An interview with Anduril founder and CEO Brian Schimpf about why now is the time for a software-based defense contractor, despite software’s bad fit with the military procurement process.
Interviews
An Interview with Doug O’Laughlin and Dylan Patel about Semiconductors and AI
An interview with Doug O’Laughlin and Dylan Patel about Google, Nvidia, AWS, ASICS, AMD, and the current status of AI.
An Interview with Lisa Ellis about Payments
An interview with Lisa Ellis about payments, including Paypal, Adyen, and Stripe, and the coming battle between online and offline providers over omnichannel.
An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about the AI Hype Cycle
An interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about the AI hype cycle, what products are working, the current state of ChatGPT, the data constraint, and Nvidia.
An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift
An interview with Eugene Wei about Elon Musk’s critical mistake with Twitter, the questionable prospects for Threads, and what Taylor Swift and other communal experiences say about the commoditization wrought by technology.
An Interview with Marc Andreessen about AI and How You Change the World
An interview with Marc Andreessen about COVID, AI opportunities and risk, and a16z’s approach to the future.
An Interview with Boom Founder Blake Scholl About Building a Supersonic Airliner
An Interview with Boom founder Blake Scholl about building a supersonic airliner, including fundraising, airline economics, and why tech is about more than zero marginal costs.
An Interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Head of Global Commercial Ted Mabrey
An interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Head of Global Commercial Ted Mabrey about Palantir’s mission, operating system, and AI opportunity
An Interview with Vercel Founder Guillermo Rauch
An interview with Vercel Founder Guillermo Rauch about Next.js, Vercel, and building the front-end cloud.
An Interview with DNVR Co-Founder Adam Mares About Building Local Internet Businesses
An interview with DNVR founder Adam Mares about building an Internet publishing company with roots in the real world, based on local differentiation, and scaling it across the company.