Trending Tickers: $EA Buyout, $PATH AI Partnerships, $CRWV Meta Deal
This week, several stocks caught investors’ attention, driven by significant developments and market momentum. Here’s the breakdown of this week’s trending stocks:
Electronic Arts ($EA) to Be Taken Private in $55B Deal
Electronic Arts ($EA) has agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners in a $55 billion all-cash transaction, according to the company. EA shareholders will receive $210 per share, representing a 25% premium to the unaffected stock price prior to the deal.
The company stated that this move will help accelerate its growth and innovation strategy, positioning EA to shape the future of entertainment. The consortium highlighted their plans to support EA with capital, global networks, and operational support to scale its franchises and expand fan engagement.
Upon completion, EA will become a private company and its shares will be delisted. CEO Andrew Wilson will remain in charge, and the company will continue operating from its Redwood City, California headquarters.
Stock Price Reaction
$EA shares surged 15% on the announcement, trading near the $210 buyout price.
UiPath ($PATH) Unveils New AI Partnerships
UiPath ($PATH), a global agentic automation company, unveiled a trio of high-profile AI partnerships during its FUSION event in Las Vegas—teaming up with OpenAI, NVIDIA, andSnowflake to advance its enterprise AI capabilities.
According to the company, the collaboration with OpenAI introduces a ChatGPT connector that allows enterprise users to integrate frontier models directly into business workflows via UiPath’s orchestration layer. The integration aims to simplify the deployment of AI agents and improve measurable outcomes, using tools like the new UiPath Maestro and Agent Builder, now featuring GPT-5.
With NVIDIA, UiPath is working to enhance AI trust and performance in sensitive workflows like fraud detection and healthcare. The partnership leverages NVIDIA’s NIM and Nemotron models, enabling secure deployment of natural language and image models through UiPath’s new integration connector.
UiPath also announced a partnership with Snowflake to unite its automation platform with Snowflake Cortex AI. According to both companies, this allows businesses to convert real-time data insights into automated actions without reworking legacy systems—extending UiPath Maestro’s orchestration to Snowflake-powered data agents.
Stock Price Reaction
$PATH surged over 20% intraday on the news but closed the session with a more modest 6.5% gain.
CoreWeave ($CRWV) Lands Another Major Deal
CoreWeave ($CRWV) has landed another major deal — this time with Meta. The cloud infrastructure startup, which specializes in high-performance computing for AI workloads, signed a new multi-year agreement to provide Meta with large-scale cloud capacity. The initial commitment? A massive $14.2 billion through 2031, with the option to significantly expand the deal into 2032.
This is just the latest in a flurry of high-profile partnerships for CoreWeave, which has been aggressively scaling its business as AI demand explodes. In recent months, the company signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft to support OpenAI’s compute needs and partnered with Nvidia to build out more AI-focused data centers. It also secured a $7.5 billion financing deal in May 2024 to fuel its expansion and meet surging customer demand.
The Meta deal marks another big milestone as CoreWeave continues to position itself as a key player in the AI infrastructure space. Meta, which is rapidly expanding its own AI capabilities across products like Facebook, Instagram, and its open-source Llama models, will now rely on CoreWeave’s infrastructure to help power its next generation of AI systems.
Stock Price Reaction
$CRWV shares surged 11% on the announcement.
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