Google Reporter Erin Woo talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about Google’s AI convergence between Search and Gemini. We also talk with Deputy Bureau Chief of Finance Cory Weinberg about SpaceX's financials ahead of its blockbuster IPO, AI Reporter Laura Bratton about how enterprise software buyers are altering vendor contracts to fund AI, and Mizuho Managing Director Lloyd Walmsley about Meta’s 8,000 workforce layoffs and its AI margin protections. Lastly, we get into the bankruptcy of e-commerce credit card darling Parker with our e-comm reporter Ann Gehan.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/5-charts-make-sense-spacexs-ipo-numbers

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-unveils-new-video-model-search-upgrades

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-briefing/googles-ai-search-leap-forward

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/meta-begins-cutting-8-000-jobs

https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/ai-agenda/google-pitches-ai-coding-tools-cost-effective-option

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

01:13 - Google IO: Search vs. Gemini Continuity

12:56 - SpaceX IPO: Launch Margins & xAI Compute

22:46 - The SaaS Apocalypse: Shorter Tech Contracts

29:57 - Inside Meta's AI Efficiencies & Layoffs

43:29 - E-Commerce Crisis: Why Fintech Parker Failed