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Big Technology Podcast
Big Technology Podcast
Alex Kantrowitz

The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex... more

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Episodes

Is Generative AI Plateauing?, Booming Bluesky, Apple’s Smart Glasses Play

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Jake Paul... more

15 Nov 2024 · 57 minutes
Spotify's Plan For AI Generated Music, Podcasts, and Recommendations — With Gustav Söderström

Gustav Söderström is Spotify's co-president, chief technology officer, and chief product officer. He joins Big Technology Podcast — as we... more

13 Nov 2024 · 58 minutes
Polymarket vs. Pollsters, Podcasts & Politics, Open Source AI In Trouble

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Polymarket's election... more

08 Nov 2024 · 49 minutes
Trump Wins. What's Next for Tech and The Economy? — With Dan Primack and Ana Swanson

Ana Swanson is a reporter covering trade and international economics for The New York Times. Dan Primack is the business... more

06 Nov 2024 · 50 minutes
Trump, Tariffs, Trade War, And Technology — With Alan Deardorff

Alan Deardorff is a professor emeritus of international economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. He joins Big... more

04 Nov 2024 · 46 minutes
OpenAI's GPT-5 In 2025?, Big Tech’s Big AI Spend, The Polymarket Election

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) GPT-5 delayed till... more

01 Nov 2024 · 58 minutes
The Next Gen AI Models: Reliable, Consistent, Trustworthy — With Aidan Gomez

Aidan Gomez is the co-author of the "Attention Is All You Need" paper that launched the AI revolution and CEO... more

30 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
AI Agents’ Shaky Debut, Musk and Putin, Perplexity vs. The Media

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) AI agents... more

25 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Apple Paradox, Trump’s Impact on Markets, NVIDIA Demand — With Dan Ives and Stephanie Link

Dan Ives is the managing director, equity research at Wedbush Securities. Stephanie Link is the chief investment strategist and portfolio... more

23 Oct 2024 · 46 minutes
OpenAI and Microsoft's Tension, Apple Screens Everywhere, Meta’s Toothpaste Massacre

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. Cory Weinberg from The Information... more

18 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
Fear Buying AI & Automation Stocks, Whoops Too Many Winners, Booming Tech Trade — With Josh Brown

Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, a CNBC contributor, and author of "You Weren't Supposed to See... more

16 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
OpenAI's Financials Revealed, Tesla Robotaxi Debut, Shein's Weird CEO

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. Cory Weinberg from The Information... more

11 Oct 2024 · 58 minutes
Google's Head Of Search On Its Big AI Bet — With Liz Reid

Elizabeth Reid is Google's VP of Search and a 20-plus year veteran of the company. Reid joins Big Technology to... more

09 Oct 2024 · 36 minutes
OpenAI’s $6.6 Billion Fundraise, Meta’s Quiet Election, Imaginary AI Friends

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI closing... more

04 Oct 2024 · 49 minutes
Meta's CTO On Its Augmented Reality Dreams — With Andrew Bosworth

Andrew Bosworth is the Chief Technology Officer at Meta. Bosworth joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Meta's new Orion augmented... more

02 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
OpenAI’s Crazy Week, Meta’s New Orion AR Glasses, MKBHD’s Wallpaper App

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI changing... more

27 Sep 2024 · 53 minutes
Debate: Has Elon’s Twitter Takeover Worked? — With Ryan Mac, Kate Conger, Zach Coelius

Ryan Mac and Kate Conger are reporters at The New York Times and the authors of a new book, Character... more

25 Sep 2024 · 58 minutes
Subprime AI Crisis, Mr. Beast’s Guide For Excellence, Amazon’s Culture Problems

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The 'subprime'... more

20 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
LinkedIn's CEO On How AI Changes Your Job — With Ryan Roslansky

Ryan Roslansky is the CEO of LinkedIn and host of The Path podcast. He joins Big Technology to discuss how... more

18 Sep 2024 · 40 minutes
OpenAI’s o1 Reasoning Model Debuts, $2,000 ChatGPT, AI News Anchors

Parmy Olson of Bloomberg joins for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. She's also the author of the... more

13 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
Apple's iPhone16 Debut + Apple Intelligence Delays

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Apple's iPhone16... more

11 Sep 2024 · 43 minutes
YouTubers on Russia’s Payroll, Ilya Raises $1 Billion, Founder Mode

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Russia funding... more

06 Sep 2024 · 56 minutes
How Ozempic Changes Our Bodies, Minds, and Economy — With Johann Hari

Johan Hari is a New York Times bestselling author and has a new book, Magic Pill, about his experience with... more

04 Sep 2024 · 52 minutes
OpenAI’s Raising At $100B Valuation, Telegram’s Pavel Durov Arrested, NVIDIA's Just Okay Earnings

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI Raising... more

30 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
A Longterm Investor Looks Sudden Death In The Face — With Eric Markowitz

Eric Markowitz is a partner at Night View Capital and a long-term focused investor. Eric joins Big Technology to discuss... more

28 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
Meta & Snap's New AR Glasses, Perplexity's Ads, Google's Work Ethic

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Alex's trip... more

23 Aug 2024 · 50 minutes
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland Dishes On Social Media Marketing, VC, and Prison

Billy McFarland is the founder of Fyre Festival. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what he learned about social... more

21 Aug 2024 · 57 minutes
Why Extreme Risk Takers Are Winning — With Nate Silver

Nate Silver is a statistician, election prognosticator, and bestselling author. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his reporting on... more

14 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Wall Street Chaos, OpenAI Leadership Shakeup, Google The Monopolist

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Wall Street's... more

09 Aug 2024 · 1 hour,
AI's Doomsday Philosopher Says Maybe It'll All Be Totally Fine — With Nick Bostrum

Nick Bostrom is a renowned philosopher and bestselling author of "Superintelligence" and "Deep Utopia." He joins Big Technology to discuss... more

07 Aug 2024 · 40 minutes
Did The AI Bubble Just Pop?, Apple Intelligence Beta Arrives, Friend Dot Com

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The week's... more

02 Aug 2024 · 58 minutes
NVIDIA's Auto Play and the Future of Autonomous Driving — With Danny Shapiro

Danny Shapiro is the Vice President of Automotive at NVIDIA. He joins Big Technology to discuss the current state of... more

31 Jul 2024 · 37 minutes
Kamala's Tech Agenda, Drunken AI Spending, Meta’s Open Source Necessity

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Kamala in,... more

26 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
The One-Person, Billion-Dollar Startup? — With Thomas Dohmke

Thomas Dohmke is the CEO of Github. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the state of AI-assisted coding, and... more

24 Jul 2024 · 51 minutes
The Silicon Valley Election, Goldman’s AI Worries, Using AI To Talk To Animals

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) VCs and... more

19 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
Did Klarna Really Automate 700 Jobs With AI? — With Sebastian Siemiatkowski

Sebastian Siemiatkowski is the CEO and co-founder of Klarna. Siemiatkowski joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's aggressive efforts... more

17 Jul 2024 · 58 minutes
New ROI Questions For AI, Microsoft’s Empire Plans, Jassy’s Amazon Comeback

Tom Dotan from the Wall Street Journal joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover... more

12 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Amazon's Longterm AI Vision — With Matt Wood

Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. --- Matt Wood is the VP... more

10 Jul 2024 · 53 minutes
Hawk Tuah and the Zynternet, OpenAI Hacked, One Year Of Threads

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Why the... more

05 Jul 2024 · 50 minutes
What the Ex-OpenAI Safety Employees Are Worried About — With William Saunders and Lawrence Lessig

William Saunders is an ex-OpenAI Superallignment team member. Lawrence Lessig is a professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School.... more

03 Jul 2024 · 48 minutes
AI Adoption Challenges, Waymo’s Big Expansion, Amazon hits $2 Trillion

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Companies that... more

28 Jun 2024 · 52 minutes
Decoding The NVIDIA Trade — With Michael Batnick

Michael Batnick is managing partner at Ritholtz Wealth Management and co-host of The Compound and Friends Podcast. Batnick joins Big... more

26 Jun 2024 · 41 minutes
NVIDIA Takes The Crown, Return of Ilya, Vision Pro Stalls

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We... more

21 Jun 2024 · 55 minutes
AI, Elon, Abundance, and Longevity — With Peter Diamandis

Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, a New York Times bestselling author, and host... more

19 Jun 2024 · 53 minutes
Gurman on Apple, OpenAI’s Deal Terms, Forbes vs. Perplexity

Mark Gurman is Chief Correspondent at Bloomberg. He stops by Big Technology Poddcast for a brief recap of the week's... more

14 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Apple Fails to Overreact to the AI Revolution — With M.G. Siegler

M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back to recap Apple's big AI-themed WWDC event and look ahead to AI's broader potential... more

12 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
Dispatch from WWDC: Apple AI News + Reaction

Alex Kantrowitz joins on site from WWDC, where Apple just made its big AI announcement. Tune in for a quick... more

10 Jun 2024 · 20 minutes
Apple’s AI WWDC Approaches, Nvidia $3 Trillion, OpenAI Safety Concerns

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Apple's WWDC... more

07 Jun 2024 · 57 minutes
Can The News Industry Survive The AI Era? — With Ben Smith, Nayeema Raza, and Joe Marchese

Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza host Mixed Signals, a new media podcast from Semafor. And Joe Marchese is the general... more

05 Jun 2024 · 53 minutes
How Walt Mossberg Built A Deep Relationship With Steve Jobs

Walt Mossberg is a legendary tech journalist and longtime columnist for the Wall Street Journal. This is a preview of... more

03 Jun 2024 · 35 minutes
OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk's Plan For xAI, Loneliness in Remote Work Era

Brian McCullough, host the Techmeme Ride Home podcast, joins us our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover... more

31 May 2024 · 59 minutes
How Shein and Temu Snuck Up On Amazon — With Louise Matsakis

Louise Matsakis is a technology reporter and writes You May Also Like on Beehiiv. Matsakis joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

29 May 2024 · 43 minutes
Google’s Crazy AI Overviews, OpenAI’s Superalignment Drama, NVIDIA’s Unstoppable Run

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Google's AI... more

24 May 2024 · 59 minutes
What Cheaper, Faster, and Smarter AI Gets Us — With Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. Levie joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the implications of AI getting cheaper... more

22 May 2024 · 55 minutes
OpenAI’s Big Week, Did Google Kill The Web, AWS CEO Resigns

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's GPT-4o... more

17 May 2024 · 46 minutes
AI Scaling, Alignment, and the Path to Superintelligence — With Dwarkesh Patel

Dwarkesh Patel is the host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, where he's interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Ilya Sustkever, Dario Amodei, and more... more

15 May 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Apple's Bad iPad Ad, AI Assistant Hype, Netflix's Big Live Ambitions

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Apple's bad... more

10 May 2024 · 54 minutes
Economics of OpenAI, Tesla’s Robotics Pivot, Hedonic Treadmill — With Slate Money

Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers are the hosts of the Slate Money podcast. They join Big Technology to... more

08 May 2024 · 51 minutes
Emails From Elon, AI Revenue Questions, Chatbot Boyfriends

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Ranjan's visit... more

03 May 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Teaching AI To Read Our Emotions — With Alan Cowen

Alan Cowen is the CEO and founder Hume AI. Cowen joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how his company is... more

01 May 2024 · 57 minutes
Are LLMs Hitting A Wall, Microsoft & Alphabet Save The Market, TikTok 'Ban'

Deirdre Bosa is the anchor of CNBC's TechCheck. She joins the show for our weekly discussion of the latest tech... more

26 Apr 2024 · 44 minutes
Apple's AI Play — With M.G. Siegler

M.G. Siegler is a venture partner at GV, formerly google ventures, and the author of Spyglass. He joins Big Technology... more

24 Apr 2024 · 56 minutes
Meta's Big Llama 3 Release, Google's New Culture, MKBHD vs. Humane

Alex Heath from The Verge is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Taylor... more

19 Apr 2024 · 55 minutes
Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders — With Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher is the author of Burn Book and host of the Pivot and On With Kara Swisher. Swisher joins... more

17 Apr 2024 · 55 minutes
Google's AI Narrative Is Flipping, Microsoft Hedges Its OpenAI Bet, AI Clones Are Here

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The Solar... more

12 Apr 2024 · 1 hour,
Anthropic's Co-Founder on AI Agents, General Intelligence, and Sentience — With Jack Clark

Jack Clark is the co-founder of Anthropic and author of Import AI. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a mega... more

10 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Why Crypto’s Thriving Post-SBF, Sports Betting Crisis Deepens, Jon Stewart vs. AI

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news, with special guest Zeke Faux... more

05 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Why Marissa Mayer Is Betting Big On Consumer Tech

Marissa Mayer is the CEO and co-founder of Sunshine, the former CEO of Yahoo, and a longtime Google executive. She... more

03 Apr 2024 · 50 minutes
SBF Sentenced, OpenAI’s $100 Billion Supercomputer, Neuralink’s Potential

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We... more

29 Mar 2024 · 1 hour,
The Yahoo Episode — With Jim Lanzone

Jim Lanzone is the CEO of Yahoo. He joins Big Technology Podcast for the long awaited Yahoo Episode, a deep... more

27 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
OpenAI's GPT-5 Looms, Apple's Antitrust Problem, Sports Betting's Big Scandal

The Information's Jessica Lessin and CNBC's Steve Kovach join us for a star studded Friday episode breaking down the week's... more

22 Mar 2024 · 57 minutes
Predicting AI’s Next Advances — With Suhail Doshi

Suhail Doshi is the CEO and founder of Playground, an AI image generation and editing software company. Doshi joins Big... more

20 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Is AI Slowing Down?, Trouble at Tesla, Kate Middleton’s Bad At Photoshop

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) AI sales... more

15 Mar 2024 · 59 minutes
TikTok Sale Or Ban Moves Forward In U.S. — With Mike Solana

Mike Solana is the chief marketing officer at Founders Fund and editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires. He joins Big Technology Podcast... more

13 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
OpenAI’s Turmoil Rolls On, Apple Under Siege, Bitcoin Hits $70,000

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's leadership... more

08 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Flexport's CEO on Amazon & Shopify, Red Sea Shipping Problems, and Inflation — With Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

06 Mar 2024 · 53 minutes
Elon Sues OpenAI, Should Sundar Stay?, RIP Apple Car

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Elon Musk... more

01 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
NVIDIA's AI Moat & Origins — With Bryan Catanzaro

Bryan Catanzaro is NVIDIA's VP of applied deep learning research. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss why NVIDIA is... more

28 Feb 2024 · 47 minutes
Secrets of NVIDIA's Surge, Google Gemini's Image Generation Disaster, Reddit IPO

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) NVIDIA's stock... more

23 Feb 2024 · 1 hour,
Foursquare's Founder on Making the Internet Fun Again + His New App — With Dennis Crowley

Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of Foursquare. He joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about what made the internet fun,... more

21 Feb 2024 · 51 minutes
OpenAI's New Video Generation Model, Zuck Returns Fire, Tesla's Fatal Crash

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's new... more

16 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Perplexity’s CEO on Its Plan to Displace Google Search With AI Answers — With Aravind Srinivas

Aravind Srinivas is the CEO of Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine that answers queries with a few paragraphs in natural... more

14 Feb 2024 · 36 minutes
Building One: How Cameron Adams Built Canva

Introducing Building One, a new show from LinkedIn chief product officer Tomer Cohen. Canva co-founder and chief product officer Cameron... more

12 Feb 2024 · 41 minutes
Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion Fundraise, Google Gemini Catches OpenAI, The Return To Office Ploy

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Sam Altman... more

09 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Apple Mega-Episode W/ Daring Fireball's John Gruber: AI, Vision Pro, China, App Store & More

John Gruber is the author of Daring Fireball. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a mega episode on the state... more

07 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Hands-On With the Vision Pro, Big Tech's Back in Washington, Elon Musk’s $55 Billion Payday — With Joanna Stern

Joanna Stern from the Wall Street Journal joins us to talk about her hands-on experience with the Vision Pro. We... more

02 Feb 2024 · 53 minutes
Robinhood's CEO On Dumb Money, Day Trading, and Retirement — With Vlad Tenev

Vlad Tenev is the CEO and co-founder of Robinhood. He joins Big Technology Podcast to share what's happened to meme... more

31 Jan 2024 · 57 minutes
The Taylor Swift Deepfake Problem, Tech All Time Highs + Layoffs, Quitting Amazon Prime

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Why nude... more

26 Jan 2024 · 56 minutes
Why Meta Wants To Build Artificial General Intelligence — With Joelle Pineau

Joelle Pineau is the head of Meta's AI Research division. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's recent... more

24 Jan 2024 · 48 minutes
Microsoft & OpenAI Visit Davos, Is The Vision Pro Dead On Arrival, Google Makes More Cuts

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Satya Nadella... more

19 Jan 2024 · 49 minutes
Would a World Without Algorithms Be Better? — With Kyle Chayka

Kyle Chayka is a New Yorker staff writer and author of FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Chayka joins Big Technology... more

17 Jan 2024 · 47 minutes
Bill Ackman’s Crusade, A Rabbit Wins CES, Apple Boosts Meta

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Bill Ackman’s... more

12 Jan 2024 · 49 minutes
Will AI Really Take Our Jobs? And If So, Then What? — With Albert Wenger

Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, and author of The World After Capital. He joins Big Technology... more

10 Jan 2024 · 37 minutes
Generative AI Might Just A Be Feature, Crypto is Back, Substack’s Nazi Problem

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Whether generative... more

05 Jan 2024 · 55 minutes
Signal’s President on AI, Advertising, and Running a Popular Messaging App — With Meredith Whittaker

Meredith Whittaker is the President of Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute. She joins Big Technology Podcast... more

03 Jan 2024 · 39 minutes
New York Times Sues OpenAI, Apple Watch Ban's Implications, Snapchat Rising On AI Success

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The New... more

29 Dec 2023 · 48 minutes
Palantir and Clearview Are Turning Ukraine’s War Into an R&D Lab — With Vera Bergengruen

Vera Bergengruen is a senior correspondent at Time. She joins Big Technology Podcast after a recent trip to Ukraine, where... more

27 Dec 2023 · 39 minutes
2023 In Review, 2024 Predictions — With Casey Newton

Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork. He joins Big Technology Podcast for our annual... more

22 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Is Generative AI Killing Creativity Or Enhancing It? — With Scott Belsky

Scott Belsky is the chief strategy officer and executive vice president of design and emerging products at Adobe. He joins... more

20 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
AI Scandals Rock Newsrooms, Uber’s Road to Profitability, NVIDIA’s Underappreciated Weakness

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Alex’s meeting... more

15 Dec 2023 · 49 minutes
Intel's CEO Shares His Plan To Win The AI Chip War — With Pat Gelsinger

Pat Gelsinger is the CEO of Intel. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how the AI chip war is... more

13 Dec 2023 · 28 minutes
2024's Big Ideas — With Jessi Hempl and Hello Monday

Jessi Hempel is the host of Hello Monday and a senior editor at large at LinkedIn. Today, we're running a... more

11 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
Google’s Deceptive Gemini Release, More Tech Layoffs, George Santos Saves Cameo

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Google releases... more

08 Dec 2023 · 35 minutes
Tech's Big November Rally, Apple's Path Forward, The State of Tesla — With Dan Ives

Dan Ives is the managing director and senior equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a... more

06 Dec 2023 · 38 minutes
ChatGPT Gets Lazy, Elon Musk Blasts Advertisers and Releases The Cybertruck, Jack Ma Returns

Louise Matsakis is a reporter at Semafor covering AI. She joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We... more

01 Dec 2023 · 50 minutes
Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War

Molly White, Ryan Broderick, and Deepa Seetharaman join Big Technology Podcast to dive deep into the Effective Altruism (EA) vs.... more

29 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
OpenAI's 'Worrying' Q-Star Breakthrough, Google's Culture Problem, Crypto After CZ & SBF

Malcolm Ethridge is the executive vice president at CIC Wealth a CNBC Contributor, and the host of the Tech Money... more

24 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI. Now What? — With Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to look forward at the AI field now... more

22 Nov 2023 · 32 minutes
Sam Altman To Microsoft, OpenAI In Flux — With Dan Primack

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the daily Axios Pro Rata newsletter. He joins Big... more

20 Nov 2023 · 30 minutes
What We Know About Sam Altman's Ouster, The Morning After

A quick solo podcast on what we know about OpenAI firing CEO Sam Altman with Big Technology host Alex Kantrowitz.... more

18 Nov 2023 · 23 minutes
Emergency Podcast: Sam Altman Fired At OpenAI

OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman today, a stunning move that will reshape the AI wars and open new avenues for... more

18 Nov 2023 · 24 minutes
Xi Visits San Francisco, Microsoft’s Big AI Event, Bin Laden on TikTok

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We... more

17 Nov 2023 · 48 minutes
Google's Search VP on Generative AI in Search, User Notes on Search Results, and SEOs — With Cathy Edwards

Cathy Edwards is the VP of Search at Google. Edwards joins Big Technology Podcast to break some news about Google's... more

15 Nov 2023 · 49 minutes
OpenAI's Big Week, The Pin Is Here, Cruise's Major Recall

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Technology Podcast... more

10 Nov 2023 · 51 minutes
The Secrets Of Ray Dalio and His Dot Collector Transparency Software — With Rob Copeland

Rob Copeland is the author of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend... more

08 Nov 2023 · 48 minutes
SBF Convicted, OpenAI Is Vulnerable, Ozempic Effect Gone Overboard

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) SBF's conviction 2)... more

03 Nov 2023 · 55 minutes
Waymo's Co-CEO on Its New Uber Partnership, Safety, and Driverless Trucking — With Tekedra Mawakana

Tekedra Mawakana is the Co-CEO at Waymo. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's new partnership with Uber,... more

01 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
Why Google Never Shipped Its ChatGPT Predecessor — With Gaurav Nemade

Gaurav Nemade was the founding product manager on LaMDA, Google's ChatGPT predecessor that never shipped. He explains why the product... more

30 Oct 2023 · 50 minutes
Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Earnings, Cruise Pauses Operations, Zuck vs. Sam Altman

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Ranjan's Taylor Swift... more

27 Oct 2023 · 59 minutes
New Release at Big Technology, AI Bubble Looms, Apple's Next Event — With Brian McCullough

Brian McCullough is the host of Techmeme Ride Home and general partner of the Ride Home Fund. He joins Big... more

25 Oct 2023 · 56 minutes
Apple's Problem With Jon Stewart, Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimism, Middle East Misinformation

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) A quick... more

20 Oct 2023 · 1 hour,
SBF's Last Stand — With Molly White

Molly White is a crypto researcher and critic. She joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the latest in the... more

18 Oct 2023 · 57 minutes
Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms, Live At The SBF Trial, OpenAI's New Values

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We... more

13 Oct 2023 · 55 minutes
Is The Federal Reserve Manufacturing a Financial Crisis? — With Christopher Leonard

Christopher Leonard is the author of The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy. Ranjan... more

11 Oct 2023 · 52 minutes
The Case Against SBF, Temu vs. Amazon, AI Therapy

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Plans to attend... more

06 Oct 2023 · 34 minutes
The Joy, Misery, and Fame Of An Extremely Online Life — With Taylor Lorenz

Taylor Lorenz is a technology columnist at the Washington Post and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame,... more

04 Oct 2023 · 44 minutes
Zuck's Lucid Metaverse Vision, X CEO Bombs an Interview, Ex-FTC Chair on the Amazon Case

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Meta Connect, and... more

29 Sep 2023 · 59 minutes
How Ad Dollars, And Some AI, Might Restore Our Shared Truth — With Vanessa Otero

Vanessa Otero is the CEO of Ad Fontes Media. The company rates publications based on their biases, and allows advertisers... more

27 Sep 2023 · 43 minutes
More on Airbnb, Jack Dorsey's Return to Square, Generative AI News Bonanza

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) An update on... more

22 Sep 2023 · 50 minutes
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Cleaning Fees, Apple vs. Amazon, Building Products, and New York

Brian Chesky is the CEO of Airbnb. He joins Big Technology Podcast for an in-depth discussion covering Airbnb's product, business,... more

20 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Tech IPOs Are Back, Google's In Court, Tom Brady's Working For Delta

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The return of... more

15 Sep 2023 · 47 minutes
A Dozen Grueling Years At Amazon — With Kristi Coulter

Kristi Coulter worked at Amazon for twelve years and is the author of the new book, Exit Interview: The Life... more

13 Sep 2023 · 59 minutes
Apple's China Problem, Its Tenuous Valuation, And The iPhone 15 — With Walter Piecyk

Walter Piecyk is a partner at LightShed Partners and GP at LightShed Ventures. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a special... more

08 Sep 2023 · 36 minutes
Google’s Weird Year + Neeva Goes to Snowflake — With Sridhar Ramaswamy

Sridhar Ramaswamy is the co-founder of Neeva, SVP at Snowflake and former SVP at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast... more

06 Sep 2023 · 51 minutes
Disney's Ten Year Low, Google's AI Attends Meetings For You, Metaverse Gets Legs

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Disney stock hitting... more

01 Sep 2023 · 45 minutes
The Path Toward AGI, According to Google's DeepMind — With Colin Murdoch

Colin Murdoch is the chief business officer at Google DeepMind. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about artificial... more

30 Aug 2023 · 34 minutes
ChatGPT As An Insult, NVIDIA's Moat, A New Musk Profile

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT used... more

25 Aug 2023 · 54 minutes
Betting on the Future of AI – WIth Sarah Guo

Sarah Guo is the founder of VC firm, Conviction, and co-host of the “No Priors” podcast. She joins Big Technology... more

23 Aug 2023 · 39 minutes
The Cage Match That Wasn’t, Trouble At Goldman Sachs, Social Algorithms Reality Check

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) How the... more

18 Aug 2023 · 49 minutes
Self-Driving's Breakout Moment — With Kyle Vogt

Kyle Vogt is the CEO of Cruise, a self-driving car operator owned mostly by General Motors. He joins Big Technology... more

16 Aug 2023 · 43 minutes
X's CEO Speaks, AI's Real Impact On Hollywood, The Streamflation Crisis — With Julia Boorstin

Julia Boorstin is a senior media and tech correspondent at CNBC and author of When Women Lead: What We Achieve,... more

11 Aug 2023 · 50 minutes
Lyft's New CEO Has a Plan To Compete — With David Risher

David Risher is Lyft's new CEO. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a frank discussion about his plan to put... more

09 Aug 2023 · 53 minutes
A New AI Investment Fund's Strategy and Opportunity — With Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough and Chris Messina are starting a new, $15 million fund for pre-seed through Series A investments in AI... more

07 Aug 2023 · 42 minutes
Self-Driving's Quiet Boom, Tech's New IPO Window, Worldcoin's Strange Debut — With Sarah Kunst

Sarah Kunst is the managing director at Cleo Capital. She joins Big Technology this week for a recap of the... more

04 Aug 2023 · 41 minutes
Amazon Reveals Its AI Master Plan — With Matt Wood

Matt Wood is the VP of product at Amazon Web Services. He joins Big Technology Podcast live at the AWS... more

02 Aug 2023 · 58 minutes
Snapchat's Business Trouble, Adobe's AI Worries, Are Aliens Real?

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back in New York for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover:... more

28 Jul 2023 · 48 minutes
The Professor Who Required His Students Use ChatGPT In Class — With Ethan Mollick

Ethan Mollick is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton business school and writes One Useful Thing on Substack.... more

26 Jul 2023 · 52 minutes
Meta's New AI Model, AppleGPT's Potential, Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber — With Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins us for a special Friday episode to break down a major... more

21 Jul 2023 · 58 minutes
The Declining Half-Life Of Social Media — With Eugene Wei

Eugene Wei is a tech analyst and product veteran, with time spent inside Meta, Amazon, and Hulu. He joins Big... more

19 Jul 2023 · 49 minutes
Zuck's New Mojo, Elon's New AI Company, Striking Actors' AI Fears

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The revitalization... more

14 Jul 2023 · 52 minutes
Is Threads The Next Twitter Or Clubhouse 2.0? — With Zach Coelius

Zach Coelius is the managing partner at Coelius Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about Threads' real... more

12 Jul 2023 · 59 minutes
The Threads Explosion — With Alex Heath

Alex Heath is a deputy editor at The Verge who's been reporting on Threads from the first row, including an... more

07 Jul 2023 · 40 minutes
Big Tech's Comeback And The Spillover to VCs and Startups — With Eliot Brown

Eliot Brown is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann,... more

05 Jul 2023 · 54 minutes
Amazon vs. Regulators vs. Walmart

Jason Del Rey is the author of Winner Sells All Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets. Matt Stoller... more

30 Jun 2023 · 52 minutes
My Experience On The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue

David Pogue is a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and host of the Unsung Science Podcast. In November 2022, he... more

28 Jun 2023 · 43 minutes
The Media and The Sub, Musk vs. Zuck, A Key TikTok Exec Exits

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The OceanGate Sub... more

23 Jun 2023 · 48 minutes
ServiceNow CEO On Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation — With Bill McDermott

Bill McDermott is the CEO of ServiceNow, a $113 billion, publicly-traded cloud computing platform that helps companies manage their operations.... more

21 Jun 2023 · 46 minutes
Reddit Revolts, Media Armageddon, AI Fakes In Politics — With Sara Fischer

Sara Fischer is the senior media reporter at Axios and media analyst at CNN. She joins Big Technology Podcast for our... more

16 Jun 2023 · 41 minutes
Will AI Save The World + Azure's Origins — With Bob Muglia

Bob Muglia is the former CEO of Snowflake, author of THE DATAPRENEURS: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building... more

14 Jun 2023 · 52 minutes
Apple's Future After The Vision Pro — With Mark Gurman

Mark Gurman is the chief correspondent at Bloomberg covering Apple. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for a special... more

09 Jun 2023 · 35 minutes
Alphabet X's CEO Has A Vision For AI Moonshots — With Astro Teller

Astro Teller is the CEO of X, Alphabet's moonshot division. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a taping in front... more

07 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Tech Consolidates Stock Market Growth, Lawyer Uses Hallucinating ChatGPT, XR Wars Heat Up

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Tech stocks... more

02 Jun 2023 · 50 minutes
TikTok's Uncertain Future, Twitter's 2024 Election Play, AI Regulation's Feasibility — With Ryan Mac and Bobby Allyn

Ryan Mac is a tech reporter at The New York Times, Bobby Allyn is a technology correspondent at NPR. The... more

31 May 2023 · 57 minutes
NVIDIA Takes Off, Temu + Shein Deep Dive

John Herrman is a contributing editor at New York Magazine. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz to break down... more

27 May 2023 · 55 minutes
Google's Bard Director On His Vision For The Bot — With Jack Krawczyk

Jack Krawczyk is the director of Bard at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his vision for the... more

24 May 2023 · 32 minutes
Apple's XR Misadventure, An Emerging AI Bubble, Elon vs. Bezos

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Apple's mixed... more

19 May 2023 · 49 minutes
He Helped Train ChatGPT. It Was Traumatizing. – With Richard Mathenge

Richard Mathenge was part of a team of contractors in Nairobi, Kenya who trained OpenAI's GPT models. He did so... more

17 May 2023 · 47 minutes
Twitter's New CEO, Streaming Wars Are Over, Traffic's Lessons

Ben Smith is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. He's also... more

12 May 2023 · 42 minutes
Modern Space Race + State of Elon Musk — With Ashlee Vance

Ashlee Vance is the author of When The Heavens Went On Sale, a new book about the modern day space... more

09 May 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
OpenAI's Business Model Problem, Apple's Mixed Reality Vision, Ed Sheeran's Copyright Win — Techmeme Ride Home Crossover

Brian McCullough of the Techmeme Ride Home Podcast joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show.... more

05 May 2023 · 58 minutes
Is Social Media Doomed To Die? — With Ellis Hamburger

Ellis Hamburger is Snap's ex-head of marketing strategy, where he spent seven years before moving to The Browser Company. He... more

03 May 2023 · 57 minutes
Bluesky Takes Off, Big Tech Earnings Blowout, Do We Want Human Writers

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The rise... more

28 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
What Exactly Is The Market Telling Tech To Do? — With Josh Brown

Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and the host of the Compound and Friends podcast. Brown joins... more

26 Apr 2023 · 57 minutes
State Of The AI Wars, Google's Counterpunch, Elon's 4/20

Nico Grant of The New York Times joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We... more

21 Apr 2023 · 1 hour,
The Taiwan Semiconductor Dilemma — With Congressman Ro Khanna

Congressman Ro Khanna represents California's 17th congressional district. He joins Big Technology Podcast fresh off a visit to Taiwan, where... more

19 Apr 2023 · 37 minutes
The Economy is Fine?, VC Funding Declines, Non-Negotiable Expectations

Square co-founder and Invisibly founder Jim McKelvey joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We... more

14 Apr 2023 · 1 hour,
Was The Sharing Economy Way Overblown? — With Emil Michael

Emil Michael is the former chief business officer of Uber and the current chairman and CEO of DPCM Capital. Michael... more

12 Apr 2023 · 50 minutes
The Internet's Impact On Productivity, Meta's AI Plan, RIP Big Tech Perks

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Whether the... more

07 Apr 2023 · 58 minutes
Two VCs On AI’s Possibilities — With Joe Marchese and Michael Mignano

Michael Mignano is a partner at Lightspeed VC. Joe Marchese is a general and build partner at Human Ventures. The... more

05 Apr 2023 · 43 minutes
RIP Blue Checks, The Open Letter To Stop AI, Startup Funding After SVB

Erin Griffith is a reporter at the New York Times. She joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's... more

31 Mar 2023 · 54 minutes
Palmer Luckey's Ambitions For The Metaverse And AI Warfare — With Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus VR and the founder of Anduril, a military technology company. Luckey joins Big... more

29 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
SEC Comes For Coinbase, Hindenberg Comes For Block, Congress Comes For TikTok

Eric Newcomer is the founder and author of Newcomer. Louise Matsakis is the tech and China reporter for Semafor. Both... more

24 Mar 2023 · 49 minutes
Instagram’s Founder On Why All Social Media Looks The Same — With Kevin Systrom

Kevin Systrom is the co-founder of Instagram and co-founder of Artifact, a news app that uses AI to determine your... more

22 Mar 2023 · 56 minutes
SVB Reexamined, GPT-4's Potential, TikTok's Potential Ban

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) SVB's depositors'... more

17 Mar 2023 · 54 minutes
The Fallout from Silicon Valley Bank's Failure — With Om Malik and Chris Tolles

Om Malik is a partner emeritus at True Ventures and a former tech journalist. Chris Tolles is a Silicon Valley... more

15 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Silicon Valley Bank Collapses — With Dan Primack and Ranjan Roy

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for a special edition of... more

10 Mar 2023 · 40 minutes
Amazon's Ad Business Soars + AI APIs — With Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans is a star tech analyst who’s spent years at Andreessen Horowitz and is now independent. Evans joins Big... more

08 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Salesforce Tumult, The ChatGPT API, Tinder Robberies

The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Dotan joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover:... more

03 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
The Social Media Era Of News Is Over — With Ben Smith

Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the... more

01 Mar 2023 · 55 minutes
Paying For Social, RIP IPOs & Voice Computing, Four Day Work Weeks

The Information's Sr. Reporter Cory Weinberg joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1)... more

24 Feb 2023 · 50 minutes
An AI Chatbot Debate — With Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus

Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gary Marcus is an academic, author,... more

22 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Bing Breaks Bad, Metaverse Fades, Tesla's Self-Driving Recall

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's... more

17 Feb 2023 · 53 minutes
Can Technology Solve Our Climate Crisis — With David Friedberg

David Friedberg is a co-host of the All-In Podcast and the founder and CEO of The Production Board, a holding... more

15 Feb 2023 · 57 minutes
Google and Microsoft's Chatbot War, How AI Changes Hollywood, Disney In Crisis

The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We... more

10 Feb 2023 · 55 minutes
Was The Creator Economy Way Overblown? — With Kaya Yurieff and Joe Caporoso

Kaya Yurieff is a reporter at The Information covering the Creator Economy. Joe Caporoso is the President of Team Whistle... more

08 Feb 2023 · 45 minutes
Disinflation Begins, Snap's Cultural Roadblocks, Meta's 'Year Of Efficiency'

Ex-Snap and Instagram executive Meghana Dhar joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover... more

03 Feb 2023 · 52 minutes
What's Next For CNN — With Brian Stelter

Brian Stelter was the host of CNN's Reliable Sources until the network canceled it last summer. Stelter joins Big Technology... more

01 Feb 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
BuzzFeed Employs AI, Tesla Stock Goes Wild, Salesforce Is Challenged

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) BuzzFeed creating... more

27 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Is ChatGPT A Step Toward Human-Level AI? — With Yann LeCun

Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta, a professor of computer science at NYU, and a pioneer of... more

25 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Google Layoffs, Netflix Shakeup, and Davos Recap

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Google Layoffs... more

20 Jan 2023 · 55 minutes
Amazon's Identity Crisis — With Todd Bishop

Todd Bishop is the co-founder of Geekwire, a tech news site based in Seattle. Bishop joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

18 Jan 2023 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
New Era Of Tech Accountability? + The Impending AI Ethics War

Ranjan Roy of Margins joins us for another Big Technology Podcast: Friday Edition covering the week's news. This week, we... more

13 Jan 2023 · 49 minutes
Crypto After FTX — With Kate Rooney

Kate Rooney is a star reporter at CNBC who covers crypto. She's reported deeply on crypto exchange FTX's collapse and... more

11 Jan 2023 · 57 minutes
The Fed's PR Blitz + SBF And The Media — With Ranjan Roy

Ranjan Roy of Margins joins Big Technology Podcast for a new Friday series that will recap the week's business and... more

10 Jan 2023 · 44 minutes
Tech’s Frothy Days Are Over. Now What? — With Eliot Brown

Eliot Brown is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We. Brown joins us... more

04 Jan 2023 · 55 minutes
Is It Worth Switching To Encrypted Email And Messaging? — With Andy Yen

Andy Yen is the CEO of Proton, the maker of encrypted email service ProtonMail. He joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

28 Dec 2022 · 57 minutes
2022 In Review, 2023 Predictions — With Casey Newton

Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork. He joins Big Technology Podcast to keep up... more

21 Dec 2022 · 51 minutes
Does It Get Even Worse for Tech in 2023? — With Stephanie Link

Stephanie Link is the chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. She is also a senior CNBC contributor.... more

14 Dec 2022 · 44 minutes
How ChatGPT Changes Tech + The End of Remote Work? — With Aaron Levie

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to weigh in on all the big tech... more

07 Dec 2022 · 54 minutes
Actually, The Metaverse Is An Enterprise Thing — With Peggy Johnson

Peggy Johnson is the CEO of Magic Leap. The company makes augmented reality technology and is now focused entirely on... more

30 Nov 2022 · 59 minutes
Is A Healing Supply Chain Fixing Our Economy? — With Ryan Petersen

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

23 Nov 2022 · 54 minutes
Venture Capital's FTX Mistake, Elon's Twitter Plan, Investing in Labor Tech— With Roy Bahat

Roy Bahat is the head of Bloomberg Beta, a venture capital firm that invests in companies building the future of... more

16 Nov 2022 · 52 minutes
How YouTube Shorts Picks Winners — With Todd Sherman

Todd Sherman is the product lead for YouTube Shorts. He's also a former group product manager at Twitter and Snap.... more

09 Nov 2022 · 51 minutes
The U.S. And Tech After The Midterms — With Marshall Kosloff and Saagar Enjeti

Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff host The Realignment, a terrific podcast about politics and policy. They join Big Technology Podcast... more

06 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Out At Twitter — With Simon Balmain

Simon Balmain was laid off by Twitter today. A former Twitter senior community manager, Balmain takes us through the last... more

04 Nov 2022 · 35 minutes
Merits Of Metaverse + Big Tech Wipeout — With Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson is president and portfolio manager at EMJ Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Big Tech's terrible... more

02 Nov 2022 · 56 minutes
How Figma Caught Adobe By Surprise — With Carmel DeAmicis

Carmel DeAmicis was the 20th employee at Figma, a startup that Adobe just acquired for $20 billion. A former journalist... more

26 Oct 2022 · 1 hour,
What Is Consciousness And Can Machines Achieve It — With Anil Seth

Anil Seth is a professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex and author of Being You. He... more

19 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Will The Fed Blink And Save Tech — With Ranjan Roy

Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast for... more

12 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Inside Facebook's Plan To Fend Off TikTok — With Tom Alison

Tom Alison is the head of the Facebook app at Meta. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion about... more

05 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
Meta's Stock Decline, TikTok's Power, and Funding Transparency — With Frances Haugen

Frances Haugen is an ex-Facebook employee who shared thousands of internal documents with journalists in 2021 that revealed much about... more

03 Oct 2022 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Meet The Man Who Runs Google Search — With Prabhakar Raghavan

Prabhakar Raghavan is the Google senior vice president who oversees Search, Maps, Ads, Commerce, Payments, and Google Assistant. He joins Big... more

28 Sep 2022 · 49 minutes
The Rise And Fall Of Facebook's Big Transparency Acquisition — With Brandon Silverman

Brandon Silverman is the founder of Crowdtangle, which Meta (then Facebook) acquired in 2016. Crowdtangle was once the most useful tool... more

21 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Elon Goes To Delaware — With The Chancery Daily

The Chancery Daily is an independent, daily newsletter that covers the Delaware Court of Chancery, the place where Twitter is... more

14 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Is AI Dangerously Overhyped? — With Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus is the author of Rebooting AI and an artificial intelligence entrepreneur who's a loud critic of many of... more

07 Sep 2022 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
YouTube's Uneasy World Domination — With Mark Bergen

Mark Bergen is a Bloomberg reporter and author of Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination. The... more

31 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Kevin Kelly's Life Lessons — With Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and a longtime tech writer who's covered technology for decades. Kelly... more

24 Aug 2022 · 43 minutes
This Is Your Brain On iPhone — With Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University's School of Medicine and chief of its Addiction Medicine... more

17 Aug 2022 · 56 minutes
What Social Media Influence Really Gets You — With Nuseir Yassin

Nuseir Yassin is the force behind Nas Daily — and CEO of Nas Company — which more than 50 million people... more

10 Aug 2022 · 43 minutes
Meta's Awkward Pivot, Crypto's Future, Amazon's Challenge — Crossover With Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home is a top-rated tech news podcast and its host, Brian McCullough, joins us for a crossover episode... more

06 Aug 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Okay, Maybe Social Media Isn't That Bad For Us — With Brendan Nyhan

Brendan Nyhan is a presidential professor at Dartmouth College's department of government. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion... more

03 Aug 2022 · 52 minutes
Meet The Ex-Google Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient — With Blake Lemoine

Blake Lemoine is an ex-senior software engineer at Google who was fired right before he taped this episode of Big... more

27 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Is Social Media Making Our Society Stupid? — With Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is a professor of ethical leadership NYU's Stern School of Business and author of a number of books,... more

20 Jul 2022 · 1 hour,
What Happens To Twitter After All This? — With Three Ex-Twitter Employees and Two Reporters

Three former Twitter employees (Jenna Golden, Brandon Borrman, Leslie Miley) and CNBC media & tech reporter Alex Sherman join Big... more

13 Jul 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
How Twitter, Instagram, and Planet Build Products — With Kevin Weil

Kevin Weil is the ex-head of product at Twitter and Instagram. He's currently the president of business and product at... more

06 Jul 2022 · 54 minutes
The Ethics Of Fintech — With Dan Dolev

Dan Dolev is managing director and senior analyst at Mizuho, where he covers fintech companies Robinhood, SoFi, Affirm, Block, and... more

29 Jun 2022 · 57 minutes
Anatomy Of A Market Meltdown — With Joe Weisenthal

Joe Weisenthal is co-host of Odd Lots and an editor at Bloomberg. He joins Big Technology Podcast to make sense... more

22 Jun 2022 · 53 minutes
Which Startups (And VCs) Survive a Bear Market — With Nina Achadjian

Nina Achadjian is a partner at Index Ventures. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how large declines in public... more

15 Jun 2022 · 48 minutes
Meta Exit Interview — With Mike Schroepfer

Mike Schroepfer is Meta's former chief technology officer and currently a senior fellow at the company. He joins Big Technology... more

08 Jun 2022 · 57 minutes
Wait, The Robots Didn't Take Our Jobs? — With Erik Brynjolfsson

Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab and professor at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.... more

02 Jun 2022 · 36 minutes
Can The Media Fix Its Trust Problem? — With Nicholas Thompson

Nicholas Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic and former editor-in-chief of Wired. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a... more

31 May 2022 · 57 minutes
Why Elites Are Losing Trust — With Vivian Schiller

Vivian Schiller is the executive director of Aspen Digital, former head of news at Twitter, and former CEO of NPR.... more

27 May 2022 · 55 minutes
Do We Need Web3? — With Gavin Wood

Gavin Wood is the co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Polkadot. He joins Big Technology Podcast from Davos for a... more

25 May 2022 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Do We Need The Metaverse? — With Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg is the president for global affairs at Meta and former deputy prime minister of the UK. He joins... more

24 May 2022 · 50 minutes
Optimism In A Tech Downturn — With Packy McCormick and Austin Rief

Austin Rief is the CEO of Morning Brew. Packy McCormick is the author of Not Boring on Substack and founder... more

18 May 2022 · 57 minutes
A Debate About NFTs — With Jason Stein

Jason Stein is the founder and managing partner at SC Holdings, a private equity and strategic advisory firm based in... more

11 May 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Was Tim Cook The Right Choice For Apple? — With Tripp Mickle

Tripp Mickle is a reporter for The New York Times and author of After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar... more

07 May 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Tech Stock Armageddon — With Rich Greenfield

Rich Greenfield is a founding partner at LightShed Partners, and a preeminent analyst in the tech and media world. He joins... more

04 May 2022 · 56 minutes
Elon's Plan to Fix Twitter — With Alex Roetter

Alex Roetter ran engineering at Twitter from 2014 to 2016 and is currently a general partner at Moxxie Ventures. He... more

27 Apr 2022 · 54 minutes
What The Heck Happened To SPACs — With Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer-prize-winning reporter and the author of Smarter Faster Better and The Power of Habit. He joins... more

20 Apr 2022 · 49 minutes
Emergency Podcast: Elon Musk Offers To Buy Twitter — With Ranjan Roy

Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

14 Apr 2022 · 36 minutes
God, 'The Current Thing,' And Apple — With Antonio Garcia Martinez

Antonio Garcia Martinez is an early Facebook employee, author of Chaos Monkeys, former Apple engineer, and writes the Pull Request... more

13 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
Twitter's Elon Musk Era Begins — With Christopher Mims

Christopher Mims is a tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Elon Musk's... more

06 Apr 2022 · 49 minutes
Can Apple's Culture Handle Dissent? — With Cher Scarlett

Cher Scarlett is an ex-Apple engineer who led a movement for pay transparency within the company — and suffered consequences.... more

30 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Of Oligarchs and Billionaires — With Teddy Schleifer

Teddy Schleifer covers billionaires as a reporter and founding partner at Puck. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the... more

23 Mar 2022 · 57 minutes
How Apple Upended Digital Advertising — With Orchid Bertelsen and David Herrmann

Orchid Bertelsen and David Herrmann are two senior advertising professionals who’ve watched Apple’s anti-tracking changes upend the digital ad industry... more

16 Mar 2022 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Russia and The Information War — With Miriam Elder

Miriam Elder is the executive editor at Vanity Fair Hive and former Moscow correspondent at The Guardian. She joins Big... more

09 Mar 2022 · 56 minutes
What's Next For Our Crazy Economy — With Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey

Jim McKelvey is the co-founder of Square, chair of the St. Louis Fed, and founder of Invisibly. He joins Big... more

02 Mar 2022 · 47 minutes
Doing Business With Zuckerberg and Bezos — With Donald Graham

Don Graham is the former owner of the Washington Post. He's spent countless hours working with Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff... more

23 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Programming The Code of Life With CRISPR — With Trevor Martin, CEO of Mammoth Biosciences

Trevor Martin is the CEO and co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences, a $1 billion company that develops CRISPR technology to edit... more

16 Feb 2022 · 57 minutes
Crypto Scams, Big Tech Tumult, and Tech Optimism— With Kara Swisher

Kara Swisher is the co-founder of Recode, a New York Times columnist, the co-host of Pivot, and the host of... more

11 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Meta's Stock Plunge + Market Volatility — With Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management

Josh Brown is the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management and a regular CNBC contributor. Brown joins Big Technology Podcast to... more

09 Feb 2022 · 52 minutes
Digital Publishing’s Next Evolution — With Brian Morrissey

Brian Morrissey writes The Rebooting on Substack and hosts The Rebooting Show, a podcast. He is the former editor-in-chief of... more

02 Feb 2022 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
How Tech Can Actually Help Mental Health — With Ex-National Institute of Mental Health director Dr. Tom Insel

Dr. Tom Insel led the National Institue of Mental Health for 13 years, departing toward the end of the Obama... more

26 Jan 2022 · 57 minutes
The Rise Of Conservative Social Media — With The New Yorker's Clare Malone and Stanford's David Thiel

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Senator Mark Warner takes us inside the battle to regulate Big Tech. Elected in 2008 and serving his third term in the... more