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Artificial intelligence is now disrupting one of the biggest headaches in healthcare – paperwork. Medical notes take doctors and nurses hours every day, and cut into time with patients. The National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that using AI for administrative tasks could save the U.S. health system $200 billion to $300 billion a year. Plus, Eric Hippeau, one of the leading venture capital investors in the healthcare industry, says there's a huge use case for AI, including opening access to primary care - but estimates we're still in the second inning and warns we're not at a stage yet where AI can reliably replace workers.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shares of Amazon are rocketing today, on pace for its best day since November after reporting a blowout second quarter and issuing upbeat guidance. It beat on the top line and notched its biggest bottom line beat since 2020, boosted by CEO Andy Jassy’s aggressive cost-cutting efforts. Shares of Opendoor though, headed the other direction – plummeting more than 20% on a steep revenue decline despite managing to turn a profit. We asked CEO Carrie Wheeler in her first broadcast interview since assuming the position about the quarter, the state of the iBuying business model in today’s market, and more.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Amazon reports after the bell - and investors' eyes are on the cloud. Over the last 6 quarters, growth in its cloud business AWS has slowed significantly, to an expected 10% in tonight's report, and investors are anxious to know whether the slowdown has bottomed... or could head even lower. Another data point to keep an eye on – capex. Big tech companies that have already reported including Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta have all mentioned that big investments in AI have pushed up spending. Investors will be watching closely how Amazon’s plays out.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Softbank-backed Arm is reportedly targeting a $60B-$70B September IPO - one of the biggest in tech history. The company licenses out chip designing to tech giants including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Intel. Softbank founder Masa Son couldn't have timed it better as the need for computing power and AI chips booms. But there are still risks, including a slowdown in smartphone sales, and faces competition from an open source chip design architecture firm called RISC-V.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Uber just reported its first-ever profitable quarter - but just how sustainable is it? GAAP net income was $394 million, but nearly all of that was due to a pre-tax benefit related to unrealized gains on Uber's equity investments. It holds stakes in self-driving tech companies Aurora, electric scooter startup Lime, ridesharing companies DiDi and Grab, and electric aircraft company Jovy. Its advertising business though is seeing new growth. It launched video ads on Uber, Uber Eats, Drizly and in-car tablets, reporting ad revenue run rate of over $650 million, and more than 400,000 active advertising merchants for the quarter.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The funding and valuation environment for startups remains challenged, but Tiger Global has notched one big, multi-billion dollar exit recently. After a rough 2022, Tiger told investors today it net a total of $3.5 billion from selling its remaining stake in Indian e-commerce startup Flipkart; a much-needed win for Tiger. Plus, Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss has two big calls out today – upgrading Adobe to overweight on its roadmap to AI monetization, and downgrading Salesforce to equal weight on a lack of near-term catalysts.   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa covers Tech earnings, deal making and M&A activity. Plus, are more strikes coming in Hollywood? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Though it hasn't even reported yet, Nvidia seems to be the clear winner this earnings season. Three of the biggest tech companies reported this week – Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta – and all said they’re spending more on building infrastructure to support AI cloud computing. That means less traditional server chips, and more of Nvidia's advanced GPUs.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tech heavyweights Alphabet and Microsoft report second quarter earnings after the bell today, the first that’ll show investors whether the hype around AI is justified. But there are some red flags to look out for, including tech’s massive outperformance this year, high expectations for AI, and decelerating cloud growth and capex. Plus, TikTok keeps pushing the envelope. Despite having a regulatory target on its back in the U.S., the social media platform recently announced a push into music as well as e-commerce. Could it be America’s first super app?  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A big week for big tech with Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel and Meta results on deck. We’ll drill down on the name one analyst says is the best positioned in AI. Plus, Verizon, NXP Semiconductors, and Anywhere Real Estate are on deck with results. We’ve got the action, the story, and the trade in Earnings Exchange. And we’ll speak with a recent college graduate who built an AI-detecting program from his college dorm room. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.