# Fidji Simo

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Daily A.I. Brief · September 21st

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. Hey, it's Theo. September 21st. Five things in tech that mattered this morning — let's start with the one that surprised me most. Let's get into it. First, from Benedict Evans. How will OpenAI compete?. “Jakub and Mark set the research direction for th…

#42 Uniting the field to move faster together with Complex Disorders Alliance's Amy Rochlin

Bringing together research across Long Covid, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and other co-morbid conditions heralding faster, patient-specific treatment. Amy Rochlin’s mission stems from dee…

IM 879: Alex Karp, Alex Karp, Alex Karp - Beyond Fable: Are Open Models Ready for Prime Time?

With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend on which models stay truly open—and who gets to keep using them. Mozilla's inau…

The Jobs Report Is Worse Than It Looks

Ed Elson breaks down the January jobs report with Kathryn Anne Edwards, Labor Economist and host of The Optimist Economy podcast. They discuss why 2025 was the worst “non-recession” year for hiring since 2003. Then, Ed is joined by Alex Heath, founder of the Sources newsletter and host of the Acces…

The AI industry's existential race for profits

Today, let’s talk about the looming AI monetization cliff, and whether some of the biggest companies in space can become real, profitable businesses before they careen right off it. My guest today is Hayden Field, who’s our senior AI reporter here at The Verge. She’s been keeping close tabs on bot…

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Subscribe to stay ahead of technology trends. Never miss future editions. During San Francisco Tech Week a few weeks ago, we co-hosted our first New Media Summit with Yahoo, bringing together media’s biggest names for candid conversations on where the industry goes next. One of our speakers was Dyl…

Fidji Simo - Creating Delightful Consumer Experiences - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]

Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years, published once a month. These are N of 1 conversations with N of 1 people. In the midst of her transition to OpenAI, we are spotlighting the force that is Fidji Simo. She is the former CEO of Instacart and gr…

Fidji Simo - Creating Delightful Consumer Experiences - [Invest Like the Best, EP.328]

My guest this week is Fidji Simo, the CEO of Instacart. Fidji grew up in a small town in the South of France and was the first person in her family to graduate from high school. Since then, she has had a dazzling career with stops at France’s leading university, eBay, and Facebook. Fidji spent the …

The Jobs Report Is Worse Than It Looks

Ed Elson breaks down the January jobs report with Kathryn Anne Edwards, Labor Economist and host of The Optimist Economy podcast. They discuss why 2025 was the worst “non-recession” year for hiring since 2003. Then, Ed is joined by Alex Heath, founder of the Sources newsletter and host of the Acces…

The Co-Failure Trap

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit uncompressedintel.substack.com While the software labs weaponize multi-agent workflows, the underlying infrastructure hits an industrial wall and enterprise orchestration facing a brutal mathematical re-calibration. This is the tracking …