Big Tech and AI
How Big Tech is approaching AI
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When paradigms change, previous winners have the hardest time adjusting; that is why AI might be a challenge for Apple and Amazon
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Positioning AI contenders — and losers — by their tech philosophy and business potential.
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Breaking down the Big Tech AI landscape through the lens of integration and modularization
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A single AI can never make everyone happy, which is fundamentally threatening to the Aggregator business model; the solution is personalized AI
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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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An Interview with Asymco’s Horace Dediu About Apple at 50
An interview with Asymco’s Horace Dediu about his career in tech, Apple’s first 50 years, and the prospects for the next 50, particularly in the face of AI
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Apple’s 50 Years of Integration
Apple has survived 50 years by being the only company integrating hardware and software; if the company loses because of AI it will be because the point of integration changes.
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Jensen Huang and Andy Grove, Groq LPUs and Vera CPUs, Hotel California
GTC 2026 marked an important inflection point for Nvidia, as the company is selling multiple architectures, instead of focusing on just one GPU. The motivation is serve all needs and keep all customers.
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An Interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang About Accelerated Computing
An interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about his GTC 2026 keynote, navigating China and DC, and remembering Nvidia’s true nature.
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Agents Over Bubbles
Agents are fundamentally changing the shape of demand for compute, both in terms of how they work and in terms of who will use them. They’re so compelling that I no longer believe we’re in a bubble.
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Oracle Earnings, Oracle’s Cloud Growth, Oracle’s Software Defense
Oracle crushed earnings in a way that not only speaks to the secular AI wave they are riding but also to Oracle’s strong position
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Copilot Cowork, Anthropic’s Integration, Microsoft’s New Bundle
Microsoft is seeking to commoditize its complements, but Anthropic has a point of integration of their own; it’s good enough that Microsoft is making a new bundle on top of it.
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Anthropic’s Skyrocketing Revenue, A Contract Compromise?, Nvidia Earnings
Anthropic’s enterprise business is reaching escape velocity, which increases the importance of finding a compromise with the government. Then, agents dramatically increase demand for Nvidia chips, even if they threaten software.
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Xbox Replaces Head of Gaming, Xbox History, Whither Xbox
Xbox has a new head, who isn’t a gamer; I suspect Microsoft is doing what it should have done a decade ago: get out of the console business.