Business - Tech trends and economic shifts
AMD delivered strong Q1 2025 results, boosting revenue 36% year-over-year to $7.4B, driven by data center and AI growth. Meanwhile, Nvidia's Jensen Huang warned U.S. export restrictions risk losing strategic ground in China’s booming AI market, urging American firms to remain globally competitive.
The Magnificent Seven faced off in Q1 2025 earnings season, revealing sharp AI-fueled growth for Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple. Tesla faltered amid political distractions. With tariff fears looming, all eyes turn to NVIDIA’s May 28 report.
Alphabet’s Q1 2025 results crushed expectations, with $90.2 billion in revenue and a 46% surge in net income. Major AI investments, a $70 billion buyback, and new tools unveiled at Cloud Next 2025 highlight Alphabet’s momentum as tech giants brace for a high-stakes earnings week.
Auquan is reshaping financial services with AI agents that automate research, risk, and ESG reporting. Trusted by top global institutions, its platform removes manual work so teams can focus on strategy, not formatting.
OpenAI’s AI pricing jumps to $2000 to $20000 per month after a $5 billion loss. Competing with xAI’s cheaper Grok 3 and China’s autonomous Manus AI, the 2025 AI race now depends on affordability, precision, and autonomy.
February has ended dramatically, with politics and tech security policies and AI drama hitting a fever pitch: Elon Musk’s Grok 3 roars onto the scene, Apple invests $500B stateside, and global powers from Beijing to Paris scramble for AI leadership. Markets seesaw under the unpredictable realities.
Nvidia’s earnings highlight its AI dominance, yet an 8% stock drop signals investor jitters over tariffs, DeepSeek’s rival GPUs, and soaring costs. Despite record revenue and surging Blackwell demand, Wall Street demands proof beyond the hype in a rapidly shifting market.
Amid shifting global tech, DeepSeek’s surge under Liang Wenfeng has sparked worldwide debate. Celebrated as a hometown hero in China, his breakthrough challenges US dominance as policy shifts, record user gains, and earnings shocks at Alphabet and Samsung redefine the AI frontier.
Alphabet's Q4 results highlight strong AI-driven investments, with $96.47B revenue and a $75B 2025 capital plan. Meanwhile, Samsung struggles with weak semiconductor demand, U.S. chip export restrictions, and rising competition. Both tech giants face high stakes in the evolving AI landscape.
US tech stocks tumbled as China-based DeepSeek launched a groundbreaking AI platform, shaking market confidence in American AI giants. With Nvidia stocks down 18%, the rivalry between US and Chinese AI innovation is intensifying, raising questions about the future of AI investment.
Mr Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20, 2025, as the 47th U.S. President amid talk of sweeping policy shifts. Global markets breathed a sigh of relief at his trade probes in lieu of immediate tariffs, while billionaire oligarchs stood front and center at the scaled-down ceremony.
Broadcom joins Nvidia in the $1 trillion club, reshaping the AI chip race with a 51% revenue surge in Q4 2024 and VMware's $69B acquisition. As China invests $25B to boost semiconductor self-reliance, U.S.-China tensions escalate, redefining global innovation and geopolitical power dynamics.
