Mitsui Chemicals to Take Over Chip Linchpin JSR for $12 Billion — Daily Fintech News, November 9, 2026

Monday, November 9, 2026 · 5:13 PM ET

Deals · Bloomberg

1.Mitsui Chemicals to Take Over Chip Linchpin JSR for $12 Billion

Japan's Mitsui Chemicals, with support from the state-backed Development Bank of Japan, agreed to buy semiconductor-materials maker JSR Corp. for ¥1.84 trillion (about $12 billion) from government-backed Japan Investment Corp., tightening its control over a critical chip supply-chain linchpin. DBJ will pay ¥200 billion in cash for a non-voting preferred stake.

Markets · The Information

2.Nvidia Closes Down 4.3% as Board Opens Investigation; Broadcom and AMD Surge

Nvidia shares closed down about 4.3% Monday after its board opened an independent investigation into reports that CEO Jensen Huang had been the target of a suspected foreign-intelligence effort. Rivals rallied as investors rotated within the AI-chip trade, with Broadcom up roughly 8.8% and AMD up about 13%; Nvidia's slide diverged sharply from a broader market that rose.

$NVDA$AVGO$AMD

$NVDA Close$178.67-4.27%

1Y -10.2% Rev QoQ +105.9% EPS QoQ +127.8% 52wk $164.27–$243.37 P/E 22.6 Mkt Cap $4.31T

AI · The Information

3.Google Announces New TPUs It Says Are More Powerful and Secure

Google unveiled new versions of its Tensor Processing Units designed to handle sensitive and agentic AI workloads, escalating its rivalry with Nvidia as hyperscalers push custom silicon to capture a larger share of AI-infrastructure spending.

$GOOGL

$GOOGL Close$288.15+1.18%

1Y -0.7% Rev QoQ +24.7% EPS QoQ -25.3% 52wk $270.7–$408.61 P/E 15.0 Mkt Cap $3.54T

AI · The Information

4.Meta Plans Sales Team, Consulting Partnerships to Win Over Big Companies

Meta is building a dedicated sales organization to sell its AI products to small and midsize businesses and is forging partnerships with consulting firms and systems integrators including Accenture, Deloitte and IBM to help deploy them, marking its next push into enterprise AI.

$META

$META Close$641.37+5.12%

1Y +1.5% Rev QoQ +26.1% EPS QoQ +264.8% 52wk $520.26–$779.82 P/E 21.9 Mkt Cap $1.64T

AI · Bloomberg

5.Anthropic IPO's Moment of Truth Nears as Waiting Period Expires

Anthropic's planned IPO is approaching a critical test as its waiting period expires, with some major investors expressing skepticism that the AI startup can reach a $1.5 trillion valuation. Supporters argue strong October financial results could soften the blow of the broader tech-stock rout.

Financing · Bloomberg

6.Akamai Technologies Seeks $2.2 Billion From Convertible Bonds

Akamai is tapping the convertible bond market to raise roughly $2.2 billion.

$AKAM

$AKAM Close$80.29-3.37%

1Y -7.8% Rev QoQ +6.4% EPS QoQ -20.6% 52wk $77.37–$165.45 P/E 31.2 Mkt Cap $11.54B

Funding · Bloomberg

7.Hardware-Testing Startup Nominal Valued at $3 Billion in Funding Round

Nominal, which makes hardware-testing software, reached a $3 billion valuation in a new funding round.

Data Centers · WSJ

8.Ex-Energy Department Officials Raise Funds at $1 Billion Valuation to Build Data Centers

Mavria, founded by three veterans of Trump's Energy Department, raised capital at a $1 billion valuation to build modular data centers that can be shipped by truck.

AI · The Information

9.Anthropic Releases New Frontier Models Days Before Historic IPO

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, the latest updates to its most advanced model lines, as the company prepares to launch the institutional roadshow for its historic IPO. The two models share the same underlying technology, with Fable carrying stronger cybersecurity and biosecurity safeguards.

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