February 19, 2026
In the war for AI talent, ideology now trumps money. Researchers are jumping ship over mission alignment as top labs race towards IPOs.
February 16, 2026
Ring's lost dog ad sparked a firestorm over AI-powered surveillance, forcing it to cancel a police tech deal and raising privacy questions.
February 12, 2026
Can AI judges fix a broken legal system? Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack on using AI to make justice accessible.
February 9, 2026
Siemens CEO Roland Bush on automating everything with AI and digital twins, restructuring a global giant, and navigating a deglobalizing world.
February 5, 2026
The tech industry's effort to label AI content, C2PA, is failing due to fragmented adoption and misaligned incentives, leading to a reality crisis.
February 2, 2026
DocuSign's CEO discusses pivoting from e-signatures to an AI-powered contract intelligence platform, navigating user trust and liability.
January 29, 2026
Netflix is buying Warner Bros not out of desire, but necessity—a defensive play for its IP to combat rivals and stagnating engagement.
January 26, 2026
Experian's tech CEO on AI's role in credit, managing immense data responsibility, and why consumer trust is their core product.
January 22, 2026
Grok's AI image generator creates a one-click harassment machine. Why are regulators, app stores, and lawmakers choosing to do nothing about it?
January 19, 2026
Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan defends his company's big AI push, including the controversial Grok-powered anime waifu, amidst gamer backlash.
January 15, 2026
Author Megan Greenwell reveals how private equity's financialization tactics hollow out companies and harm communities in healthcare, media, and retail.
January 12, 2026
Dropout CEO Sam Reich shares how he built a successful subscription comedy service by prioritizing creative freedom and a simplified business model.
December 22, 2025
Media titans clash in a deep dive on the Netflix vs. Paramount bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, its regulatory risks, and industry impact.
December 18, 2025
Host Nilay Patel answers listener questions on Decoder's AI coverage, the coming creator economy crash, and interviewing media-trained CEOs.
December 15, 2025
Stack Overflow's CEO on pivoting from a public Q&A site to an enterprise SaaS and data licensing business to survive the AI disruption.
December 11, 2025
Sen. Ed Markey slams Trump's weaponized FCC, demands transparency on the unenforced TikTok ban, and calls for AI safeguards to protect democracy.
December 8, 2025
Square's Head of Product on leveraging its functional org structure, integrated hardware, and AI to democratize data for small businesses.
December 4, 2025
Anthropic's unique 'Societal Impacts' team studies AI's 'inconvenient truths,' balancing its safety-first brand with business and political pressures.
December 1, 2025
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna on the AI bubble, the pivot from Watson, and why quantum computing is the company's biggest bet for the future.
November 24, 2025
Data scientist Hannah Ritchie reveals surprising progress in climate action, arguing for a hopeful, data-driven path forward beyond despair.
November 20, 2025
AI agents vs. the App Economy: The 'DoorDash Problem' pits services like Amazon against AI firms like Perplexity in a battle for the future of the web.
November 17, 2025
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returns to Amazon with a vision to "zero out crime" using AI, reshaping his team for speed and navigating privacy.
November 13, 2025
Is AI a bubble? CoreWeave's creative financing, deep ties to NVIDIA, and massive debt offer a look into the high-stakes bet on AI's future.
November 10, 2025
Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee discusses the web's shift to closed platforms, the dual threat/opportunity of AI, and his fight for user control.
November 6, 2025
Generative AI in schools is creating an existential crisis, pitting its potential as a tool against the risk of undermining critical thinking.
November 3, 2025
Lyft CEO David Risher on his customer-obsessed turnaround strategy, competing with Uber on service, and navigating AI and autonomous vehicles.
October 30, 2025
Author Cory Doctorow explains "inshittification": the process of platform decay driven by eroded competition, regulation, and worker power.
October 27, 2025
LexisNexis CEO on AI's legal revolution: transforming research while raising concerns about accuracy, apprenticeship, and judicial ethics.
October 22, 2025
GM's CEO and CPO discuss navigating EV market shifts, ditching CarPlay for an integrated AI platform, and their long-term bets on autonomy.
October 20, 2025
ZocDoc CEO Oliver Karaz on leveraging their healthcare data moat, navigating AI's rise, and why they won't be disintermediated like DoorDash.
October 16, 2025
The US EV tax credit is gone. Can American automakers innovate to compete with China and make EVs affordable without subsidies? A tough road ahead.
October 15, 2025
The Verge now offers paid subscribers ad-free listening for top podcasts like Decoder and The Vergecast, plus other exclusive perks.
October 9, 2025
AI's future is at a crossroads. Kanjun Q discusses OpenAI's 'walled garden,' the rise of AI slop, and the urgent need for decentralized AI.
October 6, 2025
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on the R2, competing with China, navigating tariffs, and building a proprietary, AI-driven autonomous driving platform.
October 2, 2025
Anthropic's David Hershey on Claude Sonnet 4.5's breakthrough in agentic AI, its 30-hour autonomous coding feat, and what's next.
September 29, 2025
Ford CEO Jim Farley on Decoder discusses a radical EV pivot to compete with China, the future of in-car tech, and the US manufacturing crisis.
September 25, 2025
AI expert Heidi Klaff argues AI labs are chasing military contracts, redefining 'safety' to deploy unvetted tech and creating new security risks.
September 22, 2025
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on acquiring a company for $0, pioneering a 'comedy sass' model, and using viral clips to build a media empire.
September 18, 2025
AI chatbots can trigger severe mental health crises, from delusions to suicide. Reporter Kashmir Hill unpacks the risks and weak safeguards.
September 15, 2025
Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi breaks down modern marketing, from data-driven strategies and creator collabs to the future of advertising in the AI era.
