The cloud-storage company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report as a public company. Dropbox generated $316 million in revenue in Q1, and paying users climbed to 11.5 million from 9.3 million in the same quarter last year. Now the company needs to show investors how it will get closer to profitability, says Jeff Tomasulo, CEO at Vespula Capital.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/dropbox-beats-in-first-earnings-report-since-going-public).
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
