Evan Armstrong

Evan Armstrong was a lead writer at Every who explored profit and power in technology in Napkin Math.

Jan 30, 2022

Spotify’s Quest to Own Your Ear

A Napkin Math and Trapital Production

Jul 29, 2024

Tinder Is Way More Important Than You Think

The success of a dating app has huge implications for the U.S. economy

Jan 5, 2022

What the hell is going on with Lambda School?

The complicated business of selling social good

Jan 27, 2025

What Actually Matters (And What Doesn’t) For DeepSeek

Allow us to explain why your 401k is down

Mar 22, 2022

BIG announcement incoming

I'm going full time on Napkin Math

Jun 26, 2023

Shopping for AI Shovels: The MosaicML Acquisition

Why would Databricks spend $1.3B?

Jul 10, 2024

Searching for Signal

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

Oct 27, 2021

The Creator Power Scale: A Formula to Determine if Platforms are Ripping You Off

An examination of the Twitch Hack data

Jan 24, 2024

The Zone of Deployment

How can you know when to invest?

Jan 8, 2025

More Output, Less Effort

8 pieces of technology that have dramatically improved my life

Jun 21, 2023

Mistral AI Memo Review

New product from us!

Feb 5, 2024

Profit, Power, and the Vision Pro

Will Apple’s new headset change everything?

Jun 22, 2022

Facebook’s Capitulation

Abandoning a Trillion Dollar Advantage

Sep 22, 2024

What Are AI Agents—And Who Profits From Them?

The newest wave of AI research is changing everything

Sep 27, 2023

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

If you want to win, you gotta spike

Nov 15, 2023

COGS: How I Bankrupted MoviePass

An intuitive explainer for how to lose money and win anyway

Jul 27, 2021

Twilio’s Second Act

Twilio rode its API to a $66B valuation. Now it’s trying to become the Universal Switchboard for the internet.

Jul 22, 2024

Vibes Are a Legitimate Economic Indicator

In her debut book, Kyla Scanlon makes the case for feeling the numbers

Apr 3, 2024

How I Use ChatGPT (As a Reasonable Person)

My AI awakening

Jan 12, 2022

3 Thoughts On Justworks

The newest SaaS company to hit the public markets

May 6, 2024

The Right Kind of Asshole

A founder’s personality can differentiate them—or destroy them

Feb 26, 2024

What the Media Is Getting Wrong About AI

The future must be built on truth

Jul 8, 2024

Paramount’s Dilemma: Content Isn’t King—Distribution Is

Half a century removed from its glory days, the Hollywood giant has a new rescue plan

Jul 15, 2021

How Free to Play Video Games are Forced to Make Addicts

A Case Study on Market Structures and Harm