Microsoft at 50

Birth rates are falling across much of the world, raising questions about the future of ageing populations and economies. We look at why people are having fewer children, from the financial pressures facing couples in the US to changing social attitudes. We also examine governmen ...  Show more

Headspace started life as a mindfulness app. Now it's partnering with the US Navy and investing in artificial intelligence for mental health support.The company's CEO Tom Pickett speaks to us about therapy, the increasing role of technology, and tackling burnout at scale.If you'd ...  Show more

Microsoft. After nearly a decade of Acquired episodes, we are finally ready to tackle the most valuable company ever created. The company that put a computer on every desk and in every home. The company that invented the software business model. The company that so thoroughly and ...  Show more

Microsoft just got the market focused on business results again. (00:21) Nick Sciple and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Microsoft posting double digit growth across five segments and continuing to put cap ex to work on AI and the cloud. - Meta’s advertising present and AI future. - Why M ...  Show more

In 1999, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world. And in 2019, Microsoft became the most valuable company in the world, again. But… what happened in the twenty years in between? The answer, as we discovered in our research, is probably not what you think.In this e ...  Show more

A young engineer carves his path to becoming Microsoft’s third CEO, determined to launch a technological and cultural revolution that will change the company and the world. Want to listen to the remaining episodes of Taking Microsoft Into the Cloud? Episodes 2-5 are available exc ...  Show more