The EU Antitrust Prose: Microsoft Bundling Teams for Free Into the Greater Microsoft Office Suite

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Microsoft is facing an EU antitrust probe over how it bundles its team's product for free into the greater Microsoft Office suite. The problem stems from a complaint that Slack issued in 2020 to the EU over Microsoft bundling itsteam's product, as I just said. So I think this is what Lena Contre be working on is tactics, because she was put into the FTC,. She was anti big tech. And so she can't predict the future, but she wants to believe she can.

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Today’s show:

Jason breaks down investors and companies using the GPU shortage as leverage to invest in AI startups (1:33) before discussing Microsoft’s run-in with EU regulators over bundling Teams into its Office suite (28:53). They wrap on the FTC's loss in its quest to stop Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition, and Lina Khan’s track record as FTC chair (37:58).

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(0:00) Nick joins Jason

(1:33) Nvidia’s GPU leverage

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(11:07) CoreWeave’s pivot & the pros and cons of WFH

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(20:54) Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman’s GPU play

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(28:53) Microsoft’s run-in with EU regulators over bundling

(37:58) FTC loses cases against Microsoft and Activision Blizzard merger

(46:37) Lina Khan’s track record as the head of the FTC

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