Alex Kantrowitz

“Alex Kantrowitz is both thorough and critical while reminding us to remain optimistic about our future living alongside big tech.”—Scott Galloway, Bestselling Author of The Four and The Algebra of Happiness

Alex Kantrowitz is the founder of Big Technology, a leading independent media company with a 150,000-subscriber newsletter and a podcast with more than 1 million annual downloads. Alex has been covering artificial intelligence and AI bots since 2015, when he gained access to a limited Facebook experiment and dove deeply into the story. He’s since broken news and dissected major news events, helping audiences make sense of this fast-changing technology in plain English.

As the author of Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever, Alex reveals the inner workings of giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. He shares how they beat the competition—and how you can too. Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit, calls it “a must-read for anyone trying to understand how successful companies operate in the age of the tech giants, and anyone hoping to explore the secrets behind those giants’ dominance.”

Alex has held posts as a senior technology reporter at BuzzFeed News and a staff reporter at Ad Age. His work has been referenced by major publications across the board, from The New Yorker to The Wall Street Journal to Sports Illustrated. Business Insider named him one of their 54 most influential tech reporters. He’s a widely cited AI expert, a regular presence on CNBC, and a working reporter regularly unearthing fresh information. He’s a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.