THIS WEEK IN AI: Massive Quarterly Earnings, Anthropic's Project Deal, Cursor SDK

THIS WEEK IN AI: Massive Quarterly Earnings, Anthropic's Project Deal, Cursor SDK

From Limitless: An AI Podcast by Limitless

May 1, 2026 · 39 min · Episode 167

About this episode

The episode discusses the strong quarterly earnings reports from major tech companies driven by AI and cloud growth, along with innovative AI projects.

We tackle the strong earnings reports from Google, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft, propelled by AI and cloud growth. Google sees a 94% earnings per share surge, while Amazon's AWS boasts 28% growth. Meta raises revenue by 33% through AI advertising, and Microsoft reports a 40% increase in Azure. We also discuss innovative AI projects like Anthropic’s transaction trial and 11 Labs’ music licensing. ------ 🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Earnings in Tech History 3:41 Google 6:22 Amazon 10:15 Cash Flow 14:47 Meta 18:16 Microsoft 22:22 Apple 26:07 Anthropic Project Deal 28:06 Cursor's AI Agent Harness 30:06 Eleven Labs 38:16 Closing ------ RESOURCES Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213 ------ Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

People in this episode

Host: Limitless

Topics covered

  • AI earnings
  • cloud growth
  • AI projects
  • technology news
  • business updates

Keywords

  • earnings reports
  • AI
  • cloud growth
  • Google
  • Amazon
  • Meta
  • Microsoft
  • Anthropic
  • 11 Labs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Anthropic, 11 Labs

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