Daily Update
Archive of Daily Emails for Stratechery Members
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Google Earnings, Search Status, China Antitrust Actions
Investor disappointment in Google is overwrought, while Search is showing some positive results from AI. Then, China is investigating Google and Apple for very different reasons.
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Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation
I give my analysis of Apple’s Earnings, and then OpenAI Deep Research does the same, demonstrating the unbundling of substantiation from creation.
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An Interview with Matthew Ball About the Gaming Slump
An interview with Matthew Ball about the current (bad) state of the gaming industry, including mobile, consoles, and why the PC has better prospects.
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Asianometry on Japan’s Chemical Dominance, Stratechery Updates, and Chinese New Year Schedule Changes
Chinese New Year wishes, and a scheduling adjustment.
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The OpenAI Critique, Comparative Advantage and Infrastructure, Aggregation Theory and Cheap AI
Further grappling with DeepSeek implications, including the lack of focus in U.S. tech companies, the problem with comparative advantage, and the possibility of zero marginal cost AI.
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Stargate, The End of Microsoft and OpenAI
OpenAI’s Stargate announcement and revised deal with Microsoft mark the end of the relevant portion of their partnership.
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Stratechery Updates, DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek Implications
DeepSeek, a Chinese company, has a reasoning model similar to o1, except that it is actually open.