Aggregation Theory
Aggregation Theory provides a framework to understand the impact of the Internet on nearly all industries.
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Zillow fits the description of an aggregator, but it hasn’t transformed its industry due to a lack of integration. Now it is trying to do exactly that.
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Facebook is in trouble — again — for Russian ads about the election; figuring out how to deal with them requires first understanding that Facebook, like Google, is a Super-Aggregator. It faces zero transaction costs…
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An apolitical analysis of what is happening in U.S. politics through the lens of Aggregation Theory
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The FANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google — are far more similar than you might think. Their rise in value is no accident, and it is connected to Aggregation Theory.
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The disruption caused by the Internet in industry after industry has a common theoretical basis described by Aggregation Theory.
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About Building a Consumer Tech Company
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about building OpenAI and ChatGPT, and what it means to be an accidental consumer tech company.
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OpenAI API Updates, Steelmanning the API Business, The Problem With Both
OpenAI has compelling new updates to their API that should be good for the API business; is that good for OpenAI?
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Apple AI’s Platform Pivot Potential
Apple AI is delayed, and Apple may be trying to do too much; what the company ought to do is empower developers to make AI applications.
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AI Promise and Chip Precariousness
The AI industry is more exciting than ever, but the chip situation is very precarious and requires drastic action.
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Encryption and the Uneasy Compromise, Netflix Earnings, The Aggregator’s Compounding Advantage
More on the U.K. vs. Apple, and then Netflix’s earnings demonstrate how an Aggregator’s advantage compounds via pricing power.
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An Interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi About Aggregation and Autonomy
An interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about taking over Uber in crisis, managing dynamic marketplaces, and the value chain for autonomous vehicle ride-sharing.
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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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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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Rapidus, The End of Economic Rationality, AI Disruption
Rapidus, Japan’s new foundry on the leading edge, doesn’t make economic sense; it is one of many examples in that regard, as the world enters a new age of uncertainty and AI.