Qualcomm strikes AI chip deal with TikTok owner ByteDance, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters
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Qualcomm has struck a deal to supply millions of AI chips (ASICs) to ByteDance, marking a significant expansion of its data center ambitions beyond its core mobile business. The deal validates QCOM as a credible AI infrastructure player but the stock is already up 8% intraday on the news with heavy insider selling and a mixed analyst consensus.
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↓ SHORT-6% target+5% stop1-2 weeks
Fade QCOM's gap — insiders have been dumping (0 buys, 30 sells in 30 days), consensus is split (26 Holds vs 18 Buy-side), and an 8% single-day spike on a unconfirmed Bloomberg report is a classic buy-the-rumor setup.