Pre-market news roundup for U.S. stocks: Agility, the first humanoid robotics stock in the U.S., will go public tonight; Apple plans to slash its internal AI budget; Microsoft rejected a tens-of-billion-dollar capacity expansion deal.

Key pre-market news for US stocks on Thursday: 1. Apple plans to cut internal AI usage budgets, lowering the daily spending cap for engineers using AI models from $300 to $200 to control costs. 2. Microsoft failed to reach a potential multi-billion-dollar new deal with UK AI startup Nscale, as it refused to expand its existing data center computing power lease contracts by more than double. 3. Goldman Sachs noted that the outcome of the US midterm elections may boost tech firms' capital expenditure growth through 2027, rather than suppressing capital investment. 4. OpenAI reaffirmed it will cover all costs related to powering its data centers. For data centers it owns and operates, it will solicit input from local communities and disclose construction plans. 5. Optical communications leader Lumentum will release its Q3 earnings after trading closes tonight; market consensus expects revenue of $1.248 billion, up around 138% year-over-year, and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $4.19, up around 307% year-over-year. 6. The US Republican Party's setback in the midterm elections may instead relieve Federal Reserve Chair Wash of some political pressure, allowing him to reduce political interference and focus more on curbing inflation. 7. Challenger, Gray & Christmas data shows US companies cut 43,994 jobs in October, down 71% year-over-year, marking the lowest level for the same period in three years. 8. Agility, the first US humanoid robot stock backed by NVIDIA, will list on Nasdaq tonight.