META CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently discussed in several forums how he sees AI driving more automation of the digital advertising workflow, including the creation of ad copy. Moreover, the company has disclosed that ~5M advertisers are already using gen AI ad creative tools, which have driven ~7.5% conversion improvement for campaigns with gen AI creative versus those without.
Yesterday, Reuters reported that OpenAI and GOOGL signed a partnership agreement in May allowing OpenAI to use Google Cloud compute capacity for its products. In addition, yesterday OpenAI also reduced pricing for the o3 model by 80%, and introduced a new version for premium users called o3-pro.
Toyota Motor is facing another challenging year, as it continues to invest heavily in new technologies, is supporting its suppliers, while having to deal with the uncertainty over the impact of US import tariffs. Its FY25 guidance numbers do not yet fully reflect the potential costs related to these duties, risking an earnings downgrade later this year. Criticism over its handling of the Toyota Industries privatisation is mounting, with questions raised over corporate governance. Analyst Julie B...
Today, we are publishing the Hyperscale & Cloud section of our 27th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. In the coming weeks we will publish sections on Telecom Infrastructure, Memory, Enterprise IT, and PCs. Hyperscale revenues grew 11% YoY, with cloud services stabilizing in the mid-20%, and acce...
Today, we are publishing the automotive section of our 27th Tech Infrastructure Quarterly Bible. The Tech Bible is a must-read for any tech investor, as it summarizes the quarterly earnings reports from the over 140 companies we track, providing an update on our key perspectives and convictions. Auto semi revenues declined, reflecting the ongoing inventory correction. However, nearly all companies have now called the bottom. We expect strong sequential momentum through 2025, which should suppor...
We hosted a call on Monday that covered our analysis of the impact of the FCC inquiries on spectrum values, and how this could change if the Company files for Chapter 11 protection. We hosted the call with Jeff Carlisle who is perhaps the leading expert on matters that sit at the intersection of telecom policy and bankruptcy. We got more questions than we could answer in the time we had, and so we covered the questions we didn’t get to in this note.
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