
Software Stack Investing
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Software Stack Investing
@StackInvesting
Deep analysis of SaaS companies by technology leader who made software purchase decisions. CTO / VP Eng @Zoosk, @CBSNews, @CNET, @Boatsetter. CS @Princeton.





With cloud spend optimization moderating and support for AI workloads, data infrastructure providers have a better outlook in 2024. I examine how Snowflake, MongoDB and Confluent are positioned and potential growth drivers this year. $SNOW $MDB $CFLT softwarestackinvesting.com/data-infrastru…











$AMD - bad at first look, but not so bad at second. Delivered where it mattered (data center): - Strong growth in CPUs (Genoa up 50% qoq). Some investors were worried about cannibalization - Significant contribution from GPUs (revenues of 400mm in 4Q23 and $2bn in 2024) - much better than expectations. Guide weakness in gaming and embedded (tough comps, weak Europe), but bad macro is no news by now...

Cloudflare delivered a better than expected earnings report in Q2, with particular strength in large customer additions and improved operating leverage. In this post, I review the results and gauge the impact of their expanding product offerings. $NET softwarestackinvesting.com/cloudflare-net…





Driven by growth in large customers, elevated NRR and improving operating leverage, Confluent delivered another quarter of strong results in Q2. In this post, I review the report and check in on their evolving product strategy. $CFLT commonstock.com/post/7dbe790d-…










