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Thompson: Stratechery avoids interviewing VCs because they talk their book
“That's why I generally, as a rule, don't have VCs on to do the introductory interviews. Because it's kind of hard to get, like, a real take, because that, that, that is, you know, such a motivation.”
Ben Thompson Jul 12, 2025 ▶ 1:53:52 Weekly Recap: Grok 4 Launch, Texas Floods, Web Browser War, Top Signals, Meta Smart Glasses
Opinion
Stratechery could maximize its value with advertising and a venture fund
“If you really wanted to maximize the value of strategic rate, it would just be ads and a venture fund for sure.”
John Coogan Dec 12, 2024 ▶ 9:22 Billionaires XMAS list (ep21)
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Moltbook AI agents make zero mention of TSMC or Dario Amodei
“There was also no there were no mentions of AI keywords. Like, if Skynet's really waking up, are they not thinking about Dario Amade? Yeah, so no mentions of Stratechery, no mentions of Dwarkesh, no mentions of TSMC, Abilene, Amadei, TPU.”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 9:57 Moltbook and the Zombie Internet
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Moltbook searches returned zero mentions of TSMC, Stratechery, or Amodei
“So no mentions of Stratechery, no mentions of Dwarkesh, no mentions of TSMC, Abilene, Amade, TPU.”
John Coogan Feb 3, 2026 ▶ 7:37 Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN
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