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Down Round Q&A: Your Boneheaded Questions, Answered

It's been a while since we've done of these. We answer your burning questions on topics including but not limited to:
Jony Ive's partnership with OpenAI
Apple after Tim Cook
Atlassian and Immutable, two Australian unicorns
Ranking the Magnificent 7 tech stocks by aura/swag

It's been a while since we've done of these. We answer your burning questions on topics including but not limited to:
<ul>
<li>Jony Ive's partnership with OpenAI</li>
<li>Apple after Tim Cook</li>
<li>Atlassian and Immutable, two Australian unicorns</li>
<li>Ranking the Magnificent 7 tech stocks by aura/swag</li>
</ul>

It's Q&A Time Pt. 1

We've been saying for a little while that Google has caught up in AI, and is now trying to deploy the full force of its product range and scale to the problem of achieving domination. Dunno if they're there yet, but the I/O conference shows that they're still got a few tricks up their sleeve.

In this ep, we go into what they announced, including some interesting movements on our recent chats about search and the monetisation of AI.

We've been saying for a little while that Google has caught up in AI, and is now trying to deploy the full force of its product range and scale to the problem of achieving domination. Dunno if they're there yet, but the I/O conference shows that they're still got a few tricks up their sleeve.
In this ep, we go into what they announced, including some interesting movements on our recent chats about search and the monetisation of AI.

Google's Little Victory Lap

Airbnb is in a mid-life crisis. Founder Brian Chesky is undergoing one of his routine meltdowns where he suddenly decides that the short-stay rental platform should actually be a ticket-clipping mediator of literally all human experience.

The platform has been redesigned and relaunched, with both 'services' and 'experiences' living in separate tabs and hoping to tempt you to open the app more than once or twice a year. A tall order indeed. We discuss.

 

Airbnb is in a <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/airbnb-is-in-midlife-crisis-mode-reinvention-app-services/">mid-life crisis</a>. Founder Brian Chesky is undergoing one of his routine meltdowns where he suddenly decides that the short-stay rental platform should actually be a ticket-clipping mediator of literally all human experience.
The platform has been redesigned and relaunched, with both 'services' and 'experiences' living in separate tabs and hoping to tempt you to open the app more than once or twice a year. A tall order indeed. We discuss.
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