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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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