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Tech stocks faced headwinds this week as inflation concerns and rising bond yields pressured AI-related companies like Nvidia and Broadcom. CoreWeave's debt spike to $52 billion with 15% bond yields reignited AI debt bubble fears.

Despite strong earnings, TSMC, Johnson & Johnson, and Morgan Stanley all sold off, while JPMorgan rallied on solid lending metrics. Consumer spending signals remain mixed, with JPMorgan seeing strength but Domino's warning of economic headwinds.

Rocket Lab delayed Neutron's first flight to 2027 due to manufacturing issues. Valuation concerns persist across tech, with ASML, Atlassian, and Klarna highlighting the importance of entry price.

Clueso, an AI-powered video creation platform for enterprises, announced a $10 million Series A funding round led by Dharana Capital. The platform, used by over 1,000 companies including Atlassian and Zendesk, automates video production across marketing, training, and customer success functions, with customers reporting 5x productivity gains and 80% cost reductions.

TiDB announced new cloud capabilities including TiDB Cloud Premium general availability, Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) and TiDB Cloud Filesystem public previews, and PostgreSQL support on TiDB Cloud Starter. The company plans to open source TiDB X core code by end of 2026. AI agents have created nearly 3 million database instances on TiDB Cloud Starter in six months, driving demand for scalable infrastructure solutions.

Exalate announced Australian hosting for its Cloud integration platform on Google Cloud infrastructure in Sydney. The expansion addresses regulatory requirements and data residency concerns for Australian businesses, particularly in regulated industries. A complex ServiceNow-to-Jira Cloud migration project required local hosting, making this deployment a prerequisite for the engagement.