Company Culture
Culture is the product of successful decisions, and it allows a company to scale. When it is time to change, though, it is a straitjacket.
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There are striking similarities between Microsoft today and IBM in the Lou Gerstner era, but today’s IBM should be a warning to Redmond.
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It is very fair to say that Apple is threatened by the potential rise of AI. Google, though, is also threatened by its inability to own customers’ attention. The solution for both companies may entail…
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Microsoft needs to first understand the type of company it is, and choose its strategy accordingly. That means focusing on services, not devices.
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Anthropic’s Safety Superpower
Anthropic’s belief in its own commitment to safety gives the company license to aggressively favor its business and even challenge the U.S. government.
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Fable 5, Anthropic Alignment, AI Tiers
Fable 5 is the public version of Mythos, and while it is very capable it sets some troubling new precedents.
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Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics
Google’s deal with SpaceX, and Broadcom’s earnings, both seem bullish for Nvidia. Then, what I’m looking for at WWDC.
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The SpaceX IPO and Data Centers in Space
There isn’t a financial model that justifies the SpaceX IPO, but data centers in space are plausible, and that might be enough.
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Google I/O, World Models, I/O Spaghetti
Google I/O put AI everywhere, for better and for worse. Meanwhile, is DeepMind aligned with Google’s business objectives?
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Tim Cook’s Impeccable Timing
Tim Cook had an extraordinary run — and impeccable timing, both in terms of when he became CEO, and when he is stepping down.
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OpenAI’s Memos, Frontier, Amazon and Anthropic
Breaking down OpenAI’s internal memo about taking on Anthropic in the enterprise.
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OpenAI Buys TBPN, Tech and the Token Tsunami
OpenAI’s purchase of TBPN makes no sense, which may be par for the course for OpenAI. Then, AI is breaking stuff, starting with tech services.
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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.



