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Palantir Q4 2020 – Rollercoaster

Another good company bad stock scenario. In the grand scheme of things, Palantir reported excellent results but because the company trades at 2021 EV/Sales of 32.5x, nothing less than a...

Autonomous Autos 2020 – The grind

Still a very long way to go. The lead changes once again as Baidu does not feature in this year’s data, but it is now very tight at the top...

Ford & Google – Full of GAS?

More about infrastructure than digital vehicle services. Ford has struck a far-reaching deal with Google that encompasses far more than just the software and services in the vehicle cockpit which...

Autonomous autos – Pie in the sky pt. II

The autonomous software industry has a value of $44.3bn. Microsoft has participated in a $2bn funding round that values Cruise at more than $30bn which seems to be assuming that...

Amazon Zoox – Much ado about nothing.

Zoox promotes everything but its future. Zoox has unveiled a product and a service which has very little if anything to do with its long-term future. Zoox’s approach before its...

Artificial Intelligence – Genetic origami pt. II

Deep Mind puts a branch of science out of business. Deep Mind has crossed a milestone with the demonstration that its ability to predict protein structure is as good as...

Uber and Aurora – Outsourced future.

Uber’s autonomous driving technology finally goes in the bin. Aurora signals the end of the road for Uber’s woeful autonomous offering in a deal where I think ATG investors should...

Quantum computing – Under starter’s orders.

And so the next big race begins. A group of Chinese scientists is claiming to have reached quantum supremacy which while it means very little in practical realities at the...

Uber & Aurora – Back to front.

Only a joint venture makes any sense at all. While it makes complete sense for Uber to get rid of its autonomous driving activity and start again, I think Aurora...

SoftBank & Boston Dynamics – Homecoming.

Boston Dynamics finds a credible home. Boston Dynamics may have finally found a credible owner spelling the end of click-bait robots that lose money and instead focusing on bringing its...