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Archives for October 2025

Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

GM CEO Mary Barra and new Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson on the company’s plans for AI, autonomy, and EVs.

Nilay Patel
Nick Statt
Nick Statt
Decoder is now a video podcast.

We’re very excited to announce that Decoder is now officially on YouTube. So if you prefer to watch and not just listen to your podcasts, you can head over to youtube.com/@decoderpod and subscribe to our new channel, where we’ll post new full-length interviews every Monday.

Our first episode, featuring Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz onstage at the TechFutures conference in New York City, is available now. Check it out, like and subscribe, and tell us what you think.

Zocdoc CEO: ‘Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI’

Oliver Kharraz on competition, healthcare, and where AI really belongs in medicine.

Nilay Patel
Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
So that’s what it was.

Remember how Salesforce billionaire Marc Benioff suddenly looooved Donald Trump? It turns out Salesforce is trying to sell an AI product to ICE. Two things: 1. This is how the gangster tech era works. 2. If I were a betting woman, I’d put money down that Agentforce is floundering. Certainly it’s been expensive marketing it.

Nick Statt
Nick Statt
Decoder just won gold at the Signal Awards.

Hey folks, we want to say thank you to everyone who has listened to and supported Decoder, which won a gold award for best business podcast at the annual Signal Awards. And now, Verge subscribers can listen to Decoder totally ad free! Check out this guide on how to set that up. And remember, we really do read every email.

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

This is the glass cliff to end all glass cliffs.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Rivian CEO: ‘We’re really convicted’ about skipping CarPlay

RJ Scaringe on not politicizing Rivian and how he’s dealing with tariffs, China, and prepping for R2.

Joanna Stern