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TechCheck
Where Silicon Valley meets Wall Street, TechCheck dives deep into stocks, trades, trends and opportunities focused on new technologies while highlighting news from mega-cap heavyweights, social media darlings, streaming giants, growth software and red-hot disruptors. Everyday TechCheck delivers investors what they need to know with compelling in-depth reporting and analysis from investors, analysts and leaders in the industry.
Episodes
TechCheckSamsung CONSIDERED Replacing Google Search 4/17/23
Deirdre is back with the story of Samsung considering switching from Google as its default search engine. Where’d it think about going? Microsoft Bing of…
TechCheckTesla Price Cuts & Walmart Sells Bonobos 4/14/23
Tesla just keeps cutting prices. A sign of strength or weakness? And Walmart is selling Bonobos for much less than it bought it for. What that says about its…
TechCheckJassy’s Letter to Amazon Shareholders 4/13/23
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy published his letter to Amazon shareholders this morning – we parse some of the messages and themes that’ll play out for the rest of 2023…
TechCheckMad MAX from Warner Brothers Discovery, and Apple iPhone Buttons 4/12/23
Warner Brothers and Discovery combining HBOMax and Discovery+ and naming it… Max? Inside WBD’s new streaming service. Plus – the difference between a…
TechCheckPC Demand Falls 4/10/23
CNBC’s Steve Kovach and Kristina Partsinevelos report on demand fears from top technology producers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Creator of 'Extrapolations' on Apple TV+ 4/6/23
Carl Quintanilla sits down with Scott Z. Burns, the creator, EP, and showrunner of 'Extrapolations' on Apple TV+ for a long-ranging conversation on how the…
TechCheckLearn from Chamath Palihapitiya's Mistakes, Plus Big Tech Stocks, Congress & China 4/6/23
Chamath Palihapitiya released his annual investor letter. His SPACs and public investments have cratered. Where to look for lessons in that performance and…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Sports Rights Sleeper Hold 4/6/23
Ari Emanuel & Vince McMahon. WWE & UFC. Apple & Major League Soccer? A whole lot of investors, owners, CEOs and companies are betting that the value of…
TechCheckGoogle Takes On Nvidia in AI 4/5/23
AI is redrawing the lines of competition in big tech. Today it's Google going after Nvidia, arguing its supercomputers / computing capacity is faster (and…
TechCheckWWE UFC Math, Plus The Most 2023 VC Deal of 2023 4/3/23
Ari Emanuel and Endeavor are buying the WWE and merging it with UFC. We break down the math. Plus the most 2023 VC deal of 2023 -- investing in investing in…
TechCheckWhy Are Chinese Tech Companies Breaking Up? 3/31/23
First Alibaba, now JD.com – why some of the largest Chinese tech companies are splitting up, preparing for spin-offs and IPOs of parts of their business, and…
TechCheckThe Government Comes For Crypto Again & Twitter Lost 24 Billion Dollars 3/27/23
Today the CFTC sues Binance, CEO CZ and other members of management, arguing they “have failed to properly supervise Binance’s activities and, indeed, have…
TechCheckAnother VC Bubble? And how the tech rally is all Apple & Microsoft 3/24/23
Is there a bubble already brewing in VC? A billion dollar valuation for a pre-revenue AI company, backed by Andreessen Horowitz. Or maybe, this time it's…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Amazon’s Missing Profit 3/24/23
What happened to Amazon’s stock? It’s underperformed the S&P and its big tech peers since the start of 2020. The answer lies in what happened to its…
TechCheckChinese Tech Stocks Sit Back & Another AI Gold Rush 3/21/23
Tech has outperformed in 2023, but Chinese tech stocks have been sitting out this rally. The $KWEB is down 8% this year. Plus – AI announcements today from…
TechCheckInvestors in La La Land & Another Reason to Fear the Bank Runs 3/17/23
Tiger Global is reportedly writing down its venture portfolio – marking to market some of those massive unicorn investments it made before the market for tech…
TechCheckTechCheck+ The VC Bailout 3/17/23
Investors in Silicon Valley Bank were wiped out; depositors were saved. But what about the investors in Silicon Valley? We look at how VCs were the major…
TechCheckThe “Bizarro Trade” in Tech, and What Happens if TikTok Is Banned 3/16/23
Why are tech stocks rallying in the face of bank crises and broader market uncertainty – yields. Bad news is back to being good news for high-growth tech…
TechCheckStocks Suffer Post-SVB and Foxconn Says Demand for Consumer Electronics is Getting Weaker 3/15/23
Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday – we look at how investing in tech has changed post-SVB. Plus – Foxconn has a warning for investors, and is planning a move…
TechCheckTechCheck+ 'The Mandalorian' Creator Jon Favreau On The Storytelling Process 3/15/23
CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla sits down with Jon Favreau – creator, executive producer, and writer behind "The Mandalorian" as it enters its third season on Disney+…
TechCheckThe Meta Layoffs 3/14/23
Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to lay off another ten thousand employees at Meta Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Jack Henry CEO David Foss on SVB collapse 3/24/23
Jack Henry CEO David Foss discusses how the SASS operator supports regional banks and how the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's collapse could change the…
TechCheckThe Failure and Savior of Silicon Valley Bank, and Why Tech Stocks Are Rising 3/13/23
Tech moved decidedly higher Monday following the U.S. government’s decision to backstop Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors – why, what that tells us about tech…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Oscars Preview & The Future of Moviegoing 3/10/23
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin is on the red carpet ahead of Sunday’s Oscars with an expert cast to talk all things media, streaming & moviegoing. Julia spoke with Gail…
TechCheckThe Fallout and Failure of Silicon Valley Bank 3/10/23
A run at Silicon Valley Bank, a failure and the regulators take over. Inside the fallout of a major bank seizing up, and how it will ripple through the market…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Zuckerberg’s Steve Jobs Moment 03/10/23
Mark Zuckerberg has promised this is the “year of efficiency” – out is the metaverse, in are cost cuts, focus, discipline. But one noted tech investor says…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Bessemer Venture Partners' Elliott Robinson 3/9/23
CNBC TechCheck Anchor Deirdre Bosa talks with Elliott Robinson of Bessemer Venture Partners about the current market outlook amid rising interest rates and…
TechCheckSilvergate, Silicon Valley Bank & UBER For Spinning Out Your Logistics Business 3/9/23
Tough morning if your company name begins with S-I-L. Tough morning if you’re a California-based bank. Tough morning if you’re a bank that dove into tech…
TechCheckSoftware Buyouts 3/8/23
"a difficult time in this market" -- can make for some interesting opportunities. Deirdre looks at a few possible buyout targets within software, based off the…
TechCheckMORE Layoffs at Meta and Sonos As Higher-Price Case Study 3/7/23
Why are tech companies doing multiple rounds of layoffs? Meta reportedly the latest. Investor Brad Gerstner told CNBC today: “This is a re-founding moment for…
TechCheckWhat Musk vs AWS Tells Us About Cloud Pricing and An ARM IPO A-Coming 3/6/23
Elon Musk is reportedly looking to cut his AWS bill, and it’s highlighting a major theme in software right now: how consumption-based fee models are affecting…
TechCheckSemi Hot Start To The Year, Amazon HQ HOLD ON, and The Debacle at Silvergate 3/3/23
Semiconductor stocks have outperformed this year – why, why now and what it has to do with AI and ChatGPT. Amazon pausing further construction on its HQ2 in…
TechCheckTechCheck+ AI’S “iPhone Moment” – Separating ChatGPT Hype and Reality 03/03/23
In the first installment of TechCheck Weekly, Deirdre Bosa looks at the next stage in the AI arms race: the hype wars -- whose announcements are real, which…
TechCheckThe Real Story in Enterprise Spending and Cash Burn 3/2/23
Salesforce was strong, but Snowflake and Box forecasts have the street worried. Plus – speaking of growth, Rivian’s cash burn has us thinking about the biggest…
TechCheckThe Pressure on Salesforce and Putting The Instacart Before The Horse 3/1/23
Salesforce reported strong numbers, but it’s under pressure from a number of activist investors pushing for margin growth. And the IPO market has been frozen…
TechCheckA TikTok Ban and Everyone’s Trying to Make an AI Announcement 2/28/23
What would a TikTok ban mean for American tech companies amid a wider U.S. / China decoupling in tech, and Deirdre runs through all the companies trying to…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst on black VCs' investment dollars 2/28/23
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin spoke with Sarah Kunst of Cleo Capital about a new report in partnership with Harvard Business School that examines U.S. venture assets…
TechCheckThe Quality Question for tech stocks, and Nvidia’s AI ChatGPT Opportunity 2/27/23
Deirdre Bosa debuts the new TechCheck format – the stories investors need to know within tech. The gang starts with a discussion of unprofitable, high-beta…
TechCheckLA Clippers Owner & Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Artificial Intelligence & NBA Tech Initiatives 2/17/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Steve Liesman breaking down the Fed’s messaging around rate hikes, and CNBC’s Kate Rooney looks at the risk-on rally…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Exclusive: SNAP CEO Evan Siegel 2/16/23
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin sits down with SNAP CEO Evan Siegel to discuss the increase in active users and the company’s roadmap for how it will exceed 1 billion…
TechCheckThree C-Suite Perspectives on Results: Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson, Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus & Toast CEO Chris Comparato 2/16/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Steve Liesman reporting on New York Fed data showing an increase in household debt, and CNBC’s Kristina…
TechCheckTechCheck+ The Future of A.I. Technology & Impact on Education 2/15/23
As AI hype hits a fever pitch, CNBC's Brandon Gomez and Fahiemah Al-Ali kick off a conversation around the widespread interest in the technology with Paper…
TechCheckAkamai CEO Tom Leighton on Earnings, Airbnb Delivers in Q4 & Goldman Sachs Scraps DTC Credit Card Plan 2/15/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with Satori Fund Founder Dan Niles discussing whether to trust tech stocks rallying in 2023, and Akamai CEO Tom Leighton joins…
TechCheckTechCheck+ CookUnity CEO on Creating a Chef-To-Consumer Marketplace 2/14/23
CNBC's Julia Boorstin chats with CookUnity co-founder and CEO Mateo Marietti on creating the first chef-to-consumer marketplace in food delivery, closing the…
TechCheckInflation Rises to Start 2023, GlobalFoundries CEO Thomas Caulfield on Earnings & Checking the State of Venture Capital 02/14/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Steve Liesman and Mike Santoli breaking down January’s hotter-than-expected inflation data, and CNBC’s Kristina…
TechCheckLawmakers Renew Calls for TikTok Ban, Check Point Software CEO Gil Shwed on Earnings & Evercore ISI Upgrades Zillow to Buy 2/13/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Eunice Yoon covering what to expect from China’s potential reopening, and CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal reports on China’s…
TechCheckTechCheck+ NFL’s Chief Media Officer on the Future of Sports Streaming 2/11/23
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin speaks with the NFL’s chief media and business officer Brian Rolapp from the Super Bowl in Arizona. Rolapp discusses this year’s big…
TechCheckBreaking Down Super Bowl Ad Spending, Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern on Earnings & DraftKings CEO Jason Robins on Sports Betting 2/10/23
We begin today’s show with CNBC’s Mike Santoli looking at this week’s divergence in the performance of the major indices, and our Julia Boorstin reports on ad…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Oma Fertility CEO on using AI to improve IVF outcomes 2/10/23
CNBC's Meg Tirrell sits down with Oma Fertility Co-founder and CEO Gurjeet Singh to discuss how the company is using AI to improve the future of fertility…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Tala founder and CEO Shivani Siroya on fintech's global growth 2/9/23
CNBC's Julia Boorstin speaks with Shivani Siroya, founder and CEO of Tala, an emerging markets microlender. Siroya dives into the the company's success in the…
TechCheckDisney’s Earnings Beat the Street, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence on Q4 Results & General Motors Partners with GlobalFoundries 2/9/23
We begin today’s show breaking down Disney’s earnings and cost-cutting plans, with insight from our Julia Boorstin, former Amazon Studios Head of Strategy…
TechCheckAlphabet Plunges on AI Chatbot Rollout, Uber’s Earnings Beat the Street & Khosla Ventures Founder Vinod Khosla on Artificial Intelligence 2/8/23
Our anchors begin today’s show looking at Alphabet shares sliding on the company’s AI chatbot rollout, with analysis from Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel and…
TechCheckTechCheck+ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 2/7/23
CNBC’s Jon Fortt sits down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to discuss its new AI-powered updates to its Bing search engine, Edge browser and more. Hosted by…
TechCheckBig Tech Doubles Down on AI, Arm CEO Rene Haas on Chip Sector & Predictions for the Future of Television 02/07/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Kate Rooney and Jennifer Elias covering the uptick in competition over AI chatbots, and Zillow Co-Founder and former…
TechCheckOnsemi CEO Hassane El-Khoury on Earnings, BMO CEO Darryl White on Fintech & Bill CEO René Lacerte on Q4 Results 2/6/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with Macquarie Head of Technology Research Americas Sarah Hindlian-Bowler offering her outlook for the rest of Q1, and our Julia…
TechCheckTechCheck+ HBO's 'The Last of Us' Showrunner Craig Mazin 2/3/23
CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla sits down with ‘The Last of Us' Craig Mazin – the showrunner, co-creator, executive producer, writer, and director behind the HBO…
TechCheckAlphabet and Amazon Disappoint in Q4, Breaking Down Apple’s Earnings & Microchip Technology CEO Ganesh Moorthy on Results 2/3/23
Our anchors begin today’s show discussing disappointing Q4 results from Alphabet and Amazon, with insight from Cowen Managing Director John Blackledge. Then…
TechCheckMeta Surges on Q4 Results, TikTok Fights Back Against Regulatory Scrutiny & Hologic CEO Stephen MacMillan on Earnings 2/2/23
We begin today’s show discussing Meta’s latest earnings sending shares surging, with insight from our Julia Boorstin and Bernstein analyst Mark Shmulik. Then…
TechCheckSnap’s Q4 Sends Shares Skidding, Juniper Networks CEO Rami Rahim on Earnings & Match Group CFO Gary Swidler on Results 2/1/23
We begin today’s show with our Julia Boorstin breaking down Snap’s Q4 results, and Goldman Sachs Managing Director Eric Sheridan shares his expectations for…
TechCheckSpotify CFO Paul Vogel on Earnings, U.S. Weighs More China Export Restrictions & The Bear Case for Paramount 01/31/23
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Dom Chu breaking down a barrage of earnings moving markets to start the morning, and Spotify CFO Paul Vogel…