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Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz
Openai
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic
Apple
Generative AI
Google
Meta
NVIDIA
Chatgpt
Microsoft
Artificial General Intelligence
Amazon
AI Models
Elon Musk
AI Technology
Gpt-5
Google Deepmind
Tariffs
AI Agents
Data Centers

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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Ethan Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School and author of Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI. Mollick joins Big Technology to discuss why AI's remarkable advances haven't yet translated into massive productivity gains across the economy. Tune i... more

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the Pro Rata newsletter. Primack joins Big Technology for an emergency reaction to Anthropic’s S-1 filing, revealing the company’s financial performance ahead of its highly anticipated IPO. Tu... more

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Ranjan Roy from Margins and Alex Stamos from Cognition are back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Is Sundar Pichai team product or team model? 2) Google's attempt to build a unified assistant 3) Which Google teams get pr... more

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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. Pichai joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Google's return to the frontier of AI, its strategy for competing with OpenAI, and the enormous computing resources required to build the next generation ... more

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Recent Guests

Alex Stamos
Chief Information Security Officer at Cognition and cybersecurity expert
Cognition
Episode: Google’s Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity’s “Black October”
Sundar Pichai
CEO of Google and Alphabet.
Google
Episode: Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI’s Infinite Possibilities, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products
Kevin Roose
Author of The AGI Chronicles; host of Machine Gods
Author, Machine Gods podcast
Episode: The Bumpy Road To AGI — With Kevin Roose
MG Siegler
Managing partner at Spyglass, recurring guest on the show
Spyglass
Episode: Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn’t Google Build Muse?
Christian Klein
CEO of SAP
SAP
Episode: SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
Ranjan Roy
Ranjan Roy of Margins
Margins
Episode: Meta’s Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine Sites
Neal Mohan
CEO of YouTube
YouTube
Episode: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of It
Neil Mohan
CEO of YouTube
YouTube
Episode: AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
Nate Soares
President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Episode: A Sober Conversation About AI Existential Risk — With Nate Soares

Hosts

Alex Kantrowitz
Host of the show, frequently leads interviews with top tech leaders and industry insiders
Ranjan Roy
Regular Friday guest and co-host on the show, affiliated with Margins

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 1.8k ratings
  • My Go To Podcast

    This is my “go to” every day. Alex has timely, thorough, balanced assessments that keep me

    on top of the market, and make me better at what I do…

    -CE Director, Google Cloud.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    BoulderAdonis
    United Statesa month ago
  • Great episodes recently about AI

    Tough questions are asked and every episode leaves me with greater clarity about what’s actually important, what’s political and what are still the unknowns. Friday shows with Ranjan, FTW!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Madhuvanth
    United Statesa month ago
  • Best technology podcast by far

    Super informative. Hosts (Alex and Ranjan on Friday) are chill and funny and make good points.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Rohan3.14
    United Statesa month ago
  • Balance and opinion

    Alex and Ranjan’s Friday roundup is, actually, a great way to start the week. I love the balance of their long-term view vs the here and now. UK listener here, so I sometimes feel a bit neglected when stuff gets released sooner in the before hitting this side of the pond. Keep up the good work!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Pavosnoel
    United Kingdoma month ago
  • Interesting Balanced Convos

    Interesting insights without being overly fanboy to one side.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sam Houston
    United Statesa month ago

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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI’s Infinite Possibilities, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products
Q: How do you balance allocating compute, which is your most precious resource, between cloud and AI research?
Pichai says funding the compute required for frontier research is Google's first priority. The company then plans compute for its other businesses using long-term projections, demand and customer commitments, while acknowledging long infrastructure lead times and ongoing trade-offs.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI’s Infinite Possibilities, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products
Q: What do you see on the horizon?
Pichai expects AI systems to develop multiple agents that work together, with consumers and businesses eventually using persistent multi-agent frameworks to accomplish tasks.
Google’s Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity’s “Black October”
Q: What do we do as everyday simple folks who are just logging in to our bank accounts and emails?
Stamos recommends a unique, randomized password for every site, managed with a password manager. He also advises limiting personal information shared online, separating less important accounts from critical ones and watching for fraud and scams.
Google’s Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity’s “Black October”
Q: What does the PHP vulnerability mean in terms of the vulnerability of every website that has been built with PHP?
Attackers can take over the computer running the web server, potentially access its data and use it as a foothold to move deeper into an organization. Stamos says attacks are already being automated at large scale.
Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn’t Google Build Muse?
Q: Which players currently dominate the competitive balance in personal AI assistants?
OpenAI with DOTS and Meta with Muse emerge as strong contenders, with Microsoft pursuing enterprise integration and Google struggling to land a cohesive consumer strategy, while Apple could win by default through deep device integration.

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Recent guests on Big Technology Podcast include:

1. Alex Stamos
2. Sundar Pichai
3. Kevin Roose
4. MG Siegler
5. Christian Klein
6. Ranjan Roy
7. Neal Mohan
8. Neil Mohan

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