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Unity – Love triangle

Two is a company, three is a crowd. AppLovin, a marketing and monetisation toolkit for app developers has offered to acquire Unity in a deal that looks defensive as it...

Autonomous Autos – Sleight of hand

Baidu’s vehicles are not really driverless. Baidu, like Waymo and Cruise, has received a license to operate “driverless” vehicles on Chinese roads but the reality is that just because there...

Alibaba FQ1 2022 – Bottom bumble

Recovery is completely tied to the economy. A depressing set of results met with relief by the market is a sign that all of the downside is priced into the...

Lucid Motors Q2 2022 – a gross problem.

Negative gross margins must be fixed at all costs. Lucid Motors reported awful Q2 2022 results as it suffers from negative gross margins and remains unable to fulfil the demand...

Airbnb & Uber – Tale of two marketplaces.

Airbnb Q2 2022 – Great company, bad stock. Airbnb reported good results and cash flow but concerns around growth hit sentiment which has obviously prompted the company to announce a...

China vs USA – Tit for tat.

Storm in a teacup. The SEC has added Alibaba to its list of Chinese companies that will be delisted in 2024 in a move that in my opinion is really...

Artificial Intelligence – Generic origami pt. III

AlphaFold almost fulfils its promise. DeepMind has expanded a crucial biological database by 200x confirming that an entire branch of scientific enquiry is now virtually obsolete. AlphaFold is DeepMind’s algorithm...

Amazon, Apple & Intel – Good, average & bad

Amazon Q2 2022 – Good. Amazon reported good results and guidance as AWS and its on-site advertising business supported softness in its biggest business and are expected to enhance e-commerce...

Meta & Qualcomm – Macro not micro

Meta Platforms Q2 2022 – Slows the Metaverse. Meta Platforms reported soft numbers and increased the price for the Oculus VR headset in a sign that the next year or...

Google & Microsoft – Big is beautiful

Alphabet Q2 2022 – Taken share. Alphabet reported weaker than expected results but crucially they were not as bad as feared and the company spoke reasonably optimistically about its outlook....