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$CRDO earnings: Credo Technology: Q1 Results Show Staggering AI-Driven Growth, Topping All Expectations Credo delivered an exceptional first quarter, massively beating its revenue guidance and demonstrating powerful operating leverage. The results confirm that the demand for its AI connectivity solutions, particularly Active Electrical Cables (AECs), is accelerating at a tremendous pace. While guidance for Q2 points to a slight sequential dip in gross margins, the continued top-line momentum and profitability are a compelling validation of the bull thesis. Bull View: Revenue growth is simply phenomenal (+274% YoY, +31% QoQ), crushing the high end of guidance by over 14%. Non-GAAP operating margin expanded significantly to 43.1%. The outlook for another quarter of record revenue reinforces Credo’s position as a key beneficiary of the AI infrastructure buildout. Bear View: The guidance for a sequential decline in Q2 non-GAAP gross margin (from 67.6% to 64.0-66.0%) revives a concern from last quarter. While growth is strong, margin consistency remains a question. Bears might also point to the high reliance on the AI AEC market until other segments like optical and PCIe Retimers become more material. Conclusion: The bull case is overwhelmingly stronger. The sheer magnitude of the revenue beat and the strength of the Q2 outlook overshadow the modest gross margin compression in the guide. The company is executing flawlessly and capitalizing on a massive market opportunity. Themes, Drivers, and Concerns Themes 🟢 AEC Dominance in AI: The massive revenue beat confirms Credo’s AECs are a critical component in AI data center buildouts. The 274% YoY growth is a testament to the surging demand and the company’s leadership position. 🟢 Rapid Customer Diversification: Management’s commentary highlighted “deep, strategic partnerships with hyperscalers” and expectations for continued “diversification in terms of customers.” This addresses a key concern and suggests the growth is broadening. 🟢 Demonstrated Operating Leverage: Non-GAAP operating margin surged to 43.1% from 36.8% last quarter. Credo is successfully translating hyper-growth into significant profitability, proving the power of its business model. 🟡 Expanding TAM (Optical & PCIe): The press release focused on current results and did not provide specific updates on the progress in optical DSPs or PCIe Retimers. These remain key future growth drivers to monitor. Drivers 🟢 AI Scale-Out Network Buildouts: This remains the primary engine of growth. The commentary about “increasing market demand for reliable and power-efficient connectivity solutions” points directly to this trend. 🟢 Execution on New Customer Ramps: The strong Q1 performance and robust Q2 guidance suggest that new customer ramps are likely proceeding on or ahead of schedule, fueling the better-than-expected results. 🟡 Optical DSP and LRO Adoption: Last quarter’s forecast for optical revenue to “double or even beyond double” in FY26 is a key driver. We await an update on Q1’s contribution to this goal. Concerns 🔴 Gross Margin Sequential Decline: After beating margin expectations in Q1, the concern has shifted to Q2. The guidance for non-GAAP gross margin to fall to 64-66% from 67.6% is a key point of focus and indicates potential shifts in product or customer mix. 🟡 High Customer Concentration: While the company is diversifying, the specific breakdown of customer revenue was not provided. This remains a potential risk until more details are shared on the contribution from the largest customers. 🟡 Geopolitical and Tariff Risk: This remains an ongoing, background macro risk for any company with significant supply chain operations in China. Key Questions for the Earnings Call Customer Concentration: Can you update us on customer metrics for Q1? Specifically, how many customers exceeded 10% of revenue, and what was the concentration of your largest customer? Gross Margin Guidance: The Q2 non-GAAP gross margin is guided to 64-66%, a sequential step-down from 67.6% in Q1. What are the main factors driving this, such as product mix or new customer pricing? Should we consider this the new normalized range for the second half of the fiscal year? Optical Business Progress: Following last quarter’s projection for optical revenue to potentially double in FY26, how did the optical segment perform in Q1? Are you on track to meet that full-year target? Growth Cadence: Q1 growth was an explosive 31% sequentially. The Q2 guide, while very strong, implies about 5% sequential growth at the midpoint. How should we think about the growth cadence for the rest of FY26, especially as the two new hyperscaler ramps begin? Diversification Beyond AECs: The press release mentions diversification in “protocols and applications.” Can you provide more color on which areas outside of the core back-end AI scale-out networks are seeing the most significant traction?

My Barbell Strategy 1% allocation to $ALMU: minimal loss if it fails, but 1000x potential if truly disruptive. 1⃣ Founder-led: The CEO of Aeluma is Jonathan Klamkin, Ph.D.. He is the company's founder and director. In addition to his role at Aeluma, he is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Jonathan is the recipient of numerous awards including the NASA Young Faculty Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, and the DARPA Director’s Fellowship. The DARPA Director's Fellowship is about recognizing the Best of the Best. The DARPA Director's Fellowship is not an award for which one can directly apply. Instead, it is a highly selective follow-on award bestowed upon the most exceptional performers from the Young Faculty Award program. All these rewards are related to the tech developed at $ALMU. 2⃣ High insider ownership: 38.01% 3⃣ Won several contracts from NASA, DARPA, THE Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Air Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and U.S. Navy 4⃣ They figured out how to grow these fancy materials on top of cheap silicon wafers, which dramastically reduces manufacturing cost, 90% reduction. -- Aeluma’s Initial Focus on Automotive LiDAR 5⃣ Optionality: Their tech can be used in consumer-facing sensors, defense, and AI datacenter optics. 6⃣ Revenue and positive profit: Revenue for Q1 2025 was $1.3 million, a substantial increase compared to $344 thousand in Q1 2024, but a decrease from $1.6 million in the prior quarter. Aeluma stated that it met its revenue target for the quarter and is on track to meet its annual revenue guidance of approximately $4.4-$4.6 million for fiscal year 2025. Aeluma reported a net income of $1.5 million for Q1 2025, a significant improvement from a net loss of $963 thousand in the same quarter last year and a net loss of $2.9 million in the prior quarter. 7⃣ CEO Jonathan Klamkin provided estimates only for the InGaAs LiDAR piece, which is the lowest-hanging fruit in terms of immediate commercialization. --He estimated that given the scalability and 10X cost reduction of Aeluma's solution, they could achieve $1.8 billion in revenues by 2030. 8⃣ Low market cap

💡 Innodata Inc. $INOD Q1 2025 Earnings 2025/05/08 💰 Current Quarter (Q1) Results - 🟢 EPS: $0.22 (Est. $0.18) - 🟢 Revenue: $58.3M (Est. $57.63M) 📊 Key Metrics - 🟢 Adjusted EBITDA: $12.7M (up $8.9M from $3.8M in the prior year period) - 🟢 Net Income: $7.8M (significant increase from $1.0M in the prior year period) - 🟢 Cash and Cash Equivalents: $56.6M (up from $46.9M at the end of December 2024) 📊 Next Quarter (Q2) Guidance - EPS: Not disclosed (Est. $0.21) - Revenue: Not disclosed (Est. $59.42M) 📊 Full Year (FY2025) Guidance - 🔴 Revenue: At least $238.65M (Est. $241.81M) - EPS: Not disclosed (Est. $0.87) 📍 Earnings Highlights - Achieved 120% YoY revenue growth, strengthening position as an AI solutions provider - Signed second Master Statement of Work with largest customer, expanding revenue base - Secured approximately $8M in new contracts from four major technology companies - In discussions with five additional major technology companies, with potential orders exceeding $30M - Continuing technical innovations in generative AI training data collection/creation, agent AI, and large language model reliability - Plans to reinvest a portion of operating cash flow in technology and strategic hiring to fuel growth 🤵‍♂️ CEO (Jack Abuhoff) Comments "We've started the year strong. We're gaining powerful new customers, expanding existing relationships, and building a deeper and more advanced pipeline than at any point in our history. The ideas and innovations we're delivering to our customers are highly valued. The broad range of activities across our business gives me confidence that we will continue to deliver strong performance." 🔍 Key Fundamentals - Market Cap: $1.17B - P/E Ratio: 41.30 - Forward P/E: 48.08 - PEG: NA 🎯 Market Assessment - Stock Price (Regular Hours): 📈$41.11 (+11.83%) - Stock Price (After Hours): 📉$37.74 (-8.19%) - Pre-Earnings Analyst Target Price: $70.20 ($75.00 ~ $5.00) Buy - Earnings Surprise Rate (AI Estimate): 😊+3.5% - Post-Earnings Target Price (AI Estimate): $38.63 🤖 Earnings Summary-kun (AI) Comment "Innodata has achieved remarkable revenue growth of 120% year-over-year, significantly strengthening its competitive position in the AI data engineering market. Particularly noteworthy is the deepening of relationships with its largest customer and accelerated contract acquisition from major technology companies. The 235% year-over-year increase in adjusted EBITDA to $12.7M demonstrates the rapid improvement in business model scalability and profitability. Strategically, continued investment in generative AI training data and enterprise AI technology serves as the driving force behind maintaining high-profit, high-growth performance. The increase in cash balance to $56.6M ensures sufficient capacity for future growth investments. With tailwinds from expanded AI investments by major technology companies, including the Magnificent Seven, ongoing negotiations with five major companies and anticipated orders exceeding $30M suggest not only short-term growth but also a foundation for medium to long-term expansion. The reaffirmation of over 40% growth outlook for the full year 2025 supports the sustainability of high growth rates. It's highly commendable that the company is achieving structural growth with the expansion of the global AI market, rather than merely temporary benefits from the AI boom. 📈POYO" 🏢 Innodata Inc. Overview - Sector: Technology & Data Services - Characteristics: A global enterprise specializing in AI data engineering, supporting generative AI/AI innovation

$EOSE The financial thesis for Eos is very simple. Use any metric or financial analysis you want - EV multiple on revenue or EBITDA, or any other method - and it's a minimum of $5 per line. I think closer to $6 or $7. The DOE and Cerberus both lent them hundreds of millions of dollars, and they expect to be paid back. They both performed exhaustive financial and pipeline analysis with countless consultants and concluded they have the ability to pay it back by 2034. If you believe Project AMAZE will happen, it's a $15-$30 stock when that happens - period, full stop. That doesn't count the Factory 2 Works or expansion to foreign countries. That was the North Star I was thinking about when I was accumulating hundreds of thousands of shares on the dollar menu in 1H 2024. I've already made 5x. If DOE and Cerberus and their consultants are right, I will make 20-50x before 2029. No guarantees it will turn out that way, but I think it will. A moment of clarity last year I will never forget.