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On the Q3 earnings call, Tesla's autonomy VP finally put a date on Musk's long-running promise: customers can add their own cars to the robotaxi fleet next year.
Take: A deadline after years of talk. If it ships, Tesla's story shifts from selling cars to collecting rent — but regulators and liability stand in the way.
Responding to user screenshots, a YouTube spokesperson told The Verge the company is not testing hiding the dislike button on videos.
Take: One denial shuts down the rumor mill, but screenshots don't appear from nowhere. Button placement is a traffic lever, and creators feel every tweak.
In its Q3 report, Meta said it will issue a new non-voting share class to fund its AI push, potential acquisitions and employee comp, with trading starting in 2027.
Take: Funding the AI arms race with equity instead of debt pushes the bill onto shareholders. Non-voting shares let Zuckerberg raise cash without losing control.
Fearing a CEO exit could disrupt its AI ambitions, Meta's board structured a new stock agreement giving Zuckerberg financial incentives to stay put.
Take: A stock deal locks in the company's most critical AI decision-maker. At Meta, Zuckerberg is the strategy — if he leaves, the plan unravels.
IBM beat on top and bottom lines, and CEO Arvind Krishna said the company is helping clients with AI, pointing to traction in what he framed as 'Super Intelligence.'
Take: The legacy enterprise player is using 'super intelligence' as a sales hook to prove it's more than hardware. Next quarter's bookings will tell if it's real.
At Nvidia's GTC in Berlin, CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the plug-in DSX Pod data center as the key to unlocking Europe's AI infrastructure lag, plus autonomous humanoid robotics.
Take: Huang is turning Europe's compute deficit into Nvidia's sales funnel. Modular delivery compresses build times from years to weeks — he's selling speed.
Jensen Huang said electricity will remain a major bottleneck for the AI buildout over the next couple of years, with Musk also pointing to power, cooling and infrastructure — sending power stocks higher.
Take: Two of AI's most powerful figures saying the same thing is a stamp of approval for the power trade. The second half of the compute war is about electricity, not chips.
OpenAI will bring its models to Google's cloud, putting them on all three top clouds and giving corporate developers more choice — a further step beyond Microsoft.
Take: OpenAI goes fully multi-cloud, diluting Microsoft's edge. Enterprises win; Microsoft's leverage takes the hit.
On SpaceX's earnings call, Musk said the company is 'hounded relentlessly by every hyperscaler' to rent compute, underscoring ravenous AI demand.
Take: A rocket company turning into a compute landlord shows just how starved AI is for capacity. SpaceX's valuation story is shifting from launches to renting compute.
After SpaceX beat earnings and its stock jumped 10%, Musk floated a potential SpaceX-Tesla tie-up, saying a merger has 'a lot of merit.'
Take: A trial balloon for the biggest merger ever. Combining compute, robots and capital is potent — but regulators and shareholders will weigh the cost first.