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The best Stratechery content from the week of October 26, 2026 including Anthropic numbers, the end of the Internet as we know it, and autocracies then and now.
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The best Stratechery content from the week of October 26, 2026 including Anthropic numbers, the end of the Internet as we know it, and autocracies then and now.

Sharp Tech is, for the first time, available on video. You have three ways to consume it: YouTube, Spotify, and here on Stratechery.

An interview with Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar about AI diffusion and safety, forward-deployed engineer, and what the battle in tech is actually about.
Meta's earnings come in the context of Zuckerberg delivering on his promise; if investors believe in Muse they must support Meta's spending on compute.
Anthropic's IPO is finally here; the core business is very profitable, but competition may eat all of the profits, even as investors are set up for endless dilution.

The old Internet, where anyone could host a server is over, but it's just the final blow in an ending that has been coming for years. The future, though, is brighter than it appears.

The best Stratechery content from the week of October 19, 2026, including the best iPad but worst phone, SS Sarandos in a storm, and You Can See Everything.

Sharp Tech is, for the first time, available on video. You have two ways to consume it: YouTube, and here on Stratechery

An interview with Craig Moffett about SpaceX, from launch to broadband to mobile, plus how he is applying the lessons of the dot-com bubble to today.
Stratechery is now presented by Stripe. What that means for me, for you, and for the future of Stratechery content.
Netflix has a solid business, which is exactly the problem: the company increasingly seems like a business and not a franchise, at least in terms of growth.
Meta has a new open source model, and to everyone's surprise, they are are partnering with Apple to make sure you can run it locally.

Apple has a lot of trust in terms of delivering integrated products and preserving privacy; the real trust question is if you think Siri AI will justify investing more in their ecosystem.

The best Stratechery content from the week of October 12, 2026, including what Apple is doing, SpaceX's appetite, and the title, takes, and the Washington Wizards.
A conversation with Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel about his memoir, the impact of AI on Hollywood, and the power of a phone call.