In the fierce AI chip race dominated by NVIDIA’s data center juggernauts, Blaize Holdings has charted a bold, contrarian path by pioneering AI hardware tailored for the edge—where low power, real-time decision-making, and embedded intelligence reign supreme. Emerging from stealth in 2019 after years of bootstrapped development and strategic partnerships with automotive giants like DENSO and Mercedes-Benz, Blaize recently went public via a SPAC. For listeners intrigued by the future of decentralized intelligence and the gritty realities of deep-tech semiconductor innovation, Blaize’s long journey from stealth to scale offers a captivating glimpse into how the next frontier of AI computing may unfold.

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• I. Introduction: A Contrarian Bet in the AI Arms Race
• II. Founding Story: The Intel Exodus (2010-2014)
• III. The Stealth Years: Building the GSP Architecture (2014-2019)
• IV. Emerging from Stealth: The Blaize Rebrand (November 2019)
• V. The GSP Chip Launch & Product Development (2020-2022)
• VI. Strategic Funding & Automotive Partnerships (2021-2023)
• VII. The SPAC Deal: Going Public via BurTech (2023-2025)
• VIII. Technology Deep Dive: The Graph Streaming Processor
• IX. The Global Expansion Strategy (2024-2025)
• X. Playbook: Business & Strategy Lessons
• XI. Competitive Landscape & Porter's Five Forces Analysis
• XII. Hamilton's 7 Powers Analysis
• XIII. Bear vs. Bull Case
• XIV. KPIs to Watch
• Conclusion: The Long Road from Stealth to Scale

From a humble carpool brainstorm in 1997 to a staggering $515 billion streaming powerhouse with over 300 million subscribers worldwide, Netflix’s meteoric rise is a masterclass in innovation, risk, and relentless consumer focus. This deep dive unpacks how Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph’s DVD-by-mail startup defied Blockbuster, pioneered binge-watching, and transformed into a global content studio that now commands the attention of Hollywood and Wall Street alike and is poised to take over storied old media players like Warner Brothers. Dive in to explore the saga of how an algorithm didn’t just disrupt Hollywood—it devoured it.

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• I. Introduction & Episode Roadmap
• II. Origins: Reed Hastings, Marc Randolph, and the DVD Experiment (1997–1999)
• III. Early Days: Building the Machine (1998–2002)
• IV. The Blockbuster Wars: David vs. Goliath (2000–2007)
• V. The Streaming Revolution: From Atoms to Bits (2007–2012)
• VI. Original Content: The House of Cards Gambit (2011–2015)
• VII. The Content Arms Race: Scaling the Mountain (2015–2020)
• VIII. Peak Streaming: The Pandemic & Competition (2020–2023)
• IX. Culture & Management Innovation
• X. Playbook: Business & Investing Lessons
• XI. Analysis & Bear vs. Bull Case
• XII. Epilogue & "If We Were CEOs"
• XIII. Recent News**
• XIV. Links & References

From a lone engineer’s midnight code sprint in 2003 to a $200 billion enterprise behemoth shaping the future of work, ServiceNow’s journey is a riveting saga of vision, grit, and relentless innovation. Fred Luddy’s radical idea—to build enterprise software as simple and flexible as consumer apps—laid the foundation for a platform that not only revolutionized IT service management but evolved into an indispensable workflow empire powering 85% of the Fortune 500. As it surpasses $10 billion in revenue and sets sights on $30 billion by 2030, ServiceNow isn’t just automating work—it’s reimagining it entirely. Dive into this masterclass in enterprise software evolution and discover why ServiceNow might just be the most important company you’ve never fully understood—until now.

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• I. Introduction & Episode Roadmap
• II. Fred Luddy & The Origin Story (2003–2005)
• III. Early Growth & Product-Market Fit (2005–2011)
• IV. The Frank Slootman Era: Scaling the Rocket Ship (2011–2017)
• V. The IPO & Public Company Journey (2012–2017)
• VI. The Interregnum: Post-Slootman Years (2017–2019)
• VII. The Bill McDermott Era: Platform to Empire (2019–Present)
• VIII. Product Evolution & Platform Power
• IX. Playbook: Business & Operating Lessons
• X. Analysis & Investment Case
• XI. Epilogue & What's Next
• XII. Recent News### **
• XIII. Links & Resources