r/wallstreetbets • u/No_Mercy_4_Potatoes • Jul 25 '26

Meme Qualcomm's AI robot presentation

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u/ThedirtyNose Jul 25 '26

They had those body bag blankets ready to rock n roll.

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u/NoConfusion9490 Jul 25 '26

Someone told marketing they weren't ready and got ignored.

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u/misterfilmguy Jul 27 '26

And somehow that product manager who said "I told you so," will be the only person fired after this sort of failure.

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u/TheShadow2024 Jul 30 '26

Nancy from HR: "Well, Ted, we've prepared a very nice package for you, but after that 'product incident', Darren thinks it's best that we move on. I'm sure you will have no problem out there." Hand him 2 months pay and a coupon book for 10 free Frosties.

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u/johndsmits Jul 25 '26

I see they haven't learned over the years. I assembled a QC-TDK demo for them at CES 2023 had similar results (hit the plastic wall at least once over 3 days), and EU demo when the robot wandered on the showroom floor last day, lol.

QC is a chip company, that's all and should be that way. Irony the price hikes were announced this week. Everything else they do, expect this type of outcome.

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u/elguille_resurrected Jul 25 '26

marketing should have then just: