Podcast episodeE71: Risk Taking, Contrarianism, and Growth [Byrne on Interintellect]
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 38 min
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
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Investor and writer of the popular newsletter The Diff, Byrne Hobart, and co-host Erik Torenberg discuss today’s major inflection points in technology, business, and markets – and help listeners build a diversified portfolio of trends and ideas for the future. Topics covered: Finance, Venture Capital, Tech, AI, Crypto, and Industry Cycles
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Podcast episodeE70: OpenAI’s Open Source Strategy, Volatility & Tariffs, and Automation’s Consequences w/ Byrne Hobart
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 4 min
Podcast episodeE69: Good vs Bad Bubbles, Stagnation, and Bitcoin [Byrne on Bankless]
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 45 min
Podcast episodeE68: Chinese Free Trade, AI Managers, and Why AI Art is Art
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 52 min
Podcast episodeE67: Hidden X-Risk, Network Effects of Elon’s Empire, and American Hegemony
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 58 min
Podcast episodeE66: The Politics of Alex Karp and Palantir, DOGE Breakdown, and AI vs Blogging
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 55 min
Podcast episodeE65: Bill Gates’s Persona, Against Copying Berkshire Hathaway, and Making the Economy More Like Chipotle
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 59 min
Podcast episodeE64: US vs China’s Strategies, Uber’s Growth Model, AI Supply Chains
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 0 min
Podcast episodeE63: OpenAI Deep Research, Elon’s Potential Hostile Takeover, and AI Agent Companies
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 58 min
Podcast episodeE62: Trump’s Tariffs, Open Source AI Models, and The Future of VR
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 7 min
Podcast episodeE61: Markets React to DeepSeek, Threads vs X, and Stargate Announcement
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 5 min
Podcast episodeE60: Trump Coin, US Industrial Policy, and TikTok Ban
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 2 min
Podcast episodeE59: Zuck’s PR, The Loneliness Economy, and OpenAI Corporate Structure
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 0 min
Podcast episodeE58: How Jensen Huang Outpaces Tech Giants w/ Tae Kim, author of THE NVIDIA WAY
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 59 min
Podcast episodeE57: Pod Shops; Contrarian Vibe Checks; Scaling Laws Analysis
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 5 min
Podcast episodeE56: AI Agents are Coming; China’s Internet; Google Wants to Win
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE55: Futarchy, Elon, and Gut Decisions in Business
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 0 min
Podcast episodeE54: How Bubbles Create The Future
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 57 min
Podcast episodeE53: Election Analysis, Heresy, and Real Estate
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 0 min
Podcast episodeE52: How Tech Journalism Works w/ Patrick McKenzie
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 59 min
Podcast episodeE51: Venture Scale, Y Combinator, and Financial Bubbles
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE50: Freemium Apps, Restaurants, and Search with Patrick McKenzie
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 26 min
Podcast episodeE49: AI Art, Young Founders, and Disrupting Higher Education
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 59 min
Podcast episodeE48: Facebook vs MySpace, Why Peter Thiel is Wrong About Competition, and OpenAI Corporate Structure
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 56 min
Podcast episodeE47: Cult Stocks, Tech Media, and Technological Revolutions
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE46: Degrowth, Private Equity, and the EU Tech Industry
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 55 min
Podcast episodeE45: Efficient Market Hypothesis, Missing Billionaires, and Digital Currencies
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 55 min
Podcast episodeE44: Founder Mode, Uber’s Self-Driving Strategy, and Big Tech Skepticism
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 0 min
Podcast episodeE43: The Silicon Valley Canon, Smart Contracts, and the Yen Carry Trade
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE42: Navigating Tech Antitrust and the Future of AI
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE41: Meta’s Open Source Strategy, Amazon’s Culture Drift, and What’s Going on With Character.AI
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 53 min
Podcast episodeE40: The Age of the AI Organization
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 5 min
Podcast episodeE39: Mental Models and Financial Infrastructure with Patrick McKenzie
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 3 min
Podcast episodeE38: Resurgence of Prediction Markets, AI Adoption and Complex Financial Systems
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE37: 2024 Election Updates, Partisanship on Wikipedia, and Amazon’s Media Business
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 58 min
Podcast episodeE36: Meritocracy, Modeling Globalization, and The Burden of Knowledge
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE35: How to Be President, the Future of AI Celebrities, and Training Larger AI Models
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 59 min
Podcast episodeE34: Chamath & Tinder, Threads API, and the Difficulties of Scaling AI Labs
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 3 min
Podcast episodeE33: AI Therapy, 4chan, and Why Conferences Are Like Cities
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 5 min
Podcast episodeE32: Populism, Elites, and Preparing for AGI
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 54 min
Podcast episodeE31: Google API Documentation Leak, Apple's Plans for Siri, and Analyzing Texas Instruments
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 44 min
Podcast episodeE30: xAI Fundraising, Vivek's BuzzFeed Investment, and Ad-Based AI Monetization
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE29: Meme Stocks, Reserve Currencies, and the Case Against Home Ownership
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 5 min
Podcast episodeE28: Amazon’s Potential for an Airline, Hidden Economic Gains, and the Nature of Equities
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 1 min
Podcast episodeE27: Costco's Business Model, Martingale Strategies, and Usage-Based Lock-in for AI
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 50 min
Podcast episodeE26: Stripe's Unbundling Strategy, What AI Means for Education, and 24-Hour Markets
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 3 min
Podcast episodeE25: Lambda School Drama, Meta's Path to AI, and Why Hardware Constraints Protect Your Privacy
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 7 min
Podcast episodeE24: Why Acquisitions Fail, How to Write a Great Memo, and The Fate of ChatGPT Wrappers
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 1 hr 3 min
Podcast episodeE23: Hard Tech Pivots, Potato Investing, and When to Enforce the Law
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 56 min
Podcast episodeE22: Corporate Espionage, Algorithmic Collusion, and Transitioning through AI
"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg
Audio · 58 min
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