An interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross about the human component of AI, OpenAI drama, Nvidia, Goole, Apple, and predictions for 2024.
An Interview with Michael Nathanson About a Tumultuous Year in Media
An interview with Michael Nathanson about a tumultuous year in media, including Disney, streaming, sports, and lessons learned by both the industry and also us as analysts.
Meta and Amazon, Meta Shops and ATT, Amazon Logistics and the Anti-Amazon Alliance
Meta and Amazon have made a deal that represents the major shift in the e-commerce landscape that has happened over the last four years, thanks to ATT and Amazon’s shift away from being an Aggregator.
Attenuating Innovation (AI)
Innovation required humility about the future and openness to what might be possible; Biden’s executive order proscribing AI development is the opposite, blocking progress and hindering the solutions to our greatest challenges.
Meta Earnings; Reels Reaches Revenue Neutral; The Temu and Shein Effect
Meta’s crushed earnings again, but some of the company’s recovery over the last year should be attributed to Temu and Shein subsidies.
An Interview with Eric Seufert About Unity, Regulation, and Streaming Advertising
An interview with Eric Seufert about Unity’s recent business model changes and what that says about the state of mobile advertising, for-pay social networks, and the prospects for advertising on streaming services.
AI and Ambient Computing, Zuckerberg and The Verge, Amazon and Anthropic
AI will make ambient computing possible, Zuckerberg talks AI with The Verge, and AWS is worried about falling behind.
AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality
Defining virtual reality as being about hardware is to miss the point: virtual reality is AI, and hardware is an (essential) means to an end.
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.
Google Cloud Next, The GCP-Nvidia Partnership, Kurian Explains the Deal
Google’s Cloud Next event was highlighted by a Google-Nvidia partnership that appeared to Nvidia’s chip dominance in training; GCP gains, but Nvidia’s DGX Cloud is the biggest winner.