Thanks for the laughs in the casino chat -- till next time. If anyone follows my shitposting, I picked up RKT leaps on the dip (Jan 2027, 14.2c's. 6 figures worth). A bounce back to where it was a week ago puts me up over 100%. Other than that I was just shitposting and following stuff. I personally am not touching POET, I've seen that play before. Risks are very high at it being a P&D. Maybe next time SPY V's the correct way and my 0DTE's don't end up -90%. Nobody knows - those ones are scratch offs.
TLDR: I'm just as much of a fucking degenerate as the rest of you. Goodluck, I'm out for the day
Just wanted to drop some thoughts on **POET** — I think it’s a sleeper AI / optics worth going long...
* POET just landed an initial production order worth **> $500k** for its optical engines using its Optical Interposer platform
* They’re shifting from R&D/demo mode into **volume production** in 2026, so this is a transition moment
* They raised **$75M** via a private placement at $5.50/share + warrants. That gives them capital runway with limited debt
* They won the “Most Innovative” award at ECOC 2025 for their chip-scale packaging / optical tech
* Market is big: data centers, AI infrastructure = huge growth in demand for optical interconnects
WDYT? I already invested substantially.
i did too... my broker killed me with spread. was in minus 40, got out plus 20 :D i had that FOMO but won.. even 20 is 20. and if the broker wasnt shit, id be looking at 59
everyone’s making optical interconnect gear now: Nokia, Infinera (now part of Nokia), Cisco, Ciena, etc.  Nokia already has footholds with big hyperscaler customers. 
To put it in perspective: hyperscalers (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft) likely drive 5–10× more demand for optical interconnects than what a singular AI project like OpenAI’s would require (just an estimate, but directionally reasonable given scale differences).
 They do have a collaboration with Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) to build 800G / 1.6T pluggable optical modules using POET’s silicon photonics engine.  But that’s a far cry from “Foxconn has clinched the OpenAI datacenter optical deal.” That latter claim isn’t substantiated.
Also, $75 million is chicken feed in this space many incumbents spend far more annually on R&D, infrastructure, and deployments. And here’s the proof: Nokia just spent $2.3 billion to acquire Infinera, folding in their optics / photonics stack to bulk up scale.