GoPro 警告称,受人工智能内存紧缺影响,公司可能难以为继。
GoPro Warns It May Not Survive As AI Memory Crunch Bites

原始链接: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gopro-warns-it-may-not-survive-ai-memory-crunch-bites

GoPro 正面临严重的财务危机,该公司已正式表示对其能否继续作为持续经营实体存有“重大疑虑”。这家曾经风光无限的科技宠儿,其市值已从巅峰时期的超过 120 亿美元暴跌至约 1.9 亿美元。 该公司衰落的主要原因是内存组件成本急剧上升——这是人工智能数据中心热潮带来的副作用——这限制了供应并侵蚀了利润率。GoPro 的财务状况迅速恶化,第一季度收入下降了 26%,且未能达到贷款协议的相关指标。 为了生存,GoPro 正试图将其业务核心从消费级相机转向航空航天和国防领域。然而,该公司仍面临着原材料成本上涨和来自 Meta 雷朋智能眼镜等替代产品的激烈竞争。由于违反了贷款协议并面临巨大的波动性,GoPro 作为独立实体的未来看起来愈发不稳。

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GoPro shares have been under pressure since last fall, when memory prices began to soar as AI data center buildouts tightened global supply and diverted capacity away from consumer electronics.

On Monday, GoPro filed an 8-K with the SEC, warning of "substantial doubt" about its ability to continue as a going concern and stating that it expects to file an update to its financial statements.

The action-camera maker, once a $12 billion-plus Wall Street MoMo darling after its 2014 IPO, has plunged into micro-cap territory, with a total market cap of around $190 million as of late Monday afternoon.

Revenue plunged 26% in the first quarter. The company has already needed lender waivers after breaching loan covenants, and it does not expect to comply with several future covenants.

Last month, GoPro's own filing warned of an "unprecedented increase and volatility in memory component costs."

The AI memory boom has crushed GoPro, and the market punished GoPro shares as early as last fall, when the memory price spike began.

Bloomberg noted that in April, one of GoPro's suppliers planned to reduce memory supply, which dented the company's forecasted sales. This only suggests higher input costs, weaker margins, and reduced pricing flexibility.

GoPro is seeking to pivot away from its consumer-camera market, exploring aerospace and defense as potential new markets and product categories.

By the way, it's easier just to wear Meta RayBans for action sports ... 

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