Regulation
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iPhones 17 and the Sugar Water Trap
Apple’s iPhone announcement was impressive, but no one was impressed, because Apple is increasingly peripheral to what is changing the world.
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Google Remedy Decision, Reasonable Remedies, The Google Patronage Network
Google lost some battles but won the war in its search distribution case: the Google patronage network was deemed too important to undo.
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Nvidia Earnings, Moats and China, Nvidia vs. the AI Labs
Nvidia’s earning continue to be governed by supply — and reasoning models make that even more the case. Plus, why Nvidia is so desperate to get back into China.
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China AI Chips, A China Chip Control Framework, Whither HBM
President’s Trump plan for the U.S. to get paid by Nvidia and AMD for China exports is dubious, but overall policy is headed in the right direction.
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Cognition Buys Windsurf, Nvidia Can Sell to China, Grok 4 and Kimi
Cognition rescues Windsurf, Nvidia can sell H20s to China, and Grok 4 and Kimi K2 point to future avenues of model improvement
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Google and Windsurf, Stinky Deals, Chesterton’s Fence and the Silicon Valley Ecosystem
Windsurf’s founders and IP are going to Google in the latest stinky deal that is downstream of regulator’s recklessly messing the startup ecosystem.
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Apple Retreats
Apple’s WWDC was a retreat from not just last year’s WWDC, but potentially a broader reset for the company. That’s why it was a great presentation.
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An Interview with Plaid Founder and CEO Zach Perret About Plumbing Trust
An interview with Plaid co-founder and CEO Zach Perret about building trust as an ingredient brand in financial services.
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An Interview with SAP CEO Christian Klein About Enterprise AI
An interview with SAP CEO Christian Klein about why one of the oldest software companies of all is well-placed to win with the newest technologies.