Episode summary
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily Podcast: Tech Earnings Kick Off
Bloomberg Businessweek Daily
· · 41 min · Hosts: Carol Massar, Tim Stenovec, Ed Ludlow · Guests: Mandeep Singh, Dan Ives, Aravind Srinivas
Summary
Chipmakers and the Nasdaq 100 rallied as investors bought back into the AI trade ahead of a heavy week of earnings, with Meta, Tesla and SpaceX seen as fresh tests of whether the spending boom can still deliver results. Mandeep Singh of Bloomberg Intelligence argued that the big hyperscalers remain the clearest beneficiaries because cloud demand is still accelerating, while the lab and neo-cloud side of AI is starting to face pressure from slower revenue growth, open-source competition and higher financing costs.
Dan Ives made the case that the week is a validation moment for AI, saying the market needs hard numbers on capex, demand and monetization to restore confidence. He expects Microsoft, Amazon and Google to show strength, but warned that companies trying to act like hyperscalers while taking on more debt face more scrutiny. He also said the AI buildout is still early and that Street estimates remain too low for the next one to two years.
Later, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas described his company as an accuracy-first AI layer that helps users manage spending, research investments and make decisions with auditable, real-time data. He said the company is staying read-only for now, open sourcing its sandboxing system to improve security and reduce costs, and positioning itself as a model-neutral place where work gets done rather than a single-model chatbot.
Key takeaways
- Mandeep Singh said hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft and Google should benefit most from AI-driven infrastructure demand, even as labs face open-source pressure.
- Dan Ives argued this earnings season is a validation moment for AI and said investors will watch capex and demand deals for signs of momentum or strain.
- Ives said he remains bullish on a 10- to 12-year AI buildout and believes Street estimates are still too low over the next one to two years.
- Arvind Srinivas said Perplexity is focusing on accuracy, read-only agents and auditable data before allowing autonomous financial actions.
- Srinivas said open sourcing Perplexity’s sandbox system should improve security, lower costs and help the broader ecosystem.
- The episode also highlighted how higher rates and financing costs are making AI spending and debt levels a bigger part of the market debate.
Notable quotes
“this week and next week in terms of earnings. I mean that that's I think, altering what the street needs in terms of the hyperscalers and big tech”
“it all comes down to this week and next week in terms of earnings. I mean that that's I think, altering what the street needs in terms of the hyperscalers and big tech”
“Perplexity becomes your CFO for tracking all your personal finance spend, uh, figuring out your investment strategy”
How the episode opens
This is Bloomberg Businessweek daily reporting from the magazine that helps global leaders stay ahead with insight on the people, companies, and trends shaping today's complex economy, plus global business, finance and tech news as it happens. The Bloomberg Businessweek daily podcast with Carol Massar and Tim Stanback. This rebound in chipmaker is booming.
The stock market is dead. Buyers emerged on bets at the AI investment boom will continue to support solid earnings following a selloff in one of Wall Street's most crowded bets. We did see a gauge of chip giants climbing.
As we said, the Nasdaq 100 is higher. Keep in mind will also get some insight into that eye investment boom, thanks to metal platforms providing earnings along with Tesla also space. And then there's more to come here to kind of set us off for the week is Mandeep Singh.
He's global head of tech research at Bloomberg Intelligence. He's here in our Bloomberg Interactive Brokers studio. Last week was tough for the I Corps.
We've, uh, just in general, I just felt like such a push back the semiconductors we get. Mata, SpaceX, Tesla. How important are these to you in terms of getting it?
Another read on what's going on in the AI boom. I mean, I consider SpaceX to be a hyper scalar along with meta. And so SpaceX to me is really interesting given the backdrop of, you know, Starlink situation and what's going on with them.
And obviously, you know, they won't comment much, but I expect, you know, on the analyst call, you would, uh, see questions around Starlink and then what it means for the cloud segment growth, because in the end, you know, they need more customers. They need that cloud segment to ramp up. And, uh, the expectations are quite high because, uh, the company guided 200 billion in error by the end of the year.
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Topics
- ai capex outlook
- tech earnings
- chipmaker rebound
- fed rates
- global earnings growth forecast
Companies and tickers mentioned
- META
- TSLA
- C
- Meta Platforms
- SpaceX
- Tesla
- Citigroup
- Perplexity
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