That Was The Week
That Was The Week is an editorialized and curated weekly look at developments in tech, startups, and investing with a video and podcast for paid subscribers. All free subscribers get a 6-month complementary paid subscription.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 79
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
What are the Economics of an AI Native Internet?
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Who Owns the Front Door to AI?
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When Your AI Breaks Your Heart
This week’s headline: When Your AI Breaks Your Heart.
GPT-5 arrived “better” by every metric—yet users begged for GPT-4o back. It wasn’t about accuracy. It was about personality. People felt like they…
AI Native Software and Hardware is Here
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What I read in July
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The AI Gold Rush
Key Trend 1: Hyper-Accelerated Scaling and New Venture Capital Dynamics
Significance:
AI innovation is driving hypergrowth that shatters traditional timelines. Companies now catapult from zero to hundr…
The Speed of Now
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20 Years of TechCrunch
Overview
This newsletter issue commemorates 20 years of TechCrunch, reflecting on its landmark influence in shaping the startup ecosystem and tech journalism since its launch in 2005. Beyond nostalgia…
Abundance And You
How can societies balance the undeniable economic benefits of AI-driven abundance with the urgent need to address political and social inequalities in distribution?
Given the increasing capital intens…
We Are Accelerating to Abundance
Show Notes: What is Abundance? And is it a Good Thing?
Overview
This newsletter explores the concept of abundance, particularly in the context of technology, energy, and capital. It challenges debates …
A Year Just Happened in a Week
A Year Just Happened in a Week
Overview
This newsletter issue captures an extraordinary acceleration in technological innovation within an especially intense week, focusing on the broad and deep impact…
What is Truth?
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Who's Cheating?
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Patterns in the Chaos? Don't be a Victim.
Show Notes: Patterns in the Chaos
Don't be a Victim
May 2, 2025
Show Notes: Patterns in the Chaos
Overview
This week’s newsletter “Patterns in the Chaos” explores how individuals and organizations can mov…
Venture Blues
Show Notes: Venture Blues: Cloud, Silver Lining
Overview
This week’s “Venture Blues” editorial brings into focus a brewing transformation in early-stage venture capital. As funds endure stretched timel…
Are Google and Meta Screwed?
Show Notes: Are Google and Meta Screwed?
And does it make any Sense?
April 18, 2025
OverviewThis week’s newsletter delves into a pivotal moment for two of tech’s biggest players: Meta and Google. Long d…
Whiplash
Overview
The "Whiplash" newsletter delves into various critical topics that reflect significant shifts in global dynamics, particularly in technology, geopolitics, and economic trends. These articles …
Birth of the First Multi Trillion Dollar AI Company
Overview
This week’s newsletter centers on the explosive rise of AI, highlighting how OpenAI’s massive funding round and soaring valuation are signaling a transformative shift in both technology and f…