Evan Armstrong

Evan Armstrong is the lead writer at Every. He explores profit and power in technology in his column, Napkin Math.

Apr 30, 2024

The AI Wars Have Begun

OpenAI, Meta, and the $120 billion battle for the future of intelligence

Mar 13, 2025

AI Is Breaking Media. Here’s How Publishers Can Survive.

Content is cheaper than ever to produce. That will bring devastation—and a new wave of opportunity.

Nov 21, 2023

The Case Against Sam Altman

The board is bad at their job, but they may not be crazy

Jul 20, 2023

Of Course You Can Beat the Market

Free your mind from the Efficient Market Hypothesis

Mar 5, 2024

Claude 3 Is The Most Human AI Yet

But that doesn’t mean it's going to beat ChatGPT

Jul 27, 2023

Snap’s Probably Screwed (Again)

Maybe Elon should buy it

Apr 13, 2023

Steve Jobs’ Legacy for Builders

A book that lit a fire in my soul

Feb 25, 2022

Joe Rogan: The Platform-Proof Creator

Spotify’s No-Win Predicament

Sep 28, 2023

The Double Bind Theory—Or Why Sensationalism (Unfortunately) Works

If you want to win, you gotta spike

Feb 8, 2024

The One-person Billion-dollar Company

Can AI agents make you a billionaire?

Jun 22, 2022

Are We Really Addicted?

An interview with Nir Eyal

Jun 16, 2022

Selective Optimism

People who promise high returns forever are liars

Jan 31, 2022

Spotify’s Quest to Own Your Ear

A Napkin Math and Trapital Production

May 2, 2024

The AI Hardware Dilemma

Why new devices are flopping—and how they might succeed

Oct 27, 2022

Venture Capital Is Ripe for Disruption

A world where a billion is a drop in the bucket

Aug 18, 2022

What is an Asset?

Plus a new course from Napkin Math!

Jul 11, 2024

Searching for Signal

When building a startup gets hard, where should we turn?

Apr 6, 2023

We Don’t Know Enough About the Pornhub Acquisition

One of the world’s most important websites was sold and nobody cares

Mar 30, 2023

Tinder Is Way More Important Than You Think

Forget AI, the people want to bone

Apr 11, 2024

Can the Truly Moral Billionaire Please Stand Up?

My quest to find Jesus Christ with a Gulfstream

Jul 15, 2022

Has Venture Lost Its Soul?

A Book Review of The Power Law

Jul 16, 2021

How Free to Play Video Games are Forced to Make Addicts

A Case Study on Market Structures and Harm

Jun 27, 2023

Shopping for AI Shovels: The MosaicML Acquisition

Why would Databricks spend $1.3B?

Aug 3, 2023

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