
Big Tech earnings breakdown w/TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm | E1731
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TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm joins Jason to break down the big tech's Q1 earning reports (0:53). They discuss Google's culture of entitlement, Microsoft's AI momentum, Meta's year of efficiency, how Amazon may be in for a few quarters of pain, and Snap's double-digit drop (21:11).
(0:00) Nick kicks off the show
(0:53) TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm joins Jason
(1:23) Reflecting on SVB contagion
(3:48) First Republic Bank and BuzzFeed's stock
(6:16) Uber's profits
(8:23) Embroker - Use code TWIST to get an extra 10% off insurance at https://Embroker.com/twist
(9:56) The SF boom/bust
(14:52) More on BuzzFeed
(19:41) Miro - Sign up for a free account at https://miro.com/startups
(21:11) Google's earnings
(25:28) Google's culture of entitlement
(31:40) Integrating ChatGPT into your workflow
(35:47) AI innovation in hospitality
(38:12) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at http://crowdbotics.com/twist
(39:23) Microsoft's earnings
(43:19) Meta earnings
(54:29) Amazon's earnings
(1:04:08) Snap's earnings
(1:11:34) Thoughts on TikTok
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