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Zaid Admani

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The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Also break down the latest fundraising numbers from XAI.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Then stick around to the end of the show to find out how much traffic is down at ChatGPT since Gemini 3 was launched.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

We got a great show for you today.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

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The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Stocks were setting records on Tuesday with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ both gaining 0.6%.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

That was enough to push the S&P to its first record close of 2026.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

The Dow Jones continues to outperform as well, jumping 1% yesterday and closing above 49,000 points for the first time ever, which is cool, but like I still don't care about the Dow.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Now, what I do care about though, is what's happening with memory and storage stocks, because these companies are absolutely ripping right now.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Yesterday, SanDisk was up 28%, Western Digital was up 17%, and Seagate was up 14%.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

to buy a hard drive or a flash drive or an SD card, you've probably heard one of these companies.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

But the big reason that they're ripping right now is because of comments from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

At NVIDIA's keynote at CES on Monday, Jensen stressed that AI isn't just about GPUs anymore.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

It's also about memory and storage.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

He said the storage market is largely unserved and could become one of the biggest hardware markets on the planet as AI usage expands.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

So those comments from Jensen sent these storage stocks flying yesterday.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Now there was already hype building around these names.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

These were some of the best performing names last year as well.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

And it looks like the rally isn't slowing down anytime soon.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

I think we might have to do a deep dive on these storage companies because storage prices increasing from AI will impact other things like the price of phones and computers.

The Rundown
Discord Confidentially Files for IPO, Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

So that might have to be a future deep dive that we do.