WEBVTT - SoftBank’s Purchase of Ampere, Future of Ed-Tech

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news from the heart of

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<v Speaker 1>where innovation, money and power collide in Silicon Valley and beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Bloomberg Technology with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow.

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<v Speaker 2>Live from San Francisco.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Tim Stenebeck and this is Bloomberg Technology. Coming up

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<v Speaker 3>today is Quantum Day at Nvidia GtC, and Ed Ludlow

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<v Speaker 3>is there. We'll have the main takeaways from the conference

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<v Speaker 3>so far and discuss what to expect from today. Plus,

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<v Speaker 3>soft Bank is acquiring the chip designer Ampier in an

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<v Speaker 3>all cash transaction died at six point five billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll sit down with Amper's CEO to learn more about

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<v Speaker 3>the deal. And Campus, a for profit community college, has

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<v Speaker 3>raised forty six million dollars from investors including Sam Altman,

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<v Speaker 3>Peter Tiele's Founder Fund, and Joe Lonsdale's eight VC. The

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<v Speaker 3>Founder and Joe Lonsdale join us on the future of

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<v Speaker 3>ed tech. First though, a check of the markets, and

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<v Speaker 3>we're seeing some green across the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>Stocks opening higher.

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<v Speaker 3>After yesterday's FED fueled rally or should say lower, but

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<v Speaker 3>then it was the best FED day going.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to July.

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<v Speaker 3>Then about a half hour into the trading session, we

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<v Speaker 3>got some surprisingly strong housing data which turned around the trade.

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<v Speaker 3>At last check, about sixty five stocks in the Nasdaq

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred moving higher right now, up about four tens

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<v Speaker 3>of one percent off its best levels of the day

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<v Speaker 3>so far, but still in the green. One of the

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<v Speaker 3>stocks that's helping to push the Nasdaq one hundred higher

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<v Speaker 3>is Meta Platforms, investors cheering the news that Meta will

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<v Speaker 3>roll out Meta AI across forty one European countries this week.

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<v Speaker 3>It's up right now by about four percent. Meta's intelligent

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<v Speaker 3>chat function will also be rolled out across twenty one

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<v Speaker 3>overseas territories and available in six European languages. The company

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<v Speaker 3>said in a statement. It's going to be free too

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<v Speaker 3>across its apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.

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<v Speaker 4>Also watching.

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<v Speaker 3>Shares of Intel down about seven tenths of one percent.

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<v Speaker 3>It did fall by nearly seven percent yesterday after a

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<v Speaker 3>TSMC board member dismissed report that the company has pitched

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<v Speaker 3>a major US shipmakers about taking stakes in it JV

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<v Speaker 3>to operate intels and factories. Shares we're bouncing back earlier,

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<v Speaker 3>but lower now, and in Vidia is higher today as

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<v Speaker 3>the company continues its GTCAI conference in San Jose today.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, Quantum day and video shares hired by one

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<v Speaker 3>point three percent. And that's exactly where we go now

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<v Speaker 3>live from the DCC event, our own ed Ludlow joining

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<v Speaker 3>us at I want you to set the scene for us,

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<v Speaker 3>but I also want you to clear something up for us,

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<v Speaker 3>because there's lots of chatter this morning about in Nvidia

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<v Speaker 3>in the context of money being spent in the US.

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<v Speaker 5>What's going on, Yeah, it's based on an interview that

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<v Speaker 5>Jensen Wong, the CEO, gave the Financial Times, and he

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<v Speaker 5>quoted as saying is that in Vidia will procure half

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<v Speaker 5>a trillion dollars worth of electronics in the next four

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<v Speaker 5>or five years. But what he's not saying is that

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<v Speaker 5>that is capital expenditures. Right, this is a company that

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<v Speaker 5>has seventy percent market share in the market for AI accelerators,

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<v Speaker 5>high performance GPUs that go into data centers. He spent

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of time yesterday. We were with him for

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<v Speaker 5>an hour explaining the mechanics of that. Right, when you

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<v Speaker 5>build a data center from scratch or you upgrade its technology,

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<v Speaker 5>that is a tens of billions of dollars or hundreds

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<v Speaker 5>of billions of dollars project. If you have seventy percent

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<v Speaker 5>market share for the brain that goes into it, Inevitably

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<v Speaker 5>you're going to have to pay TSMC to manufacture the chips.

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<v Speaker 5>You're going to work with Dell in HPE on the

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<v Speaker 5>server IRAQ assembly and packaging. That's what he's referencing, essentially

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<v Speaker 5>the cost of doing business. It's interesting because this is

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<v Speaker 5>what Gensen one wants us to be talking about. He

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<v Speaker 5>sees in video as foundational to all AI companies. In

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<v Speaker 5>other words, companies are being created because of what in

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<v Speaker 5>Video is doing. In the context of it calling itself

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<v Speaker 5>an AI infrastructure company, an AI factory company.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay AI infrastructure a AI factory today though is quantum

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<v Speaker 3>day and in Nvidia doesn't actually make sure quantum computers

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<v Speaker 3>what's going on?

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<v Speaker 4>Correct?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so exactly the same point as with AAI data centers.

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<v Speaker 5>In Vida does not make quantum computers. What it does

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<v Speaker 5>is sell its existing technology to the quantum computing industry

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<v Speaker 5>to help them make their own machines better. You can

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<v Speaker 5>use an AI supercomputer for error correction and calibration of

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<v Speaker 5>a quantum computer, but they're essentially two distinct field. Of course,

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<v Speaker 5>quantum computers follow quantum mechanics and are coded in cubits,

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<v Speaker 5>not in bits, ones and zeros. But we're all here

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<v Speaker 5>today because what happened in January, right, Jensen one was

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<v Speaker 5>asked basically at point blank, what do you think of

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<v Speaker 5>quantum computers, and he said they're more than a decade

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<v Speaker 5>away from being useful. The net result that day, January eighth,

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<v Speaker 5>was the the publicly traded quantum computing stocks all sank

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<v Speaker 5>thirty forty percent. And so we're all assembling today and

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<v Speaker 5>Jensen's going to be on stage with all of the

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<v Speaker 5>quantum computing CEOs who are basically his customers. He just

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<v Speaker 5>sells the existing gear to them, and maybe we'll get

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<v Speaker 5>an update on how Jensen feels on quantum computing. But

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<v Speaker 5>from in Vidia's perspective, it's an arm of research, and

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<v Speaker 5>it's where they sell existing tech GPUs principally to that industry.

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<v Speaker 5>They do not make quantum computers.

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<v Speaker 3>Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow ed at Invidio GtC ed, good to

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<v Speaker 3>see you. We'll see you a little later too, Thanks

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<v Speaker 3>so much. Stay with us, though, because Bloomberg this Afternoon

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<v Speaker 3>has a special edition of Bloomberg Technology on quantum Computing.

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<v Speaker 3>Ed Lodlow will return live from in Video's GtC event

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<v Speaker 3>starting at four to thirty pm Eastern Time. Four on

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<v Speaker 3>the broader tech market and in Video, let's bring in

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<v Speaker 3>Sylvia Jablonski, Defiance ETF's CEO.

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<v Speaker 2>She joins us.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, Sylvia, I'm wondering how you're watching everything happening at

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<v Speaker 3>in Video GtC. You do argue that in Vidio is

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<v Speaker 3>a buy right now off of its highs. How are

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<v Speaker 3>you watching everything come out of San Jose this week?

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, good morning, Thanks for having me here. I think

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<v Speaker 6>it's all very exciting. You know, what we're what we've

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<v Speaker 6>been seeing over the last.

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<v Speaker 7>Year or two is just you know, so much news

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<v Speaker 7>around the growth of AI, the potential for quantum computing,

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<v Speaker 7>the buildout.

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<v Speaker 6>Of six G.

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<v Speaker 7>And you know who's the star of that show. It's

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<v Speaker 7>it's Nvidia. And you're talking about a stock that you know,

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<v Speaker 7>was trading up over above one forty pretty recently before

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<v Speaker 7>this this pullback that.

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<v Speaker 6>We see here at these levels.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, I love the stock, I love the company

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<v Speaker 7>you're talking about potentially, you know, a fourth Industrial Revolution compounded.

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<v Speaker 7>I know, growth rate themes, of AI and quantum and

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<v Speaker 7>things like this of thirty five to forty percent per year.

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<v Speaker 7>As an investor, I'm patient with technology. It takes time

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<v Speaker 7>for things to play out, but I want to get

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<v Speaker 7>in early. And this is still you know, first innings.

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<v Speaker 7>A lot of people are saying that, but you know,

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<v Speaker 7>we're seeing that it's it's it's true as we get

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<v Speaker 7>more news from this conference.

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<v Speaker 3>So do you think that in Nvidia investors right now

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<v Speaker 3>have it wrong? Does the market have it wrong? To

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<v Speaker 3>what extent do you think this stock is undervalued right now?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, we can always say that the market is you know,

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<v Speaker 7>the market's a little bit emotional, right, So I think

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<v Speaker 7>that there are a lot of reactions in the market,

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<v Speaker 7>and when the market becomes emotional and people panic, usually

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<v Speaker 7>they sell the macseven or they sell kind of like

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<v Speaker 7>the high flying names that have done well for that year.

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<v Speaker 7>We've seen it happen with Tesla, we saw it happen

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<v Speaker 7>with Apple during COVID, you know, all these different sorts

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<v Speaker 7>of things. And then video is kind of the poster

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<v Speaker 7>child of the market this year.

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<v Speaker 6>So when we have fear.

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<v Speaker 7>And panics about tariffs and things like this, people tend

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<v Speaker 7>to run for the hills and sell you know, the

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<v Speaker 7>most profitable stock. So I just think that there's a

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<v Speaker 7>lot of liquidity on the sidelines. There's still this consumer

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<v Speaker 7>consumer sentiment that is uneasy.

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<v Speaker 6>But eventually, you know, when.

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<v Speaker 7>Some of the tariff things shake out, and then we

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<v Speaker 7>get you know, the tailwinds of lower regulation and tax policy,

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<v Speaker 7>things that are favorable to the market.

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<v Speaker 6>These are the names that also rally first.

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<v Speaker 7>Right, It's kind of like the buy the dips and

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<v Speaker 7>you know, sell the rips or hold on to the

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<v Speaker 7>rip scenario.

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<v Speaker 3>Here, well, we're still down on the NAZAC one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>and ten percent, so officially in correction territory. You said,

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<v Speaker 3>when we get the regulatory clarity, when we get tax cuts,

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<v Speaker 3>when the tariff stuff shakes out, how are you so

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<v Speaker 3>certain that stuff is going to shake out?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, I think, you know, all of these things take time, right,

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<v Speaker 7>and the only information we have is the information that

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<v Speaker 7>we actually get from Washington, and that information seems to

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<v Speaker 7>be that, you know, the tariff policy is inactive because

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<v Speaker 7>of these fensanyl issues, immigration issues, cybersecurity, these other types

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<v Speaker 7>of things that have to be sorted out. We have

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<v Speaker 7>information that the president plans to you know, cut taxes

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<v Speaker 7>to support your regulation and businesses. So I think to

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<v Speaker 7>your point, it's a fair question, right, we actually have

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<v Speaker 7>to see these things pan out. But even if nothing

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<v Speaker 7>else happens, right, you have an economy that.

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<v Speaker 6>Is still growing positive, you know, positive GDP.

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<v Speaker 7>It's a little bit lower, but we're still above that

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<v Speaker 7>two percent range. Jobs are fine, wages are fine. Corporate

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<v Speaker 7>earnings are estimated to be in the high single digits,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, even up to ten percent by some analyst estimates.

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<v Speaker 6>The earning season was very good. There are still strong balance.

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<v Speaker 7>Sheets, and you know what we're hearing out of corporate

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<v Speaker 7>America is that it's you know, there's soll cap bax.

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<v Speaker 8>Right.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't see a recession either way. So maybe you

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<v Speaker 6>don't get hyperbolic growth. But when you have these themes

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<v Speaker 6>like quantum computing and.

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<v Speaker 7>AI that are on sale, I think it's worth taking,

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<v Speaker 7>potentially taking a risk for long term returns, regardless of

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<v Speaker 7>what happens in the next year or so with policy.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Sylvia, before we let you go, just twenty seconds

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<v Speaker 3>on Broadcom another soccer bullet round, but down twenty percent

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<v Speaker 3>from all time highs.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I mean I think Broadcom is going to be

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<v Speaker 7>one of the leaders in AI and videos, the poster

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<v Speaker 7>child there, but Broadcom should be a second winner there.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, they're in software, they're in VM sales.

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<v Speaker 7>They've had over fifty seven percent growth in AI revenue

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<v Speaker 7>per the last earnings call. I just I think that

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<v Speaker 7>this is a name that did sell off a little bit.

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<v Speaker 7>It might be good to get in for the long run.

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<v Speaker 3>Sylvia Jablonski of Defiance ETF's always good to see you, Sylvia,

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<v Speaker 3>thanks so much for joining us. Well, coming up, we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to talk about soft bank six point five billion

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<v Speaker 3>dollar acquisition of Chip Designer and Peer Computing and Peer

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<v Speaker 3>CEO Renee James joins us.

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<v Speaker 8>Next.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Bloomberg.

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<v Speaker 3>Soft bank six point five billion dollar acquisition of Chip

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<v Speaker 3>Designer and Peer Computing is highlighting how the increasing demand

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<v Speaker 3>for compute is crashing up against infrastructure constraints. Renee James,

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<v Speaker 3>founder and CEO of and Pierre joins us to talk

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<v Speaker 3>more about this deal. Renee, good to see you, congratulations

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<v Speaker 3>on this.

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<v Speaker 9>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>I just want to know how are you feeling this morning.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm feeling I think it hasn't sunk in.

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<v Speaker 10>I'm of course thrilled with this outcome for you know,

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<v Speaker 10>my employees, my investors, and most importantly, we're a group

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<v Speaker 10>of inventors and innovators who are very excited about the

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<v Speaker 10>vision that Masa has for AI and our ability to

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<v Speaker 10>continue innovation as part of SoftBank.

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<v Speaker 2>What is that vision?

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<v Speaker 3>Because Ampier will operate as this wholly owned subsidiary of

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<v Speaker 3>soft Bank, of course it is a majority owner of ARM.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you fit into that vision? What is that vision?

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<v Speaker 10>You know, Massa has talked a lot, even the Stargate

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<v Speaker 10>announcement that was recently done in the White House, about

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<v Speaker 10>AI and the the role AI will play in everybody's

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<v Speaker 10>lives and building super chips, and he's talked a lot

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<v Speaker 10>about that.

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<v Speaker 9>So I think our role is to make that come

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<v Speaker 9>to life.

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<v Speaker 10>We are the leading supplier of high performance, very power

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<v Speaker 10>efficient processors for data centers on the our architecture, so

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<v Speaker 10>it's a very synergistic for us to join into the

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<v Speaker 10>SoftBank family and continue working on the Silicon roadmap that

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<v Speaker 10>we have which includes AI acceleration, and now we'll have

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<v Speaker 10>a broader mandate.

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<v Speaker 9>So I'm very excited about that.

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<v Speaker 3>What happens to your existing customers and your existing product

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<v Speaker 3>line when this deal does close in the second half

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<v Speaker 3>of the year.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, we continue as is.

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<v Speaker 10>We continue with the product line that we've worked on

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<v Speaker 10>for the last eight years are very low power, high

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<v Speaker 10>efficiency microprocessors, and now we've announced that we have AI

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<v Speaker 10>acceleration in our products. So I think that's the future

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<v Speaker 10>of where we're going in the data center. We're going

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<v Speaker 10>to see compute and AI start to come together, especially

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<v Speaker 10>as inference becomes the larger part of the market, and

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<v Speaker 10>so our customers continue with us and hopefully we'll be

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<v Speaker 10>excited about a broader set of products from us.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Y, you recognize something really early on that there's

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<v Speaker 3>this need and there's going to be this need, and

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<v Speaker 3>indeed we're seeing it right now for super high performance

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<v Speaker 3>that required lower power. When you look across the landscape

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<v Speaker 3>right now and where we are in AI, what do

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<v Speaker 3>you see that perhaps other people don't see right now.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, as you know, Tim, I've been doing this a

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<v Speaker 9>long time.

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<v Speaker 10>I've been in semis a long time, and power is

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<v Speaker 10>always been a variable in semiconductors for how you get

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<v Speaker 10>performance or a limited performance. And so one of the

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<v Speaker 10>things that I didn't get to work on in my

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<v Speaker 10>long career at Intel was working on how to do

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<v Speaker 10>the highest performance possible in the most constrained power envelope.

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<v Speaker 10>That was a portion of the spectrum of computing that

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<v Speaker 10>we didn't really work on. And the reason the thesis

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<v Speaker 10>was we knew that power would be the biggest limited

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<v Speaker 10>to growth long term.

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<v Speaker 9>There wouldn't be enough of it. You need increasing amounts

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<v Speaker 9>of compute.

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<v Speaker 10>We've talked a lot about AI, especially with GtC this week,

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<v Speaker 10>taking nothing away from that, we're also having a massive

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<v Speaker 10>growth in compute. It's going alongside this massive growth in

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<v Speaker 10>AI AI compute.

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<v Speaker 9>So those two things.

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<v Speaker 10>Are just taking you know, a tremendous amount of growth

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<v Speaker 10>and power and AIS a ten x.

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<v Speaker 9>You know, if you.

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<v Speaker 10>Will a function growth in power required and I think

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<v Speaker 10>we knew that you could know that from the workloads,

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<v Speaker 10>and we decided that, you know, one of the things

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<v Speaker 10>we should go pioneer is is this sufficiency. Our architecture

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<v Speaker 10>is very efficient and we preserve that efficiency, but we

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<v Speaker 10>used our experience in high performance and building high performance

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<v Speaker 10>microprocessors to really, you know, get us to this level.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we've heard a lot from Jensen this week

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<v Speaker 3>about physical A and I'm wondering from your perspective. When

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<v Speaker 3>you think about the compute that will be needed in

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<v Speaker 3>the years to come, what does that world actually look

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<v Speaker 3>like for the normal person. What are the products and

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<v Speaker 3>services and tools that we are all going to be

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<v Speaker 3>using that will require this compute.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I used to think this is funny.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, every wave of computing, whether it was the

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<v Speaker 10>wave of PCs, the waves of mobile phones and laptops,

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<v Speaker 10>we thought, this is it. We're going to have computers

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<v Speaker 10>that you know here, you have a computer in your pocket,

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<v Speaker 10>You're going to have a computer here at computer. I

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<v Speaker 10>think that in this next phase, you know, as was

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<v Speaker 10>discussed at GtC, we begin to really crest over into

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<v Speaker 10>integrated computing and everything.

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<v Speaker 9>And it really is transparent.

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<v Speaker 10>It's a background activity that happens in your life that's

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<v Speaker 10>assistive in different ways.

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<v Speaker 9>Whether it's robotic or not.

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<v Speaker 10>All of your appliances are smart now, all of your

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<v Speaker 10>homes have become smart, your.

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<v Speaker 9>Car is smart.

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<v Speaker 10>So the experience of computing that used to be isolated

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<v Speaker 10>to your computer or your phone or what have you,

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<v Speaker 10>is now integrated into your life and you have I think,

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<v Speaker 10>you know what we'll see. This is why I'm very

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<v Speaker 10>positive on semi conductors.

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<v Speaker 9>Semiconductors have fueled every single.

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<v Speaker 10>One of these waves of growth, and the base technology

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<v Speaker 10>to go into any kind of AI is basic computational semiconductors.

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<v Speaker 10>That's why, despite you know semis are always cyclical, we

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<v Speaker 10>do see this, we see these downturns. I'm very confident

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<v Speaker 10>that we have another growth cycle ahead of us in

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<v Speaker 10>semis and.

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<v Speaker 3>Peter founder and CEO Renee James Renee, thanks so much

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<v Speaker 3>for joining us on what is certainly a really big day.

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<v Speaker 2>I really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 3>Deep Seeks Innovation made ripples across the AI industry when

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<v Speaker 3>it announced that it's models performed as well or better

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<v Speaker 3>than its American counterparts and at a cheaper price.

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<v Speaker 2>That was back in January.

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<v Speaker 3>Since then, China and many other companies have been raising

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<v Speaker 3>to integrate that model throughout the country. Bloomberg's Daviting glaz

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<v Speaker 3>sat down with one AI c Kaifu Lead to discuss

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<v Speaker 3>their adoption of Deep Seek.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, I think China had its Chatgibet moment when Deep

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<v Speaker 11>Seak came out. We can call it deep Seek moment.

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<v Speaker 11>Everyone's aware of it over the Chinese holidays, everyone's talking

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<v Speaker 11>about it, and the CEOs came back to work saying,

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<v Speaker 11>put put deep Seek to work and my company, and

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<v Speaker 11>what they found out was deep Seek is a fantastic model,

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<v Speaker 11>amazing AI, but it doesn't have the middleware and the

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<v Speaker 11>user interface that it takes to connect to corporate databases

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<v Speaker 11>to build applications to make it useful for HR finance

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<v Speaker 11>and customer service.

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<v Speaker 4>So what zero one Dot.

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<v Speaker 11>Day I did was we saw deep Seak has been

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<v Speaker 11>making great momentum, and we decided to really bet on

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<v Speaker 11>deep Seek and build a missing middleware and UI so

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<v Speaker 11>that deep Sea can be made.

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<v Speaker 8>Useful in corporations.

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<v Speaker 11>That's the product we announced this Monday, and we're getting

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<v Speaker 11>fantastic reception in China and.

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<v Speaker 8>Also in Hong Kong.

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<v Speaker 9>Tell us more about that launch.

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<v Speaker 11>What we talked about was many of you have deep

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<v Speaker 11>Seak now you love to use it. In fact, one

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<v Speaker 11>CEO friend of mine asked his employees what do you

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<v Speaker 11>use it for?

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<v Speaker 4>And good question and the answer was fortune telling.

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<v Speaker 11>By the way, that's a great thing to try for you,

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<v Speaker 11>but it's not very deep into the industry the company.

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<v Speaker 11>You know, every company has ERP and the CRM databases,

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<v Speaker 11>they have employee records, they have their internal information, and

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<v Speaker 11>they want the model to be more a generalist. They

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<v Speaker 11>wanted to be knowledgeable. Bloomberg would want a finance knowledgeable model,

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<v Speaker 11>right Ping I would want an insurance knowledgeable model. So

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<v Speaker 11>our job is to really build that layer for that purpose,

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<v Speaker 11>sort of like if I gave a If I gave

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<v Speaker 11>you a Windows kernel that is the core operating system,

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<v Speaker 11>you wouldn't know what to do with it. You need

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<v Speaker 11>all the Windows layer, the application interfaces, so that the

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<v Speaker 11>Windows kernel can be useful. And we like to think

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<v Speaker 11>that zero one dot AI is providing that layer for deepseak,

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<v Speaker 11>which is the underlying model in technology.

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<v Speaker 3>K That was Kai fu Lee. There's you know, Innovation

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<v Speaker 3>Ventures and also one AI. Meanwhile, with the advent of

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<v Speaker 3>the AI boom, many of the manufacturers involved are becoming

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<v Speaker 3>amopolistic and only ever growing companies such as Nvidia and

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<v Speaker 3>it's partners who make the semiconductors just keep getting richer

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<v Speaker 3>every time you use your favorite chatbot. That's the story

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<v Speaker 3>in today's quick Take, and Bloomberg's Peter Elstrom joins us

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<v Speaker 3>now Peter the team over a quick take, writing that

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<v Speaker 3>every time we use chat GBT or Claude or Lama.

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<v Speaker 3>We're making a handful of companies wealthier take us through it.

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<v Speaker 12>That's right, or even deep Seek for that matter, they

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<v Speaker 12>also use this supply chain. So we took a look

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<v Speaker 12>at is this really unusual dominance that we've seen in

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<v Speaker 12>the supply chain of AI technologies. It begins with the

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<v Speaker 12>in Nvidia, which is probably the highest profile player here

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<v Speaker 12>in the supply chain, but it's also TSMC, the company

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<v Speaker 12>that makes the chips, s Kehaynix, which makes the high

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<v Speaker 12>bandwidth memory that is paired with invidious chips, and then ASML,

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<v Speaker 12>the maker of these lithography machines that are really the

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<v Speaker 12>necessary to be able to make the highest end chips

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<v Speaker 12>in the business.

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<v Speaker 8>So what we've seen is this really.

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<v Speaker 12>Consolidation of power in the AI supply chain with these

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<v Speaker 12>four companies where they wield tremendous power over how companies

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<v Speaker 12>are able to get these technologies and then deploy them.

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<v Speaker 12>That's true for all the hyperscalers, Meta, Microsoft, Open Ai, etc.

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<v Speaker 12>But also the companies in China have been trying to

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<v Speaker 12>buy these Now there are limitations on which chips Chinese

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<v Speaker 12>companies are able to buy, and deep Seek and even

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<v Speaker 12>Kaifu les zero.

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<v Speaker 4>One Dot AI.

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<v Speaker 12>But they want to be able to get those Nvidia

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<v Speaker 12>chips and the rest of the technologies from these companies

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<v Speaker 12>to be able to build the AI models that are

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<v Speaker 12>now going to be marketed to companies and to individuals.

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<v Speaker 3>What is the moat that these companies have, Peter, Because

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<v Speaker 3>typically when we think about innovation and technology such as this,

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<v Speaker 3>we think about it from the perspective of, Okay, if

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<v Speaker 3>these companies are making money, a rush of competitors are

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<v Speaker 3>going to come in and they're going to try to

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<v Speaker 3>do the same thing.

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<v Speaker 2>What's the moat that these companies have.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, that's a very important question. And just to take

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<v Speaker 12>a step back, I'd say that when you look at

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<v Speaker 12>monopolies over time, especially monopolies in tech, they tend to

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<v Speaker 12>last for quite a while. We saw it with Windows

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<v Speaker 12>and Intel in the PC era. Before that, we saw

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<v Speaker 12>it with IBM, which got sued three different times for

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<v Speaker 12>and I trust allegations. But they tend to last for

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<v Speaker 12>a very long period of time, and they tend to

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<v Speaker 12>fade not just because of competition, but because of government

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<v Speaker 12>intervention too. Now, these AI dominating players, let's call monopolies

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<v Speaker 12>for now, four players that are effectively monopolies in their categories.

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<v Speaker 12>They've only been in place for a very short period

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<v Speaker 12>of time at this point. When it comes to Nvidia,

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<v Speaker 12>they have lots of competition. TSMC and ASML have quite

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<v Speaker 12>a bit less.

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<v Speaker 3>Bloomberg's Peter Elstrom joining us from London today. Welcome back

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<v Speaker 3>to Bloomberg Technology. I'm Tim Seneveek in San Francisco. Let's

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<v Speaker 3>get a quick check of the markets. We do see

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<v Speaker 3>stocks off their best levels of the day. We did

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<v Speaker 3>see a lower open, but then we got some surprisingly

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<v Speaker 3>strong housing data which turned around the trade. Our last

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<v Speaker 3>check just about sixty five stocks in the Nasdaq one hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>We're moving higher. A couple of.

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<v Speaker 3>Individual equities I do want to check in on. Check

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<v Speaker 3>out what's going on with pdd Hired by about two

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<v Speaker 3>percent right now. These are shares listed in the US.

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<v Speaker 3>They erased that earlier decline, this coming after the company

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<v Speaker 3>reported fourth quarter results. Sales did misestimates for a third consecutive.

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<v Speaker 2>Quarter, but earnings were better than expected.

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<v Speaker 3>And look at Tesla down about eight tenths of one percent.

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<v Speaker 3>The company is recalling all cyber trucks produced and sold

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<v Speaker 3>in the US over the past fifteen months. This due

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<v Speaker 3>to a safety issue with steel trim pieces that can

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<v Speaker 3>detach from the vehicle. The company's recalling them all, but

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<v Speaker 3>it estimates that only about one percent of the recalled

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<v Speaker 3>vehicles have the defect. It can actually create a road

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<v Speaker 3>hazard and increase the risk of injury or collision. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>let's head back to in video GtC where Bloomberg's Ed

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<v Speaker 3>Ludlow is standing back.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, Ed, Yeah, there's just such a large volume of

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<v Speaker 5>news and data about in video out GtC. If you

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<v Speaker 5>look at the stock over the first four days of

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<v Speaker 5>this week. There's also skepticism in the market about the

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<v Speaker 5>understanding for demand long term. That's all many care about.

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<v Speaker 5>And I've got a brilliant guest to unpick it with me.

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<v Speaker 5>Flad Galibov is research director at Omdia. Stick that caught

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<v Speaker 5>my eye is that compute demand, particularly from agentic and reasoning,

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<v Speaker 5>is one hundred x today one hundred x what it

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<v Speaker 5>was one year ago. And to many people that doesn't

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<v Speaker 5>actually mean anything. But the way that it was explained

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<v Speaker 5>to me by in video is that they just counted

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<v Speaker 5>all the tokens.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 5>In a tokenization context, you basically take a token three

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<v Speaker 5>bytes of data and you say, okay, what our companies

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<v Speaker 5>beyond the hyperscalers doing right now today it's one hundred

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<v Speaker 5>x more than it was a year ago.

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<v Speaker 4>How do you model that?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's a very very difficult forward looking metric.

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<v Speaker 8>So there's two ways to do that.

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<v Speaker 13>So and by the way, there is a misunderstanding and

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<v Speaker 13>because it's complex, right, that's why people struggle. So one

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<v Speaker 13>part of my team tests models. So you know, what

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<v Speaker 13>they tried to find out is how good a model

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<v Speaker 13>can behave and they found out there is any models

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<v Speaker 13>behave better. The reason why they behave better is that

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<v Speaker 13>extra tokens is the extra computing. By being able to

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<v Speaker 13>in essence think, they actually end up getting a better result.

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<v Speaker 13>So my team got very excellent results from that. But

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<v Speaker 13>I have a different part of my team that actually

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<v Speaker 13>tries to understand exactly how many GPUs the different companies bought.

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<v Speaker 13>So my team in China was able.

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<v Speaker 5>To you're going to bring us to deep Sea, can't you?

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, I'll bring it to.

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<v Speaker 13>Deep Sek because my team in China found out that

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<v Speaker 13>Deep Seek bought a huge amount of GPUs. So imagine

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<v Speaker 13>then they release we have given that information to our

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<v Speaker 13>clients they release their paper, and in the paper they say,

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<v Speaker 13>we don't use many GPUs for training. So my clients

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<v Speaker 13>immediately came in they said, why did you tell us

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<v Speaker 13>they bought so many GPUs And.

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<v Speaker 8>I said, well, they did.

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<v Speaker 13>I have the receipts, and we know now that they

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<v Speaker 13>bought them because their inference is so compute intensive, because

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<v Speaker 13>their infance uses, as you said, one hundred x small

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<v Speaker 13>tokens than a traditional knowledge model. But that's a good

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<v Speaker 13>thing for us. It's actually better for us to train

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<v Speaker 13>quickly and simply and have a better out put through

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<v Speaker 13>more tokens, through more reasoning. People are, especially the environmentally

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<v Speaker 13>conscious people, which we all should be, are very concerned

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<v Speaker 13>about that extra tokenization during the inference stage. But actually,

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<v Speaker 13>if you can get the right answer once with one question,

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<v Speaker 13>that stops you from having to prompt many times. You

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<v Speaker 13>might have got a good answer from CHGBT, but you

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<v Speaker 13>would have needed to ask it one hundred questions, so

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<v Speaker 13>you're doing the reasoning for it now. If you use

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<v Speaker 13>a reasoning model with you know, what they call a

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<v Speaker 13>gender GAI, you end up having the right answers traded.

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<v Speaker 5>This is the core of Jensen Wong's argument right. If

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<v Speaker 5>you were at GtC in twenty twenty two, twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 5>twenty twenty four, maybe the fixation was on H one

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<v Speaker 5>hundred and training the next frontier model. But the world's

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<v Speaker 5>very different now. I think in videos really focus on

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<v Speaker 5>its enterprise customers. What Gensen one did outline was a

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<v Speaker 5>roadmap four years and four generations worth of hardware. Electronics

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<v Speaker 5>company the consumer electronics technology companies they don't do that.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't say here's what I'm doing this year all

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<v Speaker 5>the way through to twenty twenty seven. What did you

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<v Speaker 5>make of that?

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<v Speaker 13>So I disagree that electronics companies don't share their roadmap,

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<v Speaker 13>I'll be honest, because I think if you look at AMD,

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<v Speaker 13>they share their roadmap pretty broadly.

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<v Speaker 8>I think this is very transparent.

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<v Speaker 13>You know, I come from Intel and Intel we've always

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<v Speaker 13>shared a roadmap pretty broadly.

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<v Speaker 8>Well maybe not in the le nasty this have been

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<v Speaker 8>a bit shick.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, there's a difference between sharing a roadmap and executing

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<v Speaker 5>on it.

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<v Speaker 8>It is very big difference.

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<v Speaker 13>I think what's amazing about Nvidia is an extreme laser

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<v Speaker 13>focus in this incredible culture, and they understand, they understand

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<v Speaker 13>the hardware stack. They understand their software stack, they understand

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<v Speaker 13>the services, they have a strategy, and they understand that

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<v Speaker 13>the world is getting tokenized, so they're focused on that.

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<v Speaker 13>Their laser focused on how do we make the most

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<v Speaker 13>efficient token processing engine.

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<v Speaker 5>The analogy that gents one gave was Louis Vuitton bagged.

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<v Speaker 5>So for what it's worth, you argued, Louis Vuitton comes

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<v Speaker 5>out of this twenty five bag. But at the same day,

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<v Speaker 5>it doesn't tell you what it's going to be doing

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<v Speaker 5>in twenty twenty eight or twenty twenty nine. Whether you

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<v Speaker 5>agree with that that analogy or not remains to be seen.

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<v Speaker 5>What is different is you get a sense then videos

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<v Speaker 5>move beyond the hyperscalers the demand side of that equation.

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<v Speaker 5>What do you see?

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<v Speaker 13>So I do think that let me just kind of

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<v Speaker 13>just touch on enterprises in the world for a second.

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<v Speaker 13>Enterprises need predictability and they like it so and actually

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<v Speaker 13>they've been looking ever since Intel stop delivering, they've been

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<v Speaker 13>looking for more partners to be honest, to give them

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<v Speaker 13>a roadmap, to explain things and to then deliver. So

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<v Speaker 13>I think it's actually the best way to address the enterprise.

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<v Speaker 5>Does it protect the enterprise's ability to commit spending if

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<v Speaker 5>they know what employer signed the technology bar it does.

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<v Speaker 13>In my discussion with Jensen, that's exactly what we got

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<v Speaker 13>into this protection of enterprise spend, this guarantee because the

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<v Speaker 13>investments these days are huge. But it also helps to

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<v Speaker 13>create an ecosystem. So what you need to make it

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<v Speaker 13>in the enterprise is you need an ecosystem. So over

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<v Speaker 13>seventy percent of it is purchased through partners, through channel partners,

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<v Speaker 13>but in the enterprise, if you zoom into just the enterprise,

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<v Speaker 13>it's virtually every transaction, So you really need to have

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<v Speaker 13>trust in partners. You need to have trust that you

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<v Speaker 13>know there'll be people who will help you to have

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<v Speaker 13>a hard ar ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 8>And video.

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<v Speaker 13>May make a GPU, but they work with the cooling

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<v Speaker 13>vendors on this exact specification of how the codeplate that

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<v Speaker 13>will cool it will look like.

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<v Speaker 8>That's very impressive, right.

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<v Speaker 13>So then when you go to the software layer, you

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<v Speaker 13>want to get the developers behind you. And on top

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<v Speaker 13>of developers, you want to also users that might.

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<v Speaker 8>Not be experts.

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<v Speaker 13>So by having both you know, a language, by having

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<v Speaker 13>a platform, by having models, that means that the different

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<v Speaker 13>level of skills you know, people can work with you,

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<v Speaker 13>and then you need to have a services prior enterprises.

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<v Speaker 13>Some enterprises like to do stuff in house. Other enterprises

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<v Speaker 13>like to have a partner.

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<v Speaker 5>And we were short on time, and I've got to

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<v Speaker 5>mention quantum day. That's why we're here in this room.

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<v Speaker 5>And Video does not make quantum computers. Yes, we're having

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<v Speaker 5>quantum day. How do you approach it?

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<v Speaker 13>So I think you know, big speculation of quantum computing.

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<v Speaker 8>When is it coming?

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<v Speaker 13>So I'll just tell you one very quick story. Arm

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<v Speaker 13>CPUs Right, arm CPUs are now a really big part

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<v Speaker 13>of the ecosystem. We use it, and Video has them,

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<v Speaker 13>Amazon has them, many people have them.

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<v Speaker 8>But when it was.

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<v Speaker 13>When the first kind of data center ARMCPU was launched

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<v Speaker 13>in about twenty eleven twenty thirteen. You know, I was

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<v Speaker 13>at Intel when we were very worried about it. But

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<v Speaker 13>at the time it lacked performance, so it took another

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<v Speaker 13>five years for performance to happen. But then it lacked

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<v Speaker 13>software ecosystem, it lacked programmability, it lacked libraries, and it

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<v Speaker 13>lacked you know, being able to use enterprise software out

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<v Speaker 13>of the box. So it took another five years. Huge

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<v Speaker 13>investment from Amazon. Actually, if we're honest for codes to

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<v Speaker 13>be rewritten to work. So we're now in the place

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<v Speaker 13>where Armor was in twenty eleven. So I think that

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<v Speaker 13>we need at least another five years for the hardware

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<v Speaker 13>to get to a place where it's highly reliable. But

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<v Speaker 13>then the programmability of it, how easy it can be popularized,

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<v Speaker 13>that's the difficulty. So in many ways there might be

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<v Speaker 13>true behind truth behind everyone sayings. Pad Guessinger thinks it's

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<v Speaker 13>going to take five years for the hardware, yes, but

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<v Speaker 13>I think Jensen thinks about it very practically. It takes

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<v Speaker 13>longer for the programma BOS.

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<v Speaker 5>System, and Nvidia's argument would be their AI supercomputer separate

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<v Speaker 5>technology can help in the development. Flag Alobov of Ondia

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<v Speaker 5>really great to catch up here in San Jose.

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<v Speaker 3>Turn back to UNSF no great stuff, big thank you

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<v Speaker 3>to add lod though out there in San Jose. Tune

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<v Speaker 3>in at four thirty pm Eastern today for a special

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<v Speaker 3>edition of Bloomberg Technology, hosted by our very own the

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<v Speaker 3>Live from Videos GtC.

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<v Speaker 2>Now coming up, investor.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Lonsdale and Campus CEO today O Rende are going

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<v Speaker 3>to join us to discuss the startup Series B funding

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<v Speaker 3>round and changes to higher ed.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Bloomberg, a tech startup.

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<v Speaker 3>Campus has just raised forty three million dollars in a

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<v Speaker 3>Series B funding round. The company aims to give students

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<v Speaker 3>a more affordable path to a college degree. Bloomberg Beta,

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<v Speaker 3>the venture capital arm of Bloomberg LP, is one of

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<v Speaker 3>Campus's five largest shareholders. We should note joining us now

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<v Speaker 3>is campus CEO Toddy o ya Rende and one of

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<v Speaker 3>its investors, Joe Lonsdale. Toddy, I want to start with

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<v Speaker 3>you because you studied aerospace engineering in the UK and

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<v Speaker 3>at Embry Riddle in Florida. Was it your experience with

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<v Speaker 3>education that led you to start this company?

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<v Speaker 14>Hey, Tim, thanks for having me. Hey Joe, definitely, I

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<v Speaker 14>mean before college, I was homeschooled until high school. My

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<v Speaker 14>paternal grandfather was a college dean. My paternal grandfather was

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<v Speaker 14>a high school principal. My mother is a college dean.

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<v Speaker 14>My older sister is a professor. So probably I was

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<v Speaker 14>brainwashed from birth to get really excited about education.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, a school's reputation when it comes to academics is everything.

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<v Speaker 3>How do you build that reputation today from the ground up,

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<v Speaker 3>especially in the early years and when for profit schools

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<v Speaker 3>have had such a checkered past.

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<v Speaker 14>Look, it's about elite education for all and so that's

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<v Speaker 14>what we're doing at Campus. We're sort of rethinking the

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<v Speaker 14>first two years of college. We're building a new kind

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<v Speaker 14>of two year college where students get to learned from

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<v Speaker 14>a the best professors from the top schools in the

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<v Speaker 14>country Princeton, Stanford, UCLA knock out the first years of

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<v Speaker 14>college with us, and there not just learning theoretical nonsense,

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<v Speaker 14>learning like really useful skills. And then they transferred to

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<v Speaker 14>the four year school of their dreams to complete their

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<v Speaker 14>bachelors with no debt. And I think that's the key.

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<v Speaker 8>No debt.

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<v Speaker 14>Student loan debt's about to pass two trillion dollars in

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<v Speaker 14>this country. We were hearing crazy stories students taking out

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<v Speaker 14>one hundred thousand dollars two hundred thousand dollar loans that

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<v Speaker 14>are graduating. They can't even get jobs. It makes no sense.

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<v Speaker 14>It's got to stop. But now there's actually a better way.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, well, speaking of that, I want to bring in

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<v Speaker 3>Joe to this conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>Joe Lonsdale.

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<v Speaker 3>Look, you've already invested in Campus, but this isn't your

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<v Speaker 3>first foray into education. You co founded the University of

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<v Speaker 3>Boston a few years ago. What in your view is

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<v Speaker 3>wrong with higher education? You went to Stanford, you seem

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<v Speaker 3>to be doing pretty well.

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<v Speaker 4>Well.

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<v Speaker 15>Of course, there's a lot of issues with the very

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<v Speaker 15>top of our education, which is what the University of

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<v Speaker 15>Austin's focus on. But you know, I'd argue that our

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<v Speaker 15>community college is unfortunately, are even more troubled in this country.

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<v Speaker 15>There are many have very low graduation rates. A lot

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<v Speaker 15>of them also are focused more on ideology than skills, sadly.

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<v Speaker 15>And so what today and campus represents to me, It

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<v Speaker 15>represents excellence, it represents merit. And you know, our economy

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<v Speaker 15>is changing drastically ais you guys are talking about on

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<v Speaker 15>other segments today. You know, it's changing everything how it's

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<v Speaker 15>going to work, and we need to get the right

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<v Speaker 15>skills and the right frameworks, you know, to millions of

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<v Speaker 15>young adults. And you know, I'm hoping Todd I could

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<v Speaker 15>scale this to a million students, kepture timers, sent the community,

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<v Speaker 15>call colledge market and really help all of those live

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<v Speaker 15>better lives and succeed more on the economy that it's coming.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go, well, Joe, what's your input on the curriculum,

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<v Speaker 3>because You're hiring a lot of folks, your portfolio companies

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<v Speaker 3>are hiring a lot of folks who have diverse backgrounds,

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<v Speaker 3>who have skills that are arguably not necessarily taught in

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<v Speaker 3>some schools and universities. What's the input that we're getting

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<v Speaker 3>him on the curriculum?

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<v Speaker 15>You know, my push from my side is let's do

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<v Speaker 15>let's add some in more, some more courses in that

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<v Speaker 15>reflect what you need to know for AI.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's people like Sam Altman involved.

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<v Speaker 15>As well, who build open AI of course, and others

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<v Speaker 15>who are invested here. And the idea is, how can

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<v Speaker 15>we help hundreds of thousands, millions of young Americans, you know,

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<v Speaker 15>obtain the skills necessary to work in an economy where

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<v Speaker 15>AI is going to be involved in a lot more So,

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<v Speaker 15>that's not the immediate focus today. The immediate focus today

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<v Speaker 15>is on a lot of basic skills needed in today's economy.

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<v Speaker 15>But what's really fun is today's talking a lot and

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<v Speaker 15>thinking a lot about what else can we add in

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<v Speaker 15>here to really make sure we get people ready for

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<v Speaker 15>the twenty thirties.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Toddy, you were talking about the cost of college

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<v Speaker 3>getting out of control. You were sharing some pretty staggering

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<v Speaker 3>statistics about the trillions of dollars of student loan debt

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<v Speaker 3>that exists in this country. Nobody argues with that. How

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<v Speaker 3>do you make the economics of campus work though, when

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<v Speaker 3>other colleges and other even junior colleges community colleges.

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<v Speaker 2>Are more expensive.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah, I think the key is, like the completion rates

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<v Speaker 14>actually have to go up for the economics to work.

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<v Speaker 14>So the traditional community college has an average completion rate

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<v Speaker 14>of about twenty seven percent graduation rate, and so when

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<v Speaker 14>you lose students when they drop out, you actually earn

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<v Speaker 14>less tuition revenue per student. So if you actually it's

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<v Speaker 14>sort of paradoxical. But if you actually keep students longer

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<v Speaker 14>because you help them graduate, then guess what, you earn

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<v Speaker 14>more tuition revenue, which makes the economics more healthy. And

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<v Speaker 14>so that's like the sort of the beautiful symmetry in

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<v Speaker 14>terms of what's best for the student, what's best for campus,

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<v Speaker 14>and what's best for our country. Driving up graduation rates

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<v Speaker 14>is actually how you make the economics work.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe, come on in here, because I'm curious about your

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<v Speaker 3>view of the federal government's involvement in education. The government

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<v Speaker 3>is frozen, suspended, or cut more than a billion dollars

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<v Speaker 3>from universities In a recent week, we're talking about reports

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<v Speaker 3>from Columbia, Johns Hopkins ten and more. And I'm wondering,

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<v Speaker 3>as an entrepreneur, as somebody who's hired a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>folks who founded successful companies, somebody who has founded successful companies,

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<v Speaker 3>are you concerned about the American talent pipeline being cut

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<v Speaker 3>off as a result of these cuts?

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<v Speaker 15>You know, I'm more concerned about making sure we spend

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<v Speaker 15>money effectively and efficiently, and so I really like what

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<v Speaker 15>Toddy is doing along those lines. A lot of the

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<v Speaker 15>policy I'm pushing, you know, coming from my side of things,

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<v Speaker 15>is how do we make this spend accountable. So, for example,

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<v Speaker 15>if you're going to do vocational education, Unfortunately, just like

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<v Speaker 15>our community colleges, a lot of the vocational programs, low

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<v Speaker 15>graduation rates, wrong skills, not helpful if you can spend

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<v Speaker 15>the money effectively, if you say these money is going

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<v Speaker 15>to be tied to results. For example, when you tie

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<v Speaker 15>the money to the salaries of students coming out.

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<v Speaker 4>Of vocational schools, it doubles those results.

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<v Speaker 15>Those are types of policies I think be popular on

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<v Speaker 15>both the left and the right, And what I love

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<v Speaker 15>about what today is doing is it's not really playing

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<v Speaker 15>the ideological games.

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<v Speaker 4>There's people of all backgrounds.

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<v Speaker 15>There's people involved from the left, from the right, black, white, Hispanic, everything,

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<v Speaker 15>and it's just about merit and excellence and getting good

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<v Speaker 15>results for very small spend. So I think this is

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<v Speaker 15>this sort of thing that is going to remain popular

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<v Speaker 15>with everyone, regardless of some of the other fights going on.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, today, how do you watch what's happening in the

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<v Speaker 3>federal government because Predesident Trump today is expected to sign

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<v Speaker 3>an executive action that formally asked officials to take steps

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<v Speaker 3>to dismantle the Department of Education. According to our reporting,

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<v Speaker 3>what happens to your business then, because forty percent of

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<v Speaker 3>your students qualify for pelgrants and those are administered by

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<v Speaker 3>the Department of Education.

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<v Speaker 14>Yeah, Look, the vast and jort of our students use

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<v Speaker 14>PEL grants to cover their twition and so they don't

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<v Speaker 14>have to pay anything out of pocket for twition expenses.

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<v Speaker 14>Paul Grant is not going away. Even if the Department

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<v Speaker 14>of Education is dismantled, some of these key programs that

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<v Speaker 14>are mandated by Congress are going to be split across.

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<v Speaker 14>You know, maybe Treasury or the IRS or other organizations.

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<v Speaker 14>The way I look at what's happening in Washington right

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<v Speaker 14>now is, hey, look, obviously everyone's looking at this and saying,

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<v Speaker 14>we need to be more accountable. As show talked about,

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<v Speaker 14>we definitely need to be more efficient with taxpayer dollars.

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<v Speaker 14>It's really early days. Secaturmic Man's been in there for

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<v Speaker 14>less than three weeks. I think you know we're watching

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<v Speaker 14>it closely, but we're going to have to let this

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<v Speaker 14>one play out.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Joe, last one to you, speaking of efficiencies in

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<v Speaker 3>the federal government, You've been supportive of Dog this week,

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<v Speaker 3>though a federal judge ruled that Elon Musk's actions to

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<v Speaker 3>shut down USAID violated likely violated the Constitution in multiple ways.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you concerned that the courts are going to prevent

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<v Speaker 3>Elon from being able to do the cuts that you

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<v Speaker 3>want to see him?

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<v Speaker 15>Do you know that particular ruling. I'm glad you mentioned

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<v Speaker 15>it because it was so ridiculous. So actually the ruling

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<v Speaker 15>was so misguided that it thought Congress had created USA,

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<v Speaker 15>which is not correct. It was actually created by executive

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<v Speaker 15>action the USA. It is just such a great example

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<v Speaker 15>of just complete waste, right they're just all sorts of

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<v Speaker 15>scams and fraud that we've uncovered. I think no matter

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<v Speaker 15>what your party background, if you look at the details,

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<v Speaker 15>you'll agree this should have been turned off.

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<v Speaker 4>And there are.

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<v Speaker 15>Activist judges they are going to try to slow it down.

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<v Speaker 15>I personally hope the Supreme Court is going to step

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<v Speaker 15>in and make some sound rulings here and stop activist

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<v Speaker 15>judges from violating the Constitution by their interference. And it

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<v Speaker 15>is going to be a big issue.

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<v Speaker 3>So what have you spoken to Elon about this? Have

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<v Speaker 3>you spoken to Elon since he's been a doge.

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<v Speaker 15>He's a friend and I am in touch, and he's

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<v Speaker 15>working really hard with a lot of smart people. They're

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<v Speaker 15>being very aggressive. A lot of my friends are involved

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<v Speaker 15>in DOGE and listen, there's there's I think. I don't

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<v Speaker 15>think everything they're doing is going to always be perfect,

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<v Speaker 15>but there's so many crazy things that have to be

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<v Speaker 15>turned off and have to be confronted that overall, I'm

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<v Speaker 15>very very happy for the work they're doing, and I

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<v Speaker 15>think they're kind of shocked about some of the ridiculous

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<v Speaker 15>things they're finding as well as they're publishing all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, really appreciate both of you guys joining us. That's

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Lonsdale from a VC also campus CEO today. Oh

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<v Speaker 3>Yareen Day, thanks so much for joining us. If you

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to grind the world to a complete hall, you

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<v Speaker 3>could achieve.

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<v Speaker 2>That by removing magnets.

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<v Speaker 3>They're crucial to basically all tech, including EVS and the

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<v Speaker 3>next nuclear breakthrough fusion Energy Primer or the latest Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 3>original series takes a deep dive into all of this.

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<v Speaker 16>It takes a lot of work to build something big.

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<v Speaker 16>You also gets very expensive, like the amount of money

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<v Speaker 16>you need to spend on something to get just the

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<v Speaker 16>first one can get very very expensive.

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<v Speaker 17>That's exactly what's happening with ETA, a giant fusion reactor

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<v Speaker 17>currently under construction in France that uses super conducting magnets.

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<v Speaker 17>Look at this thing. It's huge and as a result,

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<v Speaker 17>it's projected to cost as much as sixty five billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 17>So to make fusion smaller, cheaper and more practical, Commonwealth's

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<v Speaker 17>founders needed a whole new kind of magnet.

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<v Speaker 16>The question was like would that material ever happen? And

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<v Speaker 16>it wasn't until the early two thousands we could really

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<v Speaker 16>see that that material was going to happen that there

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<v Speaker 16>would be a new type of superconductor. And it's a

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<v Speaker 16>weird it's not a wire, it's a weird thing. It's

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<v Speaker 16>a film and it won the Nobel Prize like months

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<v Speaker 16>after it was discovered.

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<v Speaker 18>So this is a material called HTS or high temperature superconductor.

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<v Speaker 18>Is it is Literally it comes down a tape. It's

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<v Speaker 18>probably kind of hard to see on the camera. It's

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<v Speaker 18>very thin. It's actually mostly copper and steel, but there's

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<v Speaker 18>a very very very thin layer inside of this that

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<v Speaker 18>is high temperature superconducting material.

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<v Speaker 17>High temperature in this case is still wildly cold, but

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<v Speaker 17>not quite out of space cold. And that was the

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<v Speaker 17>breakthrough that Commonwealth needed. Magnets made with this material can

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<v Speaker 17>create a stronger magnetic field, so they don't have to

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<v Speaker 17>be so massive.

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<v Speaker 18>You can shrink the size of the device by a

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<v Speaker 18>factor of ten. Basically allows us to make things smaller,

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<v Speaker 18>which makes things cheaper and makes things faster to get

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<v Speaker 18>fusion to a spot where we can make energy from it.

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<v Speaker 3>And that was the voice of Caroline High. Tune into

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