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NVIDIA II (2006-2022)
Machines learned how to learn. And they learned it... on Nvidia.
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Kyle Westaway
NVIDIA I (1993-2006)
He wears signature leather jackets. He can bench press more than you. He makes cars that drive themselves. He’s cheated death, both corporate and…
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Kyle Westaway
SONY
Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wallets) of…
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Kyle Westaway
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Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version)
Not only is Taylor Swift the biggest music artist of our generation (it’s not even close!), with the re-recording of her original albums she’s in the…
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Kyle Westaway
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Starbucks IPO with Dan Levitan
Ben & David "pour over" the 1992 IPO of the legendary Seattle coffee company with the help of Dan Levitan, who served as lead investment banker on the…
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Kyle Westaway
Overture + Yahoo (with the Internet History Podcast!)
The story of how an incubator in Southern California spawned perhaps the greatest tech business model of all-time, Yahoo!'s fumbling of that golden…
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Kyle Westaway
The Snap Inc. IPO
SNAP! Acquired is live on the scene reporting from the "Super Bowl" of 2017 tech events: Snap Inc's hugely anticipated IPO. What does the future hold…
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Kyle Westaway
The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store
Brad Stone joins Ben & David to dive deep into the Uber-Didi saga, a wild story with far-reaching implications that still aren't fully appreciated by…
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Kyle Westaway
P.A. Semi + AuthenTec
Ben & David venture into the semiconductor world, analyzing two hallmark Apple acquisitions: P.A. Semi and AuthenTec, both of which would go on to form…
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Kyle Westaway
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