

The Far-Flung Future of 2028
When one thinks of impossible futures, they often think of a luxurious, technological wonderland. An unimaginable utopia where humans live in perfect harmony, their every want and need being fulfilled through meteoric advances in artificial intelligence. A prosperous society of abundance and civili…

The Far-Flung Future of 2028
When one thinks of impossible futures, they often think of a luxurious, technological wonderland. An unimaginable utopia where humans live in perfect harmony, their every want and need being fulfilled through meteoric advances in artificial intelligence. A prosperous society of abundance and civili…

Squat and Cough
Hairline receding? Penis limp? Belly big? Ask your telehealth consultant about Down Round's 1-a-day chewable vitamins, prescribed exclusively through our beautifully designed custom app. Be the you you want to be! Live forever! Meet your great great grandchildren! Eat the bug and live in the pod, …

Down Round Q&A Pt.1
Some have argued that doing Q&A episodes is just a way of farming out the hard bits of doing a podcast to your audience. Not around these parts, buster.

Down Round Q&A Pt. 2 (PREMIUM)
You had more questions for us in the mailbag, and we had some answers.

Down Round Q&A Pt.1
Some have argued that doing Q&A episodes is just a way of farming out the hard bits of doing a podcast to your audience. Not around these parts, buster. If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to downround.net to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening P…

Capexplosion (PREMIUM)
The big story from this round of tech earnings is capital expenditure, namely on data centres and compute. Many hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent on AI infrastructure between the tech majors. In this ep we dive into it in more detail.

OpenAI vs Anthropic
Gossip episode alert. The OpenAI/Anthropic rivalry is boiling over. We sip on the most piping hot tea around OpenAI and Anthropic's ad spots at the Super Bowl and the growing animosity between the two giants.

OpenAI vs Anthropic
Gossip episode alert. The OpenAI/Anthropic rivalry is boiling over. We sip on the most piping hot tea around OpenAI and Anthropic's ad spots at the Super Bowl and the growing animosity between the two giants. If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to downro…

Elon + Moltbook + Google Genie 3
In this ep, we tackle the big issues you simply won't hear anywhere else: Elon Musk appearing in the latest Epstein files drop Is Moltbook something you should be freaking out about? Or is it just annoying? Google's Genie 3 world model Some general scuttlebutt about chips + a small victory lap from…