Alex Webb
@atbwebb.bsky.social
Stanford GSB ‘25. Former journalist.
Some news of a personal nature: I've joined NTTVC as executive-in-residence.
Really excited to take all I've learned in 13 years covering business and technology at @bloomberg.com and in my year at Stanford GSB to identify and partner with category-defining startups.
Really excited to take all I've learned in 13 years covering business and technology at @bloomberg.com and in my year at Stanford GSB to identify and partner with category-defining startups.
August 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some news of a personal nature: I've joined NTTVC as executive-in-residence.
Really excited to take all I've learned in 13 years covering business and technology at @bloomberg.com and in my year at Stanford GSB to identify and partner with category-defining startups.
Really excited to take all I've learned in 13 years covering business and technology at @bloomberg.com and in my year at Stanford GSB to identify and partner with category-defining startups.
When AI agents summarize the news, 99.7% of users don’t click through.
We wrote a Stanford paper on what that means for the future of journalism and news consumption.
TL;DR? I built a GPT to explain it.
chatgpt.com/g/g-68474523...
We wrote a Stanford paper on what that means for the future of journalism and news consumption.
TL;DR? I built a GPT to explain it.
chatgpt.com/g/g-68474523...
ChatGPT - AI News Distribution Explainer
Explore Alex Webb and Amrutha Nair's paper on how AI affects the way news content is distributed and consumed.
chatgpt.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
When AI agents summarize the news, 99.7% of users don’t click through.
We wrote a Stanford paper on what that means for the future of journalism and news consumption.
TL;DR? I built a GPT to explain it.
chatgpt.com/g/g-68474523...
We wrote a Stanford paper on what that means for the future of journalism and news consumption.
TL;DR? I built a GPT to explain it.
chatgpt.com/g/g-68474523...
This reminds me of the time that Andy Noel and I wrote a piece about BASF whose headline prompted a senior editor to ask “is this a cryptic crossword clue to which the solution is ‘Nijinsky’?”
The offending headline:
BASF’s Verbund-Locked CEO Hunts Savings Not DuPont-Style Exits
The offending headline:
BASF’s Verbund-Locked CEO Hunts Savings Not DuPont-Style Exits
Letter published in @financialtimes.com - life achievement unlocked. (Or proof that I’ve too much time on my hands - must start on a new book.)
May 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This reminds me of the time that Andy Noel and I wrote a piece about BASF whose headline prompted a senior editor to ask “is this a cryptic crossword clue to which the solution is ‘Nijinsky’?”
The offending headline:
BASF’s Verbund-Locked CEO Hunts Savings Not DuPont-Style Exits
The offending headline:
BASF’s Verbund-Locked CEO Hunts Savings Not DuPont-Style Exits
This is a terrific account of how stolen used iPhones end up in a very specific market in Shenzhen.
on.ft.com/3SzhrbD
on.ft.com/3SzhrbD
Inside China’s ‘stolen iPhone building’
We track the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in London and New York, then sold in a single district in Shenzhen
on.ft.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is a terrific account of how stolen used iPhones end up in a very specific market in Shenzhen.
on.ft.com/3SzhrbD
on.ft.com/3SzhrbD
I first became aware of ‘Her’ nine years ago when I met someone at a dinner in a cap bearing its logo.
I asked him what he did.
“Have you heard of Reddit?”
“Yes.”
“I founded that.”
It was @alexisohanian.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I asked him what he did.
“Have you heard of Reddit?”
“Yes.”
“I founded that.”
It was @alexisohanian.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Match Group Acquires ‘Her’ Dating App for Queer Women
Match Group has added ‘Her,’ a dating app for queer women, to its portfolio, Match Chief Executive Officer Spencer Rascoff said in a post on Linkedin.
www.bloomberg.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I first became aware of ‘Her’ nine years ago when I met someone at a dinner in a cap bearing its logo.
I asked him what he did.
“Have you heard of Reddit?”
“Yes.”
“I founded that.”
It was @alexisohanian.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I asked him what he did.
“Have you heard of Reddit?”
“Yes.”
“I founded that.”
It was @alexisohanian.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bloomberg weekly news quiz time. Don’t think I played my multipliers well this week.
www.bloomberg.com/games/pointed
www.bloomberg.com/games/pointed
April 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bloomberg weekly news quiz time. Don’t think I played my multipliers well this week.
www.bloomberg.com/games/pointed
www.bloomberg.com/games/pointed
Prime delivery, but make it Mad Max…
@bradstone.bsky.social, maybe they took “Amazon Unbound” a little too literally?
@bradstone.bsky.social, maybe they took “Amazon Unbound” a little too literally?
December 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Prime delivery, but make it Mad Max…
@bradstone.bsky.social, maybe they took “Amazon Unbound” a little too literally?
@bradstone.bsky.social, maybe they took “Amazon Unbound” a little too literally?
I once hosted a dinner party at my apartment in Oakland. Afterwards one of the guests said “This is a really cool format. I don’t know why I’ve never tried it before.”
My gast was flabbered.
My gast was flabbered.
"The act of hosting others in my home created an intimacy that meeting at a restaurant or park couldn't. Now I've become a dinner party evangelist," writes CNN's Harmeet Kaur. | Essay
Why the dinner party is a declining art | CNN
The act of hosting others in my home created an intimacy that meeting at a restaurant or park couldn’t. Now I’ve become a dinner party evangelist.
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I once hosted a dinner party at my apartment in Oakland. Afterwards one of the guests said “This is a really cool format. I don’t know why I’ve never tried it before.”
My gast was flabbered.
My gast was flabbered.
As Biden visits Angola, seems like as good a time as any to revisit this video we made when I was still at BBG about the belated US efforts to match Chinese investment in the region, and in particular the Lobito railway.
We took a crew down the railway to gauge (pun intended) its strategic value.
We took a crew down the railway to gauge (pun intended) its strategic value.
China's Grip on Africa Is Finally Sparking a US Response
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 2:54 PM
As Biden visits Angola, seems like as good a time as any to revisit this video we made when I was still at BBG about the belated US efforts to match Chinese investment in the region, and in particular the Lobito railway.
We took a crew down the railway to gauge (pun intended) its strategic value.
We took a crew down the railway to gauge (pun intended) its strategic value.
I suspect one reason people say Bluesky resembles early Twitter is because it was often peppered with posts saying “I’m new here, gonna try it out.”
So anyway, I’m new here, gonna try it out. 👋🏼
I used to be a journalist, now I’m at business school working to do something else. 👨🎓
So anyway, I’m new here, gonna try it out. 👋🏼
I used to be a journalist, now I’m at business school working to do something else. 👨🎓
November 13, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I suspect one reason people say Bluesky resembles early Twitter is because it was often peppered with posts saying “I’m new here, gonna try it out.”
So anyway, I’m new here, gonna try it out. 👋🏼
I used to be a journalist, now I’m at business school working to do something else. 👨🎓
So anyway, I’m new here, gonna try it out. 👋🏼
I used to be a journalist, now I’m at business school working to do something else. 👨🎓