Magnificent 7 Weekly Briefing

May 1, 2026

Tech giants report surging AI revenues and record sales as Apple prepares for a leadership transition and Nvidia expands its agentic AI ecosystem.

• Apple reported record second-quarter results with $111.2 billion in revenue and $29.6 billion in profit, driven by record iPhone and Services performance and extraordinary demand for the upcoming iPhone 17. ^123456789
• Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook announced John Ternus as his successor, who plans to maintain a deliberate financial approach while shifting focus toward engineering mastery and expanding the services portfolio. ^{101112131415161718}
• Microsoft and Alphabet posted strong quarterly growth, with Microsoft reaching an $82.9 billion revenue fueled by a 123% surge in AI business, while Alphabet's Cloud revenue jumped 63% to exceed $20 billion. ¹⁹²⁰²¹
• Amazon achieved a 17% increase in net sales to $181.5 billion, highlighting rapid growth in its chip business and a new partnership with OpenAI to host models on Amazon Bedrock. ²²²³²⁴
• Nvidia expanded its AI ecosystem by collaborating on the 'OpenClaw' framework for enterprise agents and releasing DLSS 4.5, while Meta reported a 33% revenue increase driven by AI model advancements. ^2526272829
• Google integrated Gemini AI into vehicles and expanded news 'Preferred Sources' globally, while also donating its Agent Payments Protocol to the FIDO Alliance to support autonomous transactions. ³⁰³¹³²
• Other developments include Apple warning of extended memory supply shortages, Amazon debuting smart delivery glasses, and Microsoft releasing the original source code for DOS 1.00. ^3334353637

Sources

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22. Amazon’s chips business grows rapidly Amazon
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24. AWS and OpenAI announce expanded partnership Amazon
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27. NVIDIA releases DLSS 4.5 and AI tools for games Nvidia
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30. Google introduces Gemini to cars with Google built-in Google
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