Advantest

Advantest shares hit a record high after the chip equipment maker beat Q3 earnings estimates and raised its FY operating profit forecast from $2.45B to $2.97B

DeepSeek's iOS app tops the App Store's Top Free Apps chart in the US, beating ChatGPT, stirring doubts in Silicon Valley about the strength of the US' AI lead

- App's lower-cost model upends premise for AI spending boom  — Stocks of chip gear makers ASML and Advantest plunge

Advantest CEO Doug Lefever, whose company is the largest provider of chip testing machines, on AI chip demand, China, and more; Advantest's stock is up 95%+ YTD

Financial Times :

Advantest CEO Douglas Lefever, whose company has a 54% share of the chip testing equipment market, says China will remain an important market despite US curbs

Bloomberg :