Today is Tuesday, October 13, 2026.

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Navitas Semiconductor $NVTS ( ▼ 7.33% ) jumped 2.80% in after-hours trading on Monday after the company announced an artificial intelligence infrastructure partnership with Nvidia $NVDA ( ▼ 1.29% ).

Details: The new collaboration features the creation of a special power delivery board that can handle 24,000 watts, which is a massive amount of electricity, to support Nvidia’s MGX platform and advance improved power architectures for AI data centers.

Bigger Picture: AI data centers take a ridiculous amount of electricity to run. But the actual computer chips inside need a steady, safe, and much smaller amount of power. This new collaboration between Navitas and Nvidia can help AI data centers run faster, take up less space, reduce power losses, and waste less energy.

Quote: “The next era of AI will be defined not only by how much compute we can create, but by our ability to deliver the power needed to unleash its full potential.” - Navitas CEO Chris Allexandre.

Background: Shares of Navitas are up 19% this year, even though the company has produced mixed financial results in 2026.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: The announcement strengthens Navitas’ credibility in Nvidia’s AI data center ecosystem and validates its technology.

Final Thoughts: Nvidia ticked down 0.82% in after-hours trading. The stock is up nearly 20% this year.

Home furniture brand Blu Dot blew up on CTV with help from Roku Ads Manager. Here’s how:

After a test campaign reached 211,000 households and achieved 1,010% ROAS, the brand went all in to promote its annual sales event. It removed age and income constraints to expand reach and shifted budget to custom audiences and retargeting, where intent was strongest.

The results speak for themselves. As Blu Dot increased their investment by 10x, ROAS jumped to 2,308% and more page-view conversions surpassed 50,000.

“For CTV campaigns, Roku has been a top performer,” said Claire Folkestad, Paid Media Strategist, Blu Dot. “Comping to our other platforms, we have seen really strong ROAS… and highly efficient CPMs, lower than any other CTV partner we've worked with.”

Using Roku Ads Manager, the campaign moved from a pilot to a permanent performance engine for the brand.

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Notable Earnings Today: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), AZZ (NYSE: AZZ), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Domino's Pizza (Nasdaq: DPZ), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Albertsons (NYSE: ACI), FB Financial (NYSE: FBK).

Notable IPOs Today: N/A.

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Unsmudgeable (Wefunder), Travel FX (Crowdcube), Rentd (Crowdcube), Sepanta (Crowdcube).

Notable Economic Events Today: ADP Employment Change Weekly (8:15 a.m. ET), Existing Home Sales (10:00 a.m. ET), Federal Budget Balance (2:00 p.m. ET).

As some mainstream cryptocurrencies saw slightly higher prices on Monday, the price of the so-called memecoin Dogecoin $DOGE ( ▼ 3.62% ) fell roughly 5%.

Details: The price decline comes as the Bitwise BWOW ETF (exchange-traded fund) will stop trading this week. The fund will convert its DOGE into cash and pay shareholders.

Powering the Story: The liquidation of this ETF signals weak demand for Dogecoin ETF products in the market.

Final Thoughts: It’s a bad time to hold Dogecoin. The price is down 13% in the past week and nearly 30% in 2026.

Semiconductor company FormFactor $FORM ( ▼ 6.72% ) jumped 1.93% in after-hours trading on Monday after announcing a new collaboration with the test equipment designer Teradyne $TER ( ▼ 4.68% ). In turn, Teradyne’s stock fell 0.74%.

Details: The collaboration includes a $300 million equity investment in FormFactor.

Final Thoughts: FormFactor’s stock just hit its all-time high earlier this year. 

Bonds Over Stocks: BlackRock Turns Bullish on Short-Term Bonds, Downgrades Stocks (Bloomberg)

Swipe Right: Dating-App Company Bumble in Advanced Talks to Go Private at $1 Billion Valuation (Wall Street Journal)

Denial: Starbucks says it is not buying Chipotle after takeover speculation (CNBC)

Wonder-ful: Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder (TechCrunch)

Not Gaining Traction: Energy prices rise after Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ fails to move Russia or Ukraine (NBC News)

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