Nvidia's Q2 earnings report suggests that the AI spending boom is broadening. The company forecast 70% revenue growth next fiscal year, far above Wall Street's 45% expectation, and said growth would be even stronger if supply constraints were less severe. Significantly, non-hyperscaler revenue grew 138% y/y, outpacing hyperscaler revenue growth of 102% y/y, as demand broadened beyond mega-cap tech into AI-native startups, sovereign cloud builds, and traditional enterprise IT.
Such a strong outlook from the company at the center of the AI ecosystem is a powerful vote of confidence in the AI spending boom. As CEO Jensen Huang put it, the "AI infrastructure buildout is at full steam." That suggests AI-related investment should remain a significant tailwind for both economic and earnings growth:
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