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25 Aug 2025

Interesting by Chartr showing that AI data centers could soon contribute more to CO2 emissions than aviation does now.

After boycotting flying, will climate activists make a push to start boycotting TikTok and YouTube with all the AI generated clips and stop using Google, Facebook and the like? Source: Chartr, Michel A.Arouet

22 Aug 2025

According to Ark Invest, Robotaxis could generate $34 Trillion in Enterprise Value by 2030

Tesla's $TSLA market cap is only $1.05 Trillion right now Source: Barchart, Ark Invest

19 Aug 2025

Microsoft, $MSFT, has said that these are the 40 jobs most at risk by AI

Source: unusual whales

15 Aug 2025

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna reported AI-driven sales growth for the second quarter, enabling the company to generate revenues of $1 million per employee.

👉 The Swedish company said it had 20% like-for-like sales growth in the second quarter, with total revenues coming in at $823 million for the period. 👉The firm also saw adjusted operating profits of $29 million, up significantly from the first quarter’s $3 million. “AI adoption continues to deliver significant, tangible results. As a result of this strategy, average revenue per employee reached $1.0m, up 46% [year on year in the second quarter],” the company said in its quarterly report. 👉Klarna has aggressively leveraged AI to boost productivity performance. It has shed two in five jobs over the past two years as a result. “This shift reflects the growing impact of AI and automation in eliminating manual, time-consuming work across Klarna,” the company had said in its first-quarter results.

14 Aug 2025

What do you notice on this chart?

Source: PlotSet

11 Aug 2025

The Goldman Sachs AI Leaders Basket

Consisting of the 9 leading AI stocks (semiconductors: Nvidia, TSMC), software/data center (Palantir, Oracle, Microsoft, Vertiv), and power/infrastructure (GE Vernova, Constellation, Vistra) has made 756% since ChatGPT launch in 2022, an avg of 122% per year! Source: Bloomberg, HolderZ

7 Aug 2025

OpenAI might soon be worth $500bn – thanks to a potential stock sale for employees.

The company is reportedly in early discussions to allow current and former employees to sell their shares, which would value OpenAI at roughly $500bn. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

5 Aug 2025

Top AI companies by Market Cap

Source: Mark Roussin, CPA @Dividend_Dollar

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