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Mobileye's Humanoid Robot Buy
Shares of the autonomous driving company Mobileye $MBLY ( ▼ 4.58% ) surged 11.25% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after acquiring a humanoid robotics maker.
Details: Mobileye is buying Mentee Robotics for $900 million, including $612 million in cash.
Background: The acquisition comes as Mobileye has struggled in the past year. Shares are down 44% in the last 12 months. The company has reportedly faced some layoffs as demand for its self-driving technology decreases.
Quote: “By combining Mentee’s breakthroughs in humanoid robotics with Mobileye’s expertise in automotive autonomy, and its proven ability to productize advanced AI, we have a unique opportunity to lead the evolution of physical AI across robotics and autonomous vehicles on a global scale.” - CEO Amnon Shashua.
Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Mobileye’s acquisition of Mentee Robotics is viewed positively because it extends Mobileye from “just” automotive ADAS/AV into the broader Physical AI / humanoid robotics opportunity, while reusing much of its existing tech stack and adding scarce AI-robotics talent.
Both autonomous vehicles and humanoid robots rely on the same foundational capabilities.
This alignment reduces strategic friction and makes it more likely that the combined company can move quickly to productize Physical AI across both automotive and humanoid robots, which is what the market is betting on with a favorable view of the deal.
Final Thoughts: At the end of 2025, shares of Mobileye fell to their lowest level since going public in 2022.
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Notables
Notable Earnings Today: Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), Cal-Maine Foods (Nasdaq: CALM), Apogee Enterprises (Nasdaq: APOG), Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD), MSC Industrial (NYSE: MSM), Albertsons (NYSE: ACI), AZZ (NYSE: AZZ), UniFirst (NYSE: UNF), Jefferies (NYSE: JEF), PriceSmart (Nasdaq: PSMT), Franklin Covey (NYSE: FC), Kura Sushi USA (Nasdaq: KRUS), Resources Connection (Nasdaq: RGP), Richardson Electronics (Nasdaq: RELL), Saratoga Investment (NYSE: SAR).
Notable IPOs Today: Soren Acquisition Corp. Unit (Nasdaq: SORNU).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: N/A.
Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (8:15 a.m. ET), ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI / Prices / Employment (10:00 a.m. ET), JOLTS Job Openings (10:00 a.m. ET), Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET).
XRP's Rally Cools Down
The price of the cryptocurrency XRP $XRP ( ▼ 3.16% ) fell about 5% on Tuesday, thanks to investors taking profits after a recent rally.
Final Thoughts: XRP is up 21% in the past week.
ARR Posts Good Results
The aircraft maintenance services company ARR $AIR ( ▲ 3.02% ) jumped 5.63% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after posting good financial earnings results.
Financials: ARR posted earnings of $1.18 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $795 million. Both were better than expected.
Final Thoughts: The stock had already been up 43% in the past year.
Trends to Watch
Survival: Michael Saylor's Strategy catches a break from MSCI, but analysts caution fight isn’t over yet (CoinDesk)
Struggle: Bitcoin faces 'big boy sell wall' at $95K as BTC price struggles vs. gold (Cointelegraph)
Pretending Not to Worry: As Tesla’s stock falls, Elon Musk brushes off Nvidia’s competitive threat (MarketWatch)
Driving Forward: Ford reports best annual U.S. vehicle sales since 2019 (CNBC)
Better Than Expected: TSMC’s Record Stock Rally Spurs Wall Street Rush to Hike Targets (Bloomberg)
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