Alex Heath
@alexeheath.com
writing sources.news, co-hosting the Access podcast
Last week, Jony Ive showed me the interior of the first Ferrari electric car that LoveFrom designed.
He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...
He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...
Jony Ive is done working with "assholes"
What the Ferrari Luce reveals about Ive's post-Apple life. Also: Fidji Simo on OpenAI's ads push.
sources.news
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Last week, Jony Ive showed me the interior of the first Ferrari electric car that LoveFrom designed.
He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...
He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...
Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek:
Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos sources.news/p/inside-ref...
Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos sources.news/p/inside-ref...
Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek
My full Sources Live interview with Reflection co-founder and CTO Ioannis Antonoglou in Davos.
sources.news
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek:
Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos sources.news/p/inside-ref...
Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos sources.news/p/inside-ref...
This week's pod was a fun one: we had Sari Azout join to discuss taste as a differentiator in the age of AI, founder life in Miami, and what she learned from the crypto bubble
Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO
Available everywhere now: access.show
Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO
Available everywhere now: access.show
ACCESS
ACCESS is a show about the tech industry’s inside conversation. Hosted by Alex Heath, the most connected reporter covering the tech industry, and Ellis Hamburger, the founder whisperer for today’s hot...
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January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This week's pod was a fun one: we had Sari Azout join to discuss taste as a differentiator in the age of AI, founder life in Miami, and what she learned from the crypto bubble
Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO
Available everywhere now: access.show
Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO
Available everywhere now: access.show
Just published my full interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth in Davos.
We discuss:
- Why the recent VR layoffs happened
- Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally
- Glasses production ramping up
- The new Compute org
- Building a humanoid
sources.news/p/metas-cto-...
We discuss:
- Why the recent VR layoffs happened
- Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally
- Glasses production ramping up
- The new Compute org
- Building a humanoid
sources.news/p/metas-cto-...
Meta's CTO on VR layoffs, glasses, and the next AI model
My full Sources Live conversation with Andrew Bosworth during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
sources.news
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Just published my full interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth in Davos.
We discuss:
- Why the recent VR layoffs happened
- Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally
- Glasses production ramping up
- The new Compute org
- Building a humanoid
sources.news/p/metas-cto-...
We discuss:
- Why the recent VR layoffs happened
- Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally
- Glasses production ramping up
- The new Compute org
- Building a humanoid
sources.news/p/metas-cto-...
Just published my full interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis in Davos
Some things we discuss:
- Gemini 4
- The Apple deal
- Robotics
- BCI
- Post-AGI life
sources.news/p/interview-...
Some things we discuss:
- Gemini 4
- The Apple deal
- Robotics
- BCI
- Post-AGI life
sources.news/p/interview-...
Interview: Demis Hassabis @ Sources Live, Davos
My full conversation with the Google DeepMind CEO on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.
sources.news
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Just published my full interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis in Davos
Some things we discuss:
- Gemini 4
- The Apple deal
- Robotics
- BCI
- Post-AGI life
sources.news/p/interview-...
Some things we discuss:
- Gemini 4
- The Apple deal
- Robotics
- BCI
- Post-AGI life
sources.news/p/interview-...
The three main AI labs got messy this year at Davos sources.news/p/davos-kick...
Davos kicks off the AI turf war
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic were slinging mud at each during the World Economic Forum. Also: Sunday CEO Tony Zhao this week of ACCESS.
sources.news
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The three main AI labs got messy this year at Davos sources.news/p/davos-kick...
Demis Hassabis told me Google has no plans to put ads in Gemini
It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
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It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
sources.news/p/googles-ai...
Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini
During our convo in Davos, Demis Hassabis and I chatted about ads in AI, Google's new deal with Apple, humanoids, and Gemini 4.
sources.news
January 20, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Demis Hassabis told me Google has no plans to put ads in Gemini
It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
sources.news/p/googles-ai...
It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.”
sources.news/p/googles-ai...
Reposted by Alex Heath
You’d think a recap of a lawsuit’s public filings would be boring but no, this is incredibly revealing
Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
20+ revelations from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
Musk v Altman is headed to trial. I read thousands of pages of unsealed evidence in the case. Here are the highlights.
sources.news
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
You’d think a recap of a lawsuit’s public filings would be boring but no, this is incredibly revealing
Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
20+ revelations from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
Musk v Altman is headed to trial. I read thousands of pages of unsealed evidence in the case. Here are the highlights.
sources.news
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...
As I first reported earlier today, more Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join the 3 founding members who just rejoined OpenAI
Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing sources.news/p/thinking-m...
Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing sources.news/p/thinking-m...
Thinking Machines is nothing without its people
More Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join OpenAI. Also: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ACCESS and the Sources Live @ Davos lineup.
sources.news
January 16, 2026 at 12:07 AM
As I first reported earlier today, more Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join the 3 founding members who just rejoined OpenAI
Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing sources.news/p/thinking-m...
Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing sources.news/p/thinking-m...
Sources: Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT
Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices
More in today's newsletter: sources.news/p/google-wan...
Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices
More in today's newsletter: sources.news/p/google-wan...
Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT
Today's model partnership with Apple is just the begging. Also: a new ACCESS ep, Claude Cowork, and a bunch of Meta news.
sources.news
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Sources: Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT
Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices
More in today's newsletter: sources.news/p/google-wan...
Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices
More in today's newsletter: sources.news/p/google-wan...
- Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you may think
- Weird scenes from the CES show floor
- What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
sources.news/p/lenovos-ai...
- Weird scenes from the CES show floor
- What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
sources.news/p/lenovos-ai...
Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you think
My chat with the PC giant's head of AI product. Also: My quick jaunt through the CES show floor.
sources.news
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
- Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you may think
- Weird scenes from the CES show floor
- What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
sources.news/p/lenovos-ai...
- Weird scenes from the CES show floor
- What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
sources.news/p/lenovos-ai...
An update on Sources:
- Now publishing 4 days a week
- Raising subscription prices
- First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
sources.news/p/whats-next...
- Now publishing 4 days a week
- Raising subscription prices
- First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
sources.news/p/whats-next...
What's next for Sources
Publishing four days a week, a live interview series, and raising subscription prices.
sources.news
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
An update on Sources:
- Now publishing 4 days a week
- Raising subscription prices
- First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
sources.news/p/whats-next...
- Now publishing 4 days a week
- Raising subscription prices
- First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
sources.news/p/whats-next...
New details on the Nvidia/Groq deal:
- The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang
- No other bidders
- Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year sources.news/p/behind-nvi...
- The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang
- No other bidders
- Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year sources.news/p/behind-nvi...
Behind Nvidia's Groq deal
Also: What Manus means for Meta, and this week's episode of ACCESS.
sources.news
December 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New details on the Nvidia/Groq deal:
- The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang
- No other bidders
- Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year sources.news/p/behind-nvi...
- The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang
- No other bidders
- Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year sources.news/p/behind-nvi...
Reposted by Alex Heath
Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year:
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
December 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year:
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...
an interview with the head of Threads sources.news/p/whats-next...
What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.
sources.news
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
an interview with the head of Threads sources.news/p/whats-next...
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Ah that's crazy, it's almost like Threads picked up the decentralization messaging when they launched so they could neutralize the Atmosphere
sources.news/p/whats-next...
sources.news/p/whats-next...
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Reposted by Alex Heath
v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side. sources.news/p/no-one-kno...
No one knows how the AI bubble will pop
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
sources.news
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side. sources.news/p/no-one-kno...
Reposted by Alex Heath
OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations. www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/h...
www.technologyreview.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations. www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/h...
“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
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X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
sources.news
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
sources.news
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen sources.news/p/x-wants-it...
I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers:
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
I asked attendees for their takeaways from this year’s NeurIPS in San Diego. Also: Sam Altman goes on a charm offense, Google teases AI glasses.
sourcesnews.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers:
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
- Google is king
- Reinforcement learning is the big thing
- Parties are getting over the top sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-ri...
Reposted by Alex Heath
Scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap: www.wired.com/story/slack-...
OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scoop from @laurengoode.bsky.social: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap: www.wired.com/story/slack-...