One of the most paradoxical aspects of AI is that while it is hailed as the route to abundance, the most important financial outcomes have been about scarcity. The first and most obvious example has ...

Meta won another fair use case, even though the judge wanted to rule against LLMs; he’ll have a hard time doing so.

The best Stratechery content from the week of July 7, 2025, including who invests and why, Apple’s search for an AI partner, and if Xi Jinxping is on his way out.

Apple is considering partnering with foundation model providers to replace Siri; the choice of which is profound.

Positioning AI contenders — and losers — by their tech philosophy and business potential.

The first big AI copyright decision has come down, and it’s a big win for AI. It also provides a blueprint for how Congress ...

With Stratechery Plus you get access to the subscriber-only Stratechery Update and Stratechery Interviews, and the Sharp Tech, Sharp China, Dithering, Greatest of All Talk, and Asianometry podcasts.

Stratechery is on summer break the week of June 30. There will be no Weekly Article or Updates. The next Update will be on Monday, July 7. Dithering, Sharp Tech, and Sharp China will also return ...

Intel died when mobile cost it its software differentiation; if the U.S. wants a domestic foundry, then it ought to leverage the need for AI chips to make an independent Intel foundry viable.

There are all kinds of arguments to make about the App Store, and nearly all of them are good ones; that’s why the best solution can only come from Apple.

The FTC’s Amazon complaint raises some fair points in isolation, but misses the bigger picture, both in terms of Amazon specifically and the Internet generally.