Market-moving stories, structured for trading automations. Plug into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or your own agent in minutes.
"Claude, what moved NVDA today?"
alphai_news_search → MCP
Try it"Send only high-relevance earnings news for my watchlist."
/api/news/?category=earnings · min_relevance=7
Try it"Build a Telegram bot for market-moving news in 10 minutes."
/api/news/trending/ + your bot framework
Try it"Summarize all AI/chip-sector news before market open."
alphai_news_search?ticker=NVDA,AMD,TSM → MCP
Try it"Feed my agent relevance-scored financial news via MCP."
OAuth 2.1 · 9 tools · Streamable HTTP
Try itMeta said it will cut about 8,000 jobs (about 10% of staff) and reassign another 7,000 employees to train AI models, according to a memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The company said AI-focused infrastructure roles will be protected, but it provided limited workforce details. Other firms including Cisco and Microsoft have also announced cuts or retirement options.
Biomerica Inc. said it was selected for a $1.75 million master services agreement with an undisclosed life sciences company to develop in vitro diagnostic assays. The three-year work will be performed at Biomerica’s Irvine facility, according to the company. Biomerica said the initial fees provide near-term revenue visibility. Shares fell 2.2% to $2.40.
Herbalife released results of its Asia Pacific Health and Economic Empowerment Survey 2025, saying only 43% of 8,505 respondents feel very empowered to improve economic wellbeing and 33% are very confident of achieving economic goals in the next 12 months. Less than 30% rate current economic wellbeing positively; 49% plan to cut non-essential spending, 33% explore investing, and 23% aim to start a business.
April US PCE rose to 3.8% y/y, highest since May 2023, while monthly core PCE increased 0.2% (annual core 3.3%), according to the data cited. US Q1 GDP was revised to 1.6% from 2%. The Bank of Canada released its Financial Stability Report and said it is weighing rate hikes tied to oil-driven inflation; the loonie strengthened to ~1.35 per USD.
RG Carter has begun construction of Costco’s first Norfolk warehouse, a 13,000 sqm site at Broadland Business Park in Postwick. The contractor expects completion by spring 2027, though Costco says opening dates may shift due to construction and other requirements. The membership-only store will serve Norwich businesses and include groceries and other retail, plus a petrol station and electric charging points, with at least 160 permanent jobs expected.
Reuters reports that AI-driven demand and shortages for memory chips lifted Micron and South Korea’s SK Hynix, with both shares up about 10-fold over the past year. SK Hynix briefly hit $1 trillion market value on Wednesday; Micron did so on Tuesday. Shares rose further after Samsung’s worker-bonus deal averted a strike. S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs; Goldman raised its S&P 500 year-end forecast to 8,000.
Morgan Stanley’s European team says AI could benefit European banks more than it harms them. It estimates AI productivity gains could cut total headcount 10%–20% over five years, improving cost-to-income ratios by 2–5 points and lifting return on tangible equity by ~70 bps per 2-point improvement. It flags deposit sweeping could reduce net interest income 2%–4% and cites examples like ABN AMRO’s 20% reduction target.
The same relevance-scored news feed that powers alphai is available as a REST API and as an MCP server for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any agent host. Ticker-linked, real-time enrichment.
curl https://api.alphai.io/api/news/ \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${ALPHAI_API_KEY}" \
-G -d "symbol=NVDA"
# → {
# "results": [{
# "original": {
# "title": "Nvidia export curbs tighten...",
# "summary": "The White House is expected to...",
# "time_published": "2026-04-18T14:32:00Z"
# },
# "enrichment": {
# "category": "macro",
# "tickers": ["NVDA"],
# "relevance_score": 9
# }
# }, ...],
# "next_cursor": "MjAyNi0wNC0xOFQxNDozMjowMHw0Mg=="
# }Free reads the feed and probes the APIs. Paid plans drop the ads and scale up the rate.