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The Monopoly Engine
by The Monopoly Engine Media
How modern platform monopolies like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet construct defensible software flywheels and developer ecosystems.
Episodes
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Inside the Birkin Allocation Machine
Inside the Birkin Allocation Machine Welcome to The Monopoly Engine. Today, a handbag reveals how market dominance can be built without selling to every willing buyer. We follow a Birkin from French workshop to boutique offer, then ask how control of distribution changes the value of the entire...
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The Monopoly Engine Behind CUDA
The Monopoly Engine Behind CUDA Welcome to The Monopoly Engine. Nvidia did not need to prevent rivals from writing code. It needed developers, libraries, and data centers to work better together on its machines. Today, we trace how those choices reinforced one another—and test whether the…
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The Machine Monopoly and the Foundry Flywheel
The Machine Monopoly and the Foundry Flywheel Welcome to The Monopoly Engine. Today, we follow a chip from a designer’s files to a working processor. Along the way, we find one commercial EUV scanner supplier and a foundry whose scale feeds its own advantage. This is how difficult coordination...
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Inside Rockefeller’s Monopoly Engine
Inside Rockefeller’s Monopoly Engine Welcome to The Monopoly Engine. Today, follow a barrel from Pennsylvania crude to a household lamp. At each stop, Standard Oil found a way to gain leverage. We trace the acquisitions, transport bargains, and ownership structure that turned a refinery into an...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
How modern platform monopolies like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet construct defensible software flywheels and developer ecosystems.
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The Monopoly Engine Media
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