An interview with Anduril founder and CEO Brian Schimpf about why now is the time for a software-based defense contractor, despite software’s bad fit with the military procurement process.
Max Gets Sports, The Fox Linchpin, Disney’s Taylor Swift Era Confirmed
Max adds sports, and Fox might want to shore up its position in the bundle. Then, Disney confirms it is in its Taylor Swift era, and investors are not impressed.
The Rise and Fall of ESPN’s Leverage
Charting ESPN’s rise, including how it build leverage over the cable TV providers, and its ongoing decline, caused by the Internet.
ChatGPT Enterprise, Connectors and Small Businesses, Nvidia Competitors
ChatGPT has an enterprise offering, continuing its coopetition with Microsoft. Then, an overview of Nvidia’s competitors.
Nvidia On the Mountaintop
Nvidia has gone from the valley to the mountain-top in less than a year, thanks to ChatGPT and the frenzy it inspired; whether or not there is a cliff depends on developing new kinds of demand that only GPUs can fulfill.
An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift
An interview with Eugene Wei about Elon Musk’s critical mistake with Twitter, the questionable prospects for Threads, and what Taylor Swift and other communal experiences say about the commoditization wrought by technology.
Threads and the Social/Communications Map
Understanding Threads and its threat to Twitter means understanding the current landscape of social media.
An Interview with Eric Seufert About Streaming Advertising, Generative AI, and Marketing Automation
An interview with Eric Seufert about Mobile Dev Memo’s new business model, the prospects for streamers building advertising business model, the potential for generative AI in advertising, along with the dangers of relying too much on marketing automation, and whether or not Meta figured out ATT. We also discuss Facebook Shops and Shopify, and the E.U.’s recent fines on Meta.
Windows and the AI Platform Shift
Microsoft argued there is an AI platform shift, and the fact that Windows is interesting again — and that Apple is facing AI-related questions for its newest products — is evidence that is correct.
Cord-Cutting and YouTube TV, Disney Earnings, Pay TV’s Vision Cycles
YouTube TV may be the sports bundle, and then Disney’s earnings offer a framing to discuss how and why the bundle unraveled, and the best way to rebuild around streaming.