The Circuit with Emily Chang

The Circuit with Emily Chang

Bloomberg journalist Emily Chang sits down for intimate interviews with the biggest names at the intersection of tech, business, entertainment and culture. Join us every Thursday for a behind-the-scenes look at the most exciting and influential trends, and the big personalities behind them.

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May 9, 2024 40 mins

Ahead of Google's developer conference I/O, Google & Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sits down with Bloomberg Originals Host & Executive Producer Emily Chang to discuss the future of search, accelerating work on Google's AI models and how his upbringing prepared him for this moment.

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Mary Barra has an ambitious plan: to double General Motor’s revenue to $280 billion by the end of the decade and turn the legacy automaker into more of a tech company. To pull this off, she's going all in on electric drive and autonomous cars. At the ten year mark of her career as CEO, Emily Chang sits down with Barra to discuss her journey to the c-suite, her big plans for the future and what it'll take to turn them into a reality...

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With the streaming wars hotter than ever, Netflix is doubling down on its global ambitions. It’s a strategy that’s already reshaping the entertainment world, with series like Squid Game and Narcos becoming smash hits far beyond their countries of origin. In an era when entertainment companies are scrambling for dwindling revenues and attention, the future of the industry could depend on reaching a truly worldwide audience. The ques...

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Emily Chang interviews JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, a titan in the banking industry known for his freewheeling style, about his outlook on markets, tech and geopolitical risk. 

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In this episode of The Circuit, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang meets with Bumble CEO and founder Whitney Wolfe Herd to talk about what it takes to truly create a safer space for women to date online. Wolfe Herd discusses what she learned from her experience at Tinder and how AI could usher in a new era for online dating. 

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In this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang heads to Los Angeles to meet one family that’s trying to turn TikTok fame into a business empire. Charli D’Amelio, one of the most-followed people on TikTok, and her parents Heidi and Marc discuss their expansion into television, investing and building their own brand. Chang gets a sneak peek at their new shoe line and sits down with Charli to talk about the struggles of fame on today’s i...

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On this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang sits down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to hear how AI is shaking up the competition for search. Nadella argues that this new wave of technology is as big as the web browser or the iPhone. Chang also speaks with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to discuss his company (which has some help from Microsoft), its ambitions and the latest on ChatGPT. 

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Y Combinator is a famous Silicon Valley startup accelerator where Airbnb, Coinbase and Reddit all got their start. This startup school has backed companies now valued at $600 billion. Emily Chang met with Y Combinator CEO and President Garry Tan to discuss his roots as a founder who went through Y Combinator himself, to his return as the accelerator's current CEO. They discuss what it takes to be a great founder, the Silicon Valley...

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In this episode of The Circuit, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang sits down with Angel City FC’s three co-founders for their first-ever joint interview. Natalie Portman, Kara Nortman and Julie Uhrman gathered a star-studded, mostly women-led investor group to launch the team back in 2019. Now in their second season, the team is already selling out stadiums, boosting the profile of the national league and changing the culture of professional ...

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On this episode of The Circuit, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang is joined by three women who have raised the alarm on big tech’s harms: Ifeoma Ozoma, Timnit Gebru, and Safiya Noble. They discuss their experiences speaking out and the risks of what they see as tech’s newest emerging threat: artificial intelligence. 

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Emily Chang and Bill Gurley discuss his keys to success over his decades-long career as a venture capitalist, whether the bubble has finally burst, and his favorite places for Texas BBQ. 

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July 14, 2023 20 mins

On this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang visits Mattel's Design Center to hear about Barbie's complicated history and find out more about how her makers are inventing her next act.

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On this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang meets with Hailey Bieber to talk about how she started her skincare line Rhode and hopes to differentiate herself from other celebrity beauty brands. Bieber shares her experience with internet backlash and gossip, and how she hopes Rhode can evolve in the coming years.

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Emily Chang visits Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky at his San Francisco home to discuss the highs and lows of Airbnb’s success and his hopes for a more connected future. Chang and Chesky also swap perspectives on AI during a cookie bake off.  

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Emily Chang goes behind the scenes at OpenAI, the buzzy startup behind ChatGPT and Dall-E. She meets CTO Mira Murati to discuss the launch of what may be the most popular product in tech history and the potential risks and rewards of artificial intelligence. She then meets with OpenAI backer Reid Hoffman for perspective on the dawn of AI. 

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Emily Chang visits Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Jason Goldman to get their perspective on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, the future of the platform and social media.

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June 6, 2023 31 secs

Bloomberg journalist Emily Chang sits down for intimate interviews with the biggest names at the intersection of tech, business, entertainment and culture. Join us every Thursday for a behind-the-scenes look at the most exciting and influential trends, and the big personalities behind them.

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