Robert Hof

2 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Trump’s high tariffs, imposed late Wednesday, somehow managed to surprise investors, as tech stocks, and just about all stocks along with our 401(k)s, tanked Thursday — and many observers think even now the market isn’t pricing in the full impact. It’s hard to see how all this doesn’t drive us into a recession, and even harder to see why Trump is doing it. There’s no 3D chess here, only a checkerboard kicked onto the floor by a petty, malignant narcissist.

2 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Trump’s high tariffs, imposed late Wednesday, somehow managed to surprise investors, as tech stocks, and just about all stocks along with our 401(k)s, tanked Thursday and looked to be on an even steeper fall Friday — and many observers think even now the market isn’t pricing in the full impact. It’s hard to see how all this doesn’t drive us into a recession, and even harder to see why Trump is doing it.

3 weeks ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Cloud artificial intelligence infrastructure provider CoreWeave went public late Thursday at a lower price than expected, splashing some cold water on hopes for a rebound in initial public offerings — and even worse, today the stock fell about 5% in early trading despite the lower bar. That has to be a disappointment to the company and to investors and venture capital firms holding out hope that 2025 might prove to mark a return to a critical piece of tech’s financial flywheel.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Robert Hof

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kept his company on top of the AI world this week. At the company’s annual GTC developer conference this week in San Jose, Huang (pictured here on the exhibit hall floor with throngs of admirers seeking selfies with the tech rock star) introduced a series of new graphics processing units, new AI supercomputers big and small, more software to make it all work, and a vision of enabling AI factories to produce massive amounts of new intelligence — and revenue.

1 month ago | siliconangle.com | Robert Hof

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang kept his company on top of the AI world this week. At the company’s annual GTC developer conference this week in San Jose, Huang (pictured here on the exhibit hall floor with throngs of admirers seeking selfies with the tech rock star) introduced a series of new graphics processing units, new AI supercomputers big and small, more software to make it all work, and a vision of enabling AI factories to produce massive amounts of new intelligence — and revenue.