AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Intel hired Tan specifically for his deep ecosystem ties. Demanding he wield that influence while having zero financial footprint in the industry is a naive contradiction.</li>
<li>The Rivos bidding war was a tactical masterclass that established a valuation floor and forced a competitor to pay a premium.</li>
<li>While the media frets over portfolio disclosures, Tan has doubled the stock and secured billions in capital in a market otherwise built on circular debt bubbles.</li>
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Intel hired Tan specifically for his deep ecosystem ties. Demanding he wield that influence while having zero financial footprint in the industry is a naive contradiction.
The Rivos bidding war was a tactical masterclass that established a valuation floor and forced a competitor to pay a premium.
While the media frets over portfolio disclosures, Tan has doubled the stock and secured billions in capital in a market otherwise built on circular debt bubbles.


CEO With Muddy Boots: Why Intel Needs Lip-Bu Tan’s Baggage

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Dimitris Ioannidis

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seagate-technology-holdings-pl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9129:1" rel="noopener">Seagate Technology (STX US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alnylam-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2191:1" rel="noopener">Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/western-digital-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1094:1" rel="noopener">Western Digital (WDC US)</a> are the top forecasted additions with the highest price surge.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trade-desk-inc-the" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26467:1" rel="noopener">Trade Desk (TTD US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/on-semiconductor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2729:1" rel="noopener">On Semiconductor (ON US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lululemon-athletica-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8316:1" rel="noopener">Lululemon Athletica (LULU US)</a> are the forecasted deletions with the largest price drop.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ferrovial-se-d1237de2-ee34-4fbb-8db7-53dd686904f2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46086:1" rel="noopener">Ferrovial (FER US)</a> can be a surprise addition depending on the treatment of its foreign listing.</li>
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Seagate Technology (STX US), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY US) and Western Digital (WDC US) are the top forecasted additions with the highest price surge.

Trade Desk (TTD US), On Semiconductor (ON US) and Lululemon Athletica (LULU US) are the forecasted deletions with the largest price drop.

Ferrovial (FER US) can be a surprise addition depending on the treatment of its foreign listing.


Nasdaq100 December 2025 Forecast (Final): 12 Changes

Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing, Sacra

Sacra

Private Markets, Angel and Secondary Investing

Bringing transparency to private markets so investors, founders, and employees can build on conviction. Sacra delivers deeply researched insights on the private companies shaping tomorrow's markets. By surfacing the data, context, and operator perspective that are missing from private markets today, we help secondary buyers and sellers price equity accurately and unlock liquidity for the people building these businesses.

Private Capital Markets

Prime Intellect / Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>Prime Intellect closed a $15 million seed extension in February 2025, led by Founders Fund.</li><li>Prime Intellect operates as a three-layer platform that consolidates fragmented GPU resources into accessible AI training infrastructure.</li><li>In November 2025, Prime Intellect named Parasail and Nebius as inference providers for INTELLECT‑3.</li></ul>

Prime Intellect closed a $15 million seed extension in February 2025, led by Founders Fund.Prime Intellect operates as a three-layer platform that consolidates fragmented GPU resources into accessible AI training infrastructure.In November 2025, Prime Intellect named Parasail and Nebius as inference providers for INTELLECT‑3.

<ul><li>Poolside closed a $500 million Series B in October 2024 at approximately $3 billion valuation.</li><li>Poolside announced Project Horizon, a 2 gigawatt AI campus in West Texas.</li><li>Poolside operates as a B2B enterprise software company selling AI coding automation to large organizations.</li></ul>

Poolside closed a $500 million Series B in October 2024 at approximately $3 billion valuation.Poolside announced Project Horizon, a 2 gigawatt AI campus in West Texas.Poolside operates as a B2B enterprise software company selling AI coding automation to large organizations.

<ul><li>Sacra estimates that VAST Data hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in January 2025.</li><li>VAST Data is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of up to $30 billion from Alphabet&#39;s CapitalG and existing investor Nvidia.</li><li>The potential new funding round could close within weeks and would make VAST Data one of the most valuable private technology companies globally.</li></ul>

Sacra estimates that VAST Data hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in January 2025.VAST Data is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of up to $30 billion from Alphabet&#39;s CapitalG and existing investor Nvidia.The potential new funding round could close within weeks and would make VAST Data one of the most valuable private technology companies globally.

United States

CoreWeave, Inc. is a specialized cloud infrastructure company that provides high-performance computing resources optimized for workloads such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, visual effects, and batch processing. The company's CoreWeave Cloud Platform consists of proprietary software and cloud services that deliver the automation and efficiency needed to manage complex AI infrastructure at scale. Its platform supports the development and use of ground-breaking models and the delivery of the next generation of AI applications. CoreWeave operates a GPU-first architecture, optimized for training and inference of generative AI models, and also targets scientific and financial computing, as well as real-time 3D rendering needs. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Livingston, New Jersey.

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CoreWeave (CRWV US)

CEO With Muddy Boots: Why Intel Needs Lip-Bu Tan’s Baggage

Intel hired Lip-Bu Tan for his industry connections, but expecting him to use them without financial involvement is naive.

Mint Finance

Nasdaq100 December 2025 Forecast (Final): 12 Changes

STX, ALNY, WDC are the top forecasted addition. TTD, ON, LULU are the top forecasted deletions. FER can be a surprise addition displacing EBAY.

Dimitris Ioannidis

Primer: Prime Intellect - 07 Dec 2025

Platform enabling users to find global compute resources, train state-of-the-art models through distributed training, and co-own resulting AI...

Sacra

Primer: Poolside - 07 Dec 2025

Company developing advanced AI models to automate and improve coding processes for businesses

Sacra

Primer: VAST Data - 09 Nov 2025

Data platform unifying storage, compute, and database for large-scale AI workloads

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CEO With Muddy Boots: Why Intel Needs Lip-Bu Tan’s Baggage

​Intel hired Lip-Bu Tan for his industry connections, but expecting him to use them without financial involvement is naive.

Mint Finance

Nasdaq100 December 2025 Forecast (Final): 12 Changes

​STX, ALNY, WDC are the top forecasted addition. TTD, ON, LULU are the top forecasted deletions. FER can be a surprise addition displacing EBAY.

Dimitris Ioannidis

Primer: Prime Intellect - 07 Dec 2025

Platform enabling users to find global compute resources, train state-of-the-art models through distributed training, and co-own resulting AI...

Sacra

Primer: Poolside - 07 Dec 2025

Company developing advanced AI models to automate and improve coding processes for businesses

Sacra

Primer: VAST Data - 09 Nov 2025

Data platform unifying storage, compute, and database for large-scale AI workloads

Sacra

Intel hired Lip-Bu Tan for his industry connections, but expecting him to use them without financial involvement is naive.

STX, ALNY, WDC are the top forecasted addition. TTD, ON, LULU are the top forecasted deletions. FER can be a surprise addition displacing EBAY.