Archive - benn.substack

The math in the headlines.

Aug 8

Can analysis ever be automated?

The catch-22 of all these AI analysts. Plus, go crazy folks; go crazy.

Aug 1

July 2025

Everyone is crazy now

The new abnormal.

Jul 25

Google engineers half an acquisition—but did they buy the wrong half?

Jul 18

From software-as-a-service to specialist-and-a-spreadsheet.

Jul 11

Ambition, fun and not

Cheat on enterprise sales objection handling.

Jul 4

June 2025

Is tech still tech, or influencers making memes?

Jun 27

Fear and self-loathing in Silicon Valley

I somehow ended up at YC Demo Day.

Jun 20

How much agency do we actually want?

"Mr. Torres did as instructed."

Jun 13

Which way from here?

Data tries one more time.

Jun 6

May 2025

The ads are coming

First come apps with AI, then come cookies and spies, then come the sponsors in sponsored replies.

May 23

We need a new…database?

I'm, like, tired of all these numbers, man.

May 16

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