Today is Tuesday, June 9, 2026.

The Early Bird Index today is 88.26.

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The U.S. hiring market exceeds $254 billion annually, yet candidates and employers still rely on fragmented, résumé-driven systems that create hiring inefficiency, poor workforce visibility, and missed talent alignment opportunities.

Iter Opus is building Levii, a private Career Workforce Alignment System designed to address this large, inefficient market. Levii is designed to replace static résumés and high-volume job boards with a private, skills-based ecosystem that supports lifelong career alignment for individuals and evolving workforce needs for employers.

The platform is being built around two primary revenue streams: individual premium subscriptions and employer seat licenses, with current pricing modeled at $150 annually for individuals and $500 annually per employer seat.

Iter Opus estimates a TAM of more than $250 billion, a SAM of more than $12 billion, and a SOM of more than $600 million. Each year, 48 million Americans change jobs and more than 5.7 million graduates enter the workforce, creating a large recurring pool of individuals who need better career navigation and employer connections.

This raise will fund MVP launch, first employer pilots, and initial user acquisition. For investors, Levii represents a potential category play in career and workforce alignment, built for individuals, employers, and long-term workforce intelligence.

The artificial intelligence infrastructure company Applied Digital $APLD ( ▲ 3.34% ) jumped 8.71% in after-hours trading on Monday after announcing a new data lease for its fifth “AI factory.”

Details: The new lease agreement is at Delta Forge 2, a purpose-built AI Factory campus located in a southern state. It covers 210 MW of critical IT load and represents $5.2 billion in base-term contracted revenue.

Quote: “We call it our franchise model — a core team of design, construction, and operations professionals replicated across every campus, in every market. Continued demand from leading hyperscalers across five campuses is strong validation of our model.” - CEO Wes Cummins.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Applied Digital’s AI factory franchise model is attractive to investors because it turns data-center development into a repeatable, contract-backed growth machine rather than a one-off construction business. Investors get predictable cash flows and potential for a higher valuation multiple.

Final Thoughts: Shares of Applied Digital were already up about 45% this year.

Notable Earnings Today: Cracker Barrel (Nasdaq: CBRL), Academy Sports + Outdoors (Nasdaq: ASO), Casey's General (Nasdaq: CASY), United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI), J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM), Designer Brands (NYSE: DBI), Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), SailPoint (Nasdaq: SAIL), Suja Life (Nasdaq: SUJA), Bark (NYSE: BARK), Domo (Nasdaq: DOMO), Lakeland Industries (Nasdaq: LAKE), Lands’ End (Nasdaq: LE), Limoneira (Nasdaq: LMNR), Titan Machinery (Nasdaq: TITN), Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC).

Notable IPOs Today: WhiteHawk Minerals Corp. (NYSE: WHK), Ocean Capital Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: OCAC), Bitzero Holdings Inc. Common Shares (Nasdaq: AIBZ), Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock (Nasdaq: ELOX), Snow Rothschild Acquisition Corp. Units (ISNRU), Veraxa Biotech AG Ordinary Shares (Nasdaq: VRXA), Lannister Mining Corp. (NYSE American: DRIL).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Rise and Shine Coffee (Honeycomb).

Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Employment Change Weekly (8:15 a.m. ET), Trade Balance / Imports / Exports (8:30 a.m. ET), Existing Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET), EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (12:00 a.m. ET),  API Weekly Crude Oil Stock (4:30 p.m. ET).

Vail Resorts $MTN ( ▲ 1.36% ) fell 4.53% in after-hours trading on Monday after reporting mixed financial earnings results.

Financials: Vail Resorts reported earnings of $8.81 per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue was $1.2 billion, which was better than expected.

Quote: “Weather conditions remained extremely unfavorable in the third quarter, adding to what had already been one of the most challenging winters in history…” - CEO Rob Katz.

Final Thoughts: Before these results, the stock was up about 9% in the past 30 days.

Mission Produce $AVO ( ▼ 1.08% ) fell 5.43% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company posted mixed financial earnings results.

Financials: Mission Produce reported earnings of 1 cent per share, below expectations. Revenue was $290.9 million, which was better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock was already down 12% this year.

Another Big IPO: OpenAI files for IPO, the latest in a stream of possible AI mega-sales (CNN)

Lower Prices: Costco Quietly Slashed Prices on Chicken, Nuts and Other Kirkland Signature Items (People)

Blaming Others: Aave chief defends protocol's 'resilience' after $8.45 billion bank run (CoinDesk)

Big Accusation: Pentagon adds tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD to Chinese military list (ABC News)

Ouch: Spot Bitcoin ETFs bleed $1.7B as outflow streak hits four weeks (Cointelegraph)

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