Instagram is no stranger to taking product ideas from other companies and turning them into their own successes. Just ask Snapchat about Instagram Stories or TikTok about Instagram Reels. This time, the company is coming for Twitter with Instagram Threads.
Today, the head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, on why the company now wants to take on Twitter.
Mar 1
At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
On Friday, President Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s A.I. systems and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated the company a “supply chain risk.” Then, just a few hours later, the OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman, announced that his company reached an ... Show More
33m 8s
Feb 27
Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest on the Pentagon, OpenClaw and Alpha School
This week, the economist Anton Korinek joins to break down how artificial intelligence is driving volatility in the job and stock markets. Then, the battle between the Pentagon and Anthropic is getting even more tense. Anthropic now has until 5:01 p.m. Eastern time on Friday to a ... Show More
1 h
Feb 20
The Pentagon vs. Anthropic + An A.I. Agent Slandered Me + Hot Mess Express
This week, Anthropic is refusing to let the government use the company’s technology for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance. In response, the Pentagon is threatening to cut business ties and declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk.” Who will blink first? Then, Scott Shamb ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2023
20VC: Instagram CEO, Adam Mosseri on Threads: The Journey from 0-100M Users; What Worked, What Didn't and the Plans Ahead | Instagram: Biggest Mistakes, Successes, Misconceptions, TikTok Competition & The Future of Social Media; Interest Graph or Friend G
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Adam Mosseri is the Head of <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/">Instagram</a>, where he is responsible for overseeing the engineering, product, and business teams and leading <a href= "https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/alex-schultz/">Meta's</a> e ... Show More
1h 10m
Jul 2023
Has Twitter Meta its match?
Meta is debuting Threads, its riff on Twitter, to rival the legacy social media platform. We’ll get into where the app might sit in today’s social media landscape and question why Meta would want a piece of Twitter’s notoriously unprofitable pie. And, how the U.S. workforce is ch ... Show More
19m 50s
Jul 2022
Why Instagram Broke Its Square
When Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s curated aesthetic and simple features. But as Facebook scaled the startup into a social media juggernaut, tensions flared. Instagram’s founders would leave, and it’s now a very dif ... Show More
37m 41s