Big Technology Podcast · 2026-08-21 · 66 min · 11,748 words

Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate

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Big Tech is spending trillions more on AI than it appears on the surface. Is it a glaring red flag? New open AI and anthropic numbers show one company surging. And another sputtering? And should we actually be talking about AI for travel use cases more? That's coming up on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition featuring Ron John Roy's glorious return. Right after this. This episode is brought to you by Genesis. If you're following where Enterprise AI is actually going and want to get deeper than the headlines,

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Register free. at genesis dot com slash experience slash broadcast. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional cool headed and nuanced format. We have a great show for you today. We're gonna talk all about the off-balance sheet borrowing and spending that big tech is doing to enable the AI build out.

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