What is Bloomberg?
Bloomberg is a global financial information and media company that provides data, news, and analytics through its terminal service.
Company timeline
- May 2026 - Harris Kupperman said he was not aware of any Bloomberg terminal or equivalent that is structurally scanning for certain things at that time.
- Aug 2026 - Ed Zitron cited Bloomberg data in saying that Microsoft made about $34.33 billion in fiscal year 2026, with $24.1 billion from OpenAI, leaving about $10 billion in a year when it spent $115 billion on capital expenditures and planned to spend $175 billion next year.
- Aug 2026 - Michael Batnick noted that the Bloomberg consensus on a rolling basis had surpassed $3 trillion.
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Microsoft's AI business excluding OpenAI revenue generated roughly $10 billion in fiscal year 2026, against $115 billion in capital expenditure and a planned $175 billion the following year.
“In fiscal year 2026 which just ended for Microsoft annoying I know they made total according to Bloomberg about $34.33 billion $24.1 billion of that was from OpenAI so that leaves them with about $10 billion in a year when they spent 115 billion on capital expenditures just intend to spend 175 billion next year.”Ed Zitron · 27 Aug 2026
Hyperscaler capex on a rolling basis has surpassed $3 trillion, up from $500 billion in December 2022.
“Bloomer consensus on a rolling basis now surpassed $3 trillion.”Michael Batnick · 12 Aug 2026
A Bloomberg commentator argues AI ghostwriting is not novel because ghostwritten op-eds by staff have long been published under executives' names without controversy.
“Prior to AI, there were plenty of high-profile people publishing opeds under their own name that were entirely written by some underling, and I don't think there was much controversy about it.”Nathaniel Whittemore · 28 Aug 2026
Martin Shkreli's Bloomberg terminal clone startup has reached multi-million dollar revenue, making it a notable AI-native fintech challenger worth tracking.
“Yeah. He started audio AI one, but the one that took off is the Bloomberg terminal, I think. And they're now like multi-million dollar revenue.”Amjad Masad · 7 May 2026
No Bloomberg terminal or equivalent platform currently scans executive compensation packages for investment signals such as performance-vesting RSUs, leaving a systematic edge unexploited.
“I'm I'm not aware of any Bloomberg terminal or equivalent that is at the moment structurally scanning things like that.”Harris Kupperman · 6 May 2026