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-Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg Senior Reporter covering social media, discusses Meta Platforms unveiling a version of its AI model, Muse Spark 1.1, that includes a new paid tier for developers, marking the first time Meta has charged businesses for access to its models. The new model's standout improvement is in its agentic capabilities, with "state-of-the-art or very close to it" agentic reasoning and tool use, and is also greatly improved when it comes to coding.

-Ken Shea, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Consumer Products Analyst, recaps PepsiCo earnings. PepsiCo Inc. said consumers pulled back in the second quarter as gas prices rose, slowing its efforts to revitalize its North American snack business. The company saw a decline in revenue in its North American food business and flat volume after cutting prices by as much as 15% in some brands.

-Mary Ross Gilbert, Bloomberg Intelligence, Senior Equity Analyst, Covering Retail, recaps earnings from Levis Strauss. Levi Strauss & Co. raised its full-year projections for a second straight quarter due to an expanded selection of apparel and a focus on its own stores and website. Net revenue is now projected to grow 7% to 7.5% for the full year, up from the previous range of 5.5% to 6.5%, according to a statement.

-Daniela Sirtori, Bloomberg Restaurants Reporter, discusses Starbucks developing in-house tools with the help of artificial intelligence that could replace some software applications it now buys from companies such as Microsoft Corp. and International Business Machines Corp. The coffee chain is building alternatives to a Microsoft system that tracks inventory and an IBM tool that manages maintenance, according to an internal presentation reviewed by Bloomberg News.


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-Mandeep Singh, Global Head of Tech Research for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses top tech stories. Nvidia Corp.'s stock is the cheapest it's been since before the AI boom, after losing roughly $1 trillion in market value in less than two months. The AI rotation trade is also gathering pace in Asia as investors pull money from chipmakers and hunt for cheaper ways to play the technology boom.

-Robert Schiffman, Senior Tech Credit Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Amazon’s debt sale. Amazon.com is tapping the US high-grade bond market for the second time this year even after issuing more than $60 billion across currencies and accumulating nearly $155 billion in pro forma cash, underscoring the scale of its AI funding needs.

-Anurag Rana, Senior Tech Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Apple saying its expanded agreement with Broadcom is expected to top $30 billion. The deal will involve manufacturing more than 15 billion chips in the US, supporting hundreds of jobs, and Apple will help Broadcom upgrade its production facilities in Colorado.

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-Ed Ludlow, BTech Anchor, discusses top tech stories. Samsung Electronics Co.’s quarterly profit surged, prompting investors to cash out of a near-150% rally this year that had baked in the AI-fueled growth.
Separately, Amazon.com Inc. is looking to raise at least $25 billion from a US dollar bond sale to fund spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure.

-Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg Equities Reporter, discusses why the Mag 7 tech giants are no longer dominating the stock market, with their index gaining just 1.7% in 2026. Investors are now focused on the biggest beneficiaries of the wave of cash dedicated to building out AI, such as memory chipmakers like Micron Technology Inc. and Sandisk Corp.

-- Gautam Mukunda, Lecturer at Yale School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion contributor, discusses his column: “Sam Altman Offers a Trojan Horse to America.” Sam Altman offered the US government a 5% stake in OpenAI, which he said would allow Americans to share in the benefits of artificial intelligence. The offer is seen as a way for OpenAI to "capture" the government and gain an advantage through regulatory capture, where the government becomes an owner of the company and has an economic stake in its success.
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- Brody Ford, Bloomberg Technology Reporter, discusses Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a massive reorganization to spur growth in the struggling gaming division. Xbox will divest four of its video-game development studios and is beginning the process to part ways with a fifth, with the goal of streamlining the business and reinvesting in bigger projects.

- Bailey Lipschultz, Bloomberg News Senior Equities Reporter, discusses SK Hynix kicking off the formal marketing process for its US listing, seeking to sell American depositary receipts representing about 17.79 million common shares. The company is looking to capitalize on surging investor demand for the high-flying memory-chip sector, with the offering of ADRs coming after the firm’s Seoul-traded stock rallied about 260% this year.

- Tim Craighead, Bloomberg Intelligence Global Chief Content Officer, discusses 10 companies to watch in Q3. Bloomberg Intelligence analysts have identified interesting companies from their roster of high-confidence Focus Ideas. Spanning sectors and regions, each scenario outlines a catalyst in the next few months that supports our case.

- Sam Fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence Director of Research: Healthcare, Defence, Industrials & Autos, discusses Novartis AG agreeing to buy Myricx Bio for as much as $1.5 billion, adding an experimental cancer drug designed to deliver more potent treatments directly to tumors while limiting damage to healthy cells.

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George Ferguson, Senior Aerospace Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses the revenue growth outlook for SpaceX. Investors have been largely flying blind since the company’s record-breaking IPO last month, with few financial projections to help determine what the stock is actually worth. That changes next week, when the quiet period ends for analysts at banks that underwrote the $86 billion initial public offering, which was led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase & Co., with 18 other banks participating. Starting Tuesday, investors should expect a pile of new research, price targets and growth estimates, all of which should help shed light on where the shares are likely headed in the near term and over the next few years.
Michael Shepard, Bloomberg News Senior Technology Editor, joins for a chat on the latest tech headlines, including the Financial Times reporting that OpenAI has proposed giving the US government a 5% stake in the company, and Apple seeking the Trump administration’s approval to purchase chips from two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist amid a global memory shortage.
Ira Jersey, Bloomberg Intelligence Chief US Interest Rate Strategist, reacts to the June US jobs report. Hiring slowed sharply in June even as the unemployment rate fell, curbing some of the budding momentum in job growth this year. Nonfarm payrolls increased 57,000 last month after downward revisions to the prior two months took some of the shine off recent blockbuster reports, Bureau of Labor Statistics data Thursday showed. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2% as labor force participation plunged, leading investors to scale back bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate increases.
Brendan Murray, Bloomberg News Global Trade Editor, shares his thoughts on Washington’s decision not to renew its trade deal with Canada and Mexico - choosing instead to conduct annual reviews of the pact in a decision that risks adding uncertainty for companies producing goods across North America. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, will remain in force for another decade provided no one country decides to exit. Opting against a longer-term renewal opens the door to years of contentious negotiations over the rules governing continent-wide supply chains and low tariff levels vital for automakers, farmers, retailers and energy companies.

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