WEBVTT - Nvidia Surges and Reddit Gears Up for IPO

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<v Speaker 1>From the heart.

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<v Speaker 2>We're Innovations Money and Power.

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<v Speaker 3>Collie in Silicon Valley, NBN. This is Bloomberg Technology with

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<v Speaker 3>Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlove.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Caroine, head of Bloomos World headquarters in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Bloomberg Technology coming up in via. It surges

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<v Speaker 2>as AI demand Power is the company's outlook yet again.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have full coverage on the company as it looks

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<v Speaker 2>to add two hundred and fifty billion dollars to its

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<v Speaker 2>market cap just today, and we'll get a read on

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<v Speaker 2>the state of the IPO market as Reddit gives up

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<v Speaker 2>to file publicly for its offering as soon as today.

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<v Speaker 2>Details to come. Plus from chips and IPOs to the Moon,

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<v Speaker 2>we get a preview on what we can expect from

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<v Speaker 2>exploration startup Intuitive Machines and its attempt to put a

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<v Speaker 2>US made lander on the Moon for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>in fifty years. That first, we've got to get to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Extraordinary moves once again, extraordinary moves and market capitalization and

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<v Speaker 2>yet still a valuation that is relatively cheap. In video

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<v Speaker 2>surging fifteen percent would be the biggest ever addition in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of marketcap on record that we've seen for any

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<v Speaker 2>single stock at fifteen percent, once again making it on

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<v Speaker 2>edge to get to that two trillion dollar mark when

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<v Speaker 2>it comes to market capitalization. And the reason that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>the valuation is still at thirty three times forward looking

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<v Speaker 2>earnings is because all those earnings keep on grising at

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<v Speaker 2>an extraordinary pace. Here's what guests had to say.

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<v Speaker 1>What a sensational set of results from Nvidia.

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<v Speaker 2>This is really the yearning's heard around the world.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll do my best to sort of contain my enthusiasm.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems each quarter they continue to surprise.

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<v Speaker 5>There are going to be significant benefits.

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<v Speaker 6>The only result that was going to be acceptable was

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<v Speaker 6>not only a beat, but a substantial beat.

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<v Speaker 7>This is a company that continues to execute and completely

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<v Speaker 7>blow away everybody's most robust forecast.

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<v Speaker 5>Hunt deny the impact that it's having across not just

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<v Speaker 5>in the US market and the US tech sector, but

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<v Speaker 5>actually globally. And I think one of those reasons is

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<v Speaker 5>that people are really buying into this idea that it

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<v Speaker 5>isn't the tipping point.

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<v Speaker 2>There is great momentum there.

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<v Speaker 8>People are beginning to wonder how many consecutive quarters can

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<v Speaker 8>this company continue.

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<v Speaker 7>To run with the big question has been how long

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<v Speaker 7>can this continue?

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<v Speaker 1>There is sort of a consensus in the industry to

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<v Speaker 1>put some competitive pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>Back on in video.

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<v Speaker 7>The competition has never been more fierce than it is

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<v Speaker 7>right now foreign video, but they have a huge headstart.

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<v Speaker 8>This tidal wave of spend, it's coming to the rest

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<v Speaker 8>of tech and in our opinion, that's going to continue

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<v Speaker 8>to fuel this tech bill market.

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<v Speaker 2>The equity market sort of really nicely sort of set

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<v Speaker 2>up from here.

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<v Speaker 1>This AI party, it's just getting started.

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<v Speaker 2>Blueberg Intelligence senior analyst many saying joins us to take

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<v Speaker 2>us on a gear from it just getting started. What

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<v Speaker 2>was extraordinary is if you were training after hours and

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<v Speaker 2>not everyone does. At one point you were looking at

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<v Speaker 2>a lot. What pushed us significantly back into the green.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, so when you look at the print, the China

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<v Speaker 6>numbers stood out. So China used to be twenty percent

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<v Speaker 6>of revenue. Now it was mid a single digit. So

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<v Speaker 6>clearly they've had some headwinds. But despite that, they come

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<v Speaker 6>out and raise the forecast for another ten percent. And

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<v Speaker 6>you know, that's what's most impressive about the results is

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<v Speaker 6>not only have they executed well, they have not missed

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<v Speaker 6>a beat in terms of shipping new product. So they're

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<v Speaker 6>talking about H two hundred chips in two Q that's

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<v Speaker 6>double the performance of H one hundred. And we know

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<v Speaker 6>H one hundred was double the performance of A one hundred.

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<v Speaker 6>So clearly you know they're executing to perfection here and

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<v Speaker 6>they keep delivering quarter after quarter of perfection. I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>the question to me is really what is the addressable market?

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<v Speaker 6>With Jensen said it's one trillion incremental over the next

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<v Speaker 6>five years. And they are very well positioned on the

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<v Speaker 6>compute and networking side. So if you take that you

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<v Speaker 6>know four and model that, you will believe they can keep,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, continuing with these numbers. But at some point

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<v Speaker 6>there will be a digestion phase because they are exposed

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<v Speaker 6>to hyperscalers. The capex is what fifty percent of their

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<v Speaker 6>data center revenue is coming from hyperscaler capex. So that's

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<v Speaker 6>ten companies, which means every hyperscaler is about five percent

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<v Speaker 6>of in video's revenue. And they are buying these ships,

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<v Speaker 6>but for how long and if one of them does

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<v Speaker 6>get their own chip, what impact does it have on

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<v Speaker 6>a video's growth. Probably people are not going to talk

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<v Speaker 6>about it for the next one or two quarters. This

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<v Speaker 6>is more of you know, a four five quarter question.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jensen himself has started to talk about diversification, talking

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<v Speaker 2>that sovereigns need to have access to their own compute,

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<v Speaker 2>that companies need to do that. That's why they have

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<v Speaker 2>this deal with Cisco. How much do you think that

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<v Speaker 2>they can diversify away from these mega companies that are

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<v Speaker 2>so dominating their revenue.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean they need that. And Jensen said there will

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<v Speaker 6>be more than five foundational models. So right now, the

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<v Speaker 6>prevailing market view is there will be four or five

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<v Speaker 6>foundational large ANGLID models and every company will standardize on that.

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<v Speaker 6>What he's saying is they will be vertical specific large

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<v Speaker 6>anguage models, sovereign large ANGLID models, because these companies don't

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<v Speaker 6>want to give away their data to open AI or Gemini.

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<v Speaker 6>And so if that's the case, then yes, these companies

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<v Speaker 6>need to invest or governments need to have the same

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<v Speaker 6>level of CAPEX investments what hyperscalers have done over the

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<v Speaker 6>last two three years in terms of buying these in

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<v Speaker 6>video chips. But if the standardized models are going to

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<v Speaker 6>be the four or five models that we know, then

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<v Speaker 6>I think it will be hard to justify companies spending

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<v Speaker 6>forty fifty billion dollars in capex to buy in video

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<v Speaker 6>chips for training, and Jensen called out inferencing, which is

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<v Speaker 6>the other big opportunity. So if Nvidia chips are going

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<v Speaker 6>to be in smartphones, in PCs and inferencing other types

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<v Speaker 6>of inferencing, then yes, that expands their market. But we

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<v Speaker 6>don't know those details. All we know is next quarter

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<v Speaker 6>they're going to come out and probably raise by another

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<v Speaker 6>ten percent because it probably sandbag, you know, in terms

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<v Speaker 6>of the visibility they already.

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<v Speaker 2>Have, and we're expecting next quarter another revenue increase in

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<v Speaker 2>more than two hundred percent. Just always brilliant to push

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<v Speaker 2>it forward with Blue Meg Intelligence Senior analyst Mandat Sing,

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<v Speaker 2>we always thank him. And actually we were just referencing

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<v Speaker 2>maybe some of the flies in the ointment, which was China.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's dive deep on into that because the China story

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<v Speaker 2>is important and Johnkangli is joining us now. She is

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<v Speaker 2>indeed the CEO, founder and kind of research at JL

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<v Speaker 2>Warren Capital. And what's so interesting about JL Warren Capital

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<v Speaker 2>is you're basically focusing a limelight on the companies that

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<v Speaker 2>do have a big exposure to China and really doing

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<v Speaker 2>deep dive research into them. How much exposure is in

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<v Speaker 2>video going to have going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it's very dynamic. Right now, they have

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<v Speaker 1>five percent as the CEO said on a conference call,

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<v Speaker 1>yes today in this co year if this COO year

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three was twenty percent, so there's a sharp

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<v Speaker 1>job in the direct exposure to the China market. However,

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<v Speaker 1>they're offshore data centers owned by Chinese or Chinese entities

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<v Speaker 1>that use in video chips, so those will be the

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<v Speaker 1>markets in Singapore, markets of Middle East. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>combine all those, I would say that's probably add up

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen twenty percent of the Nvidia AI chip exposure.

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<v Speaker 1>So depending on Biden administration's approved approval. But China is

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<v Speaker 1>expecting the shipment of the H twenty, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>dumbdown version of the H one hundred, one hundred AI

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<v Speaker 1>chip shipment in second quarter. But then again it really

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<v Speaker 1>depends on the administration in the US. There's absolutely a

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<v Speaker 1>shortage of equivalent of the AI GPU chips in China,

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<v Speaker 1>even though their atcounts to catch up. But it's such

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<v Speaker 1>a long and a complex supply chain. It's not something

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<v Speaker 1>it's not writing a code, it's not a software which

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<v Speaker 1>China is very good at.

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<v Speaker 2>So how quickly therefore, do you think drinking the much

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<v Speaker 2>has been said that if we do indeed force US

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<v Speaker 2>companies to exit their exposure to China, ultimately we're just

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<v Speaker 2>fast tracking the supply chain, the internal supply chain of China.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you believe that? Or ultimately does Jensen, as he

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<v Speaker 2>seems to still say, want to still be winning in China.

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<v Speaker 2>He still seems to think that there is a place

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<v Speaker 2>for his company in China.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean there's short term, there's long term. Short term,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no equivalent of a similar technology architecture and production capacity,

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<v Speaker 1>which is really important. As we've seen, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>company in operations for thirty years and went through a

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<v Speaker 1>very rich history of ups and downs, and the A

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred, which is the first of dominating AI GPU

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<v Speaker 1>parallel computing chip, there was long the two years ago.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes many a couple of years to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>the Cobos production capacity, and even today demand far exceeds

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<v Speaker 1>the supply right, So, I mean it's it is a

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<v Speaker 1>very complex. It's a hardware company predominantly as of today,

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<v Speaker 1>and the supply chain is very long, and it's primarily

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<v Speaker 1>in Taiwan and the cross Asia. So it's gonna take

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<v Speaker 1>a very very long time for huaweih to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>where to source it's a Capex equipment, where to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>source the packaging and the testing qualification, et cetera. So

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I would think five to ten years and

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<v Speaker 1>so till then there's enough room for Video to ship

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<v Speaker 1>its legacy chips to try to just get it going,

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<v Speaker 1>and for companies to figure out how to run their

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<v Speaker 1>kind of lower version of AI computing.

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<v Speaker 2>Jamhank, I'm interested in your perspective on the total addressable

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<v Speaker 2>market here because I and put out this four hundred

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<v Speaker 2>billion dollar figure and then Jensen just saw that and

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<v Speaker 2>raised the bar significantly, saying it's a trillion. Where do

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<v Speaker 2>you stand on time when it comes to these sources

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<v Speaker 2>of chips.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it's so early on the adoption it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like irrelevant question. So annually globally you're about

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<v Speaker 1>like thirteen fourteen servershipment and currently AI attached ray is

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<v Speaker 1>about four percent, right, So I mean, really, depending on

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<v Speaker 1>what you think the AI attached ray should be in

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<v Speaker 1>a normalized circumstance, but right now, I mean, no one

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<v Speaker 1>knows I mean even assuming what Lisa to the four

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<v Speaker 1>you know, hundred number is four hundred billion, and let's

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<v Speaker 1>assume a video takes sixty or seventy percent of that

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<v Speaker 1>AI chip market, and times it's normalized, let's say normalized

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<v Speaker 1>the net operating marginal forty percent versus today fifty percent,

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<v Speaker 1>because they have such a bargaining power to its customers

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<v Speaker 1>because of the shortage of supply and and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a product mix, and that gives you three hundred billion

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<v Speaker 1>run rate of net profit annually and times whichever multiple

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<v Speaker 1>you want to put it. You can argue it's hardware

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<v Speaker 1>so and it's growing so far, it's on way becoming

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<v Speaker 1>the industry goals standard. So you put twenty five comes

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<v Speaker 1>pe on a normalized demand cycle, so that gives you

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<v Speaker 1>about like a three trillion market market cap versus today,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it's one point seven two trillion, So we

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<v Speaker 1>are looking at pretty close to doubling. You know, in

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<v Speaker 1>the next few years. It could be bigger than that,

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<v Speaker 1>because lisa tous number can be too low. Gens and

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<v Speaker 1>Hunt's number could be closer to reality. Just no one knows.

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<v Speaker 1>It really depends on the air market application development. But

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<v Speaker 1>one thing I want to say is, look at this

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<v Speaker 1>quarter's growth margin seventy seven percent. That's really really rare.

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<v Speaker 1>The only company that I can think of of a

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<v Speaker 1>gross margin closer to that is Earmese, which tells me

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a story that demand the far exceeds

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<v Speaker 1>stip supply, and the company has so much bargaining power

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<v Speaker 1>to its suppliers, and there's tremendous operating and the economy

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<v Speaker 1>of skill.

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<v Speaker 2>Putting it very succinctly. At the end, there still much

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<v Speaker 2>to be made of this particular stock move, and many

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<v Speaker 2>still feeling they want to get in jail. Warren Capital

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<v Speaker 2>CEO and founder John Henley, it's been brilliant to get

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<v Speaker 2>your expertise today, Thank you very much. Indeed, meanwhile, let's

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<v Speaker 2>check in on the border markets, because there is real

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<v Speaker 2>impact here. Semaschal said it. This is a global repercussion story. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>we've seen the nasnack cup two point three percent, but

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<v Speaker 2>the Japanese Index and Nikke search to a new record high.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because the likes of soft Bank. Of course, AI

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<v Speaker 2>related companies did a lot of the high bar making

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<v Speaker 2>today on the back of these numbers coming from Nvidio

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<v Speaker 2>stops six hundred over in Europe, a new record high

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<v Speaker 2>there as well. Again, this is a tech play. This

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<v Speaker 2>is in euphoria around the productivity gains that we can

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<v Speaker 2>get out of AI. So we're up nine tens of

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<v Speaker 2>a percent and a new record. Maybe don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>little look at what's happening in some other risk assets.

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<v Speaker 2>A choice for this particular show Crypto. Look, it's one

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<v Speaker 2>on risk asset that'shap not surging in quite the same

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<v Speaker 2>Lockstep has announced that, but we are still up some

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<v Speaker 2>six tens percent on the day. We're around that almost

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<v Speaker 2>fifty two thousand dollars level. I mean while coming up

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<v Speaker 2>Reddit it gives up to file for its initial public

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<v Speaker 2>offering very very soon details to come, and watching shares

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<v Speaker 2>of well AIGHT and T, T Mobile, Verizon. Look, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sorry if you're out there today with an AT and

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<v Speaker 2>T contract, you've had some problems getting around using your service.

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<v Speaker 2>There have been sort of ever since three am, some

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<v Speaker 2>issues with down de tech to showing that ultimately the

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<v Speaker 2>network has been forced offline. We're off by two point

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<v Speaker 2>nine percent on AIGHT and T Mobile and indeed Verizon,

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<v Speaker 2>even though they said their overall networks were working well,

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<v Speaker 2>they too, were affected by eight and issues.

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<v Speaker 9>We keep an eye on those stocks. This is Bloomberg

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<v Speaker 9>Technology time now for talking tech.

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<v Speaker 2>Of first up, Google actually pausing its AI made images

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<v Speaker 2>of people that's in their Gemini after criticism about how

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<v Speaker 2>it was handling race. Earlier this week, Google said it

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<v Speaker 2>was aware that Gemini was offering what it called inaccuracies

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<v Speaker 2>in some historical image generation depictions. Company now says it's

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<v Speaker 2>working to address the issues with its image generative feature.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, it's a.

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<v Speaker 2>Venture firm and recent Horowitz It's just invested one hundred

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<v Speaker 2>million dollars in a cryptot startup called Eigenlayer. Now the

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<v Speaker 2>announcement suggests that some of the industry's top back is

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<v Speaker 2>that they're still bending on blockchain despite what has been

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<v Speaker 2>a steep downturn in cryptoventure funding. However, the VC firm

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<v Speaker 2>was the sole investor in Iigonlayer's funding round, and social

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<v Speaker 2>media platform Reddit, well, it has struck a deal with

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<v Speaker 2>Google we understand now. According to Reuters, the deal will

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<v Speaker 2>make reddits content available for training the search engine giants

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<v Speaker 2>artificial intelligence models. So basically raking in so much needed

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<v Speaker 2>revenue each year by giving access to its data. And

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<v Speaker 2>let's just talk about Reddit more broadly, because this comes

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<v Speaker 2>ahead of an expected filing of its S one within

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<v Speaker 2>the coming days for its hotly anticipated IPO. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to bring in Katie roof now for more. And it

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<v Speaker 2>is notable that we're sort of suddenly to hear about

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<v Speaker 2>these deals, these sort of revenue generating deals when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to access to Reddit's own data for training AI

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<v Speaker 2>ahead of what could be an AI IPO filing.

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<v Speaker 3>Ray you know, obviously they're hoping to get some buzz.

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<v Speaker 3>AI is a higher category rate now, and so Reddit,

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<v Speaker 3>which is one to IPO for three years now, is

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<v Speaker 3>hoping that this AI partnership is going to say Wall Street.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's just one name. And of course there

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<v Speaker 2>are a fair few companies wanting data to train their

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<v Speaker 2>AI models on. So we could see yet more of

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<v Speaker 2>it flow in and yet more money to be agreed

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<v Speaker 2>to if we do, indeed think it's going to be

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<v Speaker 2>about sixty million in revenue per year. I'm interested in

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately what means and why Reddit would be looking to

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<v Speaker 2>finally go public. Now, what is it that they're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>that the reading that means that this is the time

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<v Speaker 2>to tap the market.

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<v Speaker 3>So what happened was Reddit announced in late twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>one that they were that they had filed for IPO.

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<v Speaker 3>But that was right when the IPO window closed for

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<v Speaker 3>tech IPOs and so other than you know, instacart and

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<v Speaker 3>Clay they own arm last September, those are the only

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<v Speaker 3>tech ipeas we've had in over two years. And so

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<v Speaker 3>Reddit didn't restart the IPO window.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, Instacart tried to.

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<v Speaker 3>But now Reddit's going to try to reopen the window

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<v Speaker 3>in in part two of attempting to excite the market

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<v Speaker 3>about tech IPOs again.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure, so it's been a long time coming, exciting some

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<v Speaker 2>potential vcs and early checks in as well to finally

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<v Speaker 2>get some liquidity. Event, Katie Ruth, we thank you so

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<v Speaker 2>much for bringing us the expertise. And well we wait,

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<v Speaker 2>we watched on Reddit. Let's just focus in on EV's

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more, the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker vin Fast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's actually shares have been moving around today on the

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<v Speaker 2>downside at one point because its earnings report showed that

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<v Speaker 2>losses increased during the fiscal fourth quarter, but revenue did jump,

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<v Speaker 2>in fact, doubling from a year on year basis. We've

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<v Speaker 2>got then acceleration of automobile deliveries happening for the company.

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<v Speaker 2>Vin Fast, chairwoman of the board of directors. Madame twy

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<v Speaker 2>Le joins us now and mad An Twey. I'm interested

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<v Speaker 2>about that loss widening. What's driving the losses escalating at

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<v Speaker 2>the moment.

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<v Speaker 10>The Q four versus KILLED three, Actually that there was

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<v Speaker 10>some one half adjustment of the inventory. Otherwise the trend

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<v Speaker 10>has been positive, shall we The imagine up to the

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<v Speaker 10>adjustment is about twenty eight twenty seven percent minus twenty

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<v Speaker 10>seven percent versus minus thirty seven percent in Q three,

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<v Speaker 10>So we're heading in the right direction. But because the

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<v Speaker 10>one half adjustment at the end of the year, you

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<v Speaker 10>see the gosh margin going down.

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<v Speaker 2>As we said, though revenues on the right rise. We've

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<v Speaker 2>seen thirteen and thirteen deliveries in the fiscal fourth quarter

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<v Speaker 2>of evs you target, I think it there is one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred thousand EV's for the year, for this fiscal year.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you get that?

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<v Speaker 10>And well we we as you know, we're the only

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<v Speaker 10>one in the world that has the whole lineup of

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<v Speaker 10>vehicles from a segment to the east segment. We have

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<v Speaker 10>this year we start delivering vehicles for the right hand

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<v Speaker 10>drive markets that Indonesia as well, so we have the

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<v Speaker 10>full lineup of vehicles in all segments for all different

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<v Speaker 10>markets we are we're already in Vietnam to Vietnam would

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<v Speaker 10>continue to be to support about half of that forecast

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<v Speaker 10>and continue to be the biggest because in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 10>four the rest of it spread over across North America,

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<v Speaker 10>Europe and Middle East and Asia as well. So we

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<v Speaker 10>believe that with our light up of vehicles, our access

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<v Speaker 10>or different markets, we should be able to get there

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<v Speaker 10>to achieve the podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>And then with that supply, you need to have demand

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<v Speaker 2>meeting it on the other side, as you say it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm still your biggest market at the moment, But

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<v Speaker 2>tell us a little bit about where you look to

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<v Speaker 2>expand I know you've been looking into the Philippines from

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<v Speaker 2>just an exposure, but in Indonesia, as you were just saying,

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<v Speaker 2>where is the demand going to be coming from, because

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<v Speaker 2>we've just seen it with RIVIW and you've seen it

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<v Speaker 2>with Tesla that well, there's a pullback. It feels like

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<v Speaker 2>a slowing in growth of demand for electric vehicles because

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<v Speaker 2>people want about infrastructure, they're worried about their ability to charge.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, we've seen we have skepticism in adoptions for ebs. However,

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<v Speaker 10>the reality is the there's still adoption of evs in

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<v Speaker 10>all markets, right So the TV are the vehicle cells

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<v Speaker 10>increased by twelve percent and seventeen percent in the US

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<v Speaker 10>in Europe last year, but the EV sales increase by

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<v Speaker 10>forty five for forty forty five percent, so there's still

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<v Speaker 10>increased in in evs. There's still adoption of evs, and

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<v Speaker 10>we believe that there's a there's a market for EV's.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, the forecast is still two million to perform

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<v Speaker 10>million of v cells this year in the US. We

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<v Speaker 10>look at so we believe that we should be able

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<v Speaker 10>to get some market shared in North America and in

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<v Speaker 10>Europe where we are the lord child products. But we

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<v Speaker 10>think that the volume driven markets for US in the

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<v Speaker 10>future would be in the markets closer to us, like

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<v Speaker 10>in Asia India for example, one point five million people,

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<v Speaker 10>the most populous country in the world with very low

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<v Speaker 10>adoption right now, or Indonesia, the third most populist country

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<v Speaker 10>in the world. Part of passion that we belong to

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<v Speaker 10>and also very low adoption right now. We believe that

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<v Speaker 10>we should be able in the long run get more

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<v Speaker 10>volume from.

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<v Speaker 2>This market as well. And Andrey Leamy staying up the Philippines,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for being with us from Hanoi late in

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<v Speaker 2>the evening from Vinvast, we thank you very much. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome back to LUMT Technology. I'm Caroline heard in New York.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get your quit check on these markets. Halfway through

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<v Speaker 2>this training.

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<v Speaker 9>Day, and look, it is an AI story.

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<v Speaker 2>It is an earning beat from Nvidia that drives, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's that one hundred up some two and a half percent.

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<v Speaker 2>Chip makers really roaring. Look, and this isn't just a

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<v Speaker 2>US story. You're seeing this played out with the Japanese

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<v Speaker 2>Nike hitting a new record high stocks six hundred over

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<v Speaker 2>in Europe and a new record high we've just had

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<v Speaker 2>the close of trade in Europe were nine ten percent

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<v Speaker 2>FO one hundred and ninety five. But the socks, as

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<v Speaker 2>I say, other chip makers really managing to flourish at

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<v Speaker 2>the moment, as Marvel moves high at AMD as well

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<v Speaker 2>on what seems to be an enormous total addressable market

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<v Speaker 2>as was envisioned by Jensen over in video, up four

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<v Speaker 2>and a half percent on the socks. More broadly, moving

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<v Speaker 2>on and have a look at some other individual names,

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<v Speaker 2>and there have been other earnings we've got to get

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<v Speaker 2>our teeth into. But in Video front and center up

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<v Speaker 2>more than fifteen percent, so not just another AI player.

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<v Speaker 2>This is also up some eleven percent after its earnings

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<v Speaker 2>really showed that it's managing to capitalize on this particular

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<v Speaker 2>part of the market. Rivian, though ugly ugly off by

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven percent after they slow their production, and indeed

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<v Speaker 2>they are more worried about having to be laying off

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<v Speaker 2>people ten percent of the workforce. Lightly to go, we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be digging in some other names that have

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<v Speaker 2>been on the Movelenova, for example. But let's just have

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<v Speaker 2>a return to what's happening within in Video, because we

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<v Speaker 2>are up significantly.

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<v Speaker 9>We're a new record high.

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<v Speaker 2>We're at two hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of

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<v Speaker 2>market cap increase on the day, we're almost at a

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<v Speaker 2>two trillion dollar market capitalization. And yet despite that market cap,

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<v Speaker 2>the stock is actually still kind of cheap. Pe future

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<v Speaker 2>earnings that they keep on escalating and so on, from

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<v Speaker 2>a forwards PE basis, we're actually still only thirty three

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<v Speaker 2>stick in to all of that Kjin Savanis with us

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<v Speaker 2>BlueBag Intelligence for more on ultimately a company that just

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<v Speaker 2>knocks it out the park. I mean, have you seen

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<v Speaker 2>any other companies able to deliver twice now two hundred

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<v Speaker 2>percent growth on a revenue basis just escalating when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to their overall earnings per share as well, I.

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<v Speaker 11>Have not in my career, and I mean, look, and

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<v Speaker 11>surprise on any media earnings is no longer a surprise.

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<v Speaker 11>This is something how we're getting accustomed to to expect

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<v Speaker 11>every time. But more than the magnitude of the beat,

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<v Speaker 11>it was the quality of the earnings that was reassuring

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<v Speaker 11>to us. On the supply side, it seems supply keeps

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<v Speaker 11>coming in strong. But more importantly they were able to

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<v Speaker 11>diversify the suppliers and you saw the benefit of that

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<v Speaker 11>in lower component costs in their gross margins. But more

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<v Speaker 11>importantly was the quality of the demand. It seems the

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<v Speaker 11>demand momentum is continuing, but it was also the broad

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<v Speaker 11>based demands not just from their largest cloud players, but

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<v Speaker 11>beyond that, to the Internet, to the hyperscalers, to the enterprises,

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<v Speaker 11>and to various different and vertical markets.

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<v Speaker 2>The one Arab demand people might be concerned about of course,

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<v Speaker 2>has been China cringing, and this still seems to be

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<v Speaker 2>an area that Gensen's really focused on, still thinking that

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<v Speaker 2>they can win and then there's a place for them

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<v Speaker 2>in that market.

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<v Speaker 11>Yeah, I mean we saw significant drop in China, right,

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<v Speaker 11>like almost a loss of two billion dollars just in

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<v Speaker 11>the data center. And we don't think this too. We

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<v Speaker 11>don't think this headwind is going away anytime soon, if

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<v Speaker 11>at all, getting worse with more restrictions. You know, in

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<v Speaker 11>the near term, it should not impact the trajectory because

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<v Speaker 11>this demand is running ahead of supply, so they can

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<v Speaker 11>easily ship this product that they would have like to

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<v Speaker 11>ship to China to other countries and the US. But

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<v Speaker 11>in the long term we think this does take the

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<v Speaker 11>bite out of their TAM opportunity, China being the second

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<v Speaker 11>largest market. Right if there was no restrictions, they could

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<v Speaker 11>have even grown much.

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<v Speaker 8>Faster for longer.

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<v Speaker 9>Extraordinary chart.

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<v Speaker 2>We were just looking out of data center revenue just

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<v Speaker 2>up to the right Green meg Intelligence analyst Conscience Uponne,

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<v Speaker 2>who had a very late night in a very early

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<v Speaker 2>start yesterday, we appreciate it a lot. Meanwhile, coming up

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<v Speaker 2>Female Founder's Fund, it hosted it's twenty twenty four CEO Summit.

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<v Speaker 2>I've at the New York Stock Exchange. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>be hearing from the founding partner and indeed one of

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<v Speaker 2>her portfolio companies that just raise some money. This is

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<v Speaker 2>really bad technology. Let's talk about the venture community and

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<v Speaker 2>the women in it and new Google. Female Founders Fund

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<v Speaker 2>founding partner has just been hosting the Year of Women

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<v Speaker 2>conference and the New York Stock Exchange. Here's what she

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<v Speaker 2>had to say about the VC environment right now, how

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<v Speaker 2>it's changing, and what she's seen for women investing in

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<v Speaker 2>tech sector.

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<v Speaker 9>Just take a listen.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's a really interesting time in venture investing

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<v Speaker 4>right now. I think the investable categories have shifted significantly

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<v Speaker 4>for us at Female Founder's Fund. You know, we remain

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<v Speaker 4>really excited about digital health Health. You know, Maven was

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<v Speaker 4>one of our early investments. We just announced the funding,

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<v Speaker 4>the Series B funding for ULA this week, which is

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<v Speaker 4>incredibly exciting. Beauty and personal care is another category that

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<v Speaker 4>you know, we think remains resilient. You've seen some incredible

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<v Speaker 4>exits and outcomes over the past twelve months. Vertical software

0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:26.639
<v Speaker 4>solutions that remains you know, consistent theme across the last

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<v Speaker 4>the last decade, and then lastly, I would say the

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<v Speaker 4>newer category where we've been actively investing is climate tech.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go in on climate tech because some might say

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<v Speaker 2>though that gets a whole load of politicization around it,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly was the in to an election year. How you

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<v Speaker 2>seeing real world use cases of the technology that you're

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<v Speaker 2>starting to back.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean it's it's a fairly broad category. I'll

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<v Speaker 4>give you a couple of examples. So we invested in

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<v Speaker 4>the company last year called Watts, which is a waste

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<v Speaker 4>management software solution helping large hospitality players do a better

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<v Speaker 4>job of managing the expense around their waste. We've also

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<v Speaker 4>invested in the first hydrogen powered private plane company started

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<v Speaker 4>by a French aeronautics engineer. So I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a lot of opportunity, but I think at the

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<v Speaker 4>end of the day, what we're really looking for is.

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<v Speaker 2>Where are the exits?

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<v Speaker 4>Are these categories or businesses that have you know, a

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<v Speaker 4>large acquire base, and I think you know, within climate

0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:36.520
<v Speaker 4>tech there's so much interest and so much need for

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<v Speaker 4>better products and solutions.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure a lot of your LPs often are asking

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<v Speaker 2>where are the exits? And you think a lot about

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately where we are in a landscape right now, IPO

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<v Speaker 2>market still not looking that pretty. Have you seen an

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<v Speaker 2>uptick in M and A? Have you seen interest and

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<v Speaker 2>inbound coming towards you after some of your pultfolio companies.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I think the last twelve to eighteen months

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<v Speaker 4>have been incredibly challenging, both in terms of raising growth

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<v Speaker 4>capital as well as obviously you know, IPOL markets being

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<v Speaker 4>closed and M and A for that matter.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually don't you know. I think if you look.

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<v Speaker 4>To the remainder of this year, it's going to be challenging.

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<v Speaker 4>You have an election year coming up, and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's funny there's a model in VC right now survived

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<v Speaker 4>till twenty five. I think it's going to be, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>a tough year this year. But I think if you're

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<v Speaker 4>able to come through, that's the advice that we're giving

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<v Speaker 4>our founders.

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<v Speaker 2>And isn't it amazing that you know, you've quoted the

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<v Speaker 2>Year of women and we have just an end of

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<v Speaker 2>tail end of twenty twenty four. We think of the

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<v Speaker 2>achievements of you know, ultimately, how much economic impact Beyonce

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:48.760
<v Speaker 2>and Tata Swift put together have had on the US economy.

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<v Speaker 2>You are not only a VC, but ultimately you're a

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<v Speaker 2>founder yourself. Having set up a Female Founder's Fund. How

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<v Speaker 2>are you seeing your role change and what's being asked

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<v Speaker 2>of you in this particular moment from your own portfolio

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<v Speaker 2>companies and society at large. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>No, I think the shift has really been, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>looking at our portfolio companies and the advice and the

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<v Speaker 4>way that we kind of work with them. There's definitely been,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, a shift, I would say, in terms of

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<v Speaker 4>how do we how do we get from you know,

0:29:20.600 --> 0:29:24.520
<v Speaker 4>a more growth at all costs strategy to just running

0:29:24.520 --> 0:29:28.280
<v Speaker 4>our businesses efficiently and so that requires a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>work on the budget. It requires really thinking through team

0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:35.040
<v Speaker 4>structure and and really honing in on what it is

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<v Speaker 4>that your business needs to survive, and that I think

0:29:39.040 --> 0:29:41.720
<v Speaker 4>for founders as well as vcs is a skill set

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<v Speaker 4>that we haven't necessarily had to.

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<v Speaker 2>Leverage or use for for over a decade. And I

0:29:49.280 --> 0:29:51.960
<v Speaker 2>do go Female Founders Fund telling us it's straight. She

0:29:52.040 --> 0:29:54.920
<v Speaker 2>has of course founding partner at that fund and putting

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<v Speaker 2>on the Year of Women conference where she brought together

0:29:57.600 --> 0:30:00.760
<v Speaker 2>whole host of female CEOs to have real talk. Ultimately,

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<v Speaker 2>about the environment, but from trying to survive until twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five to actually thriving, We've got one that is

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<v Speaker 2>right now. I guess stick with Digital Health and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the companies that Google actually mentioned ULA as a

0:30:11.880 --> 0:30:15.960
<v Speaker 2>maternity care clinic that combines midwifery and obstetrics, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>raised twenty eight million dollars in Series B funding to

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<v Speaker 2>expand its technology, enables and hybrid care approach to more

0:30:21.760 --> 0:30:24.200
<v Speaker 2>markets beyond here in New York City and launch new

0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:27.080
<v Speaker 2>services for those in their reproductive years here for more.

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<v Speaker 2>Co founder and CEO Adrian Nicholson and who is pretty

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<v Speaker 2>heavily pregnant right now yourself, so thank you for coming

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<v Speaker 2>in for it. I am fascinated about raising such money

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<v Speaker 2>in this current environment as a female founder, as a

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<v Speaker 2>maternal health company. Was it easier than the seed round

0:30:43.760 --> 0:30:45.480
<v Speaker 2>for example that you first got off the ground during

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<v Speaker 2>the depths of COVID and twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 12>In some ways I think they were very similar around

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<v Speaker 12>in the sense that it was a tough environment to

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<v Speaker 12>be raising I mean twenty twenty April, if you guys

0:30:56.280 --> 0:30:59.440
<v Speaker 12>remember what you were doing all yeah, probably not going

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<v Speaker 12>to a lot of our mortar businesses, and you know,

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<v Speaker 12>that's what we are, while we're a hybrid business, and

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<v Speaker 12>so that was a challenging environment and we were selling

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<v Speaker 12>out a story in some ways. I think what made

0:31:08.120 --> 0:31:11.480
<v Speaker 12>it easier in this environment is we have data. Now

0:31:12.280 --> 0:31:16.160
<v Speaker 12>we're able to show that this is the solution to

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<v Speaker 12>a really broken maternal care system, whether that's looking at

0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:23.040
<v Speaker 12>from a consumer perspective or from outcomes or for a cost.

0:31:24.080 --> 0:31:26.720
<v Speaker 12>And so even in a tough environment, I think being

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<v Speaker 12>able to point to a really proven model made it

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<v Speaker 12>just a little bit easier.

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<v Speaker 2>And that prove the model being what is it, fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>hundred berths, few a c sections, fewer problematic outcomes, better

0:31:39.720 --> 0:31:43.080
<v Speaker 2>postnatal care. I'm interested. All of this actually sounds much

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:45.920
<v Speaker 2>more like experience I had birthing in the UK compared

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<v Speaker 2>to here in the United States. But tell me about

0:31:48.280 --> 0:31:51.040
<v Speaker 2>the technology that you're building. Why is it necessary to

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<v Speaker 2>be a tech business?

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<v Speaker 12>Well, what's kind of wild about pregnancy care is this

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<v Speaker 12>sort of status quo looks strikingly sim learn out to

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<v Speaker 12>what it did a hundred years ago, which is you

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<v Speaker 12>have a lot of analog with one on one visits

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<v Speaker 12>over nine months.

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<v Speaker 2>Even though everything.

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<v Speaker 12>About the world has changed and technology has changed, and

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<v Speaker 12>so we're really trying to sort of modernize that experience

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<v Speaker 12>and bring technology into the equation. And that's from things

0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:22.680
<v Speaker 12>like creating a better consumer experience.

0:32:23.560 --> 0:32:24.600
<v Speaker 2>So we have a patient.

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<v Speaker 12>Portal that extends care outside the four walls, and so

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<v Speaker 12>you don't just get connection to your team in those

0:32:31.360 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 12>thirteen visits, you actually can talk to them and get

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<v Speaker 12>care and all the moments in between, which is where

0:32:36.600 --> 0:32:39.040
<v Speaker 12>pregnancy really happens. We give a question at two in

0:32:39.080 --> 0:32:41.720
<v Speaker 12>the morning or when you're struggling to postpartum. So the

0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:44.080
<v Speaker 12>power of tech is really extending beyond the four walls.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm interested and this is a tough question, but given

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<v Speaker 2>the news out of at Obama, the idea they're a

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<v Speaker 2>Supreme Court is you know, thinking about we are in

0:32:54.280 --> 0:32:56.880
<v Speaker 2>a different landscape when it comes to reproductive rights. We

0:32:56.960 --> 0:33:01.880
<v Speaker 2>are thinking of rulings that recognize planted human embryos as children.

0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:04.600
<v Speaker 2>And I know that you give careful miscarriage for example,

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<v Speaker 2>and many have sort of said that it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>have a chilling effect on miscarriage management. How how is

0:33:10.200 --> 0:33:13.040
<v Speaker 2>your business thinking about expanding outside of New York City

0:33:13.080 --> 0:33:14.960
<v Speaker 2>and what states you go into and how you're able

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<v Speaker 2>to address those sorts of political headwinds.

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<v Speaker 12>I mean, at the end of the day, we're in

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<v Speaker 12>a business that is about supporting choice, whether that's the

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<v Speaker 12>choice for how you want to go through your pregnancy

0:33:26.960 --> 0:33:28.200
<v Speaker 12>or how you want a midwife, and it will be

0:33:28.280 --> 0:33:32.320
<v Speaker 12>involved in care, or whether you want an epidural or nitrosoxide.

0:33:33.480 --> 0:33:35.520
<v Speaker 12>And so I think we just take that principle and

0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:38.040
<v Speaker 12>my values to any way in which we think about

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<v Speaker 12>expanding care and services and sort of just keep that

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<v Speaker 12>at the forefront of what we do. And we think

0:33:45.240 --> 0:33:47.320
<v Speaker 12>women in you know, blue states and red states need

0:33:47.360 --> 0:33:49.840
<v Speaker 12>grade care and we're going to be driven more by

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<v Speaker 12>the patient demand and need for a better maternal care

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 12>experience than sort of what's happening in the broader maybe

0:33:57.400 --> 0:33:58.320
<v Speaker 12>political landscape.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, we'll be seeing you expand that's not of New York.

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<v Speaker 2>Come tell us where you're going next. It'd be great

0:34:02.840 --> 0:34:04.720
<v Speaker 2>to have you back on ULLA. Co found and CEO

0:34:04.840 --> 0:34:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Adrian Nickison. Good luck in the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 9>As well when it comes to your own family.

0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:11.880
<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile, returning to Female Founders Fund, You're a women conference.

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<v Speaker 2>I got the chance to speak with Thrive global CEO

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<v Speaker 2>Arianna Huffington just take a listen to about her thoughts

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<v Speaker 2>about how hyper personalization AI and how much can use

0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:21.880
<v Speaker 2>for potential health benefits.

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<v Speaker 9>Take a listen.

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<v Speaker 13>We are very excited at Thrive about the way we

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<v Speaker 13>can bring in generative AI into daily behaviors because if

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:35.360
<v Speaker 13>we look at the data, we see that these five

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:42.800
<v Speaker 13>daily behaviors of sleep, food, movement, stress, and connection dramatically

0:34:42.960 --> 0:34:49.360
<v Speaker 13>affect our health and our longevity. So the problem is

0:34:49.480 --> 0:34:53.920
<v Speaker 13>that changing behaviors is not easy. But with AI and

0:34:54.280 --> 0:34:59.800
<v Speaker 13>creating what we are building a co pilot wellness health

0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:06.839
<v Speaker 13>co pilot. It's kind of incredible how this personalization can

0:35:07.280 --> 0:35:13.120
<v Speaker 13>make dramatic changes and how we adopt healthier habits through microsteps.

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<v Speaker 13>We are big believers and our scientific advisory board led

0:35:17.000 --> 0:35:21.680
<v Speaker 13>by bj Fog from Stanford, is showing all the data

0:35:22.360 --> 0:35:25.360
<v Speaker 13>that to change behaviors you have to start small. We

0:35:25.560 --> 0:35:28.920
<v Speaker 13>call them micro steps, too small to fail, small daily

0:35:29.239 --> 0:35:32.840
<v Speaker 13>changes that incrementally become healthier habits.

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<v Speaker 2>This hyper personalization, as you reference it in artificial intelligence,

0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:42.640
<v Speaker 2>is it already a reality already being deployed. How comfortable

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<v Speaker 2>or uncomfortable are people with these sort of intimate cues.

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<v Speaker 13>Well, that's what is so interesting. People are comfortable giving

0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:59.359
<v Speaker 13>their own personal data biometrics labs calendar to show where

0:35:59.440 --> 0:36:04.959
<v Speaker 13>they need the stress breaks, provided they get help back,

0:36:05.239 --> 0:36:10.400
<v Speaker 13>provided they get value, and provided that they are given

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<v Speaker 13>to others like employers, in an anonymized, aggregated way. And

0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:19.799
<v Speaker 13>once we guarantee that, then people are willing to share

0:36:19.880 --> 0:36:25.439
<v Speaker 13>personal data. And knowing personal preferences around sleep, around food,

0:36:25.600 --> 0:36:29.160
<v Speaker 13>around how you like to exercise is critical so that

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<v Speaker 13>the nudgets and their recommendations are hyper personalized. The other

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<v Speaker 13>thing our line that is really important to remind ourselves

0:36:37.480 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 13>of is that the healthcare system right now is broken.

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<v Speaker 13>It's unsustainable. We are now spending seventeen percent of GDP

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<v Speaker 13>in healthcare, up from five percent in the nineteen sixties,

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<v Speaker 13>and the results are worse every year. Chronic diseases are skyrocketing.

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<v Speaker 13>One that I can get out of my mind is

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<v Speaker 13>that last year alone we had one hundred and fifty

0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:12.560
<v Speaker 13>thousand leg amputations people with diabetes, and the human costs

0:37:12.719 --> 0:37:19.080
<v Speaker 13>the healthcare cost are truly ancestainmon So that's why looking

0:37:19.160 --> 0:37:23.879
<v Speaker 13>at behavior change as the miracle drug is something which

0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:26.239
<v Speaker 13>we need to take much more seriously.

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<v Speaker 2>Later Today, a private American made lunar lander, which was

0:37:39.080 --> 0:37:41.839
<v Speaker 2>launched with a SpaceX rocket, is about to attempt landing

0:37:41.920 --> 0:37:44.360
<v Speaker 2>on the Moon now. The spacecraft was built by Houston

0:37:44.440 --> 0:37:48.160
<v Speaker 2>based Initiative Machines and is successful. This landing would put

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<v Speaker 2>the US back in business on the Moon for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time since NASA astronauts closed out the Apollo program

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<v Speaker 2>fifty years ago. It would also become the first private

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<v Speaker 2>outfit to realize the Moon landing. In Clayton Swape for

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<v Speaker 2>his thoughts, his expertise, your deputy director of the Aerospace

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<v Speaker 2>Security Project at the Central Strategic and International Studies. You've

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<v Speaker 2>been tracking this mission closely. It's ahead of schedule. It

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<v Speaker 2>looks like it's going to be landing softly, we hope,

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<v Speaker 2>at four thirty pm New York time. Clayton, what does

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<v Speaker 2>this signal about the way that NASA now does business?

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<v Speaker 8>Well, thank you for having me on your show. First off,

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<v Speaker 8>this is huge news. If intuitive machines can stick this

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<v Speaker 8>landing today, this is a big news for commercial space.

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<v Speaker 8>This is big news for the United States. We haven't

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<v Speaker 8>been to the service of the Moon since nineteen seventy two.

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<v Speaker 8>But this also is big news for NASA because it

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<v Speaker 8>does validate the approach that they've taken for landing on

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<v Speaker 8>the Moon of using commercial services to do that, which

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<v Speaker 8>is very different than prior ways that NASA has done

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<v Speaker 8>space missions.

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<v Speaker 2>And what's interesting is it creates opportunities for this particular company.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen its ultimate market valuation skyrocket on the back

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<v Speaker 2>of this potential success, but also other startups of life

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<v Speaker 2>as it breathed into the ecosystem here in the US.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 8>So this one program the NASA has, which I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 8>looks a lot like FedEx or Uber to the Moon,

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<v Speaker 8>where NASA is saying, we have a payload, we have

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<v Speaker 8>something we want to get to the Moon's surface, and

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<v Speaker 8>we're paying for a company to take it there. There

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<v Speaker 8>are fourteen companies on that contract there from all around

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<v Speaker 8>the country. Intuitive Machines is from Texas Astrobotic who attempted

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<v Speaker 8>the first commercial landing under this program. They're from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 8>So the idea is that you have a lot of innovation,

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<v Speaker 8>a lot of disruption and how you can do space

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<v Speaker 8>and the goal there is to create competition and then

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<v Speaker 8>ultimately make it cheaper, to make it more cost effective

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<v Speaker 8>to get something from Earth to the Moon.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we understand that the NOVASEA has got six

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<v Speaker 2>payloads and NASA five commercial ones as well, and its

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<v Speaker 2>contract is roughly about one hundred million dollars. It has

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<v Speaker 2>escalated since when it was first signed on. Just talk

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<v Speaker 2>us through how difficult it might be to stick this landing,

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<v Speaker 2>Like what failures we've seen RELI recently and what's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be so important about this particular one.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I think we sometimes forget how difficult it is

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<v Speaker 8>just to get into space. So if we think about

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<v Speaker 8>that in the context here, they had to get into space,

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<v Speaker 8>they had to get from Earth to the Moon, they

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<v Speaker 8>had to orbit the moon, and that last step landing

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<v Speaker 8>on the Moon is probably the hardest part. We're having

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<v Speaker 8>to relearn how to do that since we haven't done

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<v Speaker 8>it for such a long time. The three prior commercial

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<v Speaker 8>attempts to land on the Moon didn't succeed. I think

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<v Speaker 8>the one way to look at these missions is how

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<v Speaker 8>maybe the tech sector works and how you can fail

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<v Speaker 8>fast and learn a lot from those activities. Admittedly, this

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<v Speaker 8>is my first TV interview. I'm sure I'm going to

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<v Speaker 8>watch this later and think I can never have done

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<v Speaker 8>something I could have done something better, but I'll take

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<v Speaker 8>that for the next one. And I think sometimes you

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<v Speaker 8>only learn through through doing and through trying.

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<v Speaker 2>Take us forward. Therefore Clayton say they sick the landing,

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<v Speaker 2>it all works. What do we say see evolve from there?

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<v Speaker 2>What are the next key landmarks that we want space

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<v Speaker 2>marks and we want to see coming from such companies

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<v Speaker 2>and in the NASA.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, yeah, One thing to keep in mind, so this

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<v Speaker 8>is a commercial approach to doing space, to getting to

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<v Speaker 8>the Moon, but it's still payrolled or bankrolled by the government.

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<v Speaker 8>So this is NASA money funding these missions. So it's

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<v Speaker 8>helping to learn how to get to the moon, using

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<v Speaker 8>methodologies to get to the moon, investigating new technologies, but

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<v Speaker 8>still it's government money. So what I think we're really

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<v Speaker 8>going to want to see is how these foundational capabilities

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<v Speaker 8>and ways to do business in space, how then those

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<v Speaker 8>carry over into other economic development in space, and how

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<v Speaker 8>people learn to find business uses in space that aren't

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<v Speaker 8>necessarily based on government money. That could be anything from

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<v Speaker 8>asteroid mining to generating electricity to some kind of manufacturing.

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<v Speaker 8>So we're on the cusp of that, and these programs

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<v Speaker 8>are really helping to pave the waste so that we

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<v Speaker 8>know how to do that when that time comes.

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<v Speaker 2>So certainly doesn't feel like it's going to be your

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<v Speaker 2>only TV.

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<v Speaker 9>We thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Csis Aerospace Security Project Deputy Director. Well, we wait with

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<v Speaker 2>beta breath for four thirty pm New York time. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>that does it for this edition of Bloomberg Technology. You

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