Essays - Inside Orchard

While the iPhone Duo may have stolen the show at Apple’s September event earlier this month, Audio Intelligence was high on my list of intriguing new technology on display.

Late last week, Oura filed its S-1 for an IPO.

For those in finance, not needing to read dozens of earnings call transcripts each quarter may be tempting.

This past earnings cycle in tech land was a doozy.

Some days, I find myself super perplexed by Meta’s business.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, I did something that I hadn’t done in years: visit a shoe store – one of those massive shoe emporiums in a retrofitted space previously belonging to a now bankrupt retailer.

It’s been years since I last wrote about Roku.

Last month, Rivian’s software chief did some press to talk up the company’s AI assistant.

It may have seemed innocent enough.

As expected, social media is ablaze with Berkshire Hathaway’s latest 13F filing, the first to be released with Greg Abel as CEO.

Both Netflix and Spotify deserve close monitoring.

Prior to OpenAI acquiring TBPN for approximately $100 million, there had been something about the podcasts, newsletters, and livecasts comprising new media that wasn’t sitting right with me.

OpenAI is spooked.

Three years into AI mania, things continue to be volatile.

For the past 10 days, an all-new $599 MacBook has captivated the tech press.

Although we are only three months into 2026, this is shaping up to be a good year for Anthropic.

Over the past few years, a periodic topic that we have talked about in these essays has revolved around Wall Street’s evolving attitude to AI mania.

Last week, the NYT published a bombshell of a report that alleged Meta was looking to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses while civil liberty groups were preoccupied with “the political tumult in the United States.”

Earlier this week, Ferrari took the wraps off the first byproduct of its multi-year partnership with LoveFrom, Jony Ive’s and Marc Newson’s design consultancy.

SpaceX acquiring xAI may not seem related to Anthropic unveiling a controversial Super Bowl ad.

Earlier this week, Tesla released quarterly earnings.