Recode Decode: John Carreyrou

Recode Decode: John Carreyrou

Wall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup." Carreyrou explains how Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes' company raised nearly $1 billion for blood-testing products that sounded too good to be true — and they were. Holmes idolized former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and sought to make Theranos out to be the next great Silicon Valley success story, but most of her larger investors were not experienced in either technology or medicine, and people who did raise red flags were pushed aside. Carreyrou says "Bad Blood," which will be adapted into a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence as Holmes, is a "cautionary tale" about entrepreneurship, ambition and hubris, and predicts that the company's top executives will be indicted for the cover-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks

That UL safety logo is a lot more complicated than it looks

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Today on Decoder, I want to lay out an idea that's been banging around my head for weeks now as we've been reporting on AI and having conversations here on this show. I've been calling it software bra...

23 Apr 19min

Canva's CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software

Canva's CEO on its big pivot to AI enterprise software

The last time Canva CEO Melanie Perkins was on Decoder, the company was starting a big push into enterprise. Now, she's leading it through a total reinvention, going, in Canva's words, "from a design ...

20 Apr 1h 6min

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's "unconstrained" relationship with the truth

Ronan Farrow on Sam Altman's "unconstrained" relationship with the truth

Today I’m talking with Ronan Farrow, one of the biggest stars of investigative reporting working today. He broke the Harvey Weinstein story, among many, many others. Just last week, he and co-author...

16 Apr 1h 2min

Can Puck’s CEO reinvent the news business for the influencer age?

Can Puck’s CEO reinvent the news business for the influencer age?

Sarah Personette is the CEO of Puck, a media company that's been around for about five years. Puck hires big star reporters who write newsletters as part of a subscription bundle. Those newsletters ar...

13 Apr 1h 14min

The AI industry's existential race for profits

The AI industry's existential race for profits

Today, let’s talk about the looming AI monetization cliff, and whether some of the biggest companies in space can become real, profitable businesses before they careen right off it. My guest today is...

9 Apr 38min

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins wants data centers in space

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins wants data centers in space

My guest today is Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins. Cisco is one of those big companies that everyone has heard of but most of us don’t have to interact with very much; they’re not really a consumer brand. But...

6 Apr 57min

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?

Today, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech — one in California against Meta and Google, and another in New Mexico a...

2 Apr 51min

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