Research notes · September 2, 2026

Four pieces from three publishers: Snowflake's clean beat, Broadcom's underwhelming AI guide, and a bifurcated earnings wrap from Dell, MongoDB, GitLab and Palo Alto

On 2026-09-02 three publishers tracked here — FundaAI, James Bulltard, and TMT Breakout — published four pieces. FundaAI ran a channel-check deep dive on Bloom Energy's AI-datacenter power backlog and delivery capacity. James Bulltard posted a trading and options-flow diary centered on an Intel call spread and unusual options prints tied to Strait of Hormuz risk. TMT Breakout published two wraps: an end-of-day earnings reaction covering Snowflake, Broadcom and HPE, and a morning roundup covering Dell, MongoDB, GitLab and Palo Alto Networks earnings plus sell-side rating changes. Every statement below is attributed to the publisher that made it, using the publisher's own numbers. Quant Data did not verify any of these figures and takes no view on them.

What was published

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What each piece said

Directional statements on the record

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Numbers the publishers put on the record

• FundaAI · BE: North American 2027 AI power shortfall estimated at about 15GW (range 12-19GW); FundaAI forecasts 2027 deliveries of ~2.2GW vs ~2.0GW consensus, revenue growth of 81% vs 62% consensus.
• FundaAI · BE: Total backlog about $20B ($6B product, $14B service); forward EV/EBITDA reset from ~85x to ~42x since the July short report.
• James Bulltard: Oil trading above 90 while VIX remains contained under 16, a divergence the author reads as unhealthy.
• James Bulltard · INTC: 57 trading sessions remain until the author's November call-spread expiry.
• James Bulltard · LNG: Risk-reversal options structure costs $3.79 per share, breakeven $303.79, max upside $16.21, against a spot price above $296.
• James Bulltard · RGA: 250/270 May call spread suggested as a lower-cost way to play observed call buying, targeting a 100%+ return.
• TMT Breakout · SNOW: Fiscal third-quarter product revenue guided to +37.5% vs Street's 29% and a buy-side bar of 32-33%; FY27 product revenue guide raised from 31% to 36%.
• TMT Breakout · AVGO: Fiscal fourth-quarter AI semiconductor revenue guided to $21.7B vs Street's $21.3B but below a buy-side bar above $22B; FY27 AI-revenue buy-side bar is about $130B+.
• TMT Breakout · GTLB: Net-new ARR up 42% year over year; calculated billings growth accelerated from 12% to 24%.
• TMT Breakout · MDB: Atlas revenue grew 28.9% year over year, below a 30%+ buy-side bogey; the Q4 guide implies only about 24% growth.
• TMT Breakout · DELL: AI-server orders jumped to $60.9B with backlog at $95B (cumulative orders over the past year $131.7B); FQ2 revenue/EPS of $46.97B/$7.04 vs Street's $44.93B/$4.91.
• TMT Breakout · PANW: Net-new NGS ARR of $970M beat the buy-side bar of $910M+, but FY27 guide implies organic net-new ARR growth near flat to low single digits once CyberArk and Chronosphere are excluded.

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What would prove them wrong

Several publishers name the observation that would falsify their own view. Those are the most useful sentences in any research note, so they are collected here.

• FundaAI · BE: Whether the FY26 Q4 print gives formal 2027 guidance near FundaAI's 81% growth forecast versus the 62% consensus.
• FundaAI · BE: Whether 2H26 deliveries hit the guide-implied ~0.74GW and ~72% year-over-year revenue growth.
• FundaAI · BE: Whether non-China scandium supply keeps growing and per-GW intensity stays near 15 tonnes/GW.
• FundaAI · BE: Whether the Vineland stop-work order lifts and the Jupiter permitting litigation resolves without further delay beyond the current four months.
• James Bulltard · SPY: A close above the candle high from three trading days back would invalidate the lower-highs, weak-structure read.
• James Bulltard · INTC: The call spread needs Intel to hold up through the remaining 57 sessions to November expiry, or the author says his 'monster year' claim fails.
• James Bulltard: If energy and defensive names' share of the momentum scan narrows in coming days, the author's risk-off warning is lifted.
• TMT Breakout · AVGO: The next earnings call needs a materially stronger FY27 AI outlook near $130B+; continued deflection toward FY28 would be read as a dodge.
• TMT Breakout · MDB: Whether Q4 Atlas growth actually falls to ~24% (confirming deceleration) or holds near 29% (implying the guide was overly conservative).
• TMT Breakout · DELL: Whether FQ3 ISG operating margin lands near the guided 13.5%, testing whether the FQ2 15% margin was a one-time peak.
• TMT Breakout · PANW: Whether Chronosphere's observability net-new ARR drops sharply after the one-time large LLM-customer migration contribution fades.

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Common questions

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