Edge AI Daily Morning Brief (October 30): Intel Plunges 21%, Anthropic…
Intel reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $16.5 billion and earnings per share of 52 cents, beating expectations, but its fourth-quarter revenue guidance of $15 billion to $16 billion fell short of the market's expectation of about $17.1 billion, and its gross margin guidance dropped from 43% to 38%; its stock price plunged about 21% in after-hours trading on October 29. Anthropic filed for a Nasdaq IPO on October 26 (ticker ANT), with revenue of $16.286 billion in the first half of 2026, up about 1,300% year over year, and second-quarter operating profit of $974 million. The U.S. Department of Justice has opened inquiries into whether Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face for about $12.93 billion affects AI competition.
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