Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives expects Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) to stand firm on their ambitious artificial intelligence spending plans during their upcoming earnings calls, despite recent market jitters over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek‘s emergence.

What Happened: Ives, writing on X on Tuesday, said he anticipates both tech giants to reiterate their substantial 2025 AI-driven capital expenditure targets – $60-65 billion for Meta and $80 billion for Microsoft – during their Wednesday earnings calls.

The analyst’s comments come as both companies prepare to report quarterly results amid market uncertainty triggered by DeepSeek’s surprise announcement of a new large language model that reportedly cost just $6 million to develop using restricted Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) chips.

While DeepSeek’s achievement sent tremors through tech stocks, On Monday, Ives dismissed …

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Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives expects Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) to stand firm on their ambitious artificial intelligence spending plans during their upcoming earnings calls, despite recent market jitters over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek‘s emergence.

What Happened: Ives, writing on X on Tuesday, said he anticipates both tech giants to reiterate their substantial 2025 AI-driven capital expenditure targets – $60-65 billion for Meta and $80 billion for Microsoft – during their Wednesday earnings calls.

The analyst’s comments come as both companies prepare to report quarterly results amid market uncertainty triggered by DeepSeek’s surprise announcement of a new large language model that reportedly cost just $6 million to develop using restricted Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) chips.

While DeepSeek’s achievement sent tremors through tech stocks, On Monday, Ives dismissed …

Full story available on Benzinga.com

 Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives expects Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) to stand firm on their ambitious artificial intelligence spending plans during their upcoming earnings calls, despite recent market jitters over Chinese AI startup DeepSeek‘s emergence.
What Happened: Ives, writing on X on Tuesday, said he anticipates both tech giants to reiterate their substantial 2025 AI-driven capital expenditure targets – $60-65 billion for Meta and $80 billion for Microsoft – during their Wednesday earnings calls.
The analyst’s comments come as both companies prepare to report quarterly results amid market uncertainty triggered by DeepSeek’s surprise announcement of a new large language model that reportedly cost just $6 million to develop using restricted Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) chips.
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