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"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg

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May 3, 2024 • 1h 5min

E26: Stripe's Unbundling Strategy, What AI Means for Education, and 24-Hour Markets

Exploring AI's impact on education, 24-hour markets, Meta's AI developments, and Stripe's unbundling strategy. Delving into the future of ad-supported products, challenges of email newsletter ads, asymmetric investment opportunities, China's economic challenges, and analysis of market hours.
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Apr 25, 2024 • 1h 9min

E25: Lambda School Drama, Meta's Path to AI, and Why Hardware Constraints Protect Your Privacy

Discussing income sharing agreements, AI development at Meta, and the balance between privacy and usability. Exploring the disruption in higher education models, the benefits of Harmonic startup database, and challenges of implementing ISAs. Highlighting the impact of index funds on financial strategies and the evolution of investment styles and asset classes.
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Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 6min

E24: Why Acquisitions Fail, How to Write a Great Memo, and The Fate of ChatGPT Wrappers

Topics discussed include the pitfalls of acquisitions, strategies in mergers, the importance of thorough research, memos in communication, AI services, education automation, ghost kitchens, and the investment strategy of the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund.
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Apr 11, 2024 • 59min

E23: Hard Tech Pivots, Potato Investing, and When to Enforce the Law

Topics discussed include hard tech pivots, cybersecurity challenges, AI regulation predictions, Google's AI monetization, investing in potato companies, customer service quality, technology's impact on morality and crime perspectives.
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Apr 4, 2024 • 1h 1min

E22: Corporate Espionage, Algorithmic Collusion, and Transitioning through AI

The podcast explores corporate espionage, algorithmic collusion, and the impact of AI on industries. They discuss Facebook's spying tactics, economic development in East Asia, and the evolving job roles due to AI. The conversation delves into transportation infrastructure changes and the use of algorithms in real estate to set rents.
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Mar 28, 2024 • 1h 8min

E21: Austin Real Estate, Duolingo’s Bull Case, and Identifying Spurious Correlations

The podcast discusses Austin real estate, Duolingo's strong post-pandemic performance, and identifying spurious correlations in data analysis. They also touch on Apple's antitrust case, the Reddit IPO, and the evolution of media distribution and content creation.
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Mar 21, 2024 • 1h

E20: Content Moderation, AI in Advertising, and the Future of Social Security

Discussion on e-commerce roll-ups and challenges post-pandemic, dynamics of big platforms like Facebook and Google, complexities of content moderation, potential AI impact on advertising, economics of Facebook Marketplace, and understanding shrinkflation's impact on inflation measurements.
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Mar 14, 2024 • 1h 7min

E19: Hedging Against Life, Outage Economics, and Open Source vs Proprietary AI

The podcast delves into technology-induced market shifts, hedge fund dynamics, outage economics, and the evolving landscape of open source vs proprietary AI models. Topics include VC insights on scaling, navigating the COVID crisis, personal hedging strategies, margin liquidation tactics, software development quality assurance, and advantages/challenges of search engines and AI.
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Mar 7, 2024 • 1h 8min

E18: Tiger Global, Selling Alpha, and Dating Apps

The podcast explores lessons about Tiger Global's strategy and the role of alternative data in investing. They discuss the challenges of creating a good dating app and the evolution of executive roles in the finance industry. Additionally, they touch on the importance of assistants in high-level positions and the innovative ad approach of the Brave browser.
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Feb 29, 2024 • 1h 2min

E17: How Quants See the World

Byrne and Erik discuss company valuations, short selling, market predictions, earnings guidance, and the behavior of companies and investors in financial markets. They also touch on topics such as risk in investment, gold and Bitcoin, buybacks vs. dividends, and the dynamics of short selling in the stock market.

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