Activision Blizzard
also referred to as: activision
4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 22, 2022 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 31 times in 14 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO
- E170: Tech's Vibe Shift, TikTok ban debate, Vertical AI boom, Florida bans lab-grown meat & more
- E168: Can Google save itself? Abolish HR, AI takes over Customer Support, Reddit IPO teardown
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2023 13 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
- E156: Ivy League antisemitism, macro, SaaS recovery, Gemini, Figma deal delay + big Friedberg update
- E159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
- E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
- E157: Epic legal win, OpenAI's news deal, FCC targets Elon, the limits of free speech & more
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2022 13 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
- E76: Elon vs. Twitter
- E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
- E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
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Everything said about Activision Blizzard, oldest first
Jan 22, 2022 bullish
Chamath predicts Microsoft's $68B acquisition of Activision Blizzard will close
“I still think this Microsoft Activision deal on balance gets done, because if you take the absolute values away from it, The reality is that it's an adjacent part of Microsoft's core business, and there's nothing fundamentally monopolistic about what would hap…”
Dec 8, 2023 positive
Chamath: Microsoft has successfully closed all major acquisition attempts under Brad Smith
“When you look at the track record of his ability post this consent decree to get deals done inside of Microsoft, it's truly incredible. There is nothing that they've really tried to buy, whether it's Nuance or whether it's Mojang or whether it's GitHub. Activi…”
Dec 16, 2023 neutral
Dec 29, 2023 positive