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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

Andrew Sharp and Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson dissecting platform strategy and market power across major technology companies through a business-first lens.

Why we picked this

We picked Sharp Tech because Ben Thompson treats technology strategy as an exercise in rigorous economic logic rather than daily news consumption. Instead of reacting to every product launch, the show connects structural shifts in hardware, capital markets, and regulation. Thompson brings analytical frameworks to audio, tracing how a single corporate maneuver ripples across global supply chains. The conversations demand patience with abstract business mechanics, but the reward is a coherent mental model of how the tech industry functions at scale.

TechnologyBusiness12 episodes on Steadcast · Latest Sep 2026

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