Episode Description

Rosenblatt Securities Senior Research Analyst Barton Crockett talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Apple’s slowing revenue growth, pressure on services and John Ternus’s first earnings call as CEO. We also talk with Stifel Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Analyst Tore Svanberg about Marvell’s proposed acquisition of Lumentum, optical networking for AI data centers and regulatory scrutiny. The Information’s Leo Schwartz and Shane Burke discuss the midterm races that could shape data center development and California’s Proposition 40. Lastly, Nvidia reporter Phoebe Liu and tech and politics reporter Leo Schwartz unpack The Information’s reporting on Jensen Huang’s influence over chip-export policy and Washington think tanks.

Articles discussed in today’s show:

- Apple Sales Cool: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/apple-sales-cool

- Marvell to Buy Lumentum: https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/marvell-buy-lumentum-115-billion-all-stock-deal

- Candidates Backing Data Center Pauses Could Win in Up to 15 Governor’s Races: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/candidates-backing-data-center-pauses-win-15-governors-races

- How Nvidia Uses Its Soft Power to Influence Customers and Shape Policy: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-uses-soft-power-influence-customers-shape-policy

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Chapters:

01:13 - Introduction and Apple’s earnings

13:56 - Marvell’s Lumentum acquisition

24:24 - Midterms and data center policy

34:20 - Nvidia’s influence in Washington

45:40 - Closing