The tech world has been running on pure hype lately — trillion-dollar valuations, AI breakthroughs every other Tuesday, and investors throwing money around like confetti at a TikTok wedding. But this week? This week felt like the moment the DJ scratches the record and the crowd suddenly remembers they’ve got work in the morning.
Let’s break it down.
Nvidia’s Earnings: The £4 Trillion Cliffhanger
Nvidia, the chipmaker basically carrying the AI boom on its back, is about to drop earnings. Analysts are whispering about a 48% revenue jump — nearly $46 billion. If they deliver, the hype train keeps rolling. If they don’t? Wall Street bros might start panic-selling faster than you can say “ChatGPT.”
Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon and Google combined, which makes this earnings call feel less like a financial update and more like a reality check for the entire AI economy.
Meta’s £10 Billion Cloud Bill
Mark Zuckerberg just casually signed a $10 billion deal with Google for cloud services. That’s on top of the money he’s already shovelling into Microsoft and Amazon’s servers. Basically, Meta’s cloud rent now looks like the GDP of a mid-sized European country. The subtext: Meta wants every possible computing horse hooked up to its AI wagon, and Zuck’s betting the farm that it’ll pay off.
The AI Bubble Question No One Wants to Ask
Sam Altman — yes, the guy who literally built the hype with OpenAI — is suddenly sounding a little nervous. He’s warning that the AI craze could go the way of the dot-com bust. Meanwhile, an MIT study found that most corporate AI projects haven’t actually made anyone money yet. Translation: a lot of “AI-powered solutions” might just be glorified spreadsheets with better fonts.
Chips, Politics, and Diplomacy
Over in Taiwan, Nvidia’s boss Jensen Huang was spotted meeting with TSMC, the chip factory to the world. This wasn’t a holiday trip — it was damage control. With U.S.–China tensions putting semiconductors right at the centre of geopolitics, Huang’s visit was part diplomacy, part survival strategy. Because let’s be real: if the chip supply chain cracks, so does the entire tech industry.
Quantum Dreams — And Crypto Nightmares
Quantum computing is still wrapped in sci-fi sparkle, but the breakthroughs keep coming. Google, IBM, and even the Pentagon are predicting working systems within the next decade. That sounds cool — until you realise quantum computers could basically bulldoze today’s encryption. Your crypto wallet? Your bank logins? Toast. The upside? New drugs, faster logistics, and simulations that make today’s supercomputers look like Tamagotchis.
UK Startups Still Swinging
Amid all the global drama, the UK startup scene reminded everyone it’s still scrappy. This week, Phoebe (an AI immune system startup) and Neurovalens (a health-tech wearable company) bagged fresh funding rounds. It’s a reminder that not all the action is happening in Silicon Valley — and that the UK still has some sharp elbows in the innovation game.
The Takeaway
This week in tech was like a wake-up slap: the AI bubble might not be bulletproof, Big Tech is spending billions just to keep the dream alive, quantum could break the internet before it fixes the world, and the UK is still quietly cashing cheques while the giants wrestle.
In other words: the hype is still real — but reality is starting to creep in.
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