Big Technology Podcast
Hosted by Alex Kantrowitz · 18 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
Episodes 18
- Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 4mAI infrastructure bets face a trillion-dollar revenue testThe episode examines whether AI’s unprecedented infrastructure spending can produce durable profits without shifting enormous risks onto cloud providers, investors, and economies.
- Oct 5, 2026 · 1h 6mThe assistant race turns on trust, distribution and platform controlPersonal AI agents could reshape shopping, subscriptions, banking and everyday computing, but the companies with the best models may not control the winning consumer product.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 2mAnthropic’s IPO tests the durability of the AI tradeAnthropic’s financial exposure, concentrated customers, and huge compute commitments could reveal whether the AI boom rests on durable demand or fragile financing.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 3mSAP CEO defends enterprise software’s moat in the AI eraAs AI agents take on more consequential business work, the episode examines whether trusted data, governance, and domain expertise can keep enterprise platforms indispensable.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 60 minMeta bets product design can beat frontier AIThe episode examines whether distribution, integrations, and smaller models could shift consumer AI’s advantage away from frontier labs.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 5mYouTube bets AI can expand human creativityThe conversation tests whether YouTube can use AI to reshape discovery and creation without flooding its platform with low-quality content or weakening creator independence.
- Sep 19, 2026 · 1h 10mAI risk warnings collide with weakening frontier economicsThe debate tests whether dramatic safety claims illuminate genuine dangers or help AI labs redirect attention from mounting commercial pressure.
- Sep 16, 2026 · 56 minAI safety researcher warns capability gains could outrun controlThe conversation tests whether advanced AI could become catastrophic through misaligned objectives and expanding access to real-world systems, even without hostile intent.
- Sep 11, 2026 · 1h 4mAI doomerism tests Anthropic’s credibility and IPO prospectsThe debate separates speculative extinction claims from immediate AI risks while showing how fear could shape regulation, adoption, infrastructure, and markets.
- Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 4mApple bets hardware can outrun its AI lagApple’s possible leadership change and expanding device ambitions collide with a rapidly consolidating AI race led by Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 60 minGPT-6 raises the stakes for AI claims and controlThe episode tests whether frontier-model breakthroughs create real economic value while making AI systems harder to monitor and govern.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 56 minAI agents threaten the economics of the open webAs AI systems absorb and mediate online information, publishers face a choice between blocking access and surrendering the traffic that funds them.