Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

By Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp with Ben Thompson.... more

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February 24, 2025 (Preview) Apple’s Answer to the UK, Encryption History and Privacy’s Future, Waiting for Drone Delivery in the U.S.
The history underlying Apple’s decision to pull its Advanced Data Protection feature from the UK market, criticisms of the UK, Apple and a few of Apple’s loudest critics, and thoughts on the future of drone delivery after Ben’s interview with Manna CEO Bobby Healy. At the end: font guidance and memecoins.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
The iPhone 16e; Apple Intelligence Table Stakes; Apple vs. U.K, Continued — Stratechery Update
The U.K. Demands Back Door From Apple, Elon Musk’s OpenAI Bid — Stratechery Update
Encryption and the Uneasy Compromise, Netflix Earnings, The Aggregator’s Compounding Advantage — Stratechery Update
An Interview with Manna Founder and CEO Bobby Healy About Drone Delivery — Stratechery Interview
What Is a Tech Company? — Stratechery
Spotify and Joe Rogan, Culture and Principles, Music Versus Podcasts and the Long Run — Stratechery Update
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February 19, 2025 (Preview) Xi Jinping and China's Tech Companies, The Long-Run Implications of the Chip Ban, and a Pessimistic Outlook for Taiwan
On today’s special crossover Sharp Tech/Sharp China episode, Ben Thompson and Bill Bishop discuss the private enterprise symposium and Xi Jinping's rapprochement with China's tech companies, and the connection between xAI and DeepSeek. Then, an extended debate on the chip ban, including its potential long-term consequences, and whether or not a course correction is possible. Finally, why the situation surround Taiwan is worrisome, and whether Trump is looking to make a deal.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Xi convenes private enterprise symposium; Wang Yi in Munich; Taiwan; Tesla FSD and US-China trade — Sinocism
DeepSeek FAQ — Stratechery
Grok-3, The Nvidia Shortcut, Competitive Implications — Stratechery Update
The ZTE Ban, Tech’s Trade War Risk, China’s Delayed Approval and Apple’s Pain — Stratechery Update
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16min
February 06, 2025 (Preview) Experimenting With OpenAI’s Deep Research, Another ChatGPT Moment, Won’t Someone Think of the Entry-Level Employees?
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation — Stratechery Update
OpenAI Releases AI Agent Designed to Act Like a Research Analyst — Bloomberg
The AI Unbundling — Stratechery
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13min
February 03, 2025 (Preview) Apple Abandons Its Smart Glasses, Google as the Yellow Pages, LLMs and the Overton Window
Answering mailbag questions on a report that Apple has abandoned its plans for smart glasses, Google, OpenAI and advertising, why LLMs struggle with sports statistics, whether generative AI will become more acceptable in media, and a few thoughts on manufacturing, tariffs, and the de minimis exception.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Apple Scraps Work on Mac-Connected Augmented Reality Glasses — Bloomberg
An Interview with Hugo Barra About Orion and Meta’s AR Strategy — Stratechery Interview
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14min
January 30, 2025 The End of DeepSeek Week: Moneyball for AI, The Future of Compute Demand, Geopolitical Reality Checks, and More
Andrew and Ben reconvene to answer your emails on DeepSeek and its implications. Topics include: DeepSeek as the Oakland A’s and Big Tech as the Red Sox, questions about distillation, video game history and coding to the metal, waiting for Silicon Valley products in AI, the future of compute demand and power consumption, and a variety of follow-up thoughts to Monday’s export control discussion.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
DeepSeek FAQ — Stratechery
DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek Implications — Stratechery Update
China and Geopolitics — Stratechery
On DeepSeek and Export Controls — Dario Amodei
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1h 16min
January 27, 2025 (Preview) 72 Hours of DeepSeek Hysteria, What DeepSeek Means for Big Tech, Lessons on the Efficacy of Chip Controls
Unpacking several days of dizzying reactions to DeepSeek, including a closer look at the costs of model development, why the heightened scrutiny looks like a coping mechanism, DeepSeek’s efficiency breakthroughs, the implications for big tech, and the future of export controls on semiconductors.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
DeepSeek FAQ — Stratechery
DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek Implications — Stratechery Update
Get all episodes of Sharp Tech, Sharp China, Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Greatest of All Talk, Asianometry and the Dithering Podcast as part of Stratechery Plus for $15/month or $150/year.
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13min
January 23, 2025 (Preview) The End of OpenAI and Microsoft, Risks and Rationale of the Stargate Project, DeepSeek-R1 and Bitter Lessons for the Future
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Stargate, The End of Microsoft and OpenAI — Stratechery Update
Microsoft Earnings; Microsoft and OpenAI, Again; GitHub Copilot Adds Gemini and Claude — Stratechery Update
The Accidental Consumer Tech Company; ChatGPT, Meta, and Product-Market Fit; Aggregation and APIs — Stratechery Update
Stratechery Updates, DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek Implications — Stratechery Update
AI’s Uneven Arrival — Stratechery
An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about ChatGPT and the Near-Term Future of AI — Stratechery Interview
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14min
January 20, 2025 (Preview) A Long Weekend for TikTok, Preparing for Trump and an Era of Upheaval, LeBron James as an iPhone
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
TikTok Ban Approaches, Generational Implications, Xiaohongshu — Stratechery Update
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11min
January 16, 2025 AI’s Uneven Arrival, TikTok’s Potential Departure, Xiaohongshu and the Delights of Cultural Exchange
Looking to digital advertising history for clues about AI’s impact on the economy, proposed frameworks for AGI and ASI, and why AI benefits are likely to be unevenly distributed in the near term. Then: The logic and continued uncertainty surrounding a TikTok ban in the United States, the delights of Xiaohongshu mania, and a word about TikTok and conflicting principles.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
AI’s Uneven Arrival — Stratechery
TikTok Ban Approaches, Generational Implications, Xiaohongshu — Stratechery Update
The TikTok War — Stratechery
'TikTok refugees': Great divide between the public and the government — CGTN
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1h 10min
January 14, 2025 (Preview) Meta’s Moderation Changes, Tech’s Evolving Political Calculus, The Importance and Difficulty of Maintaining Principles on the Internet
Meta’s new approach to moderation questions, the context for an apparent shift to the right among tech leadership, and lessons from the last several years of moderation challenges and mistakes. At the end: Mark Zuckerberg offers his assessment of Apple in the modern era.
To email the show: [email protected]
@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube
@Stratechery Channel — YouTube
Meta Changes Moderation Policies, Zuckerberg’s Journey — and Mine, The Audacity of Copying Well — Stratechery Update
Mark Zuckerberg on Moderation Changes — Instagram: @zuck
The Audacity of Copying Well — Stratechery
Mark Zuckerberg on Apple — X: @tsarnick
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