Dynamic pricing
Subject in Business
Dynamic pricing has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, My First Million. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lindsay OwensConsumer protection expert, head of the Groundwork Collaborative think tank, and author of "Gouged"
Owens argues that airlines originated and exported the worst pricing practices, including dynamic pricing and unbundling.
“all of the tricks that companies use originated in the airlines”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:52
Owens argues electronic shelf labels are infrastructure that could allow dynamic pricing across the whole economy.
“electronic shelf labels are the digital infrastructure to price everything in the economy dynamically”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay Owens (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 7:41
Nick KokonasAmerican former options trader, co-founder of the restaurant Alinea and founder of the reservation software company Tock
Kokonas believes localized dynamic pricing for time-slotted businesses will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to someone.
“geofenced, meaning localized, dynamic and variable pricing for time slotted businesses is something that someone's going to make hundreds of billions of dollars with”
My First Million: How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 47:00
Kokonas argues, against calls to ban dynamic pricing, that the best way to avoid gouging is to price dynamically as quickly as possible.
“But the best way to do that is to dynamically price things as fast as you possibly can”
My First Million: How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 46:24
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 1 episode
- My First Million · 1 episode
Episodes
#693 - Consumer Advocate Lindsay OwensThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Nov 3, 2026 · 1 h 55 min
Theo Von talks with consumer advocate Lindsay Owens about price gouging, dynamic and surveillance pricing, corporate data collection, AI shopping agents, and consumer protections.
How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick KokonasMy First Million · Oct 26, 2026 · 2 h 7 min
Shaan Puri talks with Nick Kokonas about finding arbitrages across trading, the restaurant Alinea, Tock, Napa winemaking and an immersive magic venue.