Aswath Damodaran, the NYU Stern professor known as the “Dean of Valuation,” says Big Tech is “collectively overinvesting” in artificial intelligence, driven as much by fear of being left behind as by any clear path to profit. Speaking on the...
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The true competitive advantage in the race for artificial intelligence dominance is not found in the raw performance of a seventh-generation chip, but in the cost of capital required to deploy it. A structural 2.2 percentage point borrowing cost advantage separates Google-backed infrastructure projects from those reliant on Nvidia-backed neocloud financing. While the industry fixates […]
Four of the sharpest institutional investors on the planet converged on the same three stocks in Q1 2026, and one of those picks is down nearly 17% this year. Here is what they are seeing that most retail investors are missing.
Alphabet's recurring revenue businesses will boost its stock over the next decade.
The stock market’s identical twins are looking like opposites. Just look at exchange-traded funds that invest in large, fast-growing U.S. companies. The iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF is up 4.6%, while Invesco S&P 500 Pure Growth has gained 24.3%.
Fortude has launched an innovative AI-driven delivery model for ERP implementations using Infor CloudSuite. This model integrates industry accelerators with AI agents and human oversight to streamline and expedite the ERP implementation process, reducing costs and enhancing efficiency. By utilizing AI to automate repetitive tasks and organized project knowledge, Fortude aims to provide faster and more affordable ERP solutions, thereby allowing businesses to concentrate on data, automation,...
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Rackspace Technology (NasdaqGS:RXT) appoints Pranav Nambiar as Senior Vice President and General Manager to lead its AI Infrastructure business. Nambiar brings experience from roles at AWS, DigitalOcean, Google, and Microsoft focused on cloud and AI platforms. The hire signals Rackspace Technology's push into sovereign and compliant AI offerings for enterprise clients. The move comes as demand grows for governed AI environments that meet regulatory and data residency requirements. For...
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Cloud companies’ capex would run at roughly 3% of the U.S. GDP every year from 2027 to 2029, up from 0.3% of GDP in 2019 and 1.4% in 2025, according to a top economist.
In early August 2026, Block reported second-quarter revenue of US$6,617.69 million with net income of US$88.52 million, while also completing a multi-year US$4.43 billion share repurchase program that retired 11.03% of its stock. A day later, Google announced an expanded collaboration with Square that plugs food and beverage sellers directly into Ask Maps and Order by Cash App, tying Block’s payments ecosystems more tightly into everyday AI-driven restaurant discovery and ordering. Next,...
Alphabet and Tesla both reported earnings the same day, both burned billions on AI, and both are chasing the same future. So why did the market punish one and reward the other?
By Stephen Nellis and Eduardo Baptista Aug 7 (Reuters) - Chinese technology giant Alibaba plans to ask major users of the next version of its Qwen open-source AI model for a share of revenue they make
Chinese technology giant Alibaba plans to ask major users of the next version of its Qwen open-source AI model for a share of revenue they make from the hotly anticipated offering, according to two people familiar with the company's plans. Like last month's blockbuster model release from Chinese AI startup Moonshot, Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max model is an open-source, open-weight model, meaning that the underlying learned settings that allow developers to run or adapt the system are available for download. Open source is often thought of as free, but tucked into the licensing terms of Moonshot's Kimi K3 was a provision that requires anyone offering the model for sale as a service and generating more than $20 million in annual sales to work out a commercial agreement with Moonshot.
AI CapEx fatigue continues to sour investors as hyperscalers shell out billions on data centers, chips, and power infrastructure without a clear timetable for returns. Wall Street’s been bracing for evidence of the spending boom being a drag on margins, free cash flows, and earnings. Some of the ...
The headline figure is $71 billion in chip-lease debt secured in roughly 60 days, but the true story of Anthropic’s recent capital expansion lies in the mechanics of the special purpose vehicle. By utilizing these structured finance vehicles, Anthropic has sequestered massive hardware deployments entirely off its corporate balance sheet. This is not corporate debt […]
Why would a company fund the start-up its own top researchers are leaving to build?
Alphabet was founded in 1998 as Google, a company focused on internet search. In 2004, the company went public, and since then, it has expanded into a wide array of products and services, including Google Maps, the Android operating system, the Google Pixel phone, and Waymo self-driving taxis. In ...