SED News is a podcast by Software Engineering Daily featuring hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer, who explore key developments in software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the tech world.
In this episode, they discuss NVIDIA’s $5B investment in Intel and $100M stake in OpenAI, Meta’s issues with its AR glasses demo, and the unexpected $50B private equity acquisition of Electronic Arts. They also analyze Anthropic’s record Series F funding round and Google’s Genie 3 “world model” implications for AI’s future.
Gregor and Sean then broaden the discussion to the future of devices and hardware. They evaluate Apple’s lackluster Vision Pro, Snap’s firm commitment to AR glasses, and potential developer-relevant form factors.
Finally, they spotlight notable projects from Hacker News, like hosting a website on a disposable vape, playing Snake in a browser’s address bar, and Slack’s costly billing error which the community helped address.