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Ep. 23 - Everyone Leaves Google, Elon Forecasts 1T ARR, Reflecting On GPT-5 | Jon from Asianometry

2026-08-07 · 9 company · 15 thematic

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speakers

Co-host of SemiAnalysis podcast; deep knowledge of semiconductor supply chains, AI infrastructure, and tech industry dynamics. References industry contacts like Tim Culpan and tracks hyperscaler capex closely.

john

Launched a YouTube channel around 2020 focused on Silicon Valley history, reached ~500K subscribers; treats media as a blog/hobby rather than a business; co-hosts TBPN podcast interviewing entrepreneurs.

dylan patel

Founder and chief analyst of SemiAnalysis, an independent research firm covering semiconductors, AI infrastructure and compute economics.

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“SpaceX chooses to install Nvidia GPUs because they are the best... Jeff Dean left Google because he didn't like TPUs anymore and he wanted to use GPU so bad, which is the trend for everybody else leaving. It's like Dave Silver leaves, rais…”

—doug

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