Spotify Hits 300 Million Paid Subscriber Milestone - DTH
Aug 4, 2026 · 4m
Summary
Host Rob Dunwood covers Spotify’s subscriber growth and AI investments, alongside an FCC ban on Chinese optical transceivers. The episode details Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI, India’s new UPI merchant fees, and Bending Spoons’ acquisition of Airtable. It also reports on Microsoft-Apple clipboard integration, Anthropic’s $10B compute deal, John Ternus’s Apple leadership transition, and Telegram’s App Store reinstatement.
Topics discussed
Ship-a-ton mobile hackathon promotion
Sponsors: Capital One AI and SkyRizzy
Spotify subscriber growth and AI investments
FCC ban on Chinese optical transceivers
Apple vs OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit
India reintroducing UPI merchant fees
Bending Spoons acquires Airtable
Apple-MS clipboard integration and Anthropic deal
Telegram App Store reinstatement and moderation
Outro and sponsor repeats
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