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iRobot’s Earnings Disappointment Doesn’t Change Long-Term Story
Heading into the Q4 print we were confident iRobot would report better-than-expected revenues and guide 2018 sales above street expectations (see note here), which they did, but we incorrectly judged the magnitude lower EPS could have on the stock. Shares…
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iRobot
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Robotics
Gene Munster
Tesla Earnings: Continue to Wait… and Believe
Conclusion. Our confidence in Tesla’s ability to capitalize on the EV and autonomy opportunity remains unchanged. Our perspective that reaching this EV and autonomous future will take longer than most think, but be bigger than most think also remains unchanged.
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Autonomous Vehicles
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Tesla
Gene Munster
Key iPhone X Suppliers Provide Robust 2H18 Outlook
Special thanks to Austin Bohlig for his work on this note. Two of Apple’s key iPhone X component suppliers, Lumentum (LITE) and AMS AG (AMS), reported strong Dec-17 quarter results and more importantly provided upbeat 2018 outlooks. Both company’s supply key…
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Apple
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Augmented Reality
Gene Munster
Google Stays Focused on AI Theme
AI-First. We start with artificial intelligence, as Sundar has done the last five consecutive quarters. He continues to make it more than apparent that AI is essential to Google’s vision and will be a key component of their products and…
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Artificial Intelligence
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Autonomous Vehicles
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Google
Andrew Murphy
Feedback Loup: Virtual Reality for Retail
Virtual Reality, which remains a high-end tech gadget that has yet to gain mainstream traction, is often misunderstood in terms of the span of its use cases. As we mentioned in The Future of Retail, VR will allow consumers to…
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Retail
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Virtual Reality
Doug Clinton
Simplicity Series: Augmented Reality
Last week we wrote about simplicity as a driving force behind the world’s biggest technology offerings. We’re extending our thoughts on simplicity into a series that explores the necessity of simplicity in frontier technology. First, we’ll dive into AR.
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Audio
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Augmented Reality
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Loup Ventures Podcast
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Philosophy
Will Thompson, Gene Munster
Detroit Auto Show: Winners and Losers in an Industry Transition
We spent two days at the Detroit Auto Show to experience for ourselves the role that Motor City is playing in the future of mobility. Here are the takeaways: OEMs: Detroit won’t be left behind as traditional auto is consumed by…
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Autonomous Vehicles
Loup Ventures
Key Questions on the Evolving Future of Transportation
Advancements in self-driving car technology will eventually result in full-scale autonomous transportation. Considering the level of investment from deep-pocketed tech and auto companies and the caliber of human capital that accompanies it, the space has become “too big to fail.”…
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Artificial Intelligence
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Autonomous Vehicles
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Future
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Google
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Robotics
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Tesla
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Venture Capital
Gene Munster
Apple is Flush With Cash, But Don’t Expect Big M&A
Don’t expect any big M&A. Everyone is asking who Apple will acquire. The answer is: nobody. At least nobody big ($5B+). Apple announced they’re paying $38B in repatriation taxes, which implies they’re bringing $215B back to the U.S. If there…
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Apple
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Artificial Intelligence
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Augmented Reality
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Autonomous Vehicles
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News
Loup Ventures
AR and VR: Living, Breathing Storytelling
Written by guest author Jesse Damiani, Founder and CEO at Galatea Design Story telling yesterday and in the future. For the past several millennia, our stories have lived in two dimensions. We translated our creative impulses into 2D formats—whether it…
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Augmented Reality
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Future
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Virtual Reality
Gene Munster
Feedback Loup: PlayStation VR vs HTC Vive
Head-to-head. We compared two of the most popular tethered virtual reality headsets, the PlayStation VR and the HTC Vive, to get a sense of where VR experiences are today, what needs to improve, and where they might go tomorrow. While…
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Feedback Loup
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Virtual Reality
Investing in Enjoy
We’re investing in Enjoy as a counter-automation play on the future of retail. Enjoy enables empathic retail through a personalized product delivery and setup experience.
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Audio
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Loup Ventures Podcast
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Retail
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