Exclusive | Amazon Strikes $6 Billion Deal With Snowflake for Its Agentic Computing Chips - WSJ
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Snowflake has committed $6 billion to AWS for agentic AI computing infrastructure, a deal that coincides with a strong Q1 earnings beat and raised full-year guidance. The combination creates a near-term momentum setup in SNOW, though heavy insider selling and a stock already up ~30% on the day tempers the follow-through thesis.
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Wrong ifSNOW continues to melt up if additional AI partnership deals are announced in the next 48 hours, or if a major analyst initiates with a high price target post-earnings, squeezing the short leg hard given the stock's historically elevated short interest sensitivity.
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