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2 months ago | ivoox.com | Byrne Hobart |Erik To |Erik Torenberg

This week, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss the major disruptions in tech and business driven by AI advancements, examining reactions to DeepSeek's announcements, stock impacts on companies like Nvidia, volatility in AI investments, Meta's Threads, Elon Musk’s influence on X, the role of tech in a politically charged landscape, and how governments could shape industrial strategies to support national champions.

Jan 23, 2025 | ivoox.com | Byrne Hobart |Erik To |Erik Torenberg

Descripción de E60: Trump Coin, US Industrial Policy, and TikTok Ban On this week's episode of The Riff, Erik Torenberg and Byrne Hobart explore the impact of technological change on markets, touching on meme investments, ESG, the rise of meme stocks and coins, Trump’s policies, China’s economic strategies, industrial policy debates, and how these factors could shape the future political and economic landscape.

Jan 18, 2025 | ivoox.com | Byrne Hobart |Erik To |Erik Torenberg

This week, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg explore the historical paradigms from agrarian to industrial eras and potential future growth, while also addressing challenges in adopting new technologies like AI, institutional constraints at companies like Meta, post-COVID loneliness, the Scandinavian economic model, China's deflation concerns, and structural issues within OpenAI, all through a mix of personal anecdotes and historical insights.

Nov 21, 2024 | ivoox.com | Byrne Hobart |Erik To |Erik Torenberg

This week, Erik and Byrne discuss the impact of technological change on markets, debate the feasibility of Argentine-style economic policies in the U.S., discuss government efficiency, payroll costs, and political dynamics, including the potential economic effects of a Trump administration and strategies of figures like Elon Musk and Sam Altman.

Oct 31, 2024 | ivoox.com | Byrne Hobart |Erik To |Erik Torenberg

Descripción de E52: How Tech Journalism Works w/ Patrick McKenzie In this special episode of The Riff, Erik Torenberg and Patrick McKenzie explore the evolving landscape of tech journalism, media narratives about the tech industry, and how the industry is increasingly telling its own story.