TBPN

Why No One Talks Cournot, Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0, Micron’s $200B Bet | Jon Caramanica, Haseeb Qureshi, Spenser Skates, Celine Halioua, Ankur Goyal, Reed Duchscher

65 snips
Feb 17, 2026
Reed Duchscher, Night Media founder scaling creator management; Ankur Goyal, CEO of Braintrust on AI observability; Celine Halioua, Loyal CEO making longevity drugs for dogs; Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly partner on crypto meets AI; Spenser Skates, Amplitude CEO who took his analytics firm public; Jon Caramanica, NYT pop critic on viral music. They debate Cournot-style AI dynamics, Micron’s big memory bet, Hollywood vs Seedance 2.0, and viral music mechanics.
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
INSIGHT

Nation-Scale AI Infrastructure Bets

  • Large national investments (e.g., Adani's $100B) signal countries want to own AI infrastructure and data-localization.
  • Those moves aim to turn regions into AI exporters, not just consumers.
INSIGHT

Memory As An AI Bottleneck

  • Micron and global memory CapEx responds to AI-driven demand, making memory a strategic bottleneck.
  • Memory shortages can cascade into delays across consumer hardware and cloud rollouts.
INSIGHT

Verticalization Preserves Value

  • Verticalized models and orchestration products (model routers, small-specialist models) will create durable differentiation even if base models commoditize.
  • Enterprise pricing power comes from latency, safety, and specialized toolchains.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app