A looming strike at Samsung Electronics is exposing deeper fractures than a typical labor dispute, with widening pay gaps, divisional tensions, and a controversial bonus structure converging into a broader test of how AI-era profits are distributed inside one of the world’s most critical semiconductor suppliers.

Cerebras Systems is preparing to raise up to US$4 billion in an initial public offering, targeting a valuation of about US$40 billion, in what could become one of the largest AI chip listings to date.