Episode Details

On this week’s episode: Andreessen says it’s time build, Verizon buys Bluejeans, Splunk maybe watching and Google is giving Istio to a foundation. Plus, we offer informed opinions on Travis Scott and Fortnite.

The Rundown

Hot Take — IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz

1. Conferencing
   • Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans
   • The Zoom fatigue is real
   • Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more
2. Introducing Splunk Remote Work Insights: Our Solution for the New Work-from-Home Reality
3. Apollo readies IPO of cloud company Rackspace
4. Alibaba Cloud will invest $28 billion more into its infrastructure over the next three years
5. Zhao KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips
6. AWS announces new single-purpose on-prem hardware and tie-in storage tier
7. AWS launches Amazon AppFlow, its new SaaS integration service
8. Google Cloud CEO: Istio is going to a foundation
9. Google Cloud’s fully managed Anthos is now generally available for AWS
10. Over the past 20 years, IBM has bought back $140 billion of its stock. Its current market cap: $105 billion. $IBM
11. Apple will reportedly use 12-core 5nm ARM processor in a 2021 Mac

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