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Zaid discusses the latest market updates including job reports and significant corporate changes in the tech industry.

Market update for Friday May 8, 2026 Check out the Public app for incredible investing tools and to support the show ( LINK ) Follow us on Instagram ( @TheRundownDaily ) for bonus content and instant reactions. In today’s episode, Zaid covers: The April jobs report: 115,000 jobs added, unemployment steady at 4.3% CoreWeave sinking after earnings as AI infrastructure costs keep climbing IREN jumping on a major Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure deal Lime filing for IPO at a potential $2 billion valuation Rocket Lab rising after strong revenue, backlog growth, and progress on Neutron Cloudflare cutting 20% of its workforce as it shifts toward agentic AI Nintendo raising Switch 2 prices as AI-driven chip demand makes gaming more expensive

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