OpenAI – Deep Research
OpenAI tries to put RFM out of business. OpenAI’s new Deep Research offers a new functionality that takes the grunt work out of conducting research...
Samsung Q4 24 & Apple FQ1 25– 2 AI Problems
No growth and no confidence. Apple FQ1 25 – Still no growth. Apple reported good results despite weakness in China but credited Apple Intelligence for...
Microsoft & Meta – Headline With AI
Both relatively immune from the DeepSeek effect. Microsoft FQ2 25 – DeepSeek on the menu Microsoft disappointed the market with the growth of its cloud...
The Metaverse – Mean Reversion
Meta has returned to seeding the market. Meta’s Reality Labs has had a good 2024 from a sales perspective but this is because Meta has...
Artificial Intelligence – Desperately Seeking Independence
DeepSeek’s techniques need to be independently verified. It is not DeepSeek R1’s performance that is surprising, but how cheaply the company was able to train...
Automotive Ecosystem – CarPlay Stagnates
CarPlay 2.0 continues to struggle. The next version of CarPlay is certainly not the apple of carmakers’ eyes as the promised launches have failed to...
Samsung & Google – Bixby, The Plumber
Samsung and Google are beginning to see the light. Samsung produced one of the dullest hardware updates with the s25, but the real action was...
Stargate & AI – Magic Money Tree pt. III
A project for which hardly anyone has the money. Stargate is an ambitious project to build up to $500bn of AI Cloud capacity but does...
Artificial Intelligence – DeepSeek, The Honeymoon Spoiler
DeepSeek’s timing undermines its credibility. DeepSeek’s latest model is surprising the AI industry, but the timing of the model’s release damages its credibility as, at...














DeepSeek – The $6m question.