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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew

Episodes

Total: 235

On today's show Andrew and Ben begin by breaking down a favorable ruling for Anthropic in a

On today's show Ben and Andrew answer questions about the future of engineering jobs, the d

Ben and Andrew react to reports that in addition to adding Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, Meta’s n

As the dust settles after keynote season, Ben and Andrew answer mailbag questions and talk through

A variety of announcements at WWDC, and why Apple’s lack of jaw-dropping news or boundary pushing p

What’s gone wrong for Nike and why a deal with Amazon is likely the best way forward, the history o

Reactions to Sunday’s shocking reports out of Russia and why the virtues of a shipping container ma

Discussing Ben's Article on the future of the agentic web, including the virtues of the ad-supp

Ben and Andrew react to the news that OpenAI is acquiring Jony Ive's hardware startup for $6.5

The implications of last week’s announcements on AI investments from Saudi Arabia and the UAE (and

Reactions to a revamped app and the expanded ambitions of Airbnb, an excellent email about practica

Talking Platform Power and 15 years of App Store arguments, with topics including Ben's memorie

Ben's Daily Update on Friday and Apple's argument appealing the order in Epic v. Apple, the

A 360 degree look at Meta's AI efforts after Ben's sitdown with Mark Zuckerberg and Meta&#3

After last week's conversation about AI for companionship, Ben and Andrew answer emails about t

Talking through Ben's article on Apple and the Ghosts of Companies Past, including Apple's

Talking through the implications of memory capabilities for ChatGPT, the future of AI companionship

Tracing the history of Facebook to understand the challenges for the government in this month's

Andrew and Ben discuss another weekend of pivots, updates and clarifications to the Trump trade pol

Ben and Andrew return to discuss Liberation Day whiplash, Apple’s history in China and tech’s histo