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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...

Artificial Intelligence – Hot Summer

Valuations are still going up. Cohere, one of the current group of white-hot AI startups has raised money at $5.5bn confirming that the market’s appetite for overvalued paper remains unabated...

Artificial Intelligence – Better, Smaller, Cheaper

The race to the bottom is beginning.   OpenAI’s smaller GPT-4o Mini promises to kick off a race to the bottom in terms of pricing as it is only slightly inferior...

TSMC Q2 24 – Still Rolling

AI party spoilt by China.    TSMC reported good results and narrowed its guidance to the top end of the range in a move that added confidence that the AI...