Why The Atlantic signed a deal with OpenAI
Today I’m talking to Nicholas Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic. I was really excited to talk to Nick. Like so many media CEOs, including Vox Media’s, he just signed a deal allowing OpenAI to use The ...
11 Heinä 202451min
Canva CEO Melanie Perkins is happy to provide designers alternatives to Adobe
Canva got its start more than a decade ago as a different form of disruptive tech for creatives. It’s a web-based platform that makes design tools cheaper and accessible for individuals, schools, and ...
8 Heinä 20241h 6min
How Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov is getting zoomers into the cult of kamado cooking
It’s almost the Fourth of July, and that means it’s time for our annual grilling episode. This year, I’m talking with Big Green Egg CEO Dan Gertsacov, who has big plans for using very modern fan-based...
1 Heinä 20241h 16min
The rise of shadow lobbying and its influence on decades of US policy
Today, we’re talking about politics and lobbying in America. It’s hard to imagine a time when the influence of big corporations and billionaires didn’t touch every part of American politics, but the k...
27 Kesä 202445min
Inside the players and politics of the AI industry
We’ve got a special episode of the show today – I was traveling last week, so Verge deputy editor Alex Heath and our new senior AI reporter Kylie Robison are filling in for me, with a very different k...
20 Kesä 202445min
Why Tubi CEO Anjali Sud thinks free TV can win again
Tubi is a free and very rapidly growing streaming TV platform — according to Nielsen, it had an average of a million viewers watching every minute in May 2024, beating out Disney Plus, Max, Peacock, a...
17 Kesä 20241h 7min
Remix: How private equity took over everything
Private equity is a simple concept — a PE firm uses some combination of money and debt to buy a company, then makes a profit — but the reality of what happens to the companies that get acquired is any...
13 Kesä 202439min
