Ben Thompson

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42,103 appearances 120 recordings 2 series first heard Sep 2024 last heard 21 Aug

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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson · (Preview) SpaceX Hype and the Elon Bargain, Nvidia and the Neoclouds, Q&A on Dropbox, Google, Ferrari Luce Backlash · 29 May 2026 podcast

So there was on on Tech Meme or today, or there's an article from the information about Apple is going to tout how their own chips gives them an advantage in AI. podcast-host

Like, did Apple develop their chips? podcast-host

To give them an advantage in AI, or are they casting about and retrofitting their advantages to tell a story about how they have an advantage in AI? podcast-host

Now, that also definitely is true. podcast-host

And it also might be true that they do have an advantage in AI because of their chips. podcast-host

Like all these things can be true at the same time. podcast-host

This definitely applies to SpaceX. podcast-host

SpaceX was not created to put data set. podcast-host

Yeah. podcast-host

Right? podcast-host

And like, so there is a certain retrofitting of mission, and there's a bit where AI is like is arguably rescuing the SpaceX economic case by virtue of delivering this theoretical market that is so large that they didn't plan for, but it happened to come along at the right time. podcast-host

And they're and so all these arguments about space. podcast-host

All these arguments about space opportunity right there. podcast-host

SpaceX is making the argument for data centers in space because they're a space company. podcast-host

Right? podcast-host

Like so, so totally valid response. podcast-host

Now, in the the pushback to Justin, um, and the reason why I am podcast-host

fairly optimistic about data centers in space is a few like you already said there's a lot going on here. podcast-host

Yeah. podcast-host

Like, like now, number one, I absolutely think there will be things like this, maximizing everywhere we can find energy. podcast-host

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