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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down Alphabet's latest jumbo bond sale, receiving about $115 billion of orders after looking to raise $25 billion, signaling renewed investor appetite for debt tied to the AI boom after a recent selloff. Plus, a rough day for Western Digital (WD) after the storage giant's shares slid after a disappointing outlook. And, Sequoia's leaders Alfred Lin and Pat Grady join to discuss the future of the storied venture capital firm.
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Western Digital (WD) says the AI infrastructure buildout is creating sustained demand for data storage, even as investors reacted to a softer near-term outlook. CEO Irving Tan joins Bloomberg to explain why hyperscaler demand remains strong and how the company is increasing hard drive capacity. He says long-term supply agreements suggest AI's storage needs will continue to grow well into the next decade. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
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Uber Technologies Inc. shares slid by the most in six months after the company issued a bookings outlook that just met analyst estimates, compounding concerns from investors about the company’s ability to evolve in the robotaxi era. Total gross bookings — a key metric that includes ride hails, delivery orders and driver and merchant earnings but not tips — will be $58.25 billion to $60.25 billion for the quarter ending in September, the company said Wednesday. For more, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi spoke with Bloomberg Tech host Ed Ludlow.
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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down SpaceX's first earnings which revealed massive AI spending, an ambitious Starlink expansion and Elon Musk's latest bold prediction: a $100 billion annual revenue run rate by year-end. Plus, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins to discuss the company's earnings and its robotaxi ambitions, and Zoox CEO Aicha Evans weighs in on the company's big commercial milestone of starting to charge for rides in Las Vegas.
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SpaceX stock fell after the company disclosed higher-than-expected spending on its artificial intelligence business, dampening an inaugural quarterly report that broadly surpassed Wall Street forecasts. Shares of Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI conglomerate tumbled as much as 8.8% in US postmarket trading after it said capital spending jumped to about $18.4 billion in the second quarter.
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