In today’s briefing:
- Cerebras IPO Preview: Does The Size Matter? Top-Tier VC Investors and $1B+ Deal With UAE’s G42
- Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Spread Back to Elevated Range; ASE Short Interest Spikes Higher
- Cerebras Files Intent To IPO. This Will Be Interesting
Cerebras IPO Preview: Does The Size Matter? Top-Tier VC Investors and $1B+ Deal With UAE’s G42
- Cerebras Systems, a high-growth Ai chip maker and hardware company that builds AI supercomputers with scalable architecture, has filed for an IPO on the Nasdaq.
- The AI company plans to raise up to $1B in upcoming IPO. Citigroup and Barclays are the lead bankers on the offering.
- Cerebras Systems may become the biggest disruptor since NVIDIA. The company’s growth is exceptionally high for any AI chip maker.
Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Spread Back to Elevated Range; ASE Short Interest Spikes Higher
- TSMC: +18.6% Premium; Spread Has Returned to Previous Elevated Trading Range
- UMC: +1.5% Premium; Wait for Higher Level Before Shorting the Spread
- ASE: +4.2% Premium; Can Consider Going Long the Spread at Current Level
Cerebras Files Intent To IPO. This Will Be Interesting
- Cerebras presently derives up to 87% of its revenue from G42
- Microsoft gatecrashed Cerebras party with a $1.5 billion investment in G42 to “accelerate AI development and global expansion”
- G42 “severed its ties” with China in advance of the Microsoft investment