Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min
Acquisition rumors and major AI alliances spark pre-market stock surges
Arcosa and Apogee Rise; Getty Jumps
This episode highlights how strategic acquisitions and artificial intelligence partnerships are rapidly reshaping valuations in traditional and tech sectors alike.
- 1Arcosa and Apogee Therapeutics experienced massive pre-market stock jumps amid reports of potential multi-billion dollar buyouts.
- 2Getty Images secured a major partnership with OpenAI, sparking a significant rally in its stock price before the opening bell.
- 3Chevron established a long-term footprint in tech infrastructure with a twenty-year natural gas partnership with Microsoft.
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The brief
Acquisition rumors and high-profile partnerships are driving massive pre-market movements, signaling a major wave of dealmaking across the infrastructure, biotechnology, and technology sectors.
Building materials provider Arcosa saw a pre-market surge following reports of potential buyout talks with Dublin-based CRH, while drug developer Apogee Therapeutics jumped on rumors of an acquisition by AbbVie.
Beyond mergers, tech alliances are shifting market values. Getty Images rallied sharply pre-market after securing a partnership with OpenAI, and Chevron locked in a massive twenty-year natural gas deal with Microsoft.
What was said on this episode
9 statements · 8 positive · 1 negative
CRH seeks Arcosa to expand its building-materials market presence.
“CRH is looking for this acquisition to expand out its performance in this market.”
Listen at 1:10
AbbVie is nearing an approximately $11 billion acquisition of Apogee.
“AbbVie is closing in on a nearly $11 billion deal to buy Apogee.”
Listen at 1:51
AbbVie shares are rising nearly 1% premarket.
“Abbvie shares are actually up about nearly 1% in the pre market.”
Listen at 2:12
Chevron and Microsoft have a 20-year natural-gas power partnership for a Texas data center.
“Chevron is in a partnership with Microsoft for a 20 year deal to provide natural gas power for a proposed Texas data center”
Listen at 2:33
The Chevron-Microsoft power plant is expected to begin in 2028 and reach nearly 2.7 gigawatts.
“The power plant is expected to start providing power in 2028 and will ramp up to nearly 2.7 gigawatts.”
Listen at 2:53
The Chevron partnership is expected to power Microsoft's expanded data centers.
“this partnership with Chevron is expected to supply the power needed for those energy intensive centers.”
Listen at 3:08
Getty Images licensed libraries will appear across ChatGPT search and discovery experiences.
“Getty Images has a partnership with OpenAI where Getty Images licensed content libraries will appear across search and discovery experiences For Chat GPT”
Listen at 3:34
Getty Images’ rally could erase its losses since November.
“this massive push is setting it up. Erase all the losses it's posted since November.”
Listen at 3:46
Getty Images accused Stability AI of copying over 12 million photographs for model training.
“It sued Stability AI accusing the AI image generator of copying more than 12 million photographs without permission to train its models.”
Listen at 3:58
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