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The Verge

11 episodes

Episodes

OpenAI's executive exodus has one big winner
Aug 27, 2026 · 36m
Neal Patel and Hayden Field discuss OpenAI’s massive executive turnover, which has consolidated operational power under co-founder Greg Brockman.
How GoFundMe became America's backup plan
Aug 24, 2026 · 1h 13m
Eli Patel interviews GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan about the platform’s evolution into a critical social safety net, particularly for medical expenses.
Welcome to the AI crisis in math
Aug 20, 2026 · 36m
Neil Patel interviews Verge AI reporter Robert Hart about the existential crisis in mathematics sparked by OpenAI’s Astra model solving ten long-standing problems.
It's about ethics in journalism, with Ben Smith
Aug 17, 2026 · 1h 7m
Neal Patel interviews Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of Semaphore, about his shift from chasing viral traffic to building an "anti-scale" profitable news business.
Does Google even want to win in AI?
Aug 13, 2026 · 34m
Neil Patel and Hayden Field analyze Google’s recent AI leadership shakeup, where Jeff Dean departed and Demis Hassabis shifted to research.
Bose CEO Lila Snyder on the fight for high-quality audio
Aug 10, 2026 · 1h 2m
Decoder host Nilay Patel interviews Bose CEO Lila Snyder about the company’s strategic pivot from a single-brand consumer hardware maker to a…
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers
Aug 6, 2026 · 33m
Neelie Patel interviews The Verge’s Gabby Del Valle about the bipartisan backlash against AI data centers, highlighting protests in Florida and Arizona.
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble
Aug 3, 2026 · 1h 11m
Neelie Patel interviews Tony Schneider, the new CEO of Blue Sky, about balancing the company’s consumer app with its open AT Protocol.
The end of the human internet
Jul 30, 2026 · 38m
Tariffs didn’t bring manufacturing jobs back to the US
Jul 27, 2026 · 1h 9m
Eli Patel interviews Altana CEO Evan Smith about how AI is transforming global supply chain management amid rising trade barriers and geopolitical instability.
What Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is really about
Jul 23, 2026 · 41m
Nilay Patel and Hayden Field analyze Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging ex-employees stole hardware secrets.
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