Reports

When comparing Huawei’s Ascend line of AI chips with Nvidia’s Blackwell family, the question is no longer whether Huawei can compete at the frontier of AI workloads, but how it does so and at what cost. The answer is layered: Huawei’s current strategy relies on “parity by aggregation,” scaling out massive clusters to match or even surpass Nvidia’s top systems in raw throughput, … [Read more...] about Huawei vs. Nvidia in AI Silicon: Closing the Gap Through Scale, Still Trailing in Efficiency and Ecosystem

The question of whether Palantir can “kill” the Big Five consulting firms—McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, and PwC—touches on a deeper transformation underway in how organizations consume intelligence, make decisions, and structure strategy. For decades, these firms have built empires on the promise of parachuting in with teams of MBAs, diagnosing inefficiencies, and delivering … [Read more...] about Will Palantir Kill the Big Five of Consulting?

Atolio Raises $24M to Scale Private AI-Powered Enterprise Search Atolio, a company focused on enterprise knowledge discovery, has secured a total of $24 million in funding to expand its private AI-powered enterprise search platform. The company positions itself as an alternative to public-facing AI tools by offering organizations secure, internal search across documents, … [Read more...] about AI Funding Surge: Enterprise Search, Cloud Infrastructure, and Chip Design Attract Fresh Capital

Humanoid robots, once confined to science fiction, are now emerging in the real world with surprising speed. The combination of advanced artificial intelligence, robotics engineering, and industrial demand is driving a transformation that could reshape how society approaches everyday labor. From warehouses to factory floors, humanoid machines are beginning to take on basic, … [Read more...] about The March of the Humanoids: How Close Are We to Robots Doing Menial Work?

Artificial intelligence is no longer simply an enabling technology that slots neatly into existing enterprise software stacks. It is actively consuming them. What began with AI-driven copilots for writing, coding, or bookkeeping has evolved into full-stack replacements that directly threaten the very core of companies built on software subscriptions. The “AI eats software” … [Read more...] about AI Eats the Software Layer

When investors look at the technology landscape today, they are really staring at the early scaffolding of an industrial revolution built not on steam or electricity, but on artificial intelligence. Nvidia, Broadcom, and AMD are not just chipmakers anymore; they are the architects of the compute backbone upon which every AI application depends. The market caps these companies … [Read more...] about The Dawn of Multi-Trillion Dollar AI Titans

Tesla’s once-mythical aura of innovation is cracking under the weight of both competitive reality and the company’s own misguided priorities. The most recent data point should trouble even the most die-hard Musk supporters: Tesla’s U.S. market share fell to its lowest point in nearly eight years this August. Buyers are flocking to alternatives from Ford, Hyundai, BYD, Rivian, … [Read more...] about Tesla: Inflated Valuation, Hollow Promises

The foundations of the internet economy are cracking under the pressure of artificial intelligence. For nearly two decades, search engines functioned as the gateway to the web, distributing traffic to websites while monetizing intent through search ads. That arrangement created a massive flow of money—Google alone built a trillion-dollar empire on search advertising, while … [Read more...] about The AI Disruption of Search and the Endangered Web

Foreign investors now hold $2.5 trillion more in U.S. stocks than in U.S. debt—a record-setting gap that underscores both confidence in U.S. equities and a shift in global capital flows. Traditionally, Treasurys have been the asset of choice for foreign governments, pension funds, and institutions seeking stability. But over the past decade, and especially in recent years, … [Read more...] about The Growing Gap Between Foreign Ownership of U.S. Stocks and Debt: What It Means for Markets

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took a calculated step back on the EU's looming trade dispute with the United States by announcing that Europe will temporarily halt planned retaliatory tariffs until August 1, 2025. This move comes in direct response to escalating threats by U.S. President Donald Trump, who had previously signaled his intention to impose … [Read more...] about EU Blinks First: Temporary Suspension of Tariff Countermeasures Signals Strategic Caution in U.S. Trade Conflict