Today we’re bringing you the last of our live-on-stage interviews from the 2023 Code Conference. Verge deputy editor Alex Heath sat down to chat with Roblox CEO David Baszucki.
Roblox definitely started out as a kid thing, but the company has big plans to change all that, and Alex got to find out a bit about how that’s going. Roblox is determined to be a p ... Show More
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Razer CEO on AI in game dev, Grok, and anime waifus
We’re back to start the year with a very special live interview with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, which we taped in front of a terrific audience at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas during CES. At this year’s show, Razer made headlines for something it calls Project Ava, an AI companion tha ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 15
Rewind: How private equity kills companies and communities
Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. We’re settling back in here after the winter break and CES, and we’ll have new episodes for you starting next Monday. In the meantime, we wanted to highlight one of our favorites from last year: an interview with journalist and author Megan Greenwell abo ... Show More
51m 44s
Jan 12
Dropout CEO Sam Reich on the business of subscription comedy
We’ve got something special for you today. It’s my friend Hank Green, longtime YouTuber, science educator, and viral TikTok star, interviewing Dropout CEO Sam Reich. Hank did this episode as a guest host over the summer, and it’s a fan favorite, bringing together two internet per ... Show More
1h 4m
Mar 2022
More Than Playing Games: Building a Democratizing Platform With Dan Sturman, CTO of Roblox
<p>So many tech companies take a slash and burn approach in order to get their product to market as quickly as possible. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsturman/">Dan Sturman</a>, CTO at <a href="https://www.roblox.com/">Roblox</a>, shares why Roblox takes a much more ... Show More
39m 27s
Sep 2019
Automation, Gameplay and Turning Kids into Creators with Roblox VP of Engineering, Adam Miller
<p>It’s a fact of today’s world that everyone is spending more and more time looking at screens. Especially kids. But that doesn’t always have to be a bad thing, especially if looking at that screen is unlocking creativity and new skills. Roblox is making that possible.</p> <p><a ... Show More
47m 55s
Apr 2024
Twitter’s former Head of Product opens up: being fired, meeting Elon, changing stagnant culture, building consumer product, more | Kayvon Beykpour
<p><strong>Kayvon Beykpour</strong> was the longest-serving head of product at Twitter and was GM of Twitter’s consumer division until the platform was acquired by Elon Musk. He originally joined Twitter in 2015 through the acquisition of his company, Periscope, the largest live ... Show More
1h 35m
Jun 2021
Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 229]
My guest is Gabe Leydon, who is the co-founder and former CEO of MZ, also known as Machine Zone, the company behind huge games such as Mobile Strike and Game of War. Gabe has spent the last 20 years designing video games and is one of the most original thinkers I have talked to i ... Show More
1h 20m
Mar 2024
Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO)
<p><strong>Andrew Bosworth</strong>—or Boz, as most people know him—is the chief technology officer at Meta and head of Reality Labs, the company’s augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) organization, which he created in 2017. Boz joined Facebook in 2006 as their approximately ... Show More
1h 42m