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ArcelorMittal is deepening its bet on industrial automation, announcing a partnership with Amazon Web Services to accelerate AI-driven operations across its global steel plants. For the world's second-largest steelmaker, this is about squeezing efficiency out of capital-intensive infrastructure at a moment when margins remain under pressure from volatile input costs.
Shifting to ad tech, DoubleVerify has expanded its Authentic AdVantage tool to Meta and TikTok, combining media quality protection with AI-powered optimization in two of the largest digital advertising environments on the planet. The move signals that brand safety verification is becoming table stakes on social platforms, not an afterthought, and it extends DoubleVerify's revenue footprint at a critical time for the company.
Meanwhile, CervoMed announced a ten million dollar equity offering, pricing two and a half million shares at four dollars apiece. The stock moved lower on the news, which is the predictable reaction to dilution at a clinical-stage biotech with no product revenue. The capital will fund ongoing development of treatments for age-related brain disorders, but investors are clearly weighing that runway against the near-term cost to existing shareholders.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
