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☆ To train car dealers on EVs and other topics, Ford turns to gamification and AI-powered education
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ford says the main goals of the "Ford University" platform are to improve customer service, better engage employees — especially younger ones who are accustomed to binge-watching videos — and provide dealers and the company with more data to assist business. Vietor, who joined Ford in March 2023 after leading global games learning for Amazon Web Services, will oversee Ford University. She declined to disclose how much the company has spent on the new training. Dealership employees, who are independently employed by dealers, are crucial to the company's sales, performance and customer engagement and satisfaction. Automakers have long touted the idea that better dealer experiences lead to happier customers who are more likely to become repeat customers.

Persons: Abby Vietor, Vietor Organizations: Netflix, Ford, Amazon Web Services, Ford University Locations: Mich

☆ Wednesday's analyst calls: Amazon draws praise, 3M finds some support, Starbucks cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan analyst Vivek Juneja upgraded the regional bank stock to an overweight rating from neutral, simultaneously lifting his price target to $39.50 from $37.50. — Lisa Kailai Han 6:27 a.m.: Deutsche Bank downgrades Starbucks after disappointing quarterly earnings Starbucks could feel some near-term pressure, according to Deutsche Bank. Analyst C. Stephen Tusa also raised his price target to $111 from $110, implying that shares of 3M could rally 15% from here. 3M stock has added nearly 6% so far in 2024, but the stock is still trading at an attractive valuation given the company's characteristics, Tusa said. Amongst the group, JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth has the highest price target of $240, which implies that Amazon stock could rally another 37% from here.

Persons: Vivek Juneja, Juneja, — Lisa Kailai Han, Samik Chatterjee, Chatterjee, Lauren Silberman, Silberman, Lisa Kailai Han, Stephen Tusa, Tusa, 3M's, Morgan Stanley, Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, — Lisa Kailai Han — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: CNBC, JPMorgan, Starbucks, Deutsche Bank, Fifth, Bancorp, Logitech, 3M, Barclays, Bank of America, Amazon, Services, Wall Street, — Locations: China

☆ Stock market today: futures drop after Starbucks and McDonald's misses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US futures slid as traders weighed Amazon's earnings beat against Starbucks and McDonald's misses. The Federal Reserve is set to provide an update later on the likely trajectory of interest rates. McDonald's also fell short of Wall Street's revenue, earnings, and same-store sales estimates for last quarter as consumers spent less at the fast-food chain. A painful combination of historic inflation and soaring interest rates over the past couple of years have squeezed household budgets and stoked concern of a recession. Stubborn inflation in recent months has dampened Wall Street's hopes that the Fed will cut rates in the months ahead.

Persons: —, Stocks, Amazon's, Ipek Ozardeskaya, McDonald's, Jerome Powell, Ozkardeskaya, Tesla Organizations: Starbucks, Federal, Service, Amazon, Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial, Amazon Web Services, Swissquote Bank, Consumers, Fed, Elon Musk's

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Super Micro Computer, Starbucks, Pfizer and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Super Micro Computer — The server vendor dropped 15% after missing revenue expectations for its fiscal third quarter. However, Super Micro beat analysts' expectations for its adjusted earnings and hiked its revenue guidance for its fiscal 2024 year. Starbucks posted adjusted earnings of 68 cents per share on revenue of $8.56 billion. Pfizer now expects adjusted earnings of $2.15 to $2.35 per share for the full year, higher than its previous forecast of $2.05 to $2.25 per share. Yum Brands — The fast-food giant lost nearly 4% after it reported quarterly adjusted earnings and revenue that missed analysts' expectations.

Persons: Joseph Otting, —, Cowen, Skyworks, SiriusXM, Goldman Sachs, Powell, Estée Lauder —, Estée Lauder, Kraft Heinz, Pinterest's, Alex Harring, Yun Li, Lisa Kailai Han, Hakyung Kim, Michelle Fox Organizations: New York Community Bank, Super Micro, Starbucks, Pfizer, Apple, Amazon Web Services, CVS, Powell Industries, Wall, LSEG, Brands, KFC, Pizza, Taco, JPMorgan Locations: Houston, Taco Bell's

☆ Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are doubling down on AI for the cloud — and it seems to be paying off
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Over the last two weeks, major cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet have reported quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's shares also climbed after earnings were reported, evidence that doubling down on their AI strategies seems to be paying off. Davidson Companies analyst Gil Luria told Business Insider regarding Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Microsoft Cloud generated $35.1 billion in revenue — up 23% year-over-year — that CEO Satya Nadella credits partly to investments into AI tools like Microsoft Copilot. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet didn't immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider before publication.

Persons: —, D.A, Gil Luria, Claude, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Ruth Porat, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Luria, doesn't, Jassy, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Davidson Companies, Amazon, Web Services, Google Cloud, Google, Gemini, Research, Capital Locations: Indonesia

☆ Jim Cramer says GE Healthcare's unwarranted post-earnings plunge is a buying opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Jim Cramer has said repeatedly the Fed does not need to cut anytime soon. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.

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☆ Amazon's cloud margin widens on accelerating revenue growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, speaks during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 22, 2023. Revenue from Amazon Web Services came out to $25.04 billion, according to the company's earnings statement. The growth marked a step up from the 13% increase Amazon reported for AWS in the fourth quarter. Analysts polled by StreetAccount had expected $7.52 billion in AWS operating income. The AWS operating margin widened to 37.6%, the widest at least since 2014.

Persons: Adam Selipsky, StreetAccount, Gartner, Axios, Anthropic, CFRA's Zino Organizations: Amazon Web Services, Bloomberg Technology Summit, Amazon, Revenue, AWS, Google, Microsoft Locations: San Francisco

For most of its 27 years as a public company, Amazon investors have been asked to sacrifice profit for growth. In its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Amazon's operating margin reached double digits for the first time on record. Operating income more than tripled in the quarter to $15.3 billion, while net income also jumped more than 200% to $10.4 billion. Almost two-thirds of operating income for all of Amazon came from AWS, which is now generating over $100 billion in annualized revenue. Operating income will be $10 billion to $14 billion, up from $7.7 billion a year earlier.

Persons: Andy Jassy, Andy, Andy Jassy's, Tom Forte, CNBC's, Brian Olsavsky, Olsavsky, That's, Jassy, he's Organizations: Amazon, Seattle, Maxim Group, Revenue, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Technology, Microsoft, Google Locations: Seattle

☆ Amazon reports earnings after the bell. Here's what Wall Street is watching
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Amazon 's earnings report on Tuesday evening will give investors insight into two of the biggest stories on Wall Street — the resilient U.S. consumer and the artificial intelligence boom. Wall Street is generally optimistic about Amazon, as more than 90% of analysts have a buy or strong buy rating on the stock, according to LSEG. Several other tech companies, including Alphabet , have already reported strong advertising numbers for the first quarter. "We increase our Amazon advertising outlook following the impressive 2H23 performance and encouraging industry checks. On a ~55% margin, Advertising [earnings before interest and taxes] moves from $26B in FY23 to $41B in FY26," MoffettNathanson analyst Michael Morton said in an April 22 note.

Persons: Stephen Ju, Brian Pitz, Pitz, Michael Morton, Amazon's, Morton, MoffettNathanson, Ju, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Amazon, Services, AWS, UBS, prem, BMO

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Amazon, Starbucks, Pinterest, Advanced Micro Devices and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon posted earnings of 98 cents per share on $143.31 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had forecast earnings of 83 cents per share on $142.5 billion in revenue. However, the company's second-quarter revenue forecast was shy of estimates. It forecast revenue for the current quarter in line with the analyst forecast of $5.70 billion. Pinterest reported adjusted earnings of 20 cents per share, topping forecasts for 13 cents per share, according to LSEG.

Persons: LSEG, Pinterest, Mondelez, —, Sarah Min, Brian Evans, Alex Harring, Darla Mercado, Tanaya Macheel Organizations: Starbucks, Computer, Chesapeake Energy, Caesars Entertainment, Caesars, Revenue, Diamondback Energy Locations: LSEG

☆ We're raising our Amazon price target, betting light guidance proves conservative
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Amazon Why we own it : Amazon may be widely known for online shopping, but its cloud business is the real breadwinner. While an International e-commerce sales increase of 10% to $31.94 billion missed estimates, the segment saw $903 million in operating income. Guidance Amazon expects second-quarter net sales to be between $144 billion to $149 billion, growing 7% to 11% year over year. However, thanks to disciplined cost management, operating income guidance is expected to come in much closer to the mark at $10 billion to $14 billion versus $12.73 billion expected. The midpoint of the sales and operating income estimates point to an operating margin target of 8.2%, which compares with an 8.5% estimate for the second quarter.

Persons: it's, Andy Jassy, Jassy, we're, That's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Organizations: Amazon, LSEG, Walmart, Target, Microsoft, Services, Web Services, CNBC Locations: Amazon, America, North America

☆ 'Winner take most': Here's what Wall Street is expecting from Amazon's Q1 earnings report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAmazon will report earnings on Tuesday after the closing bell and Wall Street has its eye on a few key details heading into the call. AdvertisementBofA analysts reiterated their "Buy" rating and $204 price target for the stock, implying a 13% upside from its current levels. AdvertisementAnalysts raised their price target for Amazon stock to $217, implying a 20% upside. The firm maintained its "Buy" rating and $220 price target, implying a 22% upside from the stock's current levels. The firm maintained its "buy" rating and $205 price target for Amazon stock, implying a 14% upside from current levels.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, —, Needham, Andy Jassy's, Wells Organizations: Investors, Service, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Bank of America, Enterprise, Needham Locations: Wells Fargo

☆ Bill Gates Is Still Pulling Strings at Microsoft, Overseeing AI Ideas
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In fact, Business Insider has learned, Gates has been quietly orchestrating much of Microsoft's AI revolution from behind the scenes. The company, Nadella promised, would "continue to benefit from Bill's ongoing technical passion and advice to drive our products and services forward." According to two executives, Gates' memo treated as gospel, sparking Microsoft's push to take the lead in the AI arms race. Now, it seemed, OpenAI might offer Microsoft a way to help forge the AI future that Gates had long envisioned. According to two executives, Gates' words were treated as gospel, helping spark Microsoft's push to take the lead in the AI arms race.

Persons: Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Gates, Siri, They're, Clippy, Copilot, That's, Sam Altman, — Gates, Satya, Nadella, Steve Ballmer, Peter Thiel bashed, Bill, Melinda, Jeffrey Epstein, Nadella's, Rather, OpenAI, Kevin Scott, Scott, Altman, you'll, OpenAI's, Bing —, Bing, Steve, Sam, Kayla Wood, Frank Shaw, Shaw, —, Charles Lamanna, Jaime Teevan, Jeff Teper, Charlie Bell —, He's, Forbes, Mustafa Suleyman, DeepMind, Bill G, Suleyman, aren't, hadn't, there's, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Agents, Business, Google, Wired, Street Journal, Rover, Steve Jobs, OpenAI, Amazon Web Services Locations: Tay, Gates, Clippy, Washington, Redmond , Washington, Seattle

☆ How CEOs are preparing for possible employee protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

You can always choose to move on, but remember you don’t have a right to work at most companies. We can’t keep re-litigating when we also have a business to runYou speak with CEOs every day. Most of the CEOs I’ve talked to said they haven’t seen their employees protest, but they’re bracing for it. But I will say that I don’t think it will become that widespread because of how swiftly and unapologetically Google addressed it. I don’t think it will become a thing.

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☆ 12 portfolio companies report earnings in the week ahead. What we want to hear from each
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

The action quickly and sharply reversed back to the upside Friday after blowout earnings reports from Alphabet and Microsoft . In the week ahead, earnings are likely to drive the action again, though we'll get a few important macroeconomic reports. Earnings: We've got the biggest week of the earnings season ahead of us, with 12 Club holdings set to report. Eli Lilly 's report Tuesday morning continues to be all about sales of type-2 diabetes treatment Mounjaro and weight-loss drug Zepbound. In DuPont 's report Wednesday morning, we're looking for a continued rebound in its semiconductor business following a sequential increase last quarter.

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☆ These stocks reporting results next week have earnings momentum at their back, and are well liked by analysts
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Some of Wall Street's favorite stocks are due to report their latest earnings in the week ahead. As of Friday, 77% of companies that have reported topped analyst estimates for their quarterly earnings, according to FactSet. To find stocks reporting next week that might see a post-earnings rise in valuation, CNBC Pro screened for names that Wall Street analysts recommend and that have earnings momentum at their back. Mastercard has seen earnings estimates rise by 12% in the past three months, and 20% over the past six months. Analysts have raised the Silicon Valley real estate investment trust's earnings estimates by 29% over the past three and six months.

Persons: Wall, FactSet, Ronald Josey, Josey, GenAI, TD Cowen, Bryan Bergin, Equinix, —, Fred Imbert Organizations: Dow Jones, CNBC Pro, Wall, Companies, Amazon Web Services, UBS, Citi, Mastercard

☆ Kasa Living, which partners with KKR and TPG, wants to become the Amazon of hospitality. See the 33-page slideshow it used to raise $70 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kasa Living has made a habit of raising funds at some of the hardest times for the hospitality and proptech industries. Kasa Living CEO and founder Roman Pedan points to the shares of Marriott and Hilton, which are up over the last five years, as an indication of what Kasa could be. Kasa Living is now working with some investment firms to help locate and buy buildings that Kasa Living will operate, a model known as OpCo/PropCo. Instead of having to hire someone to handle bookings and finances for each property, Kasa Living handles it all centrally, "removing that fixed cost." Some financial information has been redacted from the deck by Kasa Living.

Persons: Roman Pedan, Kasa, Pedan, Pendan Organizations: Marriott, Hilton, KKR, Sonder, TPG, Amazon Web, Citi Ventures, FirstMark, New York Life Ventures, Fireside Investments, RET, Zigg, Ribbit, EBay, Kasa Locations: Brookfield

☆ CEOs of OpenAI, Google and Microsoft to join other tech leaders on federal AI safety panel
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —The US government has asked leading artificial intelligence companies for advice on how to use the technology they are creating to defend airlines, utilities and other critical infrastructure, particularly from AI-powered attacks. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that the panel it’s creating will include CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies and industries. The list includes Google chief executive Sundar Pichai, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, but also the head of defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman and air carrier Delta Air Lines. It also includes federal, state and local government officials, as well as leading academics in AI such as Fei-Fei Li, co-director of Stanford University’s Human-centered Artificial Intelligence Institute. The US government already uses machine learning or artificial intelligence for more than 200 distinct purposes, such as monitoring volcano activity, tracking wildfires and identifying wildlife from satellite imagery.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Northrop Grumman, ”, Alejandro Mayorkas, Fei Li, Joe Biden Organizations: Washington CNN, Department of Homeland Security, Google, Microsoft, Delta Air Lines, DHS, “, Amazon Web Services, IBM, Cisco, ’, Civil, Stanford, Intelligence, Safety, Security

☆ Alphabet tempers fears that it's falling behind in AI with blowout first-quarter results
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks in conversation with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone West on November 16, 2023 in San Francisco, California. There were other reasons for skepticism ahead of Alphabet's earnings report. Like Meta, Alphabet is pouring money into AI. Last month, Alphabet announced a suite of products, including Vertex AI, a no-code console for enterprise companies to build their own AI agents. With first-quarter results in the rearview mirror, Alphabet now has to keep up with heightened expectations, which will only increase as competitors roll out more generative AI products.

Persons: Sundar Pichai, Emily Chang, Ruth Porat, missteps, Investors, Mark Zuckerberg, Pichai, he's, Prabhakar Raghavan, Raghavan Organizations: APEC, Summit, Moscone West, YouTube, Nasdaq, Nvidia, Amazon, Meta, Revenue, Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, rollouts Locations: San Francisco , California, San Francisco, U.S

☆ Microsoft says cloud AI demand is exceeding supply even after 79% surge in capital spending
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In its earnings report on Thursday, Microsoft said capital expenditures jumped 79% from a year earlier to $14 billion. "We do have demand that exceeds our supply by a bit," Microsoft CFO Amy Hood told analysts on the company's earnings call. During the fiscal third quarter, revenue in Microsoft's Azure cloud rose 31%, with 7 percentage points from AI. Microsoft intends "to scale to meet the growing demand signal for our cloud and AI products," she said. WATCH: Microsoft's capex increase for AI infrastructure is not a surprise, says Deepwater's Gene Munster

Persons: Amy Hood, Hood, Deepwater's Gene Munster Organizations: Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia, Amazon Web Services Locations: Bellevue , Washington

☆ Big Tech has split into 3 camps: loved, hated and iffy. Here's where our 8 stocks fit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

META YTD mountain Meta Platforms YTD Meta has the biggest tailwind on Earth being dangled in front of it — the newly signed law that says Chinese company ByteDance must sell TikTok or face a U.S. ban on the short-form video platform. AMZN YTD mountain Amazon YTD Amazon is also in the loved category but reports this coming Tuesday. NVDA YTD mountain Nvidia YTD I have no idea how Nvidia got to be a fence-sitter. AVGO YTD mountain Broadcom YTD Broadcom is iffy. CRM YTD mountain Salesforce YTD Salesforce has become mighty complicated.

Persons: I'm, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Andy Jassy, It's, Claude AI, Jensen Huang, Nvidia's, hasn't, it's, Hock Tan, Salesforce, Marc Benioff, what's, that's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Carlos Barria Organizations: Microsoft, Meta, he's, Google, Amazon, Services, Nvidia, Broadcom, Blackwell, VMWare, calvary, PayPal, Informatica, Apple, CNBC, Facebook Locations: U.S, Oregon, Informatica, China, Menlo Park , California

Here's a rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Broadcom : Broadcom's AI business, which includes co-designing custom chips for tech giants such as Club holding Alphabet, is booming. The newspaper reported April 12 that Salesforce was in talks to buy Informatica, which sent the Club holding's shares plunging. Wells Fargo : Another trim is due for our Wells Fargo position after a great run for the bank stock, Jim argued. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade.

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☆ Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia to meet customer demand, CTO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon is opening cloud regions in Southeast Asia because customers want their data stored securely in their own countries, Amazon Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels said in an exclusive interview. They really wanted something local such that they can meet, for example, local data storage requirements, or protection of personal identifiable information," Vogels told CNBC's JP Ong. An AWS region is a physical location where data centers are clustered. Within each AWS region are a minimum of three separate availability zones. "And for them, it's important to have these kinds of technologies on the ground, in [the] country to make sure that they can serve their customers best or their citizens best," said Vogels.

Persons: Werner Vogels, Vogels, CNBC's JP Ong Organizations: Amazon Chief, Amazon Web Services Locations: Southeast Asia

He also hiked his price target to $92 from $59, suggesting shares rallying 48.3% from where they closed on Tuesday. Analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich raised her price target to $370 from $315, suggesting 22% upside from Tuesday's close. — Hakyung Kim 6:04 a.m.: Citi raises price target on Amazon Amazon is becoming a more profitable organization, according to Citi. The price target increase comes on the heels of Amazon's new grocery delivery subscription launch. He cited increased operating income projections amid strong top-line trends for his price target increase.

Persons: Tesla, Rob Sanderson, Sanderson, Forrest Li, Hakyung Kim, Jessica Reif Ehrlich, — Hakyung Kim, Ronald Josey, Josey, GenAI, Kim, Goldman Sachs, Mark Delaney, Delaney, Goldman, Joseph Spak, Spak, TSLA, Wells Fargo's Colin Langan, Langan, James Lee, Lee, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Mizuho, Bank of America, Spotify Bank of America, Spotify, Citi, Amazon Web Services, Revenue, UBS, Summer

☆ Medium is cutting more than $500K in monthly cloud spend. More companies could follow suit.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's not just Stubblebine who plans to continue cutting cloud costs. The cloud industry refers to cost-cutting as "cloud optimization." Last year, cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft cited cloud optimization as the reason cloud sales growth had slipped to historic lows. As growth has crept back up in recent months, these same companies have declared the days of cloud optimization to be over. But Stubblebine thinks that cloud optimization is part of a broader mentality shift sweeping the pre-IPO startup world.

Persons: —, Tony Stubblebine, What's, Stubblebine, It's, We're, Ellen Thomas Organizations: Service, Business, Barclays, Amazon Web Services, Savings, Microsoft Locations: Snowflake

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