Bloomberg Surveillance AI Spending Separates Tech Winners and Losers
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Jan 29, 2026 Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard economist studying emotion in policy and social media effects. Jerome Schneider, PIMCO short-term portfolio chief focused on liquidity and money markets. Brian Wieser, ad-market analyst tracking mega-cap tech and advertising trends. They discuss AI’s impact on ad clicks and agency work, liquidity and short-duration flows, Fed outlook amid fiscal and productivity shifts, and political anger measured via social platforms.
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Performance Claims Drive Ad Spend
- Brian Wieser argues AI-driven attribution tools let platforms claim performance even if they misattribute results.
- Marketers pay for perceived performance, so platforms that segment and target high-paying advertisers win share.
Segmentation Powers Meta Growth
- Meta is taking share by building performance-based tools and segmenting marketers willing to pay more.
- Strong ad product segmentation can fuel outsized growth even in a challenging ad market.
Early Sell Rating, Then Long-Term Holder
- Brian Wieser recounts selling Meta at IPO despite optimism about its business durability.
- He kept adding shares later as the company proved resilient and profitable.
