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The Next AI Growth Area?
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  • Artificial intelligence
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  • E-commerce
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7 Top Stories

The Next AI Growth Area?

Content licensing and data marketplace start-ups such as Pip Labs, Vermillio and Created by Humans have raised $215m in funding since 2022.

13 May 2025

News
BABA Stock Earnings Preview: Will Alibaba’s AI Push Pay Off?
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  • Artificial intelligence
  • E-commerce
  • China tech

BABA Stock Earnings Preview: Will Alibaba’s AI Push Pay Off?

What do earnings hold for Alibaba as it formalizes its strategic AI pivot?

13 May 2025

Back from the Brink
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  • Artificial intelligence
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  • Biotechnology
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7 Top Stories

Back from the Brink

Investors poured into US stocks, driving a 3% surge in S&P 500 futures, after the US and China agreed to sharply reduce tariffs for 90 days.

12 May 2025

OKLO Stock: What to Expect from Q1 Earnings
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  • Artificial intelligence
  • Clean energy
  • Carbon transition

OKLO Stock: What to Expect from Q1 Earnings

The OpenAI CEO recently resigned from the Oklo board. This spooked the market but could pave the way for Oklo to forge lucrative AI partnerships.

12 May 2025

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Can Quantum Solve AI’s Energy Problem?

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7 Top Stories

An AI Dr. Dolittle?

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  • Artificial intelligence

SMR Stock Earnings Preview: Can NuScale Leverage AI Demand?

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7 Top Stories

Amazon Targets Robotaxi Expansion

Features
OPTO Folios: Rethinking Portfolio Construction
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  • Biotechnology
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OPTO Folios: Rethinking Portfolio Construction

Discover how our library of ready-made Folios — available for you to copy and customize — can help align your stock portfolio with your personal values and financial goals.

13 May 2025

Diversify Your Investments With the S&P Top 50 Folio
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  • Electric vehicles
  • E-commerce
  • Fintech
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Diversify Your Investments With the S&P Top 50 Folio

Despite economic challenges, the S&P 500’s top stocks look like strong future bets.

07 May 2025

Has Trump’s Trade War Made the Mag 7 More Attractive?
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  • Semiconductors
  • Electric vehicles
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  • Internet of things
  • SaaS
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Has Trump’s Trade War Made the Mag 7 More Attractive?

The US megastocks have wobbled of late, but still appear to be safe future bets.

08 Apr 2025

TER Stock: AI and Robotics Partnerships Boost the Teradyne Share Price
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TER Stock: AI and Robotics Partnerships Boost the Teradyne Share Price

As the appetite for AI chips grows, testing equipment makers like Teradyne play a key role in market supply. Teradyne’s mid-term projections are causing analysts to identify it as a stock to watch.

23 Oct 2024

Knowledge

Dr Alan Baratz

Episode #243

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OPTO Sessions

D-Wave’s CEO on Making Quantum Pay

Ashley Johnson

Episode #242

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  • Space

OPTO Sessions

Satellite Leader: Planet Labs Joins OPTO Sessions

Planet Labs’ Ashley Johnson explains the advantages of maintaining a more advanced satellite fleet, how to scale to meet customer needs, and the capacity of satellite imaging to solve global problems.

28 Apr 2025

Craig Bealmear

Episode #241

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OPTO Sessions

Nuclear Powerhouse: Oklo’s Craig Bealmear Joins OPTO Sessions

The CFO of Sam Altman-backed Oklo shares the firm’s three-point business model, its big plans for selling power and recycling nuclear fuel, and the booming market for nuclear power.

07 Apr 2025

Sebastian Schrötel

Episode #240

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OPTO Sessions

OPTO Sessions: UiPath’s Sebastian Schrötel on AI Automation

UiPath Senior Vice President Sebastian Schrötel joins OPTO Sessions to share his outlook on agentic AI, orchestration and the future of biological intelligence.

24 Mar 2025

James Campanini

Episode #239

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OPTO Sessions

OPTO Sessions: Logitech’s “Customer Fixation”

James Campanini, Logitech’s Head of B2B for Europe, joins OPTO Sessions to talk about creating long-lasting products and the importance of being “platform agnostic”.

17 Mar 2025

Pieter Slegers

Episode #238

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OPTO Sessions

Investing Masterclass: Compounding Quality joins OPTO Sessions

Pieter Slegers, Founder of investment newsletter Compounding Quality, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss great companies' hallmarks, how to narrow down your options and the importance of doing the maths.

17 Feb 2025

Christian Magoon

Episode #237

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OPTO Sessions

Blockchain’s Prospects in 2025: Amplify CEO Christian Magoon Joins OPTO Sessions

The Founder and CEO of Amplify ETFs explains why he thinks an active strategy is best, and where canny investors should be looking next.

10 Feb 2025

Michael Gayed

Episode #236

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  • Blockchain

OPTO Sessions

“Minimize Risk”: the Lead-Lag Report’s Michael Gayed Joins OPTO Sessions

Michael Gayed, Founder of the Lead-Lag Report, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss Japan’s carry trade, share his skepticism around AI and explain why reports of his bearishness are greatly exaggerated.

22 Jan 2025

Aaron Levie

Episode #235

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  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cloud computing
  • SaaS

OPTO Sessions

The Future of Cloud Storage: Box Co-Founder Aaron Levie Joins OPTO Sessions

Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss how cloud storage grew into the behemoth it is today, plus why partnership, not just competition, is the future.

13 Jan 2025

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APLD Stock: Could Its Latest Pivot Revitalize Applied Digital?

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MMYT Stock: Can MakeMyTrip Keep Growing?

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Rare Earths: Which Stocks Could Benefit from China’s Export Curbs?

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Will These Pharma Stocks Be Immune to Tariffs?

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Warren Buffett: Tariff-Busting

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These 4 Value Stocks Could Weather Tariff Turmoil

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SFTBY Stock: Why is SoftBank’s Mayoshi Son Doubling Down on AI?

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RBLX Stock: Will New Google Partnership Legitimize Roblox?