Anthropic's OpenAI Moment
The Gunslinger
There are, it seems, two ways to build a world-changing AI company. The first is the OpenAI way: you raise money at a blistering pace, you spend it at an even more blistering pace, and you bet that by building the biggest, most powerful models—for text, for
Is Google Maps the Secret Weapon in the AI War?
Google just announced a major AI upgrade for Google Maps, integrating its powerful Gemini model to create a "hands-free, conversational driving experience." The new features, which include landmark-based navigation and proactive traffic alerts, are being positioned as helpful, incremental improvements. But a closer look reveals a far more
GPUs as Collateral
The Ticking Clock
The numbers coming out of the "neocloud" space this week were, as is typical these days, completely dizzying. CoreWeave, the publicly-traded bellwether for this new category of AI infrastructure providers, saw its revenue more than double to $1.36 billion for the quarter. Its rival,
Why Microsoft is Spending $60 Billion on Neocloud for AI Workloads
In a massive and previously under-the-radar spending spree, Microsoft has committed over $60 billion to a new category of specialized data center companies called "neoclouds." The news comes just a week after CEO Satya Nadella's candid admission that his biggest problem isn't a shortage
AI Productivity Paradox
The AI Mandate
There is a new, slightly menacing message echoing through the halls of corporate America: use AI, or else. The initial, abstract fear that a robot might one day take your job has been replaced by a much more immediate and tangible one: your boss might fire you
Is Google Trying to Give Everyone Their Own Bloomberg Terminal?
Google just announced a major AI upgrade for its Google Finance platform, rolling out a new feature called "Deep Search." This isn't just another chatbot integration; it's a powerful research tool that uses advanced Gemini models to analyze hundreds of sources and produce a
The Cloud Report Card
Programming note: ARPU will be off the rest of the week, back next Monday.
Amazon's 20% Problem
For the first time in a long time, Wall Street was genuinely relieved that Amazon Web Services had a good quarter. The company's stock soared more than 11% after
Can Google Keep Up With the AI Buildout?
Google's parent company, Alphabet, just reported a blowout third quarter, smashing revenue expectations and hitting a symbolic milestone of over $100 billion in quarterly sales for the first time. Its Cloud division grew a staggering 34%, fueled by insatiable demand for its AI services. But behind these triumphant