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EP 283: Mag 7 Earnings: Meta's Capex, AWS Comeback, NVIDIA GTC 2025, and Apple's iPhone Miss

The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

Release Date: 11/03/2025

Anthropic at $1.2 Trillion, AMD's Blowout Quarter, and the PE-Backed AI Enterprise Play | Ep. 304 show art Anthropic at $1.2 Trillion, AMD's Blowout Quarter, and the PE-Backed AI Enterprise Play | Ep. 304

The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman dig into the week's biggest moves in enterprise AI: Anthropic and OpenAI launching PE-backed enterprise JVs on the same day, Anthropic filling its compute gap with SpaceX's Colossus, Cerebris filing for a $3.5 billion IPO, NVIDIA going deep on co-packaged optics with Corning, and a full IBM Think and ServiceNow recap. Plus, for The Flip, hosts debate whether Anthropic, at $1.2 trillion, is the most important company in enterprise tech. The handpicked topics for this week are: 1. Anthropic and OpenAI Launch PE-Backed Enterprise JVs on the Same Day — Both...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

This week: four hyperscalers reported earnings on the same day, NVIDIA briefly crossed $5 trillion in market cap, OpenAI broke Azure exclusivity, and Google put $40 billion into Anthropic. Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman call it the most consequential week in AI infrastructure history and suggest the bull thesis just got its vote of confidence. The handpicked topics for this week are: OpenAI Breaks Azure Exclusivity — Both Patrick and Daniel were in the room for the original OpenAI-Microsoft announcement, and they both knew it wasn't the end of the story, it was just the beginning. The...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman break down a massive week in enterprise tech, from Google Cloud Next's full-stack AI push and Amazon's $100 billion Anthropic commitment, to Apple's leadership transition and Intel's long-awaited foundry validation courtesy of Elon Musk. The handpicked topics for this week are: Google Cloud Next 2026: Full-Stack AI and New TPUs — Google Cloud Next has cemented itself as the second-biggest AI event on the calendar, with Thomas Kurian declaring the proof-of-concept era over and enterprises now in full production mode with agents. Google unveiled two...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

AI is now an execution race defined by infrastructure. Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman break down how compute shortages, energy constraints, and security risks are reshaping the race from building models to actually running them at scale. From chip supply and hyperscaler strategy to AI-native security and the growing case for regulation, this episode maps the pressure points defining what it really takes to turn AI investment into production reality. Handpicked Topics Include: Meta, Broadcom, and the Reality of the Compute Shortage — Meta’s multi-year MTIA partnership with Broadcom...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

Episode 300 marks a milestone moment for The Six Five Pod as AI shifts from innovation to consequence. This week, Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman unpack the risks of frontier models, the growing complexity of AI deployment, and the market signals that reveal where tech is heading next. The handpicked topics for this week are: The Frontier Model Arms Race: Anthropic Mythos + OpenAI Spud — Frontier models are advancing beyond controlled testing environments, exposing real-world vulnerabilities across operating systems and enterprise infrastructure. The hosts examine how rapidly increasing...

info_outline EP 299: OpenAI’s $122B Raise, Google’s TurboQuant Shock, and NVIDIA’s Infrastructure Endgame show art EP 299: OpenAI’s $122B Raise, Google’s TurboQuant Shock, and NVIDIA’s Infrastructure Endgame

The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

OpenAI locks in the largest private funding round in history, Google disrupts memory economics with a major efficiency breakthrough, and NVIDIA continues to consolidate control over AI infrastructure. This week, Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman unpack the clear shift from model competition to full-stack execution. 🔹 OpenAI closes a record $122B funding round: AI is being reframed as global infrastructure, but the raise puts new scrutiny on capital efficiency, burn rate, and long-term sustainability (The Decode) 🔹 Google’s TurboQuant breakthrough: A major memory compression advance...

info_outline EP 298: Arm’s Big Bet, OpenAI’s Pivot, and the Real AI Infrastructure Race show art EP 298: Arm’s Big Bet, OpenAI’s Pivot, and the Real AI Infrastructure Race

The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

Arm moves closer to owning the silicon layer, OpenAI sharpens its enterprise strategy, and a wave of geopolitical and market pressures exposes what is really driving the AI race. Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman unpack how compute constraints, capital intensity, and supply chain risk are starting to dictate who can scale, who can compete, and who gets left behind as the industry shifts from experimentation to execution.  The handpicked topics for this week are: Arm Unveils AGI CPU — First-Ever In-House Chip, Co-Developed with Meta: Arm steps into direct silicon production with its...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

AI is becoming a scale and control business. On Episode 297 of The Six Five Pod, Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman examine the companies building the infrastructure, forming the alliances, and making the moves that will define who wins and who gets squeezed out. Control is shifting across compute, models, infrastructure, and enterprise distribution as NVIDIA, Microsoft, OpenAI, Meta, and others push to control the next phase of the AI market. The handpicked topics for this week are: NVIDIA’s Full-Stack Push Gets Bigger: Following the GTC conference in San Jose, Pat and Dan break down how...

info_outline EP 296: GTC Expectations, Copilot’s AI Shift, and Apple’s Low-CapEx AI Bet show art EP 296: GTC Expectations, Copilot’s AI Shift, and Apple’s Low-CapEx AI Bet

The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

AI is reshaping how software gets built, how infrastructure gets deployed, and how platforms compete for relevance. On Episode 296, Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman break down GTC expectations, Microsoft’s Anthropic-powered Copilot shift, Adobe’s leadership transition, Apple’s AI strategy, and the infrastructure debates shaping the next phase of enterprise AI. The handpicked topics for this week are: GTC and the Shift to Heterogeneous Compute: NVIDIA heads into GTC with growing pressure to articulate a broader heterogeneous compute strategy. Pat & Dan discuss CPUs, GPUs,...

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The Six Five with Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman

AI development is getting easier, but building production-ready systems remains a challenge. From vibe coding experiments at Mobile World Congress to shifts in AI silicon, networking infrastructure, and the evolving app economy, Patrick Moorhead & Daniel Newman explore what’s actually changing inside enterprise technology on this episode of The Six Five Pod. The handpicked topics for this week are: MWC Recap and the Rise of “Vibe Coding”: Experiments at Mobile World Congress highlighted how AI interfaces are lowering the barrier to building applications. Tools like Perplexity...

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On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week. The handpicked topics for this week are:

 

  1. Key Takeaways from NVIDIA GTC and Infrastructure Build-Out: Jensen Huang's keynote delivery. Nvidia's co-architecture approach to power systems, water systems, and manufacturing. Partnerships with Vertiv, Siemens, and GE Vernova for infrastructure development. Key partnership announcements from NVIDIA to build seven supercomputers, competing with AMD's dominance.

 

  1. OpenAI and Microsoft Partnership Restructuring: Microsoft's $12-13 billion investment for 50/50 partnership structure. Renegotiation allowing OpenAI conversion to a for-profit entity. Microsoft's potential 27% ownership stake valued at approximately $270 billion. Sam Altman's equity position and IPO preparation for a potential trillion-dollar valuation.

 

  1. Qualcomm's AI Chip Launch: AI 200 and AI 250 announcement driving 20% stock price surge. Strong Wall Street reaction despite limited technical details available. Credible entry into the data center market with scale-up methodology. 2027 timeline for scale-up technologies, including NVLink adoption.

 

  1. DOE Supercomputer Partnerships: AMD's billion-dollar partnership for two additional supercomputers. Continued dominance in high-performance computing with 64-bit precision. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's recent recognition from both NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and AMD’s Lisa Su. Highlights of government investments towards winning science across multiple domains.

 

  1. AWS Anthropic Trainium Partnership: A one-million Trainium chips commitment from Anthropic. Validation of AWS's custom silicon strategy. Recognition that all available chips are selling in the current market. Multi-generation improvement trajectory similar to Google's TPU.

 

  1. Google Public Sector Event Highlights: Google's military and government sector transformation under Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian. Impressive Gemini for Government agent demonstrations. Seven-minute agent creation showcasing platform capabilities. On-premise GDC deployment with Lockheed Martin for air-gapped AI.

 

  1. Government Stakes Debate: Discussion of AI, quantum, rare earth minerals, and chip manufacturing.

 

  1. Federal Reserve Rate Cut: Fed Chairman Powell's extensive data center commentary.

 

  1. OpenAI Valuation: A trillion-dollar IPO valuation deemed "completely bonkers.”

 

  1. ServiceNow Earnings, Alphabet/Google Earnings, Meta Earnings: Unpacking tech’s earnings season.

 

  1. Microsoft Azure: 40% Azure growth with $400 billion booked business.



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