WEBVTT - Potential Nissan-Honda Merger, Databricks' $62B Valuation

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<v Speaker 4>There's the Bloomberg Technology coming up. Nissan in talks to

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<v Speaker 4>merge with Honda. Why tech giant Fox con catalyze the

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<v Speaker 4>autodial discussions plus data bricks. Valuation rises to sixty two

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<v Speaker 4>billion dollars. We'll sit down with the CEO to discuss

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<v Speaker 4>the company's AI strategy and its expansion, and all eyes

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<v Speaker 4>on micron earnings after the closing bell, Can AI demand deliver? First,

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<v Speaker 4>let's get to this key story of the day, the

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<v Speaker 4>merger discussions Nissan and talks with Honda, and it would

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<v Speaker 4>be a deal that could create the world's third largest

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<v Speaker 4>automaker with a better chance to compete with the like

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<v Speaker 4>Toyota and even Tesla in the EV space for example. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>according to reports, the discussion between the two they accelerated

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<v Speaker 4>off the Fox Cohn, the Taiwan based producer of iPhones,

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<v Speaker 4>actually approached Nissan about taking a stake.

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<v Speaker 2>Bloomberg's Crotodel joins us.

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<v Speaker 4>Some more so interestingly, once again, is Japanese companies trying

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<v Speaker 4>to fend off international investors.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I think you know this, This is a case

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<v Speaker 5>of a company in Nissan that has been challenged for

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<v Speaker 5>years now, and really since the moment that Carlos Gohn

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<v Speaker 5>was unceremoniously taken out and arrested actually, you know, by

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<v Speaker 5>folks in Japan. There was really concern within the government

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<v Speaker 5>there about you know, the long term viability of this company,

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<v Speaker 5>and I think a desire to kind of drive them

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<v Speaker 5>into the arms of Honda. I think Honda was reluctant,

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<v Speaker 5>and perhaps Fox Cohn with its you know, interest in

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<v Speaker 5>entering the auto industry, it's interests in particular in electric vehicles,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, knocking on Nissan's doors, I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>it is sort of indicative of the sort of of

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<v Speaker 5>prospect that would only you know, further alarm the Japanese government.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember back in the day talking to carloscon about

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<v Speaker 4>the Nissan Leaf. He was really upbeat about the scale

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<v Speaker 4>of the market they had in electric vehicles. But now

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<v Speaker 4>it pales into comparison to a Tesla, for example, How

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<v Speaker 4>would the combined units be beneficial?

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<v Speaker 5>I think importantly it would help Nissan in a real

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<v Speaker 5>sort of blank space, which is hybrids. And you know,

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<v Speaker 5>a few years ago we would have you know, sort

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<v Speaker 5>of been talking about, you know, would hybrids have a

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<v Speaker 5>future our Tesla's the way of the industry going forward.

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<v Speaker 5>I think we've seen this real renaissance, particularly in the

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<v Speaker 5>US market, but also in other parts of the world

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<v Speaker 5>where you know, it's clear that consumers are still not

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<v Speaker 5>ready yet to pull the trigger on a Nissan Leaf

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<v Speaker 5>or a Tesla. And you know, it's been the case

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<v Speaker 5>that Nissan has had a lot of issues, but one

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<v Speaker 5>of them has been the complete lack of hybrids in

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<v Speaker 5>the US market. Honda really has some strength and that

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<v Speaker 5>regard and would help Nissan to better compete if these

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<v Speaker 5>two were to combine.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm not sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Hybrids will help in California in the future. Just talk

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<v Speaker 4>us through what's coming from the Biden administration in terms

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<v Speaker 4>of California regulations compelling people to have ev zero emission cars.

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<v Speaker 2>In the future.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, California you know, announced intentions quite a while ago

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<v Speaker 5>to phase out combustion cars from twenty thirty five in

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<v Speaker 5>order to actually you know, sort of en trine that

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<v Speaker 5>and really protect that the state needs to go to

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<v Speaker 5>the federal government and get a waiver. And there's a

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<v Speaker 5>precedent for this going back decades where California, because of

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<v Speaker 5>the issues unique issues that's had with air quality, going

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<v Speaker 5>going back, you know, many years ago, there's precedent for

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<v Speaker 5>it for the state to be able to set its

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<v Speaker 5>own standards separate from the federal government. And there are

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<v Speaker 5>many states that follow and adopt California's standards. So this

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<v Speaker 5>is a case of the Biden administration kind of making

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<v Speaker 5>more difficult on its way out the door. Any effort

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<v Speaker 5>that the Trump administration, I think is inevitably going to

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<v Speaker 5>try and and you know, take a stab at the

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<v Speaker 5>various waivers that California has had to try and set

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<v Speaker 5>tougher policies for the auto industry.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll see how it devised the next administration.

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<v Speaker 4>Crotrudelle just a brilliant roundup of all things autos and evs.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's get back though, to the semiconductor space right now,

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<v Speaker 4>because that's really where we're looking at what's happening underneath

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<v Speaker 4>the benchmarks. Mike cron of course reporting after the bell

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<v Speaker 4>as well today, and that's really looking for growth in

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<v Speaker 4>the company's high manwidth memory. As I mentioned the products there,

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<v Speaker 4>it's all about AI, infrastructure, surprise price. Denny Fish as

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<v Speaker 4>a man who knows exactly about all these things, put

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<v Speaker 4>folio manager on the Global Tech and Innovation team. And

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<v Speaker 4>Rick Janis Henderson Bess, you own all the big names

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<v Speaker 4>when it comes to semiconductors, and cutos to you because

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<v Speaker 4>you've had exposure to the biggest rallies of the year. Denny,

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<v Speaker 4>what do you make of high bandwidth memory the focus

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<v Speaker 4>on US chip makers to get into that space.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I mean, we've witnessed probably the largest deployment of

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<v Speaker 6>advanced semiconductor content ever in our history. And the reason

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<v Speaker 6>that's happened is because we've advanced AI over the last

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<v Speaker 6>couple of years and those advancements continue. I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 6>really laid the tracks the last couple of years with

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<v Speaker 6>pre training of all these models from open AI, from Google,

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<v Speaker 6>with Gemini, Anthropic and others. And what's really interesting now

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<v Speaker 6>is we're actually making the transition from from what we've

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<v Speaker 6>seen with these models to reasoning. And that's a really

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<v Speaker 6>big deal because now we're going to start seeing the

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<v Speaker 6>handoff in a pretty material way for from pre training

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<v Speaker 6>and training to actually inference and time based inference, and

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<v Speaker 6>so that should continue to be quite good for accelerated computing.

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<v Speaker 6>It's just the mix might get a little different over time.

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<v Speaker 6>But as it relates to just you know, GPUs customasics

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<v Speaker 6>from the hyperscalers, high bandwidth memory optics, you know, it

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<v Speaker 6>should continue to be quite strong.

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<v Speaker 4>Jonath Henderson has some exposure to Micron, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>seeing it, for example, in your Global Technology Fund for example.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm interested, therefore.

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<v Speaker 4>More about what you think about the shift that we've

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<v Speaker 4>seen going on from all in on picks and shovels,

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<v Speaker 4>all in on the infrastructure build out when it comes

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<v Speaker 4>to semiconductors, but now people moving across the software, now

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<v Speaker 4>people thinking that it's the application lay that people are

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<v Speaker 4>more interested in.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's absolutely right. And you know, I actually think

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<v Speaker 6>twenty twenty five is going to be a really interesting

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<v Speaker 6>year because you can't put the investment into data centers

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<v Speaker 6>that we put in over the last couple of years

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<v Speaker 6>unless you start to monetize it. And we're actually starting

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<v Speaker 6>to see breadcrumbs, particularly over the last couple of quarters

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<v Speaker 6>from a lot of companies, and you know, you hit

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<v Speaker 6>it on the head, you know, the application software ecosystem,

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<v Speaker 6>whether that's publicly traded vendors that are starting to actually

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<v Speaker 6>talk about specific contributions to their revenue models, or a

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<v Speaker 6>ton of you know, startups obviously that are you know,

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<v Speaker 6>racing to you know, disrupt the existing vendors and take

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<v Speaker 6>advantage of this multi trillion dollar opportunity. And what's really

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<v Speaker 6>interesting is, you know, the software industry, you know, over

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<v Speaker 6>the last twenty years, you know, growed you know, I

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<v Speaker 6>don't know, six seven hundred billion dollars in aggregate as

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<v Speaker 6>it expanded the software TAM. But as you really start

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<v Speaker 6>thinking about what AI can do, this jump to reasoning

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<v Speaker 6>and where we're going from here, and it brings not

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<v Speaker 6>only the software TAM into play, but this you know,

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<v Speaker 6>larger you know services TAM that can be attacked by AI.

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<v Speaker 6>And that's that should be really good for the software ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 4>How are we going to start to see the wheek

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<v Speaker 4>from the chaff?

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<v Speaker 1>Here?

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<v Speaker 4>Though, Denny, throughout twenty twenty four, in many ways, all

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<v Speaker 4>boats have risen until the second half and then we

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<v Speaker 4>started to pit winners against losers.

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<v Speaker 2>Are we going to see that continue? Look, we take

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<v Speaker 2>a case.

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<v Speaker 4>Study of Adobe just not managing to deliver when it

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<v Speaker 4>comes to how much generative AI is going.

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<v Speaker 2>To get to their bottom line compared.

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<v Speaker 4>To paneteer that has just exploded ever higher because the

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<v Speaker 4>AI opportunity.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, well that's where we're at. And I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 6>actually seen a narrowing in the semiconductor ecosystem in terms

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<v Speaker 6>of the winners as we look at picks and shovels,

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<v Speaker 6>and that's to be expected. Every time there's a big

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<v Speaker 6>theme like this, you get a rising tide lifts all boats,

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<v Speaker 6>and then you get a narrowing of.

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<v Speaker 7>It, you know.

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<v Speaker 6>And I think that's what we're going to see across

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<v Speaker 6>the rest of the tech ecosystem, including software and twenty five.

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<v Speaker 6>As you said, we'll separate the wheat from the chaff.

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<v Speaker 6>The companies that are actually having meaningful contribution from AI,

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<v Speaker 6>they're going to get higher multiples, their growth is going

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<v Speaker 6>to accelerate, and it's going to be goodness. And then

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<v Speaker 6>there are going to be companies that are clearly struggling

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<v Speaker 6>to get to the right side of time, as you

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<v Speaker 6>mentioned and Adobe's and you know, it's an interesting case

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<v Speaker 6>study because it's been a heavily debated stock in the

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<v Speaker 6>investment community for the last couple of years, as investors

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<v Speaker 6>have gone from Adobe being on the right side of

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<v Speaker 6>time as it relates to AI, to potentially being on

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<v Speaker 6>the wrong side of time.

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<v Speaker 4>Talking of wrong side of time, many trying to pass

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<v Speaker 4>what the right or wrong side of the next administration

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<v Speaker 4>is going to be. This is going to affect, for example,

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<v Speaker 4>some Internet names. I know that you focus in on

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<v Speaker 4>Denny And at the moment, we've got the breaking news

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<v Speaker 4>that the US Supreme Court is going to hear arguments

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<v Speaker 4>over a TikTok divestment. We're going to dig into that

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<v Speaker 4>in a moment, but we do see regulatory implications for

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of companies coming.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you navigate that?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, well, not too differently than how we've navigated it

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<v Speaker 6>for the last handful of years. And what I mean

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<v Speaker 6>by that, we've had a very hostile backdrop for the

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<v Speaker 6>last four years. So is it going to get worse?

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<v Speaker 6>It's probably hard to get worse. Is it going to

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<v Speaker 6>get better? Might get a little bit better in certain areas,

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<v Speaker 6>but I expect it to continue to be a difficult

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<v Speaker 6>environment for large cap tech. You know, that diminishes the

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<v Speaker 6>opportunity for them to do M and A and then

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<v Speaker 6>it also you know, we will continue to see aggressive

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<v Speaker 6>postures from the DOJ like we've seen with the Google case.

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<v Speaker 4>Dannie Fish, portfolio manager at Janis Henderson Investors really taking

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<v Speaker 4>us across pulp Brett to the tech ecosystem. We thank you,

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<v Speaker 4>and look, let's just dig into that. Breaking news now

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<v Speaker 4>on TikTok. The Supreme Court has announced that it will

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<v Speaker 4>hear TikTok's challenge to its US ban on January the tenth,

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<v Speaker 4>just days of course before it's potential ban or divest

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<v Speaker 4>argument coming January the nineteenth. We're seeing the implications for Snap.

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<v Speaker 4>For example, snapshares currently falling, Meta shares.

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<v Speaker 2>Have impairing their gain.

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<v Speaker 4>On the news now coming up cracking down on China

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<v Speaker 4>made hips the latest action being taken by the Biden

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<v Speaker 4>administration to combat national security and competition concerns. That's next,

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<v Speaker 4>bring their technology. Get back to the breaking TikTok news.

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<v Speaker 4>Acrossing this plumemberg terminal is the news that the Supreme

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<v Speaker 4>Court will indeed hear TikTok's arguments on January tenth, before

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<v Speaker 4>a potential ban which is likely to come into place

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<v Speaker 4>on January the nineteenth Bluemog's Kaylee lines Josephs for more.

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<v Speaker 4>Of course, this is all regarding it's either to divest

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<v Speaker 4>or be banned on January the nineteenth, but they managed

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<v Speaker 4>to get the Supreme Court to hear the argument.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, of course, TikTok, since this law was first passed

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<v Speaker 8>in a bipartisan manner by Congress and then signed into

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<v Speaker 8>law by President Biden earlier this year, has contended that

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<v Speaker 8>it violates the right to free speech embedded in the

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<v Speaker 8>Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. So that is

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<v Speaker 8>the grounds with which TikTok is pursuing this appeal at

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<v Speaker 8>the Supreme Court, after having lost an appeal in the DC.

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<v Speaker 2>Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.

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<v Speaker 8>Which voted three to zero against the company's arguments, saying

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<v Speaker 8>that Congress as well with and its rates within concerns

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<v Speaker 8>over national security to put into place this band. So

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<v Speaker 8>we'll see how this goes on January tenth, as you say,

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<v Speaker 8>Carolina's just nine days before this band is set to

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<v Speaker 8>go into effect. But keep in mind this Supreme Court

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<v Speaker 8>does have a conservative majority, three justices of which were

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<v Speaker 8>appointed by then President and now President elect Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 8>who earlier this week at a press conference in mar

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<v Speaker 8>A Lago, when asked about the TikTok Ban said that

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<v Speaker 8>he has a warm place in his hurt for TikTok,

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<v Speaker 8>talking about how he does think it's one of the

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<v Speaker 8>reasons why he was able to pick up more of

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<v Speaker 8>the youth vote, and at marra A Lago on that

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<v Speaker 8>very same day this week he met with TikTok CEO

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<v Speaker 8>Show Choo. So it'll be interesting to see if we

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<v Speaker 8>hear from the President elect on the Supreme Court's decision

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<v Speaker 8>to hear TikTok's arguments on January.

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<v Speaker 4>Tenth's having market implications. We see Snap, for example, losing

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<v Speaker 4>some market value on the back of this as people

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<v Speaker 4>try to price in whether or not TikTok will be

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<v Speaker 4>remaining as a competitor. Meta also pairing some of its

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<v Speaker 4>earlier gains.

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<v Speaker 2>Katie.

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<v Speaker 4>All of this comes in the context of US versus China.

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<v Speaker 4>We've had the breaking news today that Biden is going

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<v Speaker 4>to be announcing well a Chinese semiconductor probe here in

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<v Speaker 4>the coming days.

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<v Speaker 2>Another area of tip.

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<v Speaker 8>For tat absolutely and this one is interesting, Caroline, because

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<v Speaker 8>this probe will specifically be looking at foundational chips. The

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<v Speaker 8>older generation ones that of course are the backbone to

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<v Speaker 8>everything from cars to smartphones. Knowing this administration already for

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<v Speaker 8>the last several years has been putting into place export

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<v Speaker 8>controls around advanced semiconductor technology, so the things that go

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<v Speaker 8>into say artificial intelligence, trying to restrain China's ability to

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<v Speaker 8>control that technology. But the concern that this White House

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<v Speaker 8>still has in its waning days is that China, because

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<v Speaker 8>it's still producing these older chips, is going to be

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<v Speaker 8>able to flood the market with them and therefore makes

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<v Speaker 8>say American companies less competitive. Already, this administration had announced

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<v Speaker 8>that they would like to raise the tariff on older

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<v Speaker 8>chips from twenty five percent to fifty percent by twenty

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<v Speaker 8>twenty five, but according to people familiar with the matter,

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<v Speaker 8>the feeling of the administration is that is not enough

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<v Speaker 8>to actually adequately protect competition. Hence the launching of this

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<v Speaker 8>investigation the rub Caroline and is while this investigation will

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<v Speaker 8>be launching, the inauguration where Joe Biden will leave the

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<v Speaker 8>office and Donald Trump will take it is just over

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<v Speaker 8>thirty days away, So ultimately the conclusion of the probe

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<v Speaker 8>the findings will be left up to the discretion of

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<v Speaker 8>Donald Trump as to how to handle them, whether that

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<v Speaker 8>will be tariffs or other restrictions around trade. We do

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<v Speaker 8>know though that the President elect is not shy when

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<v Speaker 8>it comes to tariff's in China, Caroline, he.

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<v Speaker 2>Loves the word m Kaylee. Just set the context then.

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<v Speaker 4>Because also we know that he did invite President She

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<v Speaker 4>we understand, to the inauguration.

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<v Speaker 2>So could yes, a.

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<v Speaker 4>Lot of this end not being implemented because deals are done.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's entirely possible.

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<v Speaker 8>And it's a live conversation here in Washington as to

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<v Speaker 8>whether or not the tariffs that Donald Trump has threatened,

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<v Speaker 8>not just technology but all goods coming from China are

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<v Speaker 8>just a negotiating tactic, a way to start the conversation

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<v Speaker 8>to extract more from China that he would see, basically,

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<v Speaker 8>a way to use leverage that remains to be seen.

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<v Speaker 8>But it will be up to his discretion if he

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<v Speaker 8>does want to act if these findings do conclude that

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<v Speaker 8>there are unfair trade practices China is involved in when

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<v Speaker 8>it comes to this very critical technology that the US

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<v Speaker 8>has already heavily invested in developing here in the States.

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<v Speaker 8>I would not as well, Caroline, that while a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of this is the discretion of the president. Congress is

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<v Speaker 8>consistently acting hawkishly toward China as well. It is Congress

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<v Speaker 8>where the TikTok band originated, where we've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of restrictions pass through law, and in the continuing funding

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<v Speaker 8>resolution that was just released last night, it also includes

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<v Speaker 8>language related to outbound investment into China restrictions. So this

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<v Speaker 8>is something we're seeing really across the board.

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<v Speaker 4>Kayley lines, thank you very much. Indeed, all things US China.

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<v Speaker 4>Now it's time for talking tech. And first up, the

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<v Speaker 4>risk of blackouts.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to.

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<v Speaker 4>Increase for most of North America over the coming decade,

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<v Speaker 4>according to a report by a grid reliability regulator. Then,

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<v Speaker 4>the report underschool's utility challenges as demand is forecast arise

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<v Speaker 4>the most in decades, of course, driven by AI and

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<v Speaker 4>the electrification of the economy.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus, a new court order.

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<v Speaker 4>Issued Monday says TikTok must turnover its source code and

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<v Speaker 4>financial data. This after plays from the Chinese tech company

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<v Speaker 4>Beijing Machine Network accuse the social media platform of copyright

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<v Speaker 4>infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. A Meta's Instagram is

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<v Speaker 4>expected to account for half of the company's and revenue

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<v Speaker 4>in the United States. That's according to estimates from research

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<v Speaker 4>firm E Marketer, Instagram is now expected to top thirty

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<v Speaker 4>two billion dollars in US advertising revenue in twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Up more than twenty four percent from the current year.

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<v Speaker 4>Coming up, sam MoOx aq and announces a major new

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<v Speaker 4>funding round.

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<v Speaker 2>CEO Jack Hidari is with us.

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<v Speaker 4>The next we're going to be discussing the company's plans

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<v Speaker 4>to use the course AI and innovate everything from medical

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<v Speaker 4>devices to cybersecurity, AQ AI and quantum.

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<v Speaker 2>This is remote technology.

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<v Speaker 4>AI solutions company sandmox Aq has closed its latest round

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<v Speaker 4>of funding, raising three hundred million dollars funding. The company,

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<v Speaker 4>now a five point six big company, says the investment

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<v Speaker 4>will be used to further its development in areas like

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<v Speaker 4>drug discovery, cybersecurity, navigation, and medical devices, or using its

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<v Speaker 4>own AI techniques. Sunbox aqco Jack Henry is here with us.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's talk large quantitative models.

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<v Speaker 4>How is what you're building different from the large language

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<v Speaker 4>models we've all had to wrap our head around.

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<v Speaker 2>Karling.

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<v Speaker 7>Good to see you. First of all, great to be

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<v Speaker 7>here live on set in the world of Zoom. It's

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<v Speaker 7>great to be in person for once. This is a

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<v Speaker 7>fundamental new area of AI. So I think we're familiar

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<v Speaker 7>with chat GPT, we're familiar with large language models, wonderful

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<v Speaker 7>set of applications, millions of people using it around the

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<v Speaker 7>world as it should be. Now comes large quantitative models,

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<v Speaker 7>and when we look at the majority of the business

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<v Speaker 7>sectors the economy, we look at biopharma, chemicals, energy, financial services.

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<v Speaker 7>These are all quantitatively driven, non language driven, and so

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<v Speaker 7>the majority of our economy is actually depending on quantitative relationships.

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<v Speaker 7>An example would be in biopharma. Let's say we want

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<v Speaker 7>to create a new drug for a certain cancer or

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<v Speaker 7>Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. We probably don't want to take the

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<v Speaker 7>drug of the language model trained on Reddit and cat

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<v Speaker 7>pictures probably not recommend it. But we can use large

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<v Speaker 7>language models to summarize scientific literature for example.

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<v Speaker 2>That's wonderful.

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<v Speaker 7>But when it comes to actually the quantitative relationship of

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<v Speaker 7>creating the drug, seeing if it fits at that receptor,

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<v Speaker 7>and developing that all throughout the clinical trial, that's a

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<v Speaker 7>job for large quantitative models. The data is fundamentally different,

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<v Speaker 7>the models are different.

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<v Speaker 2>The whole field is.

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<v Speaker 4>A new area, and how practical is it in its

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<v Speaker 4>application right here, right now, when you're raising three hundred

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<v Speaker 4>million dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>What is that for? Is that fat talent?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that to actually drive the necessary.

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<v Speaker 2>Improvements in the models? What is it that you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be fine tuning?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, the goodness is, over the last two three years

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<v Speaker 7>since our spinout, we've now proven with customer after customer

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<v Speaker 7>that it actually is having impact. For example, UCSF University

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<v Speaker 7>of California, San Francisco, one of the best places for

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<v Speaker 7>biomedical work. Stamprusner is a Nobel laureate there using our

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<v Speaker 7>software to advance his drugs for NEURODJN diseases right now.

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<v Speaker 7>So this is having impact today. It's running today on

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<v Speaker 7>the GPUs on Nvidia and TPUs from Alphabet.

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<v Speaker 2>It's running right now.

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<v Speaker 7>And these are quantitative models again, not trained on the

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<v Speaker 7>corpus of words of the Internet, but trained on the

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<v Speaker 7>relationships of chemicals and atoms and those kind of dynamic relationships.

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<v Speaker 7>So it's having impact right now, Carolina.

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<v Speaker 4>Because what's interesting, of course he's talked about a spinoff.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a spinoff from Google. Your chair is Eric Schmidt.

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<v Speaker 4>We understand the sort of way in which the company

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<v Speaker 4>first was born and then we look at what's happening

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<v Speaker 4>with Google Quantum, the Willow Chip. Everyone's deeply excited about

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<v Speaker 4>real applications to quantum in the next five ten years.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that realistic? Well, it's a great question.

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<v Speaker 7>Why do we call our company sambox AQ? What's the

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<v Speaker 7>AQ A for AIQ for quantum and so years ago

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<v Speaker 7>we already saw that advanced compute really has two engines.

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<v Speaker 7>It has the AI engine of large language Models, Large

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<v Speaker 7>quantitative Models lqms, but it now also has the queue

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<v Speaker 7>the quantum and the breakthrough that Google announced just last week,

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<v Speaker 7>our colleague hartmand Nevin, who announced that at the Santa

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<v Speaker 7>Barbara campus of Google, is a wonderful example of the

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<v Speaker 7>milestones being achieved in the quantum hardware space. We don't

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<v Speaker 7>build quantum hardware, We use quantum hardware as it progresses

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<v Speaker 7>to business impact. Today quantum computers are very early, but

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<v Speaker 7>what Google showed last week with the Willow chap is

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<v Speaker 7>that as you scale the number of cubics, you can

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<v Speaker 7>actually decrease the number of errors. That was a critical

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<v Speaker 7>milestone Caroline, in terms of how we can advance quantum computing.

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<v Speaker 2>So the future that.

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<v Speaker 7>We see is one that has GPUs and QPUs quantum

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<v Speaker 7>processing units together working together in a mesh in the

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<v Speaker 7>hybrid cloud that I think is the future, and we're

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<v Speaker 7>going to see I think, very significant progress over the

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<v Speaker 7>next five six years in the quantum hardware itself.

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<v Speaker 4>All of that means your applications become well, how quickly

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<v Speaker 4>are you going to be making money.

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<v Speaker 2>From this for your investors that we've just been seeing.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, the good news is we're already generating revenue today.

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<v Speaker 7>We're creating a lot of value for our customers today.

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<v Speaker 7>And so be it in biropharma, be it in the

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<v Speaker 7>chemicals and material space, be it in battery chemistry. We

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<v Speaker 7>know the importance of batteries, not just for electric vehicles. Actually,

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<v Speaker 7>the bigger market for batteries are stationary batteries to store

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<v Speaker 7>energy from renewable sources. That's actually the bigger market. But

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<v Speaker 7>we must leap frog beyond lithium ion technology. This again

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<v Speaker 7>is a job for an l QM, a large quantitative

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<v Speaker 7>model versus an l LM, and so I think that

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<v Speaker 7>the number of applications are really numerous, and we raise

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<v Speaker 7>this money in order to advance our investment in the

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<v Speaker 7>product development. We do want to hire more PhDs, more

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<v Speaker 7>software engineers. We have quite a few ready, but it's

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<v Speaker 7>time to hire more. So those listening who have those

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<v Speaker 7>kind of skills please contact us.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, well, Jack Hnary is Samox AQCEO. Welcome back to

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<v Speaker 4>BLOEMG Technology. I'm Karen Hide in New York. Let's dig

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<v Speaker 4>into what's happening in the crypto side of things, because

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<v Speaker 4>another risk asset of choice that's trading in a sensetive

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<v Speaker 4>manner ahead of the federal reserve is bitcoin. We're now

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<v Speaker 4>one hundred three thousand. Remember yesterday we managed to peak

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<v Speaker 4>above one hundred and eight thousand dollars per token, so

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<v Speaker 4>we're just seeing a little bit of money coming off

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<v Speaker 4>ahead of also the holidays as well. Mike's strategy down

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<v Speaker 4>as of course, it's basically a bitcoin proxy here, but

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<v Speaker 4>interestingly we were hearing from Michael Sailor a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>earlier Washington considering a potential cryptoregulation. How it's going to

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<v Speaker 4>basically iterate and micro Strategy is continuing to be buying bitcoin,

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<v Speaker 4>bringing its total investments to roughly forty five billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>The chairman, Michael Saylor, spoke to Bloomberg earlier on why

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<v Speaker 4>the company is investing in the digital asset and continuing

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<v Speaker 4>to do so.

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<v Speaker 2>When whether he'd consider a role in shaping new crypto.

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<v Speaker 9>Policy, take listen, I've met with a lot of people

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<v Speaker 9>in the incoming administration, but I couldn't comment further than that.

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<v Speaker 10>Okay, I can't comment further than that. I was going

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<v Speaker 10>to ask you about plans, but said I'll ask you

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<v Speaker 10>about whether or not you would be willing to serve

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<v Speaker 10>in the Trump administration in any capacity. Bloomberg has reported

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<v Speaker 10>that there potentially could be a crypto advisory council. Is

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<v Speaker 10>that something that you might be interested in?

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<v Speaker 9>You know, I'm always willing to provide, you know, thoughts

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<v Speaker 9>on constructive digital assets policy, either in confidence or publicly,

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<v Speaker 9>And if I'm asked to serve on some sort of

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<v Speaker 9>digital assets advisory counseling, probably would do so.

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<v Speaker 11>Yes, Michael, I also want to talk to you about

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<v Speaker 11>micro strategy, your own plans. It's amazing you have announced

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<v Speaker 11>plans to raise forty two billion dollars over three years.

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<v Speaker 11>You announced that back in October. But the rate you're

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<v Speaker 11>going at, and this is through confortable debt offerings, stock sales,

0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:50.480
<v Speaker 11>the rate you're going at you could fulfill that target

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<v Speaker 11>by January. Are you planning to lift that cap and

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<v Speaker 11>line up more facilities in the pursuit of more bitcoin.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah. When we bounced it, it wasn't clear how enthusiastic the

0:24:02.119 --> 0:24:05.440
<v Speaker 9>capital markets would be, but we got a very enthusiastic reception.

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<v Speaker 9>And then after November fifth with the Red Wave, we

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<v Speaker 9>saw a big sea change in the political environment, and

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<v Speaker 9>so we went faster than we had thought we were

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<v Speaker 9>going to go. On October thirtieth, our goal is to

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<v Speaker 9>is to continue to raise capital, primarily through fixed income markets.

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<v Speaker 9>So we'll pursue preferred stock or convertible bond or other

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<v Speaker 9>equity linked financings as long as it's creative for our shareholders.

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<v Speaker 9>When we get through the twenty one twenty one plan,

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<v Speaker 9>which is forty two billion in capital, we'll revisit revisit

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<v Speaker 9>our capital plan, and we'll put in place a new plan,

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<v Speaker 9>subject to market conditions at the time.

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<v Speaker 4>Micro Strategy Chairman Michael Sailor and political roles in the

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<v Speaker 4>future of his bitcoin buying. Let's talk a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>more now with the Defiance etfco and CEO Sylvia Jablunsk.

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<v Speaker 4>You've got Defiance Daily target two x long micro strategy.

0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:05.600
<v Speaker 2>ETF always demand.

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<v Speaker 4>For those sorts of leverage products on MicroStrategy.

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<v Speaker 3>At the moment, demand is on fire. That's the best

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<v Speaker 3>way I can put it. You know, we've seen billions

0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:14.360
<v Speaker 3>of dollars of assets flowing into this ETF. It's by

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<v Speaker 3>far the fastest growing ETF.

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<v Speaker 2>That we've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think the reason is that, you know, Bitcoin

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<v Speaker 3>has just taken off, and whether that's because of the

0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:26.560
<v Speaker 3>commercialization of bitcoin, ETF's holding bitcoin, you know, favorable policy

0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:29.360
<v Speaker 3>with the new government coming into office. I just think

0:25:29.400 --> 0:25:32.840
<v Speaker 3>that there's this huge tailwind and who is the best

0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:33.760
<v Speaker 3>proxy for bitcoin.

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<v Speaker 2>It's micro strategy. So stock listed on an.

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<v Speaker 3>Exchange as a single name, it trades as a leverage

0:25:39.560 --> 0:25:41.879
<v Speaker 3>you know, version of bitcoin, and we've now leveraged it

0:25:41.920 --> 0:25:45.320
<v Speaker 3>two times and so this you know, short term volatility.

0:25:45.359 --> 0:25:48.160
<v Speaker 3>Traders love the ETF and it's just been wildly popular.

0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:50.920
<v Speaker 4>And from an institutional perspective as well as a retail.

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<v Speaker 3>Perspective, absolutely both institutions in retail. I think what's great

0:25:54.160 --> 0:25:57.200
<v Speaker 3>about the institutional angle is that some institutions are still

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<v Speaker 3>sort of weary about holding bitcoin itself, whether it's through

0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.080
<v Speaker 3>the digital wallet or using an ETF for it. But

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<v Speaker 3>you know, micro strategy is just a sock, right that

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<v Speaker 3>trades on an exchange, and so they are able to

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<v Speaker 3>put that in their portfolios. And I think that shows

0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:10.600
<v Speaker 3>up a lot of demand.

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<v Speaker 4>A very volatile holding in portfolios taught to us about. Therefore,

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<v Speaker 4>when you're looking at the hype cycles around, whether it's

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<v Speaker 4>crypto or AI parent contrast, how much you's still seeing

0:26:21.760 --> 0:26:24.000
<v Speaker 4>people wanting to pour into the infrastructure slide of the

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<v Speaker 4>AI bet and other.

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<v Speaker 2>Ets you have exposure to that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think that the demand is that it's all

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<v Speaker 3>time high, right ever since the Chat Shiepyte moment and

0:26:31.400 --> 0:26:34.199
<v Speaker 3>now the Google Willow moment and you know crypto and

0:26:34.280 --> 0:26:36.280
<v Speaker 3>kind of all the buzz around that. You know, there's

0:26:36.520 --> 0:26:39.040
<v Speaker 3>trillions of dollars of cash sitting on the sidelines. There's

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest wealth transfer of our generation happening as we speak.

0:26:42.480 --> 0:26:45.480
<v Speaker 3>And you know gen Z, you know gen Z, Millennial

0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:46.880
<v Speaker 3>gen X kind of you know.

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<v Speaker 2>The younger traders are.

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<v Speaker 3>This is where they're allocating their funds too. And you know,

0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:53.400
<v Speaker 3>retail has definitely spoken, institutions have definitely spoken, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>looking for that Fourth Industrial Revolution allocation, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the biggest trades right now are basically quantum and micro strategy.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's go into quantum because we just had Jack Hetery

0:27:02.480 --> 0:27:05.280
<v Speaker 4>on from sam max AQ and talking about how we're

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<v Speaker 4>starting to see quantum theory.

0:27:08.320 --> 0:27:09.360
<v Speaker 2>Be put into practice.

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<v Speaker 4>You just mentioned Willow and their breakthroughs over at Google.

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<v Speaker 2>Which other stock should people be looking at?

0:27:14.160 --> 0:27:16.520
<v Speaker 4>Are they only dominating on the big companies that have

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<v Speaker 4>got exposure to quantum.

0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:19.880
<v Speaker 2>Like an IBM or Google. Are they're going smaller?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And so we kind of looked at this space

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<v Speaker 3>and what I liked about what Jack explained. His company

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<v Speaker 3>has the A and the Q, the AI and the quantum.

0:27:26.119 --> 0:27:26.280
<v Speaker 8>Right.

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<v Speaker 3>So, so chat gpt AI is you know, kind of

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<v Speaker 3>version one. Quantum is taking everything to the next level.

0:27:31.760 --> 0:27:34.240
<v Speaker 2>So you need quantum in order for AI to be efficient.

0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:35.920
<v Speaker 2>You need to process that data quickly.

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<v Speaker 3>It will help you know, essentially healthcare, cryptography, aerospace, and defense,

0:27:41.600 --> 0:27:44.120
<v Speaker 3>you know, blockchain technology, anything you can think of will

0:27:44.119 --> 0:27:47.320
<v Speaker 3>be bettered with quantum supercomputing power. And so the most

0:27:47.320 --> 0:27:51.040
<v Speaker 3>popular stocks right now are are a combination of large

0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:53.359
<v Speaker 3>cabs and small caps. Right, so you have like the ibms,

0:27:53.359 --> 0:27:55.959
<v Speaker 3>the Googles, the n videos. Some of these companies are

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<v Speaker 3>actually very relevant hp IBM. And then the smaller names

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:02.000
<v Speaker 3>that are taking off hundreds of you know, one hundreds

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<v Speaker 3>percentage points of performance are companies like d Wave ion

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<v Speaker 3>Cue for Gratty Computing. We actually married them in our

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<v Speaker 3>ETF Quantum. So you have the large caps and the

0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 3>small caps, so the ballast and the quality earnings with

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<v Speaker 3>the high flyers and the movers that are just winning.

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<v Speaker 4>Just look at these high flies for a moment, Like,

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<v Speaker 4>we're not basically one thousand percent on DWave Quantum over

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<v Speaker 4>the last year to date.

0:28:21.520 --> 0:28:22.479
<v Speaker 2>Two hundred percent.

0:28:22.720 --> 0:28:26.359
<v Speaker 4>How how cautious have been people getting into these wildly

0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:28.639
<v Speaker 4>volatile names, even if they are.

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<v Speaker 2>Open to the right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think I think that people have been doing

0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 3>a combination of both. Right, So they're getting into these

0:28:33.760 --> 0:28:36.280
<v Speaker 3>smaller names, but they're also looking at things like the

0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:37.240
<v Speaker 3>ETFs at all that.

0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:40.480
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you know, you want to kind of like balance.

0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:42.280
<v Speaker 3>It with the Googles, right, I think Google is a

0:28:42.280 --> 0:28:44.960
<v Speaker 3>company that does many, many things that can perform quite well,

0:28:44.960 --> 0:28:46.760
<v Speaker 3>and so it kind of like balances your risk on

0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:48.960
<v Speaker 3>the small caps. But also again it comes back to

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<v Speaker 3>the you know, administration, administration will be very favorable of

0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:56.360
<v Speaker 3>quantum you know, rate cuts, you know kind of we're

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<v Speaker 3>freedom for M and A activity and theory, and so

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<v Speaker 3>that also helped the backdrop pubs along with just the

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<v Speaker 3>super high fining technology that's moving forward.

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<v Speaker 2>All lies on the FED in about an hour or

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<v Speaker 2>so's time.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you, Thank you for taking it back to macro

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<v Speaker 4>policy too. Defiance ETF CEO Silvi Jablonski. Happy holidays. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>let's just talk about Eno Musk and SpaceX for a moment,

0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:19.920
<v Speaker 4>because they've repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting protocols

0:29:20.080 --> 0:29:23.320
<v Speaker 4>aimed at protecting state secrets, triggering several federal reviews.

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<v Speaker 2>This is all being cited by the New York Times.

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<v Speaker 2>They're looking at sources there now.

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<v Speaker 4>The Air Force also recently denied mask a high level

0:29:30.080 --> 0:29:34.760
<v Speaker 4>security access, citing potential security risks. Meanwhile, here's what SpaceX

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<v Speaker 4>president when Shotwell said about the company's relationship with the

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<v Speaker 4>Air Force and an event with a Center of Strategic

0:29:40.200 --> 0:29:41.880
<v Speaker 4>and International Studies just yesterday.

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<v Speaker 12>We have, we had a rough relationship early on with

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<v Speaker 12>the Air Force, but we have over the last probably

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<v Speaker 12>eleven ten or eleven years, I think, developed a really

0:30:00.280 --> 0:30:03.040
<v Speaker 12>a really great relationship. Frankly, I think there's do you know,

0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:05.480
<v Speaker 12>it takes a long time to build trust, and I

0:30:05.520 --> 0:30:07.520
<v Speaker 12>think we're we're I think we're finally there.

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<v Speaker 4>Elsewhere in space, NASA announcing another delay in the mission

0:30:12.200 --> 0:30:14.760
<v Speaker 4>to bring back two US astronauts who are stranded for

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<v Speaker 4>months on the International Space Station and now saying they

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<v Speaker 4>will remain there at least until late March Tuesday.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. Time currently for home coming up.

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<v Speaker 4>Data Bricks sixty two billion dollar valuation. We speak with

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<v Speaker 4>Ali Godzi's Data Bricks CEO.

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<v Speaker 2>That's next. This is Blue meg Technology.

0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:49.280
<v Speaker 4>Data Bricks raising ten billion dollars in new funding bring

0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:52.040
<v Speaker 4>the software makers valuation to sixty two billion dollars.

0:30:52.080 --> 0:30:54.520
<v Speaker 2>The company says it intends to invest this capital towards

0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:56.320
<v Speaker 2>new AI products.

0:30:55.760 --> 0:30:59.720
<v Speaker 4>To acquisitions, significant expansion in its international go to market

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<v Speaker 4>operation for more Data Bricks CEO Aligotzi joins us.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, boy, it's been busy.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's just talk a little bit about the AI applications

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<v Speaker 4>and just where you see the wide open space at

0:31:09.560 --> 0:31:10.600
<v Speaker 4>the moment for Data Bricks.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, thank you for having me on. There's so many

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<v Speaker 1>applications across many different protocols, you know, lots and lots

0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:19.480
<v Speaker 1>of customers that are using us for AI and then

0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:22.360
<v Speaker 1>a processing I should say, starting with Rivan. For instance,

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:25.360
<v Speaker 1>the carmaker uses us to optimize the batteries of their

0:31:25.360 --> 0:31:29.680
<v Speaker 1>electric vehicles. You know, Walgreens uses us to figure out

0:31:29.760 --> 0:31:31.840
<v Speaker 1>how much should they stock up the inventory and their

0:31:31.840 --> 0:31:34.720
<v Speaker 1>supply chain. It's super important price for them to be

0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:37.400
<v Speaker 1>able to optimize their prices and lower their CEOs. And

0:31:37.440 --> 0:31:40.760
<v Speaker 1>then square or block. They used to have these app

0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:42.760
<v Speaker 1>where you swipe your credit cards, but to set that

0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:44.600
<v Speaker 1>up in a store used to be pretty complicated a

0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:46.680
<v Speaker 1>few years ago. Now it's super simple because you can

0:31:46.760 --> 0:31:48.880
<v Speaker 1>use generative AI and just tell it, hey, I have

0:31:49.080 --> 0:31:51.000
<v Speaker 1>these five products, this is the price, and it sets

0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:52.880
<v Speaker 1>itself up just using generive AI.

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<v Speaker 4>So before you were unifying to moockratizing data. Now it's

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<v Speaker 4>about the applications of AI.

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<v Speaker 2>But for that also you.

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<v Speaker 4>Need talent ALI and I'm interested as to where the

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<v Speaker 4>next layer of talent is coming from. Where you need

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<v Speaker 4>to hone in on how you get them on board.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean there is a crazy war for AI

0:32:10.280 --> 0:32:12.440
<v Speaker 1>talent right now. I've never seen anything like it before.

0:32:12.520 --> 0:32:14.880
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's a you know talent war was already

0:32:14.920 --> 0:32:17.520
<v Speaker 1>crazy last ten years for software engineers. Now in AI

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:20.920
<v Speaker 1>it's just completely insane. So we are going to use

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the proceeds towards that to be competitive.

0:32:23.920 --> 0:32:26.560
<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of talent you know, was hired by

0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:30.120
<v Speaker 1>Open AI and Bianthrofic. What's happened is we've hit this

0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:31.400
<v Speaker 1>thing called the scaling wall.

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<v Speaker 4>Now you know, oh you think there is a wall,

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<v Speaker 4>do because some altman's determine there isn't one.

0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:38.640
<v Speaker 1>There is a wall. I think it's it's pretty clear

0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:41.600
<v Speaker 1>that most even those big companies, many of them are

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:46.240
<v Speaker 1>now investing in other techniques, not the classic scaling laws.

0:32:47.120 --> 0:32:49.480
<v Speaker 1>So that actually also has opened up the opportunity where

0:32:49.480 --> 0:32:51.720
<v Speaker 1>people are now going There are more companies now that

0:32:51.800 --> 0:32:55.920
<v Speaker 1>can participate in this next chapter after the you know,

0:32:56.000 --> 0:32:59.640
<v Speaker 1>scaling wall or the scaling laws. So that's also very

0:32:59.680 --> 0:33:02.200
<v Speaker 1>exciting times. But you got to pay up for that talent.

0:33:03.080 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 2>You've got to pay up. Do you pay up for

0:33:05.080 --> 0:33:05.760
<v Speaker 2>us talent?

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<v Speaker 4>I'm going to make it personal, Ali, because yourself are

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<v Speaker 4>an immigrant originally Iran, moved over to Sweden, come over

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<v Speaker 4>to the United States, and I'm interested in how much

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:16.560
<v Speaker 4>you look abroad particularly in the context of the next administration.

0:33:17.960 --> 0:33:21.239
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well look, not because of the administration, but when

0:33:21.280 --> 0:33:24.360
<v Speaker 1>there is this crazy talent war going on, you of

0:33:24.400 --> 0:33:26.400
<v Speaker 1>course start looking at you know, where can we go

0:33:26.800 --> 0:33:30.320
<v Speaker 1>where it's not so intense, right, where the competition is

0:33:30.360 --> 0:33:32.160
<v Speaker 1>not so intense, So we look everywhere. You know, I

0:33:32.200 --> 0:33:34.800
<v Speaker 1>think Eastern Europe is super interesting, very smart people that

0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:38.320
<v Speaker 1>live there, and you know, it's just different. You know,

0:33:38.520 --> 0:33:41.440
<v Speaker 1>you don't have that intensity of a competition around the

0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:44.280
<v Speaker 1>talent Europe and of course Asia. I'm in the location,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're looking at.

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<v Speaker 6>All of those.

0:33:45.920 --> 0:33:47.920
<v Speaker 1>But still you don't want to you know, you don't

0:33:47.920 --> 0:33:50.720
<v Speaker 1>want to ignore Silicon Valley or United States. It's still

0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:54.000
<v Speaker 1>where you have the highest talent density. It's absolutely necessary,

0:33:54.000 --> 0:33:55.360
<v Speaker 1>So we're going to compete here as well.

0:33:55.760 --> 0:33:56.880
<v Speaker 2>Is it about acqui hiring?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean you've been inquisitive and some of that in

0:34:00.040 --> 0:34:02.560
<v Speaker 4>els based music mL for example, some of that in

0:34:02.600 --> 0:34:06.280
<v Speaker 4>the data side tabula for example. You're going to make

0:34:06.520 --> 0:34:09.600
<v Speaker 4>acquisitions because of the people or because of the products

0:34:09.640 --> 0:34:10.120
<v Speaker 4>being built.

0:34:11.280 --> 0:34:12.839
<v Speaker 1>Well both, you know, there's three things you could get.

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<v Speaker 1>You could also get revenue, right, but there's a lot

0:34:14.520 --> 0:34:18.640
<v Speaker 1>of startups that started super talented people amazing ip, but

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<v Speaker 1>they quite didn't get to the revenue. So it's, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>two birds with one stone. You get that talent and

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<v Speaker 1>you get their intellectual property, and in this race, you

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<v Speaker 1>need that right, you need both of those things. So

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely we're going to actually double down on that even

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<v Speaker 1>more now that we have this funding.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a race, but there's also a race versus your

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<v Speaker 4>competition at the moment to be getting those clients who

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<v Speaker 4>are your key competitors Because I know on LinkedIn you've

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<v Speaker 4>been throwing some shade at Snowflake for example.

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<v Speaker 2>We all think about Microsoft.

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<v Speaker 4>Are they the two competitors for you?

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<v Speaker 1>You know it fact I would say that was in

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<v Speaker 1>previous years. You know, I would say a couple of

0:34:51.080 --> 0:34:53.760
<v Speaker 1>years ago we were really intensely focused on competing with them.

0:34:53.880 --> 0:34:57.440
<v Speaker 1>Now in this AI era, that's kind of shifted and

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft is.

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<v Speaker 6>Super important partner.

0:34:58.920 --> 0:35:02.360
<v Speaker 1>In fact, Microsoft on and Google our investors in data bricks.

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<v Speaker 1>There is some competition. They have products that sometimes compete

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<v Speaker 1>as well, but all uh, you know those companies the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of the revenue in the cloud is storage, compute, networking,

0:35:12.560 --> 0:35:14.720
<v Speaker 1>and you know that might be seventy percent of their revenue.

0:35:14.719 --> 0:35:17.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm speculating, and we're a killer app for that. We

0:35:17.600 --> 0:35:20.799
<v Speaker 1>drive so much storage, compute, and networking. In fact, we

0:35:20.880 --> 0:35:24.879
<v Speaker 1>drive close to thirty million machines in the cloud every

0:35:24.960 --> 0:35:28.400
<v Speaker 1>day that we launch. So we're super close partners and

0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:30.719
<v Speaker 1>they love us as customers and vice versa. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>that little coopetition happening as well, and probably that's going

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<v Speaker 1>to expand over time. As you know, AI is becoming

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<v Speaker 1>more and more important.

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<v Speaker 4>There's one big game of frenemies out there. And when

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<v Speaker 4>it comes to technology, Ali, I'm interested in particular when

0:35:43.600 --> 0:35:46.000
<v Speaker 4>you're thinking about how you're raising money. Ten billion is

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<v Speaker 4>a lot for live capital front and center there.

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<v Speaker 2>You've also got who's who of other investors.

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<v Speaker 4>With a sixteen Z for example. What's interesting, you're also

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<v Speaker 4>going to the debt markets. We understand how is that going?

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<v Speaker 4>Because that seems to be trying to offset the tax

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<v Speaker 4>implications to keep your employees.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean that's a great point. I think let's

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<v Speaker 1>take them one by one. Let's take the equities. You know,

0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:09.040
<v Speaker 1>the equity raise for us, it's super important to get

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:12.400
<v Speaker 1>partners that are long term oriented. We want investors that

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<v Speaker 1>are going to say, you know, we're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>with you probably ten years, twenty years.

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<v Speaker 10>This is a great price.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll buy again more and later in the ideo will

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<v Speaker 1>buy even more, and we'll stick you know, to your plan,

0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:23.000
<v Speaker 1>and we'll let you implement that long term vision and

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<v Speaker 1>not become too short term oriented, you know, the ninety

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<v Speaker 1>to quarterly sort of mindset. So that was the thing

0:36:28.920 --> 0:36:30.920
<v Speaker 1>we optimized for, and we were pretty picky. We had

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen billion of interests in this round and basically cut

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<v Speaker 1>people back to half of that, and we said no

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<v Speaker 1>to most investors. And then on the death financing, that

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<v Speaker 1>makes a lot of sense as well. If the company

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<v Speaker 1>is growing in valuation so much, then actually you're better

0:36:45.640 --> 0:36:48.640
<v Speaker 1>off just getting a big loan. Even if interest rates

0:36:48.640 --> 0:36:50.360
<v Speaker 1>are high and you're paying let's say just make that

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<v Speaker 1>number round number ten percent interest on that, you're better

0:36:54.040 --> 0:36:55.839
<v Speaker 1>off taking that as a loan and paying that back

0:36:55.840 --> 0:36:57.719
<v Speaker 1>in a few years because you can pay that back

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 1>in equity then, and presumably the company has doubled in valuation.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's call it into three years.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, one hundred and twenty billion, looking at it for

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<v Speaker 4>the next couple of years, and you've given us the

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<v Speaker 4>timescale potentially for an IPO as well, Ali Gotzi. Always

0:37:10.960 --> 0:37:13.440
<v Speaker 4>great to have you on data. Rick CEO, congrats on

0:37:13.480 --> 0:37:17.560
<v Speaker 4>the fundraise. Meanwhile, let's talk about concerns over AI's global

0:37:17.600 --> 0:37:21.920
<v Speaker 4>boom receiving Bipowerisan support in Congress in a framework report

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<v Speaker 4>released on Tuesday recommending guardrails and regulations on AI really

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<v Speaker 4>being detailed in an effort to protect Americans and maintain

0:37:29.480 --> 0:37:32.800
<v Speaker 4>national security. We spent with Senator Amy Klobershaw of Minnesota,

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<v Speaker 4>who had this to say on regulating AI.

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<v Speaker 13>My view has been that we should have rules of

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<v Speaker 13>the road in place, by the way, for all platforms.

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<v Speaker 13>I have been way out there, as I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 13>in terms of getting not just pornography off the Internet,

0:37:48.480 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 13>but other very very difficult things that are on there.

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<v Speaker 4>Right now, let's go back to those regulatory proposals, Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 4>Government reporter Omer City joins us. Now, it was a

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<v Speaker 4>comprehensive list of recommendations.

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<v Speaker 2>What were the key takeaways for you?

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<v Speaker 7>Right?

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<v Speaker 14>Congress released this major policy paper this week addressing AI

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<v Speaker 14>on various areas. They touched on education, healthcare, financial services, agriculture,

0:38:18.040 --> 0:38:21.920
<v Speaker 14>national security. Because they're trying to examine what AI's impacts

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<v Speaker 14>are on each of these areas and how Congress should respond.

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<v Speaker 14>The key takeaway is that Congress is seeking to strike

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<v Speaker 14>this balance. They want to promote AI because they believe

0:38:31.719 --> 0:38:35.480
<v Speaker 14>it has tremendous opportunity, you know, to unleash human productivity

0:38:35.560 --> 0:38:38.399
<v Speaker 14>to solve complex issues. But at the same time, they're

0:38:38.440 --> 0:38:40.759
<v Speaker 14>well aware of AI's risks, and so they want to

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<v Speaker 14>protect the American people and uphold their civil liberties.

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<v Speaker 4>Very briefly, urgent is what we expect to come next

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<v Speaker 4>from Congress.

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<v Speaker 14>Right, So that's the key question. How do they translate

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<v Speaker 14>these recommendations into action.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw Senator Amy Kolochar there.

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<v Speaker 14>She's proposing, you know, to combat this issue of non

0:39:00.960 --> 0:39:04.239
<v Speaker 14>consensual explicit deep fakes or deep fake pornography, which has

0:39:04.280 --> 0:39:06.960
<v Speaker 14>been around for a while, but AI has only accelerated

0:39:06.960 --> 0:39:09.759
<v Speaker 14>the spread, which has alarmed many many lawmakers. And so

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<v Speaker 14>that's an area where Congress is eager tacked quickly. Another

0:39:12.880 --> 0:39:15.640
<v Speaker 14>area that Congress is eager tacked is to increase you know,

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<v Speaker 14>scientific research and development in AI, expand energy infrastructure to

0:39:19.840 --> 0:39:23.920
<v Speaker 14>me AI demands, train the workforce, educate folks on AI,

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<v Speaker 14>and even you know, clarify existing intellectual property law. And

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<v Speaker 14>so there are many, many key recommendations that are proposing

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<v Speaker 14>this report. But it's just a matter of how Congress

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<v Speaker 14>is then transitions into translating that into legislation that gets

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<v Speaker 14>signed into law.

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<v Speaker 4>We'll see how it happens on the next administration. I'm

0:39:40.760 --> 0:39:49.880
<v Speaker 4>a city. Thanks for breaking it down. Let's get back

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<v Speaker 4>to Micron now schedule to report this fiscal first code

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<v Speaker 4>results after the market close today.

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<v Speaker 2>Remegs Inking joins.

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<v Speaker 4>Us some more all about high bandwidth memory.

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<v Speaker 15>That's right. Obviously, the biggest story in chips has been

0:40:02.920 --> 0:40:05.719
<v Speaker 15>in video. Guess what in videos? And chips need a

0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:09.640
<v Speaker 15>lot of memory to train those AI models. And really

0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:11.719
<v Speaker 15>it's a case of how much can Skhi nix how

0:40:11.800 --> 0:40:15.400
<v Speaker 15>much can Microns supply in video with and this has

0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:17.879
<v Speaker 15>been a big story for them, a lot of high

0:40:17.920 --> 0:40:21.120
<v Speaker 15>margin business coming their way. But on the flip side,

0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:23.600
<v Speaker 15>the markets that there depend on, there's a lot of

0:40:23.600 --> 0:40:25.080
<v Speaker 15>debate about how well they're doing.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean, we're expecting about an eighty percent increase

0:40:27.920 --> 0:40:29.839
<v Speaker 4>in revenues for example, we're up on the day.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's been a turbulent time for Micron stock.

0:40:33.080 --> 0:40:35.600
<v Speaker 4>Still it feels as though most analysts say buy it

0:40:35.840 --> 0:40:36.440
<v Speaker 4>at the moment.

0:40:37.000 --> 0:40:38.880
<v Speaker 2>Is it gonna be about the forecasting? What are the

0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:39.719
<v Speaker 2>pitfalls here in?

0:40:40.480 --> 0:40:44.040
<v Speaker 15>Yeah, No, that's exactly it. I mean people are kind

0:40:44.040 --> 0:40:48.120
<v Speaker 15>of tentatively positive, and the concern there is that, look,

0:40:48.600 --> 0:40:51.359
<v Speaker 15>still a lot of money that this company gets comes

0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:54.000
<v Speaker 15>from the smartphone market, comes from the PC market, and

0:40:54.040 --> 0:40:57.120
<v Speaker 15>guess what, they're not that great. They're still inventory around.

0:40:57.200 --> 0:40:59.719
<v Speaker 15>So let's not get too carried away with this AI

0:40:59.800 --> 0:41:03.440
<v Speaker 15>thing until it really shows that it can take over completely.

0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 4>But meanwhile, everyone's desperate to get totally in on stocks

0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:09.880
<v Speaker 4>like Broadcom, even if they're just giving us total addressable markets.

0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:11.799
<v Speaker 4>Do you think we will get a signal of what

0:41:11.840 --> 0:41:13.279
<v Speaker 4>the market will be like for mi cron.

0:41:14.400 --> 0:41:16.840
<v Speaker 15>I mean, they have been talking about this for a

0:41:16.880 --> 0:41:19.279
<v Speaker 15>long time, and I'm sure we'll continue to bang that

0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:22.319
<v Speaker 15>drum and talk about how this is a different opportunity

0:41:22.360 --> 0:41:24.719
<v Speaker 15>for them once they're designed in, they're designed in, it's

0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:27.200
<v Speaker 15>not the old commodity market. They'll give us all of that,

0:41:27.280 --> 0:41:30.839
<v Speaker 15>I'm sure, and they're probably right about that particular area.

0:41:31.000 --> 0:41:33.160
<v Speaker 15>The key is whether it's big enough to offset what's

0:41:33.200 --> 0:41:34.000
<v Speaker 15>going on elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, just briefly, China an issue.

0:41:38.160 --> 0:41:41.160
<v Speaker 15>China is always an issue. There's a concern there that

0:41:41.880 --> 0:41:44.160
<v Speaker 15>the access to that market becomes an issue. And also

0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:50.080
<v Speaker 15>local competitors given the competition between the two countries and

0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:53.680
<v Speaker 15>the bands and this, you know, and all of the

0:41:53.719 --> 0:41:56.640
<v Speaker 15>trade ward, that's clearly something that's on people's minds.

0:41:57.120 --> 0:41:59.479
<v Speaker 4>And King if I'd be a busy man later, thanks

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<v Speaker 4>so much stopping in ahead of that set of earnings

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<v Speaker 4>later in the day.

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