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Sources and context

Each article starts from a podcast episode. We link to the episode and attribute its claims to the speakers. Research papers, articles and other background sources add context on the products, studies and ideas discussed, and we link to them as well.

We use publisher transcripts when available. We may also use a matching transcript from a third-party service such as Podscripts, or transcribe the episode audio with a speech model. Identity and coverage checks do not guarantee word accuracy. Full transcripts stay private.

Personal experiences and opinions remain attributed to the people expressing them. Forecasts describe possible outcomes. A source’s claim is not, by itself, proof that it is true. Company announcements remain the company’s account. Research findings retain their experimental conditions and limits.

Most of the people we hear from are founders, investors and researchers in the technology industry, largely in the United States. Our coverage follows the topics and views of the podcasts we choose, so perspectives from outside that world appear less often.

Sponsors pay for a labelled placement in the daily email and on article pages. They do not choose, read or change articles before publication.

The role of AI

We use AI to write and edit articles. Articles can publish automatically without human review.

AI, transcripts and extracted document text can contain errors or miss context, including in names, numbers and technical terms.

Our formats

Briefings

A briefing reports one development at a point in time. We may correct or clarify it later; a new development gets a new briefing.

Ideas

An idea page explains a concept, theory or proposal: where it comes from, what supports it, the objections and the open questions. We update it when new material changes the explanation.

Inclusion does not mean a theory is established fact. Browse our idea pages.

Stories and hot topics

A story page follows one specific event across podcast discussions, with an overview and a timeline of what changed. It updates when new episodes discuss the event, and you can get those updates by email or push.

A story needs at least two podcast episodes that discuss the same event. Hot topics are stories discussed repeatedly in recent episodes. Repeated discussion does not confirm a claim. See the stories we follow.

Areas and tags

Areas and tags group related briefings and ideas so you can browse a subject. Browsing them does not subscribe you to anything; email and push updates are for individual stories.

Dates

An article carries the release date of the newest episode it draws on, or its real publication time when we publish on that day. We often write about an episode later, and this keeps articles in the order of the conversations they report. The line under each byline gives the episode's own date.

Corrections and updates

Each published version records its date and the reason for the change. Earlier published versions remain available from the article.

To raise an error or ask about an article, see the editorial desk and corrections.