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welcome to recode media peter kofka That is me and that was an interesting week.

As you know, Silicon Valley Bank failed a few days ago and basically everyone in tech and lots of people who aren't in tech but care about banks and the economy.

Spent the weekend worrying that everything might go very badly. It looks like we've made it out of that and we're not sure, so fingers crossed. In the meantime,

I've got two interviews for you today. The first is with Dan Premack, who does excellent

Monday reporting for Axios. We talked on Wednesday about what happened at Silicon Valley Bank,

what it does or doesn't mean for tech companies and other startups and what happens next.

And then I've got to chat with Benedict Evans, the smart and provocative tech analyst,

about a lot of different stuff.

A lot of it's about Amazon and its giant ad business, which we don't nearly talk about

enough.

We talk about whether we should even be calling that an ad business, but it's a giant freaking

business.

If you are a regular listener of this podcast, this is right up your alley. What Benedict and I don't discuss is

Silicon Valley Bank, and that's for a simple reason. We recorded this one a few weeks ago,

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