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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharp Tech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
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  • An Interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg About Turnarounds

    Thursday, November 13, 2025

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    An interview with Unity CEO Matthew Bromberg about a career focused on turnarounds, from EA’s KOTR to Zynga and now to Unity.


  • Microsoft Earnings, CoreAI/MantleAI, Additional Notes

    Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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    Microsoft declares independence from OpenAI and sketches out its future role building scaffolding for AI. Plus, Windows is tiny now.


  • Apple Earnings, Siri White-Labels Gemini, Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Risk

    Monday, November 10, 2025

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    Apple is already benefitting from AI via the App Store. Meanwhile, Siri will white-label Gemini; the long-term implications are significant.


  • An Interview with Michael Morton About AI E-Commerce

    Thursday, November 6, 2025

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    An interview with Michael Morton about AI-driven e-commerce, and why this is both Amazon’s category to lose and a threat — and a big opportunity for Walmart and Shopify.


  • The Benefits of Bubbles

    Wednesday, November 5, 2025

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    We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?


  • Amazon Earnings, AWS and OpenAI, Did Amazon Solve Groceries?

    Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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    Amazon says the constraint right now is power, not chips; it’s giving plenty of the latter to OpenAI. Then, Amazon solves groceries by getting faster tat delivering everything else.


  • Google Earnings, Meta Earnings, The Cost of Reality Labs

    Monday, November 3, 2025

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    Google’s earnings are great, and GCP alone justifies more capex; Meta, meanwhile, is being punished for not having a clear product application for AI.


  • Nvidia GTC in DC, Qualcomm’s AI Chip, OpenAI’s Restructuring

    Wednesday, October 29, 2025

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    Nvidia makes its pitch to DC to preserve its CUDA moat, which also explains the challenges facing Qualcomm’s new chip. Then, OpenAI’s restructuring and Microsoft’s collar trade.


  • TSMC Earnings, The TSMC Brake, Intel Earnings

    Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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    TSMC’s earnings reinforce the possibility that TSMC’s willingness to invest is real governor on the AI bubble. Intel needs to provide some competition.


  • An Interview with Asana Founder Dustin Moskovitz about AI, SaaS, and Safety

    Monday, October 20, 2025

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    An interview with Asana founder and Chairman Dustin Moskovitz about Asana, AI’s impact on SaaS, and the debate about AI Safety


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  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026
  • Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics

    Monday, June 8, 2026
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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharp Tech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
  • WWDC Follow-Up

    Dithering | Jun 11
    WWDC Follow-Up
  • (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

    Sharp China | Jun 11
    (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

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  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Eric Seufert About Models and Ads, and AI’s Upside for Humanity

    Thursday, May 28, 2026
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    Friday, June 12, 2026
  • Steph Curry Turns to China
    Friday, June 5, 2026
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    Friday, May 29, 2026
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  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026
  • Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics

    Monday, June 8, 2026
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  • (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple

    Sharptech | Jun 12
    (Preview) Five Questions on WWDC 2026, Fable 5 And Its Guardrails, What Anthropic Has in Common With Apple
  • WWDC Follow-Up

    Dithering | Jun 11
    WWDC Follow-Up
  • (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

    Sharpchina | Jun 11
    (Preview) Xi Goes to North Korea; Inspecting Xinjiang; A $295 Billion AI Buildout; The Pentagon Alleges PLA Links for Alibaba and Others

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Interviews

  • An Interview with Ben Bajarin About Apple, AI, and Compute

    Thursday, June 11, 2026
  • An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

    Thursday, June 4, 2026
  • An Interview with Eric Seufert About Models and Ads, and AI’s Upside for Humanity

    Thursday, May 28, 2026
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