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Big Tech & AI
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EP46 · 2026-09-13
Big Tech & AI: Why the Tesla Roadster Still Matters
Why does Tesla still need the Roadster? This episode explores its history, halo effect, engineering value, delayed promise, and a less obvious role: preserving the pleasure of human control in an autonomous future.
EP44 · 2026-09-11
Big Tech & AI: Apple's Next Chapter — Years in the Making
Apple's foldable debut brings years of engineering and software work into view. This episode explores the value of familiar experiences, a new CEO's opportunity, and the unconfirmed products that could extend Apple's connected world.
EP38 · 2026-08-28
Starlink Special: How Phones Connect Directly to Satellites
How can an ordinary LTE phone connect to a satellite without a dish or special app? This episode follows a message through Starlink Direct to Cell and explains its space-based cell towers, phased-array antennas, Doppler correction, handoffs, laser links, carrier partnerships, and practical limits.
EP37 · 2026-08-26
Nvidia Earnings: Is the AI Boom Still Accelerating?
Nvidia's latest earnings show that AI infrastructure demand is still surging. This episode explains the technology and business model behind the numbers, then examines competition, power limits, customer concentration, China, and the test of profitable AI demand.
EP34 · 2026-08-22
Could SpaceX Buy Tesla?
A fact-based scenario analysis of SpaceX acquiring Tesla with stock, including exchange-ratio math, dilution, control premiums, strategic synergies, governance, voting control, and regulatory risk.
EP33 · 2026-08-21
Tesla FSD: Why the Last 1% Is So Hard
Tesla FSD can steer, change lanes, turn at intersections, and navigate city streets under active supervision. This episode explains why that can feel so close to full autonomy, why rare real-world situations are much harder than ordinary driving, how Tesla's camera-and-neural-network approach differs from Waymo's robotaxi strategy, and what still has to be proven before a driver can truly step away.
EP26 · 2026-08-13
SpaceX's Vision
SpaceX's latest employee update presented a company whose ambitions now stretch far beyond launching rockets. This episode connects Starship, Starlink, orbital AI computing, lunar industry, and Mars into one system—and separates the working businesses from the much harder long-term vision.
EP25 · 2026-08-11
Big Tech & AI: Tesla's Bet on Optimus
Tesla is converting car-factory space for Optimus, but a humanoid robot must do more than look impressive. This episode examines why the human form is attractive, which Tesla capabilities may transfer from cars to robots, and the reliability, safety, and economic tests that will determine whether Optimus becomes useful at scale.
EP20 · 2026-08-09
AI Trend: Inside Tesla and SpaceX's Terafab
Tesla and SpaceX want Terafab to connect custom AI chips on Earth with vehicles, robots, and possible orbital data centers. This in-depth episode separates the industrial strategy from the headline ambition and examines semiconductor yields, vertical integration, space cooling, launch economics, governance, and execution risk.
EP15 · 2026-08-05
SpaceX Earnings Report: Starlink and AI Compute
SpaceX’s first public quarterly results show strong Starlink cash flow and fast-growing AI compute revenue, but also enormous capital spending. This monologue explains why growth and investor caution can appear in the same report.
EP11 · 2026-08-02
AI Trend: Who Pays for the AI Boom?
A news-style monologue on the real cost of the AI boom, from data centers and chips to customers, consumers, power grids, and investor patience.
EP02 · 2026-07-31
Microsoft Earnings Report
A Big Tech & AI conversation about Microsoft earnings, AI capital spending, Azure monetization, and how Meta and Amazon compare.
EP01 · 2026-07-30