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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew

Episodes

Total: 187

Talking through the evolution of the modern trade landscape, the implications of tariffs under a ne

The Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight and what might have gone wrong for Netflix on Friday night, a resolu

An emailer wonders whether 30 years of Internet investments and data were the bootloader for an AI

Looking to President Trump's first term for clues about what tech policy might look like for th

An email comparing James Harden to a tech company spawns several other tech and basketball crossove

Talking through Ben's piece on Meta and Abundance, including the past, present and future of Me

The open questions about competition in AI and enterprise software, emails regarding text-to-voice

A closer look at the emergence of stablecoins, their utility in crypto and cross-border payments, p

OpenAI's latest valuation and the value of the ChatGPT brand, the AGI clause in the OpenAI-Micr

Understanding Tesla’s approach to an autonomous driving future, why some observers think Tesla is a

Explaining the SpaceX breakthrough over the weekend and why it mattered, an email about the next de

An injunction in the wake of the Epic v. Google case highlights the value of network effects in the

Ben's experience with Waymo and a question about AI automation implications, NotebookLM arrives

A few follow-up questions on Meta's plans for the Orion glasses and the looming competition wit

An episode of reactions to Meta Connect 2024. Topics include: the lively atmosphere during Mark Zuc

Answering listener questions on a tidal wave of sports gambling advertising, Sony’s strategy for th

Understanding the way LLMs have worked and why OpenAI's o1 model appears to be different, react

Questions about politics as America's most dominant pop culture franchise, recommendations for

What Apple's iPhone event signals about priorities for the company, a digression on the App Sto

Answering questions about Apple’s Woj, a cornucopia of iPhone options, founder mode, and more. To e