Episodes 9
Avg. Duration 17m
Activity Highly Active
Since Mar 2026
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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How AI and tech news affects business competition and investing. Every episode takes a real news event and answers: who wins, who loses, and what does it mean for your portfolio or industry.

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Anthropic's Google Chip Deal: Is Independence Already Over?

Apr 07, 2026 16m

Anthropic's multi-hundred-billion-dollar TPU deal with Google raises urgent questions about who really controls the future of AI development. Despite $30 billion in annualized revenue, the structural…

Salesforce AI Agent in Slack: Revolution or Lock-In Trap?

Apr 06, 2026 17m

Salesforce's AI agent inside Slack isn't just a chatbot feature — it's a direct attack on Microsoft's grip on the enterprise productivity layer. The real story isn't which AI is smartest: it's that…

Claude Code vs Goose: Is Anthropic's Business Model Broken?

Apr 06, 2026 16m

The open-source AI coding agent Goose is exposing a critical flaw in how Anthropic plans to monetize its developer tools. Backed by Jack Dorsey's Block, Goose replicates Claude Code's core…

GPT-4o Free Images: Who Really Pays the Price?

Apr 05, 2026 18m

OpenAI's GPT-4o image generation is now free for every user — no subscription required — and the competitive, legal, and creative fallout is bigger than the headlines suggest. Making AI image…

Waymo's Quiet Takeover: Are Self-Driving Taxis Already Mainstream?

Apr 01, 2026 14m

Cole and Soren dig into Waymo's explosive ridership growth and debate whether autonomous taxis have already crossed the tipping point from novelty to inevitability. They clash over whether Tesla or…

We're All in a Toxic Relationship With AI Now

Mar 31, 2026 13m

Americans are using AI more than ever while trusting it less than ever — a contradiction that defies conventional wisdom. Cole and Soren unpack why declining trust might actually signal growing…

Sora's Shutdown: Why OpenAI's Biggest Retreat Matters More Than Its Launch

Mar 31, 2026 16m

Cole and Soren unpack the real reasons behind OpenAI shelving Sora, arguing the shutdown reveals hard truths about AI video that the hype cycle ignored. They explore the massive gap between dazzling…

Waymo's Robotaxi Revolution: Self-Driving Cars Aren't the Future — They're Here

Mar 30, 2026 20m

Mark and Matt dive into Waymo's rapid rise from perpetual prototype to a real transportation service carrying over 150,000 paid passengers per week. They break down the safety data, the looming…

The Future of Electric Vehicles

Mar 29, 2026 20m

By 2030, there'll be over 145 million EVs on the road — and the most valuable thing about them won't be the battery or   the brand. It'll be the data. In this episode, we break down how electric…

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