Listen "Episode 96 - Microsoft's AI Boom, Meta's House Money, Adobe on Arm & a flurry of new funding"
Episode Synopsis
Microsoft reported a record quarter with strong earnings driven by its cloud and AI divisions, alongside growth in its Windows and Xbox segments. Meta continues to pursue its AI and superintelligence ambitions. In other company news, Adobe has released beta versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects for Windows on Arm, while the CEO of Palo Alto is considering the next acquisition after the deal for CyberArk. Several funding rounds were announced: AI company Anthropic is in talks to raise capital at a $170 billion valuation, Loomion raised $40 million, Israeli electric aircraft maker AIR secured $23 million, and quantum computing firm Classiq raised over $10 million. A recent report also found that only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work.https://www.theverge.com/news/716523/meta-q2-earnings-superintelligence-ai-mark-zzuckerberghttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/so-far-only-one-third-of-americans-have-ever-used-ai-for-workhttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/h1tq1kdweghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/rknyg00dpxehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hy11nfddwexhttps://www.theverge.com/news/715769/adobe-windows-on-arm-premiere-pro-after-effects-beta-releasehttps://www.theverge.com/news/716191/microsoft-q4-2025-earnings-revenue-profits-windows-xbox-gaming-surfacehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/sjcy2awdgehttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/r1ku5lwpeghttps://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjcrmvddgl
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