Episode 1610 • • 1:40:29 - 1:45:09
1610: p-doom
Microsoft's History of Sucking Up Intellectual Property
Reflecting on Microsoft's business tactics, the hosts recall how the company acquired vast amounts of machine translation IP from defunct firms like Lernout & Hauspie in the early 2000s. Despite owning the foundational technology for speech-to-text, Microsoft often lets acquired IP languish rather than innovating. This historical pattern is used to frame Microsoft's current relationship with OpenAI.