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  • Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic

    Greatest Of All Talk | Sep 8
    Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic
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Okta

  • An Interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon About Security in Supply Chains

    Thursday, June 16, 2022

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  • An Interview With Rippling Founder Parker Conrad

    Thursday, March 3, 2022

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    An Interview With Rippling Founder Parker Conrad


  • An Interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon (and Slack correction)

    Thursday, April 9, 2020

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    An interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon about Okta’s moat, holding a virtual developer conference, and the Okta platform.


  • Okta’s Developer Conference, An Interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon

    Thursday, May 24, 2018

    An interview with Okta CEO Todd McKinnon on the occasion of the company’s developer conference.


  • Mulesoft IPO, Okta S-1, Cohort Analysis in S-1s

    Tuesday, March 28, 2017

    Mulesoft and Okta are two examples of companies that are not just software-as-a-service companies themselves, but enablers of more. That should make traditional vendors nervous.


  • Workplace by Facebook, Why Facebook Should Buy Okta, The Oculus Connect 3 Keynote

    Thursday, October 13, 2016

    Workplace by Facebook is very compelling, but success will require full-on commitment from both Facebook and adopting companies. Plus, if Facebook is serious about enterprise they should buy Okta, and why Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for VR makes me uneasy.


  • Instagram’s Algorithmic Feed, Apple and the Cloud, Microsoft and Okta

    Thursday, March 17, 2016

    Instagram is changing the feed, and even though users say they don’t like it it’s the right decision. Plus, why Snapchat may be a threat. Then, two pieces of news about Apple and the cloud, both good and bad. Plus, Microsoft is still competitive, and rightly so.


  • Okta is a Unicorn, BlackBerry Acquires Good Technologies

    Wednesday, September 9, 2015

    Okta is an important company in part because what their existence says about Microsoft’s challenges in the enterprise space. Plus, Blackberry acquires Good Technology, making them the market leader in device management.


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Updates

  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • Fable 5.1, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards

    Wednesday, September 2, 2026
  • Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face

    Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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Podcasts

  • Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic

    Greatest Of All Talk | Sep 8
    Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic
  • Agents and Forklifts

    Dithering | Sep 8
    Agents and Forklifts
  • Nvidia Buys Hugging Face

    Dithering | Sep 4
    Nvidia Buys Hugging Face

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Interviews

  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
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Articles

  • The War and Reasonable Doubt
    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • Halt and Catch Ire
    Friday, August 28, 2026
  • So What Was Trump Saying to South Korea on Sunday?
    Friday, August 21, 2026
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UpdateS

  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • Fable 5.1, Enterprise Frontier Safeguards

    Wednesday, September 2, 2026
  • Nvidia Earnings, Dollars Per Gigawatt, Open and Hugging Face

    Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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Stratechery Plus

Podcasts

  • Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic

    Greatest Of All Talk | Sep 8
    Closing the Book on the Clippers Catastrophe and Early Over/Under Picks in the Atlantic
  • Agents and Forklifts

    Dithering | Sep 8
    Agents and Forklifts
  • Nvidia Buys Hugging Face

    Dithering | Sep 4
    Nvidia Buys Hugging Face

Stratechery Plus

Interviews

  • An Interview with OpenAI President Greg Brockman About Astra and Alignment

    Friday, September 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI

    Thursday, June 25, 2026
  • An Interview with Michael Morton About E-Commerce in the Age of AI

    Thursday, June 18, 2026
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