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May 4, 2026

Stratechery: Wall Street Rewards Google's AI, Punishes Meta's

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MONDAY, MAY 4, 2026 · VOL. 1, NO. 41 · 10 STORIES
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Stratechery: Wall Street Rewards Google's AI, Punishes Meta's

Ben Thompson dissects an earnings week where Google's stock ripped and Meta's slid despite stronger core fundamentals. The argument: investors decided Google can immediately monetize AI capex through Search and Cloud, partly via Anthropic running on TPUs.

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