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Paramount just asked the FCC to let foreign investors control nearly half of American TV, with an option to eventually own the majority of the firm. The filing says the Ellisons would retain voting control and foreign investors would have no board seats, but critics warn extreme financing risks born by the Ellison family and Oracle could effectively cede control. What does this mean for American m...

Ford and VW are getting cozy with Chinese EV makers at the exact moment the Pentagon is asking them to build weapons. Something has to give. The US and Germany are both recruiting automakers for wartime production while those same companies are doubling down on China partnerships where BYD and state subsidies have been eating their lunch for years. This episode breaks down the Pentagon's push to p...

Can you legally steal a charity? That’s the question before a federal court in Oakland right now, and the people on trial are some of the most powerful names in artificial intelligence. Elon Musk spent three days on the stand this week, and the judge was already issuing warnings before the jury was even seated. What started as a scrappy 2015 nonprofit with a mission to share AI with the world has...

Gas prices just hit their highest point since 2022, and the Iran war is showing no real signs of slowing down. In the middle of all of it, one of OPEC's longest-standing members just walked out the door after six decades, and analysts think Saudi Arabia is not going to take it quietly. The ripple effects of that exit could reshape global oil supply in ways that matter to anyone who has filled up a...

Anthropic built an AI model so dangerous they refused to sell it. Then someone accessed it anyway. Here's what that means for the AI arms race — and why the capability window just got shorter. This episode covers Claude Mythos, China's AI distillation strategy, the circular deal structure between Google and Anthropic, Oracle's debt crisis, and why 40% of US data centers are already behind schedule...

SpaceX is about to ask the public for $75 billion — the largest IPO in history. But before the hype takes over, there's a question worth sitting with: why does a company this powerful want your money so badly, and what exactly are you getting in return? This episode covers SpaceX's retail investor allocation strategy, what the company actually earns across Starlink, rockets, and xAI, controlled co...

Tim Cook just handed Apple to a hardware engineer with no AI track record — right in the middle of an AI war Apple appears to be losing on paper. But the succession story might be a decoy. Apple's real bet is that the AI war doesn't get won in the cloud. It gets won on the device in your pocket. This episode covers what Ternus's appointment signals about Apple's AI strategy, why Apple is splitting...

A shoe company just rebranded as an AI chip leasing business and the market valued it at $148 million. That's either a sign of the times or a warning. This week: Amazon declares war on Starlink, OpenAI quietly retreats from its own data center commitments, and a jury finds Ticketmaster guilty of exactly what everyone already knew. This episode covers Allbirds' AI pivot and why the GPU leasing mode...

Elon Musk escalates his two-year lawsuit against OpenAI with a new filing seeking $134 billion for OpenAI’s nonprofit and aiming to remove Sam Altman and Greg Brockman from leadership, strip their equity and benefits, claw back alleged “ill-gotten gains” including from Microsoft, and potentially unwind OpenAI’s for-profit conversion back into a public charity. CHAPTERS 00:00 Musk's new filing — wh...

Anthropic’s IPO is back on track after the leak of Claude Code’s source code with news about their accelerating revenue growth, expanded deal with Google & Broadcom for TPUs, and most importantly, their new Claude AI. Mythos Preview is so good at finding and exploiting software and OS weaknesses that it's only being rolled out through the exclusive Project Glasswing cybersecurity initiative wi...

A court just drew a line between gambling and trading. Or tried to. Billions of dollars are riding on which side prediction markets land on. States say it's gambling. The federal government disagrees. And for the first time ever, a federal appeals court has weighed in. The answer could change what betting means in America. CHAPTERS 00:00 What prediction markets are and why it matters 01:22 The sca...

Anthropic suffers a major source code leak, OpenAI moves to control its narrative while raising at extreme valuations, and private credit markets begin showing signs of stress tied to AI exposure. At the same time, new research suggests AI systems may influence human thinking in ways that are difficult to detect or prevent. These are not isolated events. They point to a system where AI is simultan...

One of America's biggest chip companies is indicted for smuggling AI chips to China. That same week, the US government approves selling AI chips to China. In this episode, we break down what's actually going on: China is running elaborate smuggling networks to acquire Nvidia's top AI chips — while publicly insisting it doesn't want American chips at all. And the US, aware of all of this, is now mo...

A federal judge blocks government action against Anthropic, Amazon’s AI systems begin failing at scale, and Jeff Bezos moves to deploy hundreds of billions into automation anyway. These are not separate stories. They point to a deeper shift where AI is simultaneously unstable, contested, and being rapidly scaled into critical systems. This episode breaks down what happens when control, reliability...

A blockbuster drug collapsing from $1,000 to $15 looks like a pricing story. It isn’t. It is a signal that control over human behavior, demand, and consumption is shifting fast. Between generics, new science, and AI-driven optimization, entire industries tied to addiction, food, and habit-driven spending may face structural decline. This episode breaks down why this disruption was inevitable and w...

Two back-to-back jury verdicts in California and New Mexico have found Meta and YouTube liable for harm linked to their platform design, marking a major shift in how courts are evaluating social media companies. This episode breaks down the legal strategy behind these cases, why design and addiction are now central arguments, and how thousands of similar lawsuits could reshape the future of social...

Even if the war in Iran ends tomorrow, the economic damage is already locked in. Oil supply disruptions, bottlenecks in global infrastructure, and long-term production constraints are pushing prices higher and keeping them there. This episode breaks down the key signals, from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to airlines and AI supply chains, that explain why this isn’t a short-term shock but a stru...

This week, a breakout AI agent went from being called the most important software ever released to a global security concern, exposing deeper risks around access, permissions, and control. At the same time, OpenAI faces strategic pressure, China tightens its grip on talent and capital, and the U.S. Postal Service confronts a business model strained by technology. This episode breaks down what actu...

Iran’s war strategy is shifting from the battlefield to the global economy, targeting energy chokepoints, shipping lanes, and critical infrastructure. Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are already driving higher oil prices, supply chain delays, and rising costs across industries from airlines to agriculture. As global trade routes reroute and energy markets tighten, the economic fallout is sprea...

The Pentagon’s AI ban on Anthropic has exploded into one of the biggest tech controversies of the year. The government called Anthropic a supply chain risk even though it is still using Claude AI, sparking an AI industry backlash and an ongoing lawsuit. Now Microsoft, in a bold amicus brief, is siding with the Anthropic lawsuit — challenging how&nb...

Ticketmaster’s DOJ settlement may have avoided a breakup, but regulators and states are still pushing back on what many see as a weak resolution. At the same time, Netflix is doubling down on AI-driven filmmaking, YouTube has quietly become the most powerful media company in the world, and legacy players like Paramount are buckling under massive debt. Across entertainment, tech, and policy, the ba...

The Iran War launched by the US and Israel has been the worst shock to energy prices in decades, sending global oil prices and natural gas prices soaring and disrupting trade through the Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most critical energy chokepoint. This episode breaks down how the new Middle East conflict reshaped oil and LNG supply chains, halted shipping traffic, and threatened global economic...

The fallout from the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling is accelerating fast. More than 1,800 lawsuits are now seeking refunds, new data suggests massive levels of tariff evasion tied to Chinese imports, and Germany’s latest trip to Beijing shows just how strained global trade relationships have become. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN * Why the Supreme Court ruling triggered a massive tariff refund battle * Why at l...

Four stories shaping markets this week: Netflix walked away from Warner Brothers, prediction markets are colliding with state regulators, investors are questioning the $1.8 trillion private credit market, and Walmart just agreed to a $100 million settlement with the FTC. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN * Why Netflix walked away from the Warner Brothers acquisition talks * How Paramount’s debt-heavy strategy cou...

Anthropic draws lines with the Pentagon. Meta moves its chip bets. Nvidia prints another monster quarter. China targets critics with AI tools and tries to siphon model capability. Same theme: AI advantage is being fought on access, compute, and control. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN - Why Anthropic’s “no” to unfettered Pentagon access is a major precedent for defense AI contracting - What the Meta–Google mult...