** Shares of AI-related firms slip early Weds with industry
bellwether Nvidia NVDA.O due to report qtrly results after the
bell
** Server provider Super Micro Computer SMCI.O , which
purchases chips from NVDA, down 3% and threatening to fall for
3rd straight session after 20% collapse from record high on Fri
** Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies PLTR.N off
>2%
** British chip designer Arm Holdings ARM.O , one of
several cos in which NVDA has a stake, off nearly 2%
** Shares of SoundHound AI SOUN.O , which offers voice for
AI businesses, down 3%
** Recursion Pharma RXRX.O , which beefed up its AI focus
last year by acquiring two firms in AI-driven drug discovery
space, down 3%
** Israeli medical imaging tech provider Nano-X Imaging
NNOX.O off 5%
** Other names down on the session: C3.ai Inc AI.N 3%,
BigBear.ai Holdings BBAI.N 4% and Guardforce AI Co GFAI.O 2%
** Global X Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF
BOTZ.O dips 1%
** NVDA is the top BOTZ holding as of Feb 11 with 20%
weighting, per ETF.com data
** NVDA, seen as the AI poster child, set to post more than
three-fold surge in Q4 rev on Weds. Its shares are off ~2%
before the bell, after 4.4% drop on Tues
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))