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Artificial Intelligence – Race to the bottom

Price and feature erosion are bad signs.   One would have expected Anthropic’s latest innovation to be part of its premium tier, but the fact that it is free from...

USA vs. China – PR Game

USA gets revenge for Raimondo’s embarrassment.   The Netherlands turned the screw on semiconductor equipment exports to China just as the US National Security Advisor was meeting with President Xi...

Nvidia FQ2 25 – Full steam ahead

Beat but no real raise. Excellent results and guidance were met with disappointment from the fickle market which wanted to see yet another beat and raise and so while the...

China vs. USA – Tit for Tat pt. III

The cure for high prices is high prices. The Chinese export restrictions on Gallium and Germanium are tight enough to have triggered significant price rises which will in time incentivise...

Artificial Intelligence – Magic Money Tree pt. II

A classic example of too much money. The loss of 60% of its founders just months after being founded and raising $220m despite having no products, looks like a sign...

Peloton & Snowflake – Pandemic Pastimes.

Pandemic darlings tell different stories. Peloton FQ4 24 – The turn Peloton reported revenues that grew YoY dispelling fears of the company being in a death spiral which, combined with...

Tesla FSD – The Mannequin.

A dummy will be launched. The idea that Full Service Driving (FSD) will be a commercial reality in 2025 remains a fantasy but Mr Musk will strengthen the resolve of...

SearchGPT – Non Starter

SearchGPT unlikely to go anywhere. OpenAI’s latest attempt to take on Google is probably more about generating revenue and reducing losses but given Bing’s failure to make a dent in...

Nvidia AI Foundry – CUDA II

Game changer that will be largely ignored. Nvidia AI Foundry is a consequential announcement as it looks like it has been designed to maintain Nvidia’s dominance in AI when CUDA...

Alphabet Q2 24 – The disconnect

Big disconnect between words, numbers, investments and revenues. Alphabet reported solid Q2 2024 results, but anyone would think from the commentary that all of the revenues were coming from its...