Columns and blog posts, written over the years on a variety of websites.
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 19th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Countless billions have been spent by tech giants to develop the best AI models. Now the next era is beginning — with budget versions from China that are completely changing the rules of the game. “Have you got a Panadol?” Ever since paracetamol was launched […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 17th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The deadline expires this weekend. But will one of the world’s most popular apps really disappear? SvD’s tech analyst Björn Jeffery explains what happens when the espionage-accused TikTok is banned in the United States. Yes — at present it looks that way. The US law […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 10th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Silicon Valley is entering Washington DC as Trump’s new government takes office. Never before has the political influence of tech companies been so great. But not all changes in the apparatus of state will be welcomed with open arms. When Donald Trump is sworn in […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on January 7th, 2025. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Why make your own investment decisions when you can copy someone else? A new phenomenon from the US is creating new and unusual ways to trade stocks — by riding on the coattails of celebrities. If you follow the markets, you have almost certainly seen […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 25th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. He has been right on companies like Alibaba, Uber — and Klarna. Masayoshi Son is the legendary investor who plays for extremely high stakes, and sometimes loses everything. But who always comes back to find the next success. It is an investor’s dream. Identify a […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on December 6th, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The tech elite’s bet on Trump has already started to pay off. With the appointment of David Sacks as “AI and crypto tsar,” the venture capitalists have billions of reasons to celebrate. The Silicon Valley elite gathered for a dinner at venture capitalist David Sacks’ […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 22nd, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. The suit sold the dream. The excavator was supposed to do the work. But the visions and the reality never pulled in the same direction at Northvolt. What Peter Carlsson leaves behind is not what he had imagined. It is a bright spring day in […]
This analysis was first published in SvD Näringsliv, in Swedish, on November 21st, 2024. This piece was translated from Swedish by Claude. Some phrasing may differ from a human translation. Nvidia doubled its profit and the market responded with an “okay.” The expectations placed on the world’s most valuable company have become a problem — for the entire stock market. There are two types of companies on the stock market. The first requires a trained […]
Musk’s mission: cut 20,000 billion kronor Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-11-13. Translated from Swedish. It is now confirmed — super-entrepreneur Elon Musk is stepping into Washington to clean up among American government agencies. The mission: cut 20,000 billion kronor from the federal budget. Cast your mind back twelve years and try to explain this to someone if you can. A mildly confused Shiba Inu dog becomes popular on the internet. A meme emerges — an […]
Elon Musk bet everything on Trump — and is now more powerful than ever Published in Svenska Dagbladet, 2024-11-06. Translated from Swedish. The world’s richest man played an extraordinarily high-stakes political game. Elon Musk bet everything on red — and won. Now comes the payoff. They were not always close friends, the two most talked-about billionaires in America. In the summer of 2022, Donald Trump’s re-election campaign was already under way, and from a podium […]
