Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas – and other problems. Verge Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policy makers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future. Subscribe here!
Elon destroyed Twitter, but somehow still won as he prepares to take SpaceX public in what could be the biggest IPO ever.
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. on human creativity in the age of AI
Wassym Bensaid on why AI-powered voice control should be the future interface of car software.
How Google’s CEO is reshaping the company — and the internet.
We sent Liz Lopatto to Musk v. Altman and all we got was this episode of Decoder
The soon-to-be-former CEO on AI, social media, and the end of an era
Brendan Ballou discusses his new book on the rise, and hopefully fall, of forced arbitration.
The journalist and author of I Am Not a Robot on her year living with AI and starting a new media company.
Uber’s CEO on his plan to make Uber an everything app and take over travel.
Nilay joins as the guest to discuss our AI coverage, controversial episodes, and what it takes to succeed or fail on Decoder.
UL CEO Jennifer Scanlon on why safety still matters in the AI era
Software brain is changing the world, but most people still aren’t buying.
Why Melanie Perkins is confident Canva can take on the big AI players.
The head of OpenAI has a reputation for deception. The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow on why that matters.
CEO Sarah Personette’s big bet on the place where influencers and reporters might meet
It’s a make-or-break year for Anthropic and OpenAI, which are facing more pressure than ever to make more cash than they burn.
The head of the networking giant on energy, infrastructure, and why AI is writing Cisco code.
Why nuclear options like age limits and repealing Section 230 won’t make social media safer.
Why Todd McKinnon thinks it’s ‘naive’ not to prepare for the SaaSpocalypse
The Justice Department’s surprise Live Nation settlement raises big questions about the future of federal antitrust.
Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra says the intention of Grammarly’s expert review feature was not to impersonate real-life journalists. But he wouldn’t defend it.
To take on Netflix and YouTube, Paramount has to break the Warner Bros. curse.
How Yahoo escaped its Verizon death spiral and became profitable again.
Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on the history of the NSA and mass surveillance in America, and why Anthropic’s fight with the Pentagon should worry us.
We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter fandom, following Hasbro’s major Harry Potter merchandising agreement announced just last month. Here’s what Chris had to say.
Chris Cocks on AI, KPop Demon Hunters, and why Harry Potter still matters.
Kalshi and Polymarket are cosplaying as the news, even as gambling on Iran, Venezuela, and nuclear war runs rampant.
Jeremy Wacksman on affordability, AI in listings, and the future of real estate.
Tom Warren joins Decoder to discuss what Phil Spencer’s departure means for the future of Xbox.
The former Complexly owner lets loose on YouTube, AI, and why he turned his educational company into a nonprofit.
The AI industry is rife with defections, FOMO, and radical mission statements. It’s about to get supercharged.
A new report from 404 Media today featured a leaked email from Ring founder Jamie Siminoff, who leads the camera maker inside Amazon, saying back in October that he has grander ambitions for the company’s controversial Search Party feature beyond just finding lost dogs.
We had Siminoff on Decoder a few months ago, when I asked him explicitly about using facial recognition to identify people, something the company has since claimed it has no plans to do. Check out what he had to say in the clip below.
The security camera maker’s Search Party feature, advertised during the Super Bowl, has sparked a surveillance backlash.
Bridget McCormack of the American Arbitration Association on AI-powered courts and the future of law.
Roland Busch on AI-powered factories, tariffs in the Trump era, trade, and the future of NATO.
We interviewed Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen on Decoder this week, and one standout moment was when I asked Allan about his headcount. Docusign now employs around 7,000 people, which is a staggering number of employees for a company with a core product many think of as straightforward and simple.
But as you’ll hear Allan explain, the business of Docusign is actually quite a bit more complex than it appears, and he says the company needs a lot more people than you might think.
Why you can’t label your way into consensus reality amid the AI deepfake apocalypse.
Docusign’s Allan Thygesen says ‘not providing an AI service isn’t really an option.’
What the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery says about the future of Hollywood, with Puck’s Julia Alexander.
Alex Lintner, Experian’s CEO of tech and software solutions, came on Decoder this week. When I asked Alex whether he thought the average person likes Experian as a company, he gave me one of the most memorable answers we’ve ever gotten. Check out the clip below, and catch the full interview here on The Verge.