Ben Thompson
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An Interview with Robert Fishman About the Current State of Hollywood
An interview with MoffettNathanson’s Robert Fishman about the current state of Hollywood, including Netflix, Paramount, YouTube, Disney, and Amazon.
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Oracle Earnings, Oracle’s Cloud Growth, Oracle’s Software Defense
Oracle crushed earnings in a way that not only speaks to the secular AI wave they are riding but also to Oracle’s strong position
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Copilot Cowork, Anthropic’s Integration, Microsoft’s New Bundle
Microsoft is seeking to commoditize its complements, but Anthropic has a point of integration of their own; it’s good enough that Microsoft is making a new bundle on top of it.
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MacBook Neo, The (Not-So) Thin MacBook, Apple and Memory
The MacBook Neo was built to be cheap; that it is still good is not only a testament to Apple Silicon, but also the fact that the most important software runs in the cloud.
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2026.10: Higher Powers and Lower Macs
The best Stratechery content from the week of March 2, 2026, including Anthropic and the military, U.S. history and our political present, and Apple going downmarket.
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An Interview with Gregory Allen About Anthropic and the U.S. Government
An interview with Gregory Allen about Anthropic’s dispute with the U.S. government.
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Anthropic’s Skyrocketing Revenue, A Contract Compromise?, Nvidia Earnings
Anthropic’s enterprise business is reaching escape velocity, which increases the importance of finding a compromise with the government. Then, agents dramatically increase demand for Nvidia chips, even if they threaten software.
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Technological Scale and Government Control, Paramount Outbids Netflix for Warner Bros.
Why government is not the primary customer for tech companies, and is Netflix relieved that they were outbid for Warner Bros.?
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Anthropic and Alignment
Anthropic is in a standoff with the Department of War; while the company’s concerns are legitimate, it position is intolerable and misaligned with reality.
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An Interview with Bill Gurley About Runnin’ Down a Dream
An interview with long-time (retired) VC Bill Gurley about his new book about building a career you love, Uber, and the modern state of VC.