $2.24 billion in 2025 revenue from crypto, golf properties, legal settlements, and merchandise.

For market observers and architects watching policy execution risk, the timing underscores how presidential leverage over markets compounds personal investment exposure. The trades also exemplify how tariff policy—which directly impacts GPU/chip sourcing costs and infrastructure spend—remains a key variable in AI capex forecasts, particularly for companies (Nvidia, ASML, etc.) that depend on cross-border semiconductor and photolithography-tool supply chains.

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