Meta
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Meta is well-positioned to the biggest beneficiary of AI and the largest company in the world.
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Meta is once again facing investor skepticism over its spending; I can understand reasonable doubt in the short and medium term, but the long-term bet on Mark Zuckerberg still seems worth making.
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Meta is making lots of noise about being open, in everything from AI to the metaverse. This isn’t desperation: it’s smart strategy that understands Meta’s true differentiation.
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Meta deserves a bit of a discount off of its recent highs, but a number of myths about its business have caused the market to over-react.
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Meta’s new hardware is more impressive than expected, and the Microsoft partnership makes a lot of sense. The question is if Meta will capture enough value to outweigh their costs.
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Facebook’s reorganization into Meta is the ultimate bet on the power of founder control.
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Nvidia Earnings, Inference and Meta
Nvidia’s earnings were about unlimited demand and insufficient supply; the big question is what is happening with inference, and the answer might be Meta
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An Interview with Matthew Ball About the Vision Pro and the State of Gaming
An interview with Matthew Ball about the Apple Vision Pro, the malaise in gaming, and the Disney-Epic deal.
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An Interview with Eric Seufert About Meta at the Top
An interview with Eric Seufert about Meta’s blowout quarter and where the company goes next, anxiety about Google search, and Apple’s fight with developers and regulators
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Meta Earnings; Meta, AI, and ATT; Meta’s New Playbook
Meta’s earnings were the mirror image of its disaster five quarters ago: both then and now Meta announced plans to spend far more on AI, but this time they gave investors reason to trust them.
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An Interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross About the Human Component of AI
An interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross about the human component of AI, OpenAI drama, Nvidia, Goole, Apple, and predictions for 2024.
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An Interview with Michael Nathanson About a Tumultuous Year in Media
An interview with Michael Nathanson about a tumultuous year in media, including Disney, streaming, sports, and lessons learned by both the industry and also us as analysts.
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Meta and Amazon, Meta Shops and ATT, Amazon Logistics and the Anti-Amazon Alliance
Meta and Amazon have made a deal that represents the major shift in the e-commerce landscape that has happened over the last four years, thanks to ATT and Amazon’s shift away from being an Aggregator.
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Attenuating Innovation (AI)
Innovation required humility about the future and openness to what might be possible; Biden’s executive order proscribing AI development is the opposite, blocking progress and hindering the solutions to our greatest challenges.
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Meta Earnings; Reels Reaches Revenue Neutral; The Temu and Shein Effect
Meta’s crushed earnings again, but some of the company’s recovery over the last year should be attributed to Temu and Shein subsidies.
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An Interview with Eric Seufert About Unity, Regulation, and Streaming Advertising
An interview with Eric Seufert about Unity’s recent business model changes and what that says about the state of mobile advertising, for-pay social networks, and the prospects for advertising on streaming services.