Archive - Unpacked

NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8

NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion.

Mar 28, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

47:43

Reddit's IPO Filing & India's AI Regulation | EP 7

Here are the highlights from the podcast episode.

Mar 12, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

48:10

February 2024

Tech's Pledge To Fight AI Election Interference & Twillio’s woes with Segment | EP 6

Last week, 20 tech companies across Big Tech, social networks and AI providers signed a voluntary pledge to fight election interference from…

Feb 22, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

58:42

Instagram limits political content, and Google's consumer play with Gemini

Last week, Meta announced that they will not proactively recommend political content across their recommendation surfaces including Reels and Threads.

Feb 13, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

1:08:50

Apple's (reluctant) App Store changes, and Semafor tries AI news

This week, we dive into two meaty topics.

Feb 8, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

1:05:27

January 2024

Apple Watch pulls blood oxygen feature, and how big a deal is the GPT Store really?

Listen now | In the second episode of this year, we peel a few layers beneath Apple's decision to pull the blood oxygen feature after losing a patent…

Jan 23, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

1:03:49

2024 Predictions: AI, Media, Advertising & more

They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you are terribly wrong. So, of course we are kicking off…

Jan 18, 2024 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

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James Watterson

1:01:57

December 2023

Epic Games, Google and App Store Monopolies

In a surprise win for the makers of Fortnite, a jury ruled that Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct by suppressing other app stores and banning…

Dec 16, 2023 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

November 2023

YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"

Though it looks like big vs small tech at first glance, poking into how ad blocker companies operate and their “whitelisting” programs will likely…

Nov 8, 2023 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

October 2023

Highlights: First Quarter of Unpacked

Bold product moves, AI things accelerate, Tech policy in the front seat, Interesting things continue. This post is a bird’s eye view of the seventeen…

Oct 24, 2023 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

IRS Direct Tax Filing: the end of Intuit's lobbying

Thirty-eight years since the launch of e-filing, the IRS will pilot its own tax filing system ending two decades of Intuit's regulatory capture of the…

Oct 20, 2023 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

SaaS AI Features Meet Applications Without Moats

Several enterprise SaaS companies have announced generative AI features recently, which is a direct threat to AI startups that lack sustainable…

Oct 13, 2023 •

Viggy Balagopalakrishnan

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