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OpenAI and Nvidia are both under threat from Google; I like OpenAI’s chances best, but they need an advertising model to beat Google as an Aggregator.
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Google Cloud Next 2024 was Google’s most impressive assertion yet that it has the AI scale advantage and is determined to use it.
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Google could do more than just win the chatbot war: it is the one company that could make a universal assistant. The question is if the company is willing to risk it all.
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Google, the real Aggregator, is squeezing OTAs, which acted like Aggregators while depending on Google for demand. It’s easy to say Google is being unfair, but this may be better for consumers.
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Google is unique in that their business was built on being the best. The company, though, benefited from the open web. That is not the case in mobile.
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Google is at its best when its product focus follows its business model; for too long Android was a detour.
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Nvidia at CES, Cosmos and Omniverse, Digits
Nvidia’s keynote at CES demonstrated how it is becoming the transformer company.
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Google Announces Veo 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Free ChatGPT Search
Google Veo 2 is the next blow-your-mind moment in generative AI, and represents Google maximizing its strengths; OpenAI, though, is steadily working on disrupting Search.
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GM Kills Cruise, Fleets Versus Autonomy, Robotaxi Outlook
GM killed Cruise’s robotaxi ambitions, which were never a good match; then, mapping out a future robotaxi world.
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Spotify Earnings, Spotify’s Video Plans, Spotify’s Ad Business
Spotify’s earnings and video podcast announcements highlight the threat the company feels from YouTube. Plus, the company’s late shift to programmatic ads explains its podcast motivations.
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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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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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Netflix Earnings, Netflix Maintenance, Netflix’s Venture Model
Netflix’s margin expansion highlight both its business model differentiation and also the advantage it has in maintaining its lead, thanks to getting to scale first.