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Doug O'Laughlin

SemiAnalysis president; founder of Fabricated Knowledge newsletter

Every podcast episode featuring Doug O'Laughlin that Attunex has found: 47 interviews and appearances across 15 shows between 2020 and 2026. Most often on SemiAnalysis Weekly (10), ChinaTalk (9) and TBPN (8). Often in conversation with Jordan Nanos and Jordan Schneider. Follow Doug in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. Ep. 031 - EMERGENCY EPISODE: Are We Doomed? | Jordan Nanos, Doug O'Laughlin, Max Kan, Joey Brookhart
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Emergency episode. Doug O'Laughlin (@Fabknowledge) , Joey Brookhart (@SaasquatchC), and Max Kan (@maxkan) join Jordan (@JordanNanos) to talk through Dario's "We Must Pace the Frontier" blog and the…

    2026-09-16
  2. Ep. 028 - Most Neoclouds Suck At Security: How Agents Hacked Hugging Face (Neoclouds, Security) | Doug O'Laughlin, Sam Harshe, Jordan Nanos
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    This week Doug, Sam and Jordan discuss the OpenAI vs HuggingFace security incident and our recent article on Neocloud security ahead of ClusterMAX 3.0 Full article:…

    2026-09-02
  3. Ep. 023 - Everyone Leaves Google, Elon Forecasts 1T ARR, Reflecting On GPT-5, Building Personalized Software (Roundtable) | Jon Y, Doug O'Laughlin, Jordan Nanos
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Jeff Dean and the Gemini leads are leaving Google. Jon Y (@asianometry) makes his FIRST appearance to unpack the exodus with Doug O'Laughlin (@fabknowledge) and Jordan Nanos (@JordanNanos). The crew…

    2026-08-07
  4. Ep. 022 - Market Drawdown, Historic Bubbles, Funding The Buildout, AI Politics (Doug is Back)
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Doug is back this week!Timestamps:00:00 Market Update07:02 Comparing to Past Bubbles in Taiwan and Korea10:08 Memory Prices, LTAs, and Market Cycles18:11 Future Demand for AI and Model Usage37:40…

    2026-07-29
  5. EP033 - Cerebras (CBRS): Thematic Winner in AI Compute Shortage with SemiAnalysis’ President
    Pitch The PM

    In this episode of Pitch The PM, Doug Garber speaks with Doug O’Laughlin, President of SemiAnalysis, about the explosive demand for AI infrastructure and the market reaction to Cerebras’ IPO. Doug O…

    2026-05-20
  6. Cerebras IPO, WarshTime, General Catalyst Ad Reactions | Andrew Feldman, Amy Reinhard, Ben Hylak, Doug O'Laughlin, Eric Vishria, Steve Vassallo
    TBPN

    (01:04) - Cerebras IPO (21:36) - Warsh Confirmed as FED Chair (30:51) - Amy Reinhard is the President of Advertising at Netflix, where she leads the company’s global ads business and monetization…

    2026-05-14
  7. Ep. 011 - GPT 5.5 vs Claude 4.7: OpenAI's Comeback From the Brink (Tokenomics) | Jordan Nanos, Dylan Patel, Doug O'Laughlin, Max Kan
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    OpenAI was in serious trouble at the beginning of this year. Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 release had triggered a wave of developers to start using Claude Code, pushing Anthropic's revenue past…

    2026-05-06
  8. Ep. 008 Claude Code Psychosis: How SemiAnalysis Is Token Mogging Meta | Dan Nishball, Sam Harshe, Jordan Nanos
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Jordan Nanos (@jordannanos) Daniel Nishball (@dnishball) and Sam Harshe (@sharshe02) break down how SemiAnalysis is deploying Claude Code agents across its Singapore office at a scale that outpaces…

    2026-04-10
  9. Ep. 007 - The 3 Choke Points Killing the AI Boom (Core Research) | Nick Doyle, Nigel Chiang, Konrad Wang, Jordan Nanos
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    The Core Research team is on SemiAnalysis Weekly this week. Jordan Nanos, Nick Doyle, Nigel Chiang, and Konrad Wang walk through the biggest bottlenecks in AI infrastructure: TSMC capacity…

    2026-04-03
  10. Brutal Quarter Ends With a Rally — But Risks Are Rising
    Prof G Markets

    Subscribe to the Prof G Markets Youtube Channel Ed Elson speaks with Charles Schwab’s Kevin Gordon about the sharp market rally on the last day of Q1, takeaways from a highly volatile quarter, and…

    2026-04-01
  11. Ep. 004 - The Impact of AI Datacenters On Consumer Power Costs (Datacenter, Energy) | Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Jordan Nanos, Doug O'Laughlin
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Join Jordan Nanos, Doug O’Laughlin, and special guest Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros for an in-depth analysis of the intersection between AI infrastructure and energy markets. Jeremie, Head of Datacenter…

    2026-03-05
  12. Happy Nvidia Day, Salesforce Earnings with Marc Benioff, Anthropic's New Stance on Safety | Doug O'Laughlin, Maxwell Meyer, Ben Lerer, Michael Manapat, Adam Warmoth, Connor Sweeney, Matthew Harpe
    TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (00:50) - How Fed is Thinking About AI Adoption (19:45) - Trump's Power Play on Big Tech (26:22) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (39:51) - Anthropic's New…

    2026-02-25
  13. $30,000/Year Value: SemiAnalysis Shows AI Agents Are Now "Perfectly Compliant Junior Analysts," Erasing an Entire Job Category
    AI DispatchAI

    Episode Introduction: In this episode, we dive into a provocative analysis by Doug O’Laughlin from SemiAnalysis, who challenges conventional wisdom about the AI revolution’s winners and the future of…

    2026-02-25
  14. Claude Code for Finance + The Global Memory Shortage: Doug O'Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.latent.space First speakers for AIE Europe and AIEi Miami have been announced. If you’re in Asia/Aus, come by Singapore and…

    2026-02-24
  15. Ep. 002 - InferenceX 2.0 Release (Technical Staff) | Cam Quilici, Bryan Shan, Doug O'Laughlin, Jordan Nanos
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    InferenceX, formerly InferenceMAX: https://inferencex.com/ Article (latest): https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/inferencex-v2-nvidia-blackwell-vs GitHub…

    2026-02-19
  16. Ep. 001 - Claude Code, Memory Mania, CPUs are Back | Jordan Nanos, Doug O'Laughlin, Myron Xie
    SemiAnalysis Weekly

    Claude Code Rising: https://semianalysis.com/institutional/claude-code-adoption-note/ and https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/claude-code-is-the-inflection-point CPUs are back:…

    2026-02-13
  17. Google Goes All-In on the AI Arms Race
    Prof G Markets

    Ed Elson discusses Google’s massive bond sale with Gil Luria, Head of Technology Research at D.A. Davidson. They also break down why D.A. Davidson upgraded Oracle’s stock. Then, Ed is joined by Doug…

    2026-02-11
  18. Chip Bottleneck vs. Energy Bottleneck, Amazon’s $200B Capex, Big Tech Earnings | Doug O'Laughlin, Max Levchin, TJ Parker, Arsalan Tavakoli
    TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:05) - Chip Bottleneck vs. Energy Bottleneck (16:12) - Amazon Plans Record $200B Capex (29:31) - Inside the Search for Iger's Heir (34:30) - TikTok…

    2026-02-06
  19. FULL INTERVIEW: Doug O'Laughlin Thinks Microsoft is OUT of the AI Race
    TBPN

    This is our full interview with Doug O'Laughlin, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss why Claude Code feels like a true inflection point, how agent swarms and orchestration could replace large parts of…

    2026-02-06
  20. Amazon x OpenAI, Ford's EV Reality Check, Kushner Drops WB Bid | Sarah Guo, David Senra, Doug O'Laughlin, Doug Bernauer, Jacob Effron, Logan Kilpatrick
    TBPN

    (02:12) - Ford's EV Reality Check (21:03) - Amazon x OpenAI (33:13) - Kushner Drops WB Bid (39:53) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (57:33) - Sarah Guo is the founder and managing partner of Conviction, an…

    2025-12-17
  21. AI in NYC Ep. 10: Nvidia vs AMD & the AI Power Crunch — Doug O’Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
    AI in NYC Show

    In Episode 10, we sit down with Doug O’Laughlin, President of SemiAnalysis and author of Fabricated Knowledge, to break down the truth behind GPUs, the semiconductor supply chain, and the massive…

    2025-12-10
  22. OpenAI Needs to Raise $207B by 2030, Klarna Launches New Stablecoin
    The Rundown

    Market update for November 26, 2025: Follow us on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@therundowndaily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for bonus content and instant reactions. Interview with Doug O'Laughlin

    2025-11-26
  23. What Nvidia’s Perfect Quarter, Google Gemini 3, and Interest Rates Reveal About the AI Trade (ft. Doug O'Laughlin)
    The Rundown

    Is the AI trade cooling off, or is this the calm before an even more explosive phase of the build-out? Zaid sits down with Doug O’Loughlin, President at SemiAnalysis, to break down Nvidia's earnings…

    2025-11-23
  24. All things AI, Power, and Corporate Governance with SemiAnalysis's Doug O'Laughlin
    Yet Another Value Podcast

    Doug O’Loughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and SemiAnalysis returns to the podcast in to dive into all things AI, Power, and Corporate Governance. On the AI side, they discuss where we are in the cycle,…

    2025-10-28
  25. OpenAI–AMD Deal, DevDay Reactions, xAI’s Memphis Datacenter | Doug O'Laughlin, Celine Halioua
    TBPN

    (00:17) - OpenAI DevDay Reactions (30:05) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (38:42) - OpenAI–AMD Deal (50:07) - xAI’s Memphis Datacenter (56:12) - Doug O'Laughlin, CFA, is the President of SemiAnalysis, an…

    2025-10-06
  26. EP.013: AI Capex Super-Cycle: A Deep Look at Emerging Tech Trends and Bottlenecks
    Pitch The PM

    The AI Capex Super-Cycle is well underway. We dive deep with Doug O'Laughlin, the President of SemiAnalysis - the leading field level industry experts and Michelle Brophy, the TMT DoR at AlphaSense.…

    2025-09-19
  27. NVIDIA's High-Stakes Bet, Nuro Cofounder on Uber's Robotaxi Fleet & Google's AdTech Future | Aug 28, 2025
    The Information's TITV

    Nuro Cofounder Dave Ferguson talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about the Uber robo-taxi partnership. We also break down NVIDIA's Q2 earnings with SemiAnalysis' Doug O'Laughlin, Seaport Research…

    2025-09-02
  28. NVIDIA Earnings Breakdown | Doug O’Laughlin, Ajay Agarwal, Koen Bok & Jorn Van Dijk, Hussein Fazal, Oisin Hanrahan, Jon Callaghan, Shane Hegde
    TBPN

    (00:11) - NVIDIA Earnings Breakdown (28:43) - Doug O’Laughlin is the President of SemiAnalysis, an independent research firm focused on semiconductors and AI. He specializes in semiconductor…

    2025-08-28
  29. GPT-5 Hot Takes, Rahul Live from The Ultradome, Doug From SemiAnalysis, Timeline Reactions | Doug O’Laughlin, Rahul Sonwalkar, Mitchell Green, Ben Schleuniger, Merrill Lutsky
    TBPN

    (00:10) - Rahul Sonwalkar Live in the Ultradome. Rahul Sonwalkar, founder and CEO of Julius AI, transitioned from his viral "Rahul Ligma" persona to leading an AI data analysis platform that has…

    2025-08-08
  30. SemiAnalysis + Asianometry on Intel, Gemini 2.5, and Chinese Robots
    ChinaTalk

    The Transistor Radio boys are back. Jon of Asianometry, Doug O'Laughlin and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis on the pod to talk about Google's AI push, Intel's new CEO, Chinese robots, and the rise of…

    2025-03-26
  31. SemiAnalysis + Asianometry on the AI Mandate of Heaven
    ChinaTalk

    Dylan Patel and Doug O'Laughlin (SemiAnalysis), Jon from Asianometry and I have way too much fun talking hyperscaler capex, the AI mandate of heaven tier list, and Tim Cook succession plans. Learn…

    2025-02-07
  32. Doug O'Laughlin on the Semiconductor Industry Dynamics and Outlook
    This Week in Intelligent Investing

    In this episode, co-hosts Elliot Turner and John Mihaljevic welcome Doug O'Laughlin, President of SemiAnalysis and founder of Fabricated Knowledge. Doug shares his wisdom on the state of the…

    2025-01-22
  33. SemiAnalysis on Top Chip Stories of 2024
    ChinaTalk

    Dylan Patel, Doug O'Laughlin, Jon from Asianometry and I all chat the biggest semiconductor stories of the year. We get into energy demands for datacenters, Intel, Samsung, Nvidia, SMIC, Huawei,…

    2024-11-26
  34. NCI: Nvidia & GPUs: Are Data Centers the New Compute Unit? w/ Doug O'Laughlin
    Lumida Wealth : Non-Consensus Invest Beyond the Ordinary

    00:00 Welcome to Non Consensus Investing: Unveiling Alternative Investment Strategies 00:28 Introducing Doug O'Laughlin: A Semiconductor and AI Expert 01:02 The Semiconductor Industry: A Gateway to…

    2024-05-08
  35. Nvidia, Groq, HBM & What's Ahead for Semis (Doug O'Laughlin, Founder of Fabricated Knowledge)
    On The Frontier

    The most important trend powering AI is semiconductors and that trend is not slowing down anytime soon. We need to understand what is happening at the semiconductor level to be able to project…

    2024-04-09
  36. A Gut Check on Intel and Nvidia with Asianometry, Fabricated Knowledge, and SemiAnalysis
    ChinaTalk

    Just minutes after the Taiwan earthquake yesterday, Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis, Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge, Jon of Asianometry and yours truly had a brief hang where we got into:…

    2024-04-04
  37. Ep. 99 - Doug O'Laughlin: Semiconductor Sector Part 2
    The Investing City Podcast

    This is part 2 of our sector analysis on semiconductors. You can check out Doug's substack here: Fabricated Knowledge. We go deep on semis. Here are some of the companies mentioned: 1. Nvidia 2. ASML…

    2024-03-21
  38. Replay: Doug O'Laughlin (Founder, Fabricated Knowledge) - A Detailed Primer on the Semiconductor Industry
    On The Frontier

    Given all that’s happened in the year since this first aired (March 2023), replaying this for everyone to understand what is happening within the Semiconductor space, the different players, why…

    2024-02-13
  39. EMERGENCY POD: Huawei's Breakthrough, the Technical, Industrial and Strategic Implications
    ChinaTalk

    Huawei’s breakthrough Kirin 9000s: what is it, why is it a big deal, and what if anything should the US do about it? Joining me, I have on two fantastic semiconductor analysis, Doug O'Laughlin of…

    2023-09-13
  40. NVIDIA and the Future of AI
    ChinaTalk

    Doug O'Laughlin of the Fabricated Knowledge substack and I discuss: NVIDIA's corporate history and how it arrived at such a dominant position today What makes it so irreplacable in the coming AI…

    2023-06-03
  41. Doug O'Laughlin from Fabricated Knowledge on management incentives at $APP
    Yet Another Value Podcast

    Doug O'Laughlin, Founder and Editor of the Fabricated Knowledge and Mule's Musings Newsletter, joins the Yet Another Value Podcast for the 3rd time to discuss AppLovin Corporation (NASDAQ: APP). Doug…

    2023-05-08
  42. #4 Doug O'Laughlin (@FoolAllTheTime) - Founder of Fabricated Knowledge, A Detailed Primer on the Semiconductor Industry, What Powers AI Under the Hood, Trends in Chips for the Future
    On The Frontier

    Doug O’Laughlin is the Founder of Fabricated Knowledge, one of the largest technology newsletters on Substack, covering the semiconductor industry. Many may know Doug from his anonymous Twitter . He…

    2023-03-21
  43. Chips: 2022 in Review
    ChinaTalk

    Subscribe to my newsletter! https://www.chinatalk.media/ Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis go through our most important semis stories of 2022. We get into:…

    2022-12-16
  44. Semis 101 with Asianometry and Fabricated Knowledge
    ChinaTalk

    How do you get into chips? Doug O'Laughlin of Fabricated Knowledge and Jon Y of Asianometry run us through how to they came to We also discuss Why starting with something's history can help you…

    2022-12-08
  45. US-China Chip War
    ChinaTalk

    What will the Biden administration's new export controls mean for the US and Chinese semiconductor industries as well as the future of the US-China relationship? To discuss, I assembled the Chips…

    2022-10-27
  46. Doug from Fabricated Knowledge on $SITM
    Yet Another Value Podcast

    Doug O’Laughlin , founder of fabricated knowledge , returns to the podcast to discuss his thesis on SiTime (SITM). Doug's SITM write up:…

    2022-10-10
  47. Doug from Fabricated Knowledge on the Semis industry and his RMBS thesis
    Yet Another Value Podcast

    Doug Olaughlin, founder of fabricated knowledge, comes on the podcast to talk about the semiconductor space in general and then dive into his thesis on Rambus (RMBS) and why the market might be…

    2022-06-10
  48. Apple Is at the Cutting Edge of a Revolution in Chips
    Odd Lots

    On a recent episode of Odd Lots, we talked about Intel, and how the former dominant American semiconductor company was stumbling. But big things are happening in the chip industry beyond the…

    2020-12-17