Kara and guest host Baratunde Thurston talk about TikTok's CEO Kevin Mayer stepping down amid tensions with the Trump administration. They also discuss Palantir, the controversial data-mining company filing to go public and using their S-1 to throw shade at the rest of Silicon Valley. In listener mail, we get a question about a new cable news program. Baratu ... Show More
Sep 15
AI Panic: Dario’s Warning, Trump’s Dismissal, and OpenAI’s IPO Delay
Kara and Scott unpack the recent AI panic, as Dario Amodei calls for a slowdown, Donald Trump dismisses concerns, and Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public this year. Then, they discuss Mark Carney’s push for closer ties with the EU, and why Canada and the U.S. may not be gettin ... Show More
58m 17s
Sep 11
Trump's 9/11 Fiction, a Major AI Warning, and Apple's Foldable iPhone
Scott Free August is officially over, and Scott is back! Kara and Scott run through the biggest news he missed in August before unpacking President Trump's shifting 9/11 story and a disturbing new AI warning. Then, Trump makes a $5,000 cash promise to voters, Apple unveils its fi ... Show More
1h 7m
Mar 2024
Tick Tock for TikTok? + Funders & Founders w/ Matt Turck & Florian Douetteau CEO of Dataiku | Okay, Computer.
CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa is BACK with Dan Nathan to discuss what has the Valley buzzing. TikTok might be forced to part ways with ByteDance, what does this mean for Teemu and Shein (2:00), Perplexity Set To Double Valuation to $1 Billion (10:30), will investors “sell the news” after N ... Show More
50m 27s
Apr 2025
Tariff Fears Weigh on Tech Plans, Trumps Signals TikTok Deal Close
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses why one of Wall Street’s most bearish Tesla analysts has further reduced estimates for the company’s earnings. Plus, Gil Luria, managing director of D.A. Davidson explains what levers Apple could use to cope with tariffs. And MikMak CEO Rachel ... Show More
22m 1s
Jan 2025
Tech Talk: AI Supremacy, TikTok’s Fate, and Crypto Decadence
Today, tech talk with an old friend of the pod, Kevin Roose of The New York Times, who is also host of the 'Hard Fork' podcast.
This is a show about everything. And it’s going to remain a show about everything because I’m a little bit interested in everything. But one cost of th ... Show More
1h 2m
Dec 2021
E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure
(0:00) Bestie Intro: Miami talk, gambling stories, Nancy Pelosi's retirement plans (12:30) Understanding the Omicron variant (24:49) Tech stocks plummet: why the selloff? (33:44) Inflation: here to stay? What's the 10-year outlook? (44:57) Anticipating a "Great Resignation" of su ... Show More
1h 18m
Mar 2025
Tech Rout Wipes Away $1.1T & Another ‘DeepSeek’ Moment?
Episode 536: Neal and Toby talk about the tech stock meltdown that results in one of the worst days for the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Then, Canada has elected a new prime minister, former banker Mark Carney, who promises to combat US tariffs. Also, another Chinese AI tool just dropped a ... Show More
27m 40s
Mar 2019
Mon. 03/11 - How TikTok Is Different
Nvidia buys Mellanox, Tesla reverses course, a handy primer on how TikTok is different, and we check in on the smart takes from last week’s big stories. Subscribe to the Premium, Ad-Free Podcast Feed! Sponsors: DataDogHQ.com/ridehome Tiny.website Links: Nvidia to Buy Mellanox for ... Show More
24m 28s