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Intel shares gained approximately 0.5% to $122.46 as Meta's Muse agent revived the case for server CPUs in an AI market dominated by accelerators. The Muse agent runs through its own virtual computer and can keep working on longer tasks even after a user exits the application, creating demand for general-purpose compute around the model itself. Intel is trying to capture that layer as its business rebounds, with second-quarter revenue rising 25% to $16.1 billion and the company rolling out its Xeon 6+ server processor built on Intel 18A. Still, Muse is evidence of a potentially expanding workload, not evidence of an Intel design win, and Intel now trades 281.26% above its $32.12 GF Value estimate. The real payoff comes only if autonomous agents drive incremental server deployments and Intel wins enough of that spending at attractive margins, making Xeon availability, power efficiency, hyperscaler adoption and Intel 18A execution the numbers investors should watch.

Alibaba Group shares climbed about 3% Tuesday after the Chinese technology company introduced a new in-house processor and outlined plans for a much larger AI model. The company said its next-generation model could reach 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, well above its current flagship Qwen model. Alibaba also unveiled the Zhenwu V900 through its T-Head semiconductor unit, a processor designed to deliver three times the performance of its predecessor and scheduled to enter mass production in the first quarter of 2027. The hardware push is tied to a broader expansion of Alibaba's computing infrastructure, with Alibaba Cloud planning to take its global data-center capacity beyond 20 gigawatts by 2032. The moves come as Chinese technology companies seek greater control over AI computing amid U.S. restrictions on advanced processors, with Alibaba's plans pointing to a strategy spanning chips, models and cloud infrastructure rather than relying on a single layer of the AI stack.