Earnings
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Google Earnings, Search Status, China Antitrust Actions
Investor disappointment in Google is overwrought, while Search is showing some positive results from AI. Then, China is investigating Google and Apple for very different reasons.
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Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation
I give my analysis of Apple’s Earnings, and then OpenAI Deep Research does the same, demonstrating the unbundling of substantiation from creation.
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Spotify Earnings, Spotify’s Video Plans, Spotify’s Ad Business
Spotify’s earnings and video podcast announcements highlight the threat the company feels from YouTube. Plus, the company’s late shift to programmatic ads explains its podcast motivations.
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Nvidia Earnings, Strawberry and Video, The Networking Question
Nvidia’s results continue to be best understood by the imbalance between supply and demand; that story, though, differs between Blackwell and Hopper, and it impacts both Nvidia’s prospects and its networking sales.
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Apple Earnings; AI, Capex, and R&D; The Vision Pro Gets a Killer App
Apple’s earnings reflect the company’s device-centric approach to AI; then, the widescreen Mac display is the Vision Pro’s killer app.
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Amazon Earnings, Robotics and Amazon’s Expanding 1P Business
AWS had strong growth, in part thanks to AI, but the real impact of automation is on the expansion of their retail business.
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Microsoft Earnings; Microsoft and OpenAI, Again; GitHub Copilot Adds Gemini and Claude
Microsoft’s latest earnings call is the clearest indication yet that the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI is at best misaligned, and at worst on life support.