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Applied Materials' Results, OpenAI-Reddit Partnership | Bloomberg Technology

18 May 2024 (11 months ago)
Applied Materials' Results, OpenAI-Reddit Partnership | Bloomberg Technology

Market Trends

  • The market has been rallying for four weeks, experiencing its best month so far this year.
  • Meme stock rally declines after a volatile week of trading.

AI Developments and Partnerships

  • Reddit and OpenAI form a two-way partnership involving text data licensing and integrating AI products into the forum.
  • Joanne Feeney, a semiconductor industry expert, discusses broader demand for AI training and capabilities beyond U.S. hyperscalers, with countries seeking data privacy.
  • Feeney suggests investing in fundamental suppliers like chipmakers and companies rolling out AI deployment capabilities, such as ServiceNow.
  • NVIDIA maintains a substantial and defensible lead in AI due to its advanced chips, software, and decades of development.
  • OpenAI partners with Reddit, gaining access to the social network's content for use in its products, likely including advertising.
  • Snowflake acquires Reka, a producer of large language models, to offer AI capabilities.
  • Coreweave, closely tied to NVIDIA, secures $7.5 billion in private debt financing to expand its data center footprint.

Space Industry Developments

  • Elon Musk's Starlink achieves rapid success in launching satellites, disrupting the complacent satellite market.
  • Starlink's growth prompts rivals like Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to resume space tourist flights after a two-year hiatus.

Meme Stock Saga

  • GameStop announces a debt-for-equity swap and preannounces earnings, missing Wall Street's estimates.
  • The company focuses on returning to profitability and requires a new game cycle and console cycle to drive growth.
  • The identity of Roaring Kitty, a prominent figure in the meme stock saga, remains uncertain.
  • While retail traders played a role in the meme stock rally, institutional investors and momentum trading also contributed to the surge.

Regulatory Developments

  • Microsoft avoids a U.K. antitrust probe for its partnership with Mistral AI.
  • A watchdog group reverses its decision, stating that Microsoft does not have the ability to "materially influence Mistral's commercial policy."

Company News and Developments

  • Ingram Micro prepares for an IPO that could raise $1 billion, with a potential valuation of $10 billion.
  • Take-Two Interactive delays the release of Grand Theft Auto, but investors react positively to the announcement of a timetable.
  • UBS upgrades Pinduoduo (PDD) and Tencent Music (TME), citing exaggerated concerns about geographical diversity due to geopolitical threats.
  • Visco, a platform for photographers, announces profitability under new leadership and amasses 200 million users worldwide.

AI Policy and Governance

  • The AI Working Group releases its roadmap, receiving mixed reactions, with concerns about industry influence and the need for stronger guardrails against potential risks.
  • Senator Chuck Schumer criticizes the lack of concrete action and substantive rules on AI policy in the US.
  • Senator Linda Reynolds highlights recent actions taken by the Senate Rules Committee and upcoming hearings on AI policy, expressing optimism for progress in the coming months.

Data Center Developments

  • Michael Dell discusses concerns about energy consumption and power efficiency in expanding data centers.
  • Dell highlights the move from air-cooled to liquid-cooled data centers, resulting in 30% more energy efficiency.
  • Dell emphasizes the computational efficiency of modern hardware, particularly NVIDIA's GPUs, which are in high demand among clients.

Salesforce and Activist Investors

  • Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, shares his experience working with activist investors and the positive impact it had on the company's evolution and financial results.
  • Benioff discusses the company's plan to introduce a dividend and their excitement about entering the world of AI and its potential to transform customer relationships.
  • Benioff addresses competition from ServiceNow, highlighting Salesforce's recent success in replacing ServiceNow at Disney and emphasizing Salesforce's strengths in customer success and delivering comprehensive solutions.
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