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NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8
NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion.
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
48:10
Reddit's IPO Filing & India's AI Regulation | EP 7
Here are the highlights from the podcast episode.
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
58:42
Tech's Pledge To Fight AI Election Interference & Twillio’s woes with Segment | EP 6
Last week, 20 tech companies across Big Tech, social networks and AI providers signed a voluntary pledge to fight election interference from…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
1:08:50
Instagram limits political content, and Google's consumer play with Gemini
Last week, Meta announced that they will not proactively recommend political content across their recommendation surfaces including Reels and Threads.
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
1:05:27
Apple's (reluctant) App Store changes, and Semafor tries AI news
This week, we dive into two meaty topics.
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
Apple Watch pulls blood oxygen feature, and how big a deal is the GPT Store really?
Listen now | In the second episode of this year, we peel a few layers beneath Apple's decision to pull the blood oxygen feature after losing a patent…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
1:03:49
2024 Predictions: AI, Media, Advertising & more
They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you are terribly wrong. So, of course we are kicking off…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan and James Watterson
1:01:57
Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies
In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"
Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
Highlights: First Quarter of Unpacked
Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things continue. This post is a bird’s eye view of the seventeen…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
IRS Direct Tax Filing: the end of Intuit's lobbying
Thirty-eight years since the launch of e-filing, the IRS will pilot its own tax filing system ending two decades of Intuit's regulatory capture of the…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
SaaS AI Features Meet Applications Without Moats
Several enterprise SaaS companies have announced generative AI features recently, which is a direct threat to AI startups that lack sustainable…
 • Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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