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▶ 38:31 · $MU · Srinivas: Micron could surpass Meta in value within 12 months as HBM bottleneck supplier
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Perplexity CEO: Micron Will Be More Valuable Than Meta & How Export Controls Helped Not Hurt China

2026-06-15 · 9 company · 9 thematic
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aravind srinivas

Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, the AI answer engine. Previously a research scientist at OpenAI, Google and DeepMind.

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“it might not be inconceivable that um Micron the supplier of HBMs might be more valuable than meta in the next 6 to 12 months. It's already at like a trillion. And meta is like 1.3 to 1.4 trillion.”
—aravind srinivas

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