Nvidia’s AI moat is shifting from chips to capital

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech during a keynote event at COMPUTEX on June 02, 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan. Cheng Chia Huang | Getty Images Nvidia’s massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world’s most valuable company. Now, almost four years into the generative AI boom, competitors like Advanced Micro…

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5 things to know before the market opens Friday

This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Reddit was announced officially as the next addition to the S&P 500, prompting a rally for the social media stock in early trading. Stock futures are little changed this morning. Wall Street is coming off a winning day. Here are…

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AI infrastructure debt and leverage draw market scrutiny

As Nvidia partners with Wall Street firms to mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure, the increasingly complex financing underpinning the boom is coming under closer scrutiny. Hyperscalers and their financial backers are turning to bond markets, joint ventures, leases and other structures to fund an unprecedented infrastructure buildout. At the…

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