Shares of technology companies rallied as traders chased momentum in artificial-intelligence leaders.

Nvidia, the leading developer of chips for AI infrastructure, added roughly 8% for the week.

Dario Amodei was scheduled to meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in the West Wing on Friday, one of the Anthropic chief executive officer's most high-profile efforts to ease tensions with the Trump administration.

Sam Altman, head of Anthropic rival OpenAI, remains under intense investor scrutiny due to potential financial conflicts and other issues ahead of the ChatGPT maker's planned 2026 initial-public offering.


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