# The $400 Billion Backlog: RBC's Top Analysts Break Down the AI Trade

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Podcast: [RiskReversal Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/riskreversal-pod-1366742)
Published: 2026-05-13T09:00:00+00:00
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At RBC Capital Markets’ Private Tech Conference, Dan Nathan interviews RBC analysts Brad Erickson, Rishi Jaluria, Matt Swanson, and Matt Hedberg on Q1 earnings and AI’s impact across internet and software. Erickson says demand is solid, hyperscalers are raising CapEx as cloud ROI improves, and explains why Meta’s higher spend hurt the stock versus Google/Amazon’s accelerating cloud revenue and margins; he ranks Amazon over Google over Meta and discusses Uber’s AV positioning versus Waymo. Jaluria is bullish on Microsoft’s broad AI opportunities, notes Copilot’s growing paid users, and discusses multimodel strategy, small/medium models, and Oracle’s controversial OpenAI-linked data center build and financing. Swanson covers ad/martech, highlighting Adobe’s “orchestration” narrative, Trade Desk’s holding-company tensions, and AppLovin’s ROAS-driven model. Hedberg argues cyber and infrastructure need “more, not less” security post-Anthropic’s Mythos, cites capitulation in software sentiment, favors consolidators like CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Snowflake, Datadog, and ServiceNow, and notes AI-driven efficiency and layoffs as potential catalysts amid continued volatility. —FOLLOW USYouTube: @RiskReversalMediaInstagram: @riskreversalmediaTwitter: @RiskReversalLinkedIn: RiskReversal Media

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