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Ed Ludlow

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Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Could you just explain the basics of legislation or a piece of it that was omitted in NVIDIA's favor?

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Bloomberg's Mike Shepherd in Washington, DC.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Thank you.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

At the same time, China's ramping up support for domestic chip production to occupy a vacuum that's been left by Nvidia's forced exit.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

According to sources, Beijing-based Cambricon is set to triple production of AI chips in 2026 with plans to deliver half a million AI accelerators, the vast majority of which are advanced.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Bloomberg's technology executive editor, Peter Eldstrom, joins us.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

CambriaCon is another example of a domestic player with an AI accelerator product.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

It is reliant on SMIC, China's domestic version of TSMC.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And this is an interesting piece of reporting.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Bring us the details, but also technologically speaking, the differences of where CambriaCon and SMIC are versus NVIDIA, because the scale is completely different.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Daniel, I've been digging into RPA and trying to think about what is new about RPA in an AI world.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

I think that was kind of the root of Caroline's question.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

One of the ideas is that there's a potential addressable market for you where desks with less technical staff can use your software because it's better at reasoning across documentation and those kinds of workloads.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Just explain how you kind of grow the business beyond your traditional customer base.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Daniel, our colleagues at Bloomberg Intelligence, that's our in-house analysts, are a little bit cautious on your subscription revenues.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

If you look at where the street thought they'd be, basically in line, slightly beat, and they're worried about the sustainability of subscriptions.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Are they right or are they wrong?

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Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Daniel Dines, CEO of UiPath with the earnings breakdown.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Welcome back to Bloomberg Tech.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Our top story is Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner reporting that Meta is considering cutting budgets for its Metaverse initiative by up to 30% next year as part of its budget planning cycle.