AI startup Thinking Machines is reportedly seeking a new funding round that would value the company at $50 billion.

Current 30-year U.S. Treasury yields are approximately 4.7%.

Constellation Software experienced a 56% drawdown in its stock price between May 2025 and February 2026.

InMode doubled its earnings per share (EPS) in the period between the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and late 2021.

The average number of IPOs per year in the US increased from 311 between 1980-1989 to 380 between 1990-2001, before dropping to around 200 after the tech bubble.

The government of China has spent an undisclosed amount of money to strengthen its domestic semiconductor manufacturing capabilities and acquire new technology.

Plank road companies in the mid-19th century promised investors annual dividends ranging from 10% to 40%.

Nvidia's stock trades at a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings multiple of 44 times.

Economist Robert Samuelson concluded that 77% of companies that went public in 1999 had no profits.

During the dot-com bubble, stocks grew to represent 58% of U.S. household financial holdings.

JP Morgan analysts predict that the total cash outlay for AI infrastructure will be approximately $5 trillion.

Enron's manipulation of energy prices in California cost the state an estimated $11 billion.

The stock price of internet holding company CMGI collapsed from approximately $140 to $5 in early 2001.

US home sales peaked around 2006 at 7 million homes sold, up from 5 million in 2000.

Rigetti Computing's stock price increased nearly 12x in under a year at one point in 2025.

Since 2022, Rigetti Computing has experienced decreasing revenue and EPS, along with declining margins.

At the peak of their popularity, the price of Beanie Babies collectibles increased by 1,000 times their original face value.

Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle collectively hold about $350 billion in cash on their balance sheets.

The European Union has enacted its own CHIPS Act, allocating $16.5 billion in funding for its semiconductor industry.

The U.S. CHIPS Act authorized nearly $53 billion in federal spending to support domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research.