In 2019, after a 27-year stint at Apple, Jony Ive and former colleague Marc Newson co-founded the design consultancy LoveFrom. Although LoveFrom initially maintained a partnership with Apple, this collaboration ended in June 2022.
In a significant power move, OpenAI unleashed its o1-preview model on September 12, 2024, touting it as an AI powerhouse capable of complex reasoning. The model is now available for a test drive in ChatGPT and via API.
AI and GPU giant NVIDIA (NVDA) released its FY2025 Q2 earnings (May to July 2024) after the bell on 8/28. While both revenue and earnings beat analyst expectations, the market is anticipating even more.
When analyzing macroeconomics, one should not derive future trends from a single event but rather understand at which stage of historical inertia the event is occurring.
In the AI race, a new contender is rising. On August 13, Elon Musk’s xAI launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini, reshaping the market landscape with these new AI model iterations.
The social media giant Meta Platforms (META) released its Q2 2024 earnings report (April to June 2024) after the US market closed on July 31, beating market expectations for both revenue and profits.
The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple (AAPL) released its FY24 Q3 financial results (April to June 2024) after the bell on August 1, beating market expectations on revenue and earnings.
The software and cloud services giant Microsoft (MSFT) dropped its FY24 Q4 earnings report (April to June 2024) after the bell on July 30. Growth rates across all three segments slowed compared to the previous quarter, with the closely-watched Azure business growth falling short of market consensus.
Meta released the Llama 3.1 large language model (LLM) on July 23. This new model is undoubtedly a game-changer in open-source AI.