Mike Vizard is joined by Jon Swartz, Jack Poller, Tracy Ragan and Jeff Reich to break down OpenAI and Broadcom’s custom Jalapeño AI chip, Qualcomm’s Modular acquisition, TSMC price pressure, new efforts to defend open source software and key takeaways from PlatformCon.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard discuss AI’s impact on platform engineering, software development, security and the future of work from PlatformCon Live Day NYC.

The race for compute power is becoming a defining global technology contest.

On this episode of Techstrong Gang, Mike Vizard is joined by Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson, JP Morgenthal, Wicki Wang and Andi Mann to examine three stories about national competitiveness, infrastructure and AI independence...

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Sid Nag, break down the fight over AI regulation, backlash to Jeff Bezos’ AI infrastructure comments, why engineering needs every great mind it can find and new security warnings around frontier AI models.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Stephen Foskett, Jon Swartz and Elizabeth Safran, break down the reported Apple-Intel chip deal, GPS and orbital interference concerns, and how AI is reshaping expectations for entry-level workers.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Jon Swartz and Gina Rosenthal, break down OpenAI’s multistate regulatory probe and Florida lawsuit, AWS’s expanding AI push across software supply chain and DevOps workflows, and Anthropic joining Frontier’s $915 million carbon removal initiative.

Alan Shimel, Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and JP Morgenthal, break down SpaceX’s reported $60 billion move to acquire Cursor, Databricks’ push into AI agents, cost controls and cybersecurity, and Satya Nadella’s warning about AI centralization hollowing out industries.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Chris Blask, Jon Swartz and Kate Scarcella, break down reports of an OpenAI price war with Anthropic, Jensen Huang’s criticism of leaders blaming AI for layoffs and the forecast that cybersecurity spending could reach $521.7 billion by 2031.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Jon Swartz, Garima Bajpai and Yvette Schmitter, break down the Anthropic fallout, rising sovereignty fights over AI and cloud infrastructure and SpaceX’s record-setting surge.

Host Mike Vizard is joined by Jeff Reich, Jack Gold, Jon Swartz and Tracy Ragan to break down rising chip costs, the expanding role of AI across DevOps workflows and IBM’s warning that AI agents are raising the governance burden for technology leaders.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Jon Swartz and Ira, break down Visa and OpenAI building payment infrastructure for AI agents, a new AI-designed universal vaccine tested in humans and the push for zero-trust security around agentic AI.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Fred Wilmot, Teri Robinson and Jon Swartz, break down Anthropic’s new safety brakes for Mythos AI, the trust tactics driving ShinyHunters and China’s massive AI infrastructure push.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Sid Nag, break down Apple’s WWDC AI push, OpenAI’s confidential filing and SpaceX’s reported AI cloud deal with Google.

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Barbara Roos, Brendan Burke, Dan O’Brien and Garima Bajpai, break down why semiconductors now drive every serious AI conversation, why control warnings are intensifying and why data center opposition is rising.

Mike Vizard is joined by Jeff Reich, Jack Poller and Jon Swartz to break down proposals for AI taxes and wealth funds, the growing case for a U.S. Cyber Force and AWS’s preview of micropayments for AI agents.

Mike Vizard is joined by Gina Rosenthal, Mitch Ashley and Jon Swartz to break down Europe’s push for tech sovereignty, the rising complexity of AI cost management and growing security anxiety as frontier AI access expands.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Tom Hollingsworth, Andi Mann and Jon Swartz, break down Microsoft’s latest AI push, the Trump administration’s scaled-back executive order and Cisco’s effort to own the control layer for AI infrastructure.

Mike Vizard is joined by Anne Ahola Ward, Sid Nag, Chris Blask and Kate Scarcella to break down Anthropic’s major IPO moment, NVIDIA’s new AI PC and robotics push, and the escalating dispute between Microsoft and a security researcher.

Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Ira Winkler, Kate Scarcella and Camberley Bates break down the proposed three-day patch rule, possible pre-release reviews for advanced AI models and new warnings about chatbot behavior in biological weapon test scenarios. Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at how AI is accel...

Mike Vizard, Teri Robinson, Jon Swartz and JP break down IBM’s latest AI and quantum computing advances, ServiceNow and NVIDIA’s new Project Arc governance push for autonomous agents and the growing risk of browser extensions acting like spyware. Today’s Techstrong Gang connects quantum, AI gover...

Alastair Cooke, Fred Wilmot, Gina Rosenthal, Jon Swartz and Mike Vizard break down Google’s Remy personal agent push, the optical networking buildout powering the AI boom and SAP’s $1.1 billion move into agentic AI. Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at who is trying to control the next layer of the A...

Mike Vizard, Guy Currier, Jack Poller, Tracy Ragan and Wickey Wang break down the overlooked gaps in agent security governance, DXC Technology’s AI platform for automating IT tasks and the rise of decentralized AI infrastructure in residential settings.

Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at how AI is improving developer productivity, why vibe-coded apps and a record month of Firefox bug fixes are raising fresh security concerns, and what Mobile Tech Field Day says about the next phase of mobile innovation.

Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Sid Nag, Anne Ahola Ward and Stacey Thayer break down Apple’s foldable iPhone push, OpenAI’s $4 billion enterprise move and Tomoro acquisition, and the growing security risk around exposed AI agents. Today’s Techstrong Gang looks at how new AI surfaces are creating new b...