Big Technology Podcast
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 442
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Robinhood's CEO On Dumb Money, Day Trading, and Retirement — With Vlad Tenev
Vlad Tenev is the CEO and co-founder of Robinhood. He joins Big Technology Podcast to share what's happened to meme stock traders after the meme stocks. We talk about how the company's 23 million mem…
00:57:57 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
The Taylor Swift Deepfake Problem, Tech All Time Highs + Layoffs, Quitting Amazon Prime
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Why nude Taylor Swift deepfakes could be a problem for generative AI 2) Whether the technology slows due…
00:56:58 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Why Meta Wants To Build Artificial General Intelligence — With Joelle Pineau
Joelle Pineau is the head of Meta's AI Research division. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's recent proclamation that it intends to build Artificial General Intelligence, diggi…
00:48:08 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Microsoft & OpenAI Visit Davos, Is The Vision Pro Dead On Arrival, Google Makes More Cuts
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Satya Nadella on the state of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI 2) Satya Nadella on OpenAI’s governanc…
00:49:15 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Would a World Without Algorithms Be Better? — With Kyle Chayka
Kyle Chayka is a New Yorker staff writer and author of FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Chayka joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about his book — which debuts this week — and dig int…
00:47:33 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Bill Ackman’s Crusade, A Rabbit Wins CES, Apple Boosts Meta
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Bill Ackman’s crusade against Harvard & Business Insider 2) Why you shouldn’t plagarize 3) Was Ackman’s …
00:49:16 |
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Will AI Really Take Our Jobs? And If So, Then What? — With Albert Wenger
Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, and author of The World After Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a frank conversation about whether AI will lead to job loss and what to…
00:37:00 |
Wed 10 Jan 2024
Generative AI Might Just A Be Feature, Crypto is Back, Substack’s Nazi Problem
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Whether generative AI is a feature or the underlying tech of new powerful applications 2) Robin AI's rec…
00:55:34 |
Fri 05 Jan 2024
Signal’s President on AI, Advertising, and Running a Popular Messaging App — With Meredith Whittaker
Meredith Whittaker is the President of Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute. She joins Big Technology Podcast for a lively discussion about the state of Google, whether AI is for real or …
00:39:30 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
New York Times Sues OpenAI, Apple Watch Ban's Implications, Snapchat Rising On AI Success
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The New York Times' Lawsuit against OpenAI 2) Whether the Times' case stands a chance 3) How the lawsuit…
00:48:27 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Palantir and Clearview Are Turning Ukraine’s War Into an R&D Lab — With Vera Bergengruen
Vera Bergengruen is a senior correspondent at Time. She joins Big Technology Podcast after a recent trip to Ukraine, where she reported on how Palantir and Clearview are putting their technology in t…
00:39:12 |
Wed 27 Dec 2023
2023 In Review, 2024 Predictions — With Casey Newton
Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork. He joins Big Technology Podcast for our annual look back and forward at the year that was and the year to come. In this episode, we …
00:49:41 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
Is Generative AI Killing Creativity Or Enhancing It? — With Scott Belsky
Scott Belsky is the chief strategy officer and executive vice president of design and emerging products at Adobe. He joins Big Technology Podcast to examine the impact of generative AI on creativity.…
00:49:18 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
AI Scandals Rock Newsrooms, Uber’s Road to Profitability, NVIDIA’s Underappreciated Weakness
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Alex’s meeting with Sam Altman 2) Publishers using AI to rip off other articles and getting caught 3) Th…
00:49:59 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Intel's CEO Shares His Plan To Win The AI Chip War — With Pat Gelsinger
Pat Gelsinger is the CEO of Intel. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how the AI chip war is playing out and why it's growing more competitive. In this episode, we break down the various comp…
00:28:49 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
2024's Big Ideas — With Jessi Hempl and Hello Monday
Jessi Hempel is the host of Hello Monday and a senior editor at large at LinkedIn. Today, we're running a crossover episode where we talk about the future of AI, self-driving cars, social media, and …
00:38:20 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Google’s Deceptive Gemini Release, More Tech Layoffs, George Santos Saves Cameo
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Google releases its Gemini large language model 2) Why Gemini is a win for Google 3) Google’s deceptive…
00:35:58 |
Fri 08 Dec 2023
Tech's Big November Rally, Apple's Path Forward, The State of Tesla — With Dan Ives
Dan Ives is the managing director and senior equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a broad discussion of the state of tech today. We cover: 1) Tech's Nove…
00:38:18 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
ChatGPT Gets Lazy, Elon Musk Blasts Advertisers and Releases The Cybertruck, Jack Ma Returns
Louise Matsakis is a reporter at Semafor covering AI. She joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT getting lazy 2) The commoditization of AI companies 3) Anthr…
00:50:22 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War
Molly White, Ryan Broderick, and Deepa Seetharaman join Big Technology Podcast to dive deep into the Effective Altruism (EA) vs. Effective Accelerationism (e/acc) debate in Silicon Valley that may ha…
00:49:40 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
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