Techstrong Gang - 5/20/2026

Techstrong Gang - 6/16/2026

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Chris Blask and Kate Scarcella, break down reports of an OpenAI price war with Anthropic, Jensen Huang’s criticism of leaders blaming AI for layoffs and the forecast that cybersecurity spending could reach $521.7 billion by 2031.

Techstrong Gang - 6/15/2026

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Jon Swartz, Garima Bajpai and Yvette Schmitter, break down the Anthropic fallout, rising sovereignty fights over AI and cloud infrastructure and SpaceX’s record-setting surge.

Techstrong Gang - 6/12/2026

Host Mike Vizard is joined by Jeff Reich, Jack Gold, Jon Swartz and Tracy Ragan to break down rising chip costs, the expanding role of AI across DevOps workflows and IBM’s warning that AI agents are raising the governance burden for technology leaders.

Techstrong Gang - 6/11/2026

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Jon Swartz and Ira, break down Visa and OpenAI building payment infrastructure for AI agents, a new AI-designed universal vaccine tested in humans and the push for zero-trust security around agentic AI.

Techstrong Gang - 6/10/2026

Alan Shimel and Mike Vizard, joined by Fred Wilmot, Teri Robinson and Jon Swartz, break down Anthropic’s new safety brakes for Mythos AI, the trust tactics driving ShinyHunters and China’s massive AI infrastructure push.