Nvidia’s New Superchip Fuels AI Enthusiasm

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The Wall Street Journal

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4.1 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Fresh tensions in the Middle East send oil prices higher. Plus: Taylor Morrison stock surges after Berkshire Hathaway agrees to buy the home builder for nearly $7 billion in cash. Alexis Green hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	for Monday, June 1st. I'm Alexis Green for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.3	U.S. stock shrugged off geopolitical tensions in the Middle East today to finish higher.
0:42.9	Investors piled into tech companies driving the AI boom. The NASDAQ led the major stock indexes by adding 0.4%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.
0:52.3	The Dow gained nearly 0.1%. Oil prices moved higher after Iran's
0:57.2	semi-official news agency, Tasnam, reported that the country was suspending negotiations with the U.S.
1:02.2	over Israel's conduct. However, the journal hasn't verified the report. Among individual companies,
1:08.1	NVIDIA climbed 6.3% today after the tech giant unveiled its new superchip,
1:13.3	which is described as the most efficient PC chip ever built.
1:17.0	The chips will be used to power computers designed for running AI agents.
1:20.9	Shares of the companies collaborating with NVIDIA to build laptops using these superchips also jumped,
1:26.1	including Dell, which ended the day up nearly 11%.
1:29.0	HP gained 8.5%, Lenovo added 5%, and Microsoft edged more than 2% higher.
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