Earnings Season Shocker: Big Tech Smashes Estimates—but Wall Street’s New AI Bar Is Sky-High

Earnings Season Shocker: Big Tech Smashes Estimates—but Wall Street’s New AI Bar Is Sky-High

Early Q3 earnings show most companies beating forecasts, but analysts are rapidly raising expectations—especially for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon—as investors demand real AI-driven revenue growth. Even record-breaking profits might not be enough to satisfy the market’s new, sky-high standards.