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Meta is projected to spend $115B to $135B on AI CapEx
“Now they're gonna plot plow a hundred and thirty five billion, according to the wall street journal, New York times said one 15, but either way, it's like more than half of the revenues.”
John Coogan Jan 30, 2026 ▶ 15:59 Big Tech Earnings, Elon’s SpaceX–xAI Merge, Genie 3 | Diet TBPN
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WSJ: AI data center capacity costs $50 billion per gigawatt
“Each gigawatt of capacity is expected to cost roughly Fifty billion, Tyler. Fifty billion per gigawatt, that's the number in the journal, meaning the company is laying the groundwork for at least one trillion in infrastructure spending.”
John Coogan Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 56:27 Weekly Recap: Matthew McConaughey on AI, Nvidia x OpenAI
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Coogan: WSJ reports Anthropic valuation up 173% and Q2 profitability
“Anthropic valuation up a 173% since the start of the year posting profits in Q two, according to the Wall Street Journal open AI evaluation up 67% since the start of the year”
John Coogan May 22, 2026 ▶ 14:47 SpaceX S-1, Anthropic Revenue Booms, OpenAI Cracks Erdős Problem | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Kling AI Reached 12M MAUs and $20M+ Revenue Last Year
“There's an article in the Wall Street Journal showing, ah, some pretty staggering numbers. They hit twelve million monthly active users, and they generated more than twenty million in revenue just last year.”
John Coogan Jan 22, 2026 ▶ 0:09 Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Los Angeles sound stage occupancy has plummeted from 90% to 60%
“There's that Wall Street Journal report that just shows sound stages were, you know, typically leased 90% of the time, and it's just way off Left off peak down to like 60%.”
John Coogan Jan 21, 2026 ▶ 23:50 Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: 53% of Odyssey Attendees Cited Nolan as Main Reason
“53% of Odyssey attendees said that the director was their number one reason for attending.”
John Coogan Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 21:47 Kimi K3 Reactions, The Odyssey Hits $264M in Debut, Netflix Embraces AI | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Comcast Plans to Split Connectivity Business from NBCUniversal Content
“Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast's decade long into trying to be a content plus distribution company is coming to an end. It's planning to split the businesses into two. The Comcast entity Will once again, becoming a, become a connectiv…”
John Coogan Jul 1, 2026 ▶ 7:14 Rocket Lab Enters SpaceX Arena, Meta’s Prediction Market, America’s Tech Wishlist | Diet TBPN
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Coogan: Viral Citrini report made the Wall Street Journal cover
“There's people making TikToks about it now. And also it's on the cover of the Wall Street Journal.”
John Coogan Feb 24, 2026 ▶ 1:58 Kim K's New Energy Drink, Citrini Discourse Rages On, the $100B Meta-AMD Deal | Diet TBPN
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Q4 holiday television ad spend reached $1.47 billion, up 13% year-over-year
“Holiday TV ads started in earnest in early October. And companies have spent a combined 1.47 billion dollars over the past nine weeks. A 13% jump compared with the year ago period.”
John Coogan Dec 17, 2025 ▶ 22:22 Ford PULLS BACK EV Investment
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