26/01/2026

From Platforms to Power: What Tech Tonic Reveals About Silicon Valley’s New Playbook

At my second training session, I kept scrolling through the Financial Times podcasts and ended up on Tech Tonic, where the discussion immediately moved beyond products and hype and into power.

The episode unpacked how influence has shifted from pure technological dominance to political and regulatory leverage, with control over data, platforms, and infrastructure increasingly protected through access to state power and strategic alignment rather than innovation alone.

https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/ft-tech-tonic/id1169101860?l=en-GB&i=1000746161408