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Evan Spiegel on the Future of Social Media
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-09 15:01
What is the social media of the future. Like what will next generations be using. >> My hope is that the social network of the future is right here in person.So I think one of the biggest challenges we face today is we've gotten so good at connecting with people who are really far away, but we've gotten less good at connecting with people right in front of us or across from us at the dinner table. >> What surprised you most about how the tech industry has evolved. I think for me one of the the things that's ...
How This Company Is Transforming the Cement Industry
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-08 15:01
What do you do. What do pebble do. >> We turn concrete into a material that can store CO2 forever.And concrete is I don't know if you know this, but it's the second most used material in the world. >> We use a lot. >> We use a lot of it. >> And we need to use a lot more in the future.>> That's right. So, the more we build, the more we'll pollute unless we can turn into a carbon sink and therefore do >> do good by building more. In concrete, you have three main solid ingredients.>> Yeah. You have cement, whi ...
How F1 Took Over Miami's Hard Rock Stadium
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-08 01:01
Originally, when we were talking to Formula 1, they wanted to do the race downtown Miami, and I felt like that wasn't a good idea for a number of reasons. It's hard to get a lot of people in and out of there. They said, "Yeah, but we really want the the blimp shot of the yachts, you know, it's really important to us for television, >> right?" >> They said, "You'll have your yachts." And he said, "What are you talking about?" So, you'll have your yachts.You They took plywood and this will be plywood with thi ...
Using Genetically Enhanced Plants to Naturally Extract Metals
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-07 21:00
kind of looks like we're going to a rave or something. >> So, you have the sticky mat and this is just to remove anything from the bottom of our feet, >> okay. >> So, we don't bring anything inside.And then you'll have rooms that look like this, which are growth chamber rooms. >> Basically, this is where we give them the right light signals to trigger the growth so they become green and strong and all of that. >> Just put them wherever you want.Yeah. How much nickel can you produce now. >> We're capable of ...
Evan Spiegel Demos New Spectacles AR Glasses
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-07 15:01
Game on. >> Game on. Watch out.>> Archer champ. >> Archer champ. >> Right there.Oh, >> that wasn't bad. I don't know where these arrows are going, but I one of them hit. >> Oh. >> Oh, there we go.All right. You crushed me. Okay.So, walk me through the design. The features >> specs have a dual SOC design, meaning there are two processors on board, one on this side and one on this side. and they talk to each other through a custom architecture we built so that one SOC is responsible for the computer vision un ...
Social Diaries with Evan Spiegel
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-07 14:07
It's an absolutely perfect day on the Venice boardwalk. I mean, I don't think it could be more beautiful. We're here to interview Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snap.So, good to see you. >> Welcome to Venice, California. >> So, do you think Silicon Valley is overrated.>> I wouldn't say it's overrated, but uh the beach is pretty nice, too. >> How does AI change AR. >> AR is the interface for AI. And the reason why we think AR is such a powerful interface is because it brings AI into the world with you.>> What do w ...
How Athlete-Owned Media Is Driving Billions in Value
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-07 03:00
I've been wanting to do an academic study on the phenomenon that we've all been watching unfold, which is athletes as creators. Athletes creating their own content, but also owning the IP and monetizing it. So, this is the first academic study to um drop.Academics don't really use the term drop, but I'm going to teach them how to do that. Um, and what it has demonstrated is this is reshaping the media ecosystem and the sports storytelling ecosystem in very profound ways economically and culturally. Athlete- ...
Why Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Is Betting on Smart Glasses | The Circuit
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-06 23:00
So good to see you. Welcome to Venice, California. Thank you. Great to see you.I mean, you brought the sunshine, I think you brought the sunshine. It's nice. It's so beautiful.Beautiful day out here. I'm in sunny LA surrounded by sand surf and skateboarders. It may be far from the mega campuses of Silicon Valley, but it's where Evan Spiegel, the co-founder and CEO of Snap feels most at home.10 million people walk the boardwalk every single year. And I think for us, that was so special because all these peop ...
South Korea’s Most Powerful Families
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-06 19:00
We're living in the future. >> Does it make me a lite to think that a person could do that much more effectively and quickly? >> For the inside story, I'm meeting business analyst John Lee at a bar that's technically advanced, if not entirely efficient. >> Talk to me about power >> in South Korea and businesses in particular. >> Sure. >> Who who runs everything? >> Well, it's not just a single who. It's several who's several very big powerful families. Now you've heard of these companies names. Samsung, Hyu ...
Evan Spiegel on Deciding to Drop Out of College
Bloomberg Originals· 2025-11-06 03:00
What was it that made you say I need to drop out. Like I need to do this. >> I I was standing in the back of this machining class and I at that time we we were signed the documents.We were waiting for our venture investors Lightseed to fund and I was refreshing the Wells Fargo app in the back of the class, saw the $485,000 hit, walked up to my teacher Craig and just said, "You know what? I'm so sorry. I'm going to have to drop this class." But I went back and finished that class with Craig many years later. ...