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.
Recent episodes
Netflix Angst, The End of the Internet, Q&A on Meta’s VR Glasses, Anthropic Alignment, You Can See Everything
Oct 23, 20261h 38m
(Preview) Apple Enters the Uncanny Valley, The SpaceX Play for Cellular, Q&A on The Ringer, Smartphones, AI Parenting
Oct 15, 202623 min
(Preview) Two Paths for Apple and Its Users, More on Amazon and Advertising, OpenAI and 722 Mathematical Manuscripts
Oct 9, 202630 min
(Preview) All About Agents: Dots Arrive, Google and Apple Questions, Muse Follow-Ups, Super Intelligence, and the Mandate of Heaven
Oct 2, 202622 min
(Preview) Three Weeks of Meta Momentum, The Ultimate Muse Upside, A King Kong vs. Godzilla Aggregator War
Sep 25, 202626 min
(Preview) Doom Debates Go Mainstream, AI Religion and the Economic Future, Several Vectors of the China Question
Sep 18, 202633 min
(Preview) Astra (and AGI?) Arrives, Meta’s Muse and the Agent Opportunity, Anthropic and the Revival of (P)Doom Angst
Sep 10, 202624 min
(Preview) Fable 5.1 and Anthropic’s Data Retention Pivot, AI Civilizations and Related Matters, Q&A on Meta, Shopify, 3-D Printing
Sep 3, 202625 min
(Preview) Meta’s New Restrictions for Teens, Nvidia’s Open Source Investments, Q&A on Netflix, Druckenmiller, Parameters and Performance
Aug 28, 202622 min
(Preview) The App Store in the Shadow of AI, Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity, Q&A on Financial Planning, AI Writing, American Sports
Aug 21, 202620 min
(Preview) Nvidia’s Answer to Capital Constraints, Google’s Attrition and Direction, Q&A on AI Writing, Vision Pro, Vibe Coding
Aug 14, 202626 min
(Preview) Microsoft’s Plan for Platform Survival, Meta and the Market’s Permission, A Lack of Situational Awareness
Aug 6, 202628 min
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