John Chambers

"The plays I really like now are the infrastructure players... AMD up 83%, Broadcom up 40%, NVIDIA up 31%." Despite fears of overspending ($700B capex), the build-out is accelerating, not slowing. These companies are the "arms dealers" for a revolution that is moving 5x faster than the internet era. The capex is necessary infrastructure, not wasted capital. LONG. Chambers explicitly names these three as the current winners he likes. A major ecosystem player "tripping" could cause a temporary market pullback/correction.

"The plays I really like now are the infrastructure players... AMD up 83%, Broadcom up 40%, NVIDIA up 31%." Despite fears of overspending ($700B capex), the build-out is accelerating, not slowing. These companies are the "arms dealers" for a revolution that is moving 5x faster than the internet era. The capex is necessary infrastructure, not wasted capital. LONG. Chambers explicitly names these three as the current winners he likes. A major ecosystem player "tripping" could cause a temporary market pullback/correction.

"You have infrastructure players like Bloom Energy... that provide energy at the edge. Starting to be where the majority of growth is going to be." AI data centers have an insatiable demand for power that traditional grids cannot easily meet. "Energy at the edge" (on-site power generation) is the critical bottleneck solution, positioning providers like Bloom for outsized growth compared to traditional utilities. LONG. Explicitly highlighted as a high-growth infrastructure play. Regulatory changes in energy or volatility in the alternative energy sector.

"Just think about Microsoft. When they moved with Open AI they were way ahead of Google... Fast forward two years later, their stock is up." In a market defined by "winners and losers," Microsoft is the prime example of a winner that successfully disrupted itself to lead the new cycle. They exemplify the "right side" of the bell curve. LONG. Used as the benchmark for successful AI execution. Competition from Google/Meta narrowing the lead.

"The plays I really like now are the infrastructure players... AMD up 83%, Broadcom up 40%, NVIDIA up 31%." Despite fears of overspending ($700B capex), the build-out is accelerating, not slowing. These companies are the "arms dealers" for a revolution that is moving 5x faster than the internet era. The capex is necessary infrastructure, not wasted capital. LONG. Chambers explicitly names these three as the current winners he likes. A major ecosystem player "tripping" could cause a temporary market pullback/correction.