Microsoft
American multinational technology corporation
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How To Deal With Setbacks
Y Combinator
Mentioned as the client for a six-figure advertising contract that ultimately led to significant losses and was not as 'magical' as anticipated.
Daniel Pink Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
One of the large enterprises mentioned by Tim Ferriss as a user of WeWork's services.
E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ
All-In Podcast
Partner of OpenAI, aiming to release a search engine powered by OpenAI's technology that could challenge Google's dominance.
Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360
Lex Fridman
Described as an international company headquartered in Silicon Valley, leading in technological innovation.
Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, the Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions, and More
Tim Ferriss
Partnered with OpenAI, providing support for their significant advancements in AI models like GPT-3.
E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
All-In Podcast
Microsoft is briefly mentioned as another tech company with a well-paying workforce, in comparison to Google's average salary.
E106: SBF's media strategy, FTX culpability, ChatGPT, SaaS slowdown & more
All-In Podcast
A technology company currently being sued, along with GitHub, for using open-source data to train AI tools for programmers.
Alisa Cohn - Prenups for Startup Founders, Reinventing Your Career, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
An American multinational technology corporation, mentioned as one of the enterprises whose CEOs and C-suite executives Alisa Cohn has coached.
Sheila Heen — How to Navigate Hard Conversations, the Subtle Art of Apologizing, and More
Tim Ferriss
A technology company, where Sheila Heen has spoken.
Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY
All-In Podcast
Reviving one of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plants.
E102: Elon closes Twitter deal, $META uncertainty, Zuck's historic bet, big tech decline & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as one of the big tech companies whose stock performance was historically a proxy for the S&P 500, and recently reported 'crappy earnings'.
Revealing ALL My Investments at 27
Ali Abdaal
A major technology company included in the S&P 500 index.
E71: Russia/Ukraine deep dive: escalation, risk factors, financial fallout, exit ramps and more
All-In Podcast
Software company, mentioned as an example of proprietary software contrasted with open-source alternatives like Linux.
E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more
All-In Podcast
Tech company that has successfully adopted cost management and shareholder return strategies, serving as a model for Meta.
E66: $FB's big drop, Rogan/Spotify mess, Xi/Putin meetup & supply chain issues with Ryan Petersen
All-In Podcast
Considered immune among big tech from long-term issues due to its enterprise focus and ability to make large acquisitions like Activision without as much regulatory scrutiny. A strong contender in the VR/AR race with HoloLens.
E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
All-In Podcast
Praised for its savvy move to get approval for the Activision Blizzard acquisition by promising an open market app store, described as a potential strategy to "scorch the earth" of competitors' app stores.
The Worst Epidemic (Episode #213)
Sam Harris
A tech company that invented PhotoDNA and licenses it to most other companies. Microsoft's Bing search engine was found to be serving up child sexual abuse imagery by NYT journalists, despite owning the detection technology.
E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
All-In Podcast
Reported strong financial quarter with significant revenue and net income growth.
E100: Reflecting on the first 100 shows, fan questions, nuclear threat, markets, Amazon & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as one of the 'big tech' companies that has not been significantly 'whacked' by market downturns, and its potential for future cost-cutting measures is discussed.
E64: Antitrust standards & enforcement, tech repricing, lab leak obfuscation, E63 reactions & more
All-In Podcast
Announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68 billion, raising questions about new antitrust standards. Microsoft is noted for largely avoiding antitrust scrutiny in the past decade.
Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly | The All-In Interview
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a partner in AI efforts, with a focus on large-scale players in the AI development space.
E96: Adobe acquires Figma for $20B, TPB SPAC, FedEx CEO's recession warning, macro picture & more
All-In Podcast
A platform-level business with distribution leverage and pricing power, known for bundling products to undermine competitors. Its strategy of cloning competitor products and offering them for free within a bundle is discussed.
Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield | Lex Fridman Podcast #342
Lex Fridman
The company that acquired Bethesda Softworks, and whose Xbox team Todd Howard praises for its culture, investment in players, and support for game development.
Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability
Y Combinator
Discussed for its historical use of proprietary networking protocols like SMB and lagging behind on Mac versions of its office suite, prompting adversarial interoperability solutions.