Ben Thompson
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Netflix’s Boxing Event, Customer Acquisition vs. Churn Mitigation, Accounting for Events
The Tyson-Paul boxing match was Netflix’s biggest event yet, as the company draws increasingly clear lines between customer acquisition and churn mitigation.
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A Chance to Build
Silicon Valley has always been deeply integrated with Asia; Trump’s attempt to change trade could hurt Silicon Valley more than expected, and also present opportunities to build something new.
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An Interview with Dylan Patel and Doug O’Laughlin About the Current State of Semiconductors and SemiAnalysis
An interview with Dylan Patel and Doug O’Laughlin about the current state of the AI supply chain, and big plans for SemiAnalysis.
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Apple Earnings; AI, Capex, and R&D; The Vision Pro Gets a Killer App
Apple’s earnings reflect the company’s device-centric approach to AI; then, the widescreen Mac display is the Vision Pro’s killer app.
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Amazon Earnings, Robotics and Amazon’s Expanding 1P Business
AWS had strong growth, in part thanks to AI, but the real impact of automation is on the expansion of their retail business.
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An Interview with Understanding AI Author Timothy B. Lee
An interview with Timothy Lee about Understanding AI, including the current state of AI, the limitations of LLMs, and who is going to win in self-driving cars.
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President Trump, Take Two; Big Tech, Little Tech, Chips, and Hardware; Elon Musk’s Triumph
President Trump is once again president-elect; the best way to figure out the effect his administration will have on tech is to look at the policies of his first administration. Then, Elon goes all in and wins, and changes how we should think about the Twitter acquisition.
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Microsoft Earnings; Microsoft and OpenAI, Again; GitHub Copilot Adds Gemini and Claude
Microsoft’s latest earnings call is the clearest indication yet that the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI is at best misaligned, and at worst on life support.