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I'm an experienced technology and business journalist overseeing an award-winning newsroom. Some more details about me:
• Founding team (employee #6) of Business Insider, which grew to hundreds of millions of readers and was acquired by Axel Springer for over $400 million.
• My features and investigations have helped write the histories of today’s most valuable technology
companies, including Airbnb, Uber, Pinterest, Snap, Twitter and Meta.
• Conducted news-making interviews with some of the world’s most powerful people ranging from government officials to athletes like Tom Brady and LeBron James to Fortune 500 CEOs.
• Assigned/oversaw award-winning features recognized by Loeb, SABEW and NY Press Club. I serve as a final judge for the Loeb awards.
• Helped launched and grow a subscription product at both Business Insider and Fortune, which generated millions in new revenue.
• At age 30, became one of the youngest and only women to run a major business publication.
• In 2021, was named Fortune's youngest-ever top editor and the first woman to helm Fortune in its almost 100-year history.
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WeWork is a cautionary tale about a 'visionary' leader who both hoodwinked investors and was enabled by them. Now all of us could pay the price.
WeWork is a cautionary tale about a 'visionary' leader who both hoodwinked investors and was enabled by them. Now all of us could pay the price.
The rise and fall of WeWork has been stunning. Since its inception in 2010, WeWork has amassed more than $12 billion…
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisBIG NEWS: A powerhouse group of speakers just joined the #F500Innovation Forum lineup! ➡️ General Motors President Mark Reuss ➡️ BlackRock Global Head of Social Impact and The BlackRock Foundation President Claire Chamberlain ➡️ Multi-platinum Artist, Philanthropist, and Bestselling Author Big Sean ➡️ Carhartt President and CEO Linda Hubbard ➡️ Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian ➡️ U.S. Chief Design Officer and Airbnb and Samara co-founder Joe G. … and many more Fortune 500 executives, policymakers, startup founders, and thought leaders will gather in Detroit November 16-17 to explore the forces reshaping American business—and what it takes to build and compete for the future. Learn more and apply to be in the room: https://prn.to/4yY2any
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Alyson Shontell shared thisExcited to celebrate and learn from these companies at our inaugural AIQ summit in nyc this Thursday!Alyson Shontell shared thisHow are Fortune 500 companies using AI day-to-day in their businesses? The #FortuneAIQ75 ranking draws on ServiceNow’s Enterprise AI Maturity Index, an annual framework that benchmarks how prepared organizations are to adopt and scale AI across the public and private sectors—from governance and data foundations to automation and workflows. Top companies on our list include: ➡️ JPMorganChase ➡️ Alphabet (Google) ➡️ The Coca-Cola Company ➡️ Amazon ➡️ NVIDIA ➡️ Mastercard ➡️ Visa ➡️ Carrier ➡️ Cleveland-Cliffs ➡️ Microsoft 🔗 Check out the biggest lessons from the list: https://lnkd.in/evHmXQrB
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisAI investment is everywhere. Turning it into real business value is the hard part. On October 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET, tune in LIVE for the inaugural Fortune AIQ Summit, in partnership with ServiceNow. Executives from the Fortune AIQ 75 and other senior leaders will share how they’re putting AI to work across their organizations—and preparing their people to succeed alongside it. Hear exactly how leading companies are moving AI from investment to impact. Click “Attend” to get a reminder when we go live, and learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gSyERUtB
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisThrilled to share that I’m joining Fortune as a senior reporter on Monday ✨ I’ll help lead the newsroom’s finance coverage, reporting on banking and Wall Street’s most influential firms. (Some crypto will be in the mix again, too!) Send all tips, pitches and hellos to morgan.chittum@fortune.com
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisNice scoop here from Emily Forlini in Fortune on OpenAI's plans to debut a GPT-6 Cyber product next week. https://lnkd.in/ex7uqNAzOpenAI to unveil GPT-6 Cyber model, plus a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity-focused product to help deploy it | FortuneOpenAI to unveil GPT-6 Cyber model, plus a first-of-its-kind cybersecurity-focused product to help deploy it | Fortune
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisI recently spent a day in Menlo Park demoing some of Meta's latest smart glasses and talking with VP of Wearables Alex Himel. I walked away convinced that despite a ton of privacy concerns, Meta has the lead in the post-smartphone race. This is my magazine feature on how they did it and why the rest of Big Tech is scrambling to catch up.How Meta took the lead in the race for the post-smartphone world | FortuneHow Meta took the lead in the race for the post-smartphone world | Fortune
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisMary Barra began working on a General Motors factory floor at age 18, and 46 years later, she’s now running the company. Barra rose to CEO during one of the biggest safety crises in General Motors’ history. Since then, she has transformed the company into one that generates more than $180 billion in annual revenue. In a new episode of Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry, Fortune’s Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell sat down with her to discuss her approach to fierce competition from China, shifting EV policy, the rise of artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, and how she intends to steer the company into the next century. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gtD2gX64
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Alyson Shontell reposted thisAlyson Shontell reposted thisWonder why Trump and several others in his circle are suddenly using culture war rhetoric to attack Effective Altruism? And what is Effective Altruism any way? And why has it played an outsized role in AI safety efforts? Fortune’s Beatrice Nolan and Emily Forlini explain.How ‘Effective Altruism’ went from fringe philosophy to Trump's AI villain | FortuneHow ‘Effective Altruism’ went from fringe philosophy to Trump's AI villain | Fortune
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Alyson Shontell shared thisIt’s a big week, with President Trump and President Xi meeting in the US, and on the agenda is a potential global ai safety framework. I discussed what this could look like with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, who says it could be a simple one page document — and their ticket to a Nobel Peace Prize. Sam outlines it here:
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Alyson Shontell liked thisSee you there!Alyson Shontell liked thisI sometimes worry we pack so much firepower into Media Summit that my tiny brain won’t be able to handle it all. NEVERTHELESS, I am very excited to announce the addition of four more brilliant media minds to our lineup in November, including: • Nicholas Carlson, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Dynamo • Emma Camp, Senior Newsletter Editor at The Wall Street Journal • Antoine Gara, US Private Equity & Deals Editor at The Financial Times • Emily Forlini, Senior AI Reporter at Fortune They of course join an already legend-packed lineup that includes: • Hamish McKenzie, Co-founder & Chief Writing Officer at Substack • David Cho, Editor-in-Chief of CNBC • Dylan Abruscato, President of TBPN • Joanna Stern, Founder of New Things & Chief Tech Analyst at NBC News • Jon Kelly, Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief of Puck • Katty Kay, US Special Correspondent at the BBC • Steven Levy, Editor-at-Large at WIRED • Keach Hagey, Reporter at The Wall Street Journal • Lachlan Cartwright, Founder of Breaker Media • Julia Alexander, Media Correspondent at Puck • Akash Pasricha, Anchor at The Information TV • Dominic-Madori Davis, Senior Venture Capital & Startup Reporter at TechCrunch • Kerry Flynn, Media Reporter at Axios Many of you have already snagged a ticket, but if not you can request an invitation here: https://mediasummit.nyc As always, ten percent of ticket sales goes directly to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Very, very excited to see everyone in November.
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Alyson Shontell liked thisAlyson Shontell liked thisIt was just after the doctor squirted lidocaine and some other stuff up my nose because he was doing a surprise nasal endoscopy to see how my eustachian tubes were doing (i’ve got a long history of ear problems) when he decided he wanted to talk about AI. My eyes were watering, my throat was numb, I was having trouble swallowing, but sure, bring it on. AI is taking jobs, people in tech are losing jobs, AI is making jobs worse, AI is making kids dumber, phones are robbing people of the ability to think (not sure this was an AI point). What did I think. Were we doomed. Slowly, so as not to choke, I made four points: https://lnkd.in/gt5xdUzg
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Alyson Shontell liked thisAlyson Shontell liked thisAn exciting day for AMD and World Labs Thrilled to welcome this talented team to AMD to shape the future of AI together 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gUvdCy6WAMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 BillionAMD Acquires Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 Billion
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Alyson Shontell liked thisAlyson Shontell liked thisIn 2017, Travis Kalanick was forced out of Uber after a series of scandals. Like many people, I thought he was cooked, and that his story was a cautionary tale of founder arrogance. I was wrong. Kalanick has returned with a new $3 billion company and a new story of what happened at Uber—one where he is the hero, and his downfall is the result of treacherous investors. Even more surprising, I discovered that Kalanick has become an idol for younger entrepreneurs, including Polymarket's Shayne Coplan, who call him their generation's Steve Jobs. How did this happen? For my latest magazine feature for Fortune, I dove into Kalanick's unlikely comeback, and here's what I found: The Uber founder's return had been carefully stage-managed by the VCs at Andreessen Horowitz, who have used a series of friendly video appearances—you might call it propaganda—to recast the mythology surrounding Kalanick. In this view, he is a wronged hero and long-time VC Bill Gurley is the villain of the Uber story. Many who were there at the time, especially women, would beg to differ. They point out that Kalanick oversaw a corporate culture at Uber that tolerated boozy and sexist antics, and carried out underhanded programs with names like "Hell", "Greyball" and "Shoplifting." Yes, this was a decade ago, but the lack of any public contrition by Kalanick is notable. There are two more important themes to this story. One is that, whatever you think of Kalanick, he is a remarkable entrepreneur whose audacious vision changed the world once—and is likely to do so again. His new venture, Atoms, is using AI and robotics to transform much more than taxis. Kalanick is already shaking up restaurants, real estate and mining. Finally, Kalanick's return also reflects how much Silicon Valley and U.S. politics have changed. His ouster from Uber coincided with the rise of the MeToo movement and what would come to be known as "Woke 1.0". Now, the pendulum has swung the other way to exalt what Valley people call "founder mode" where entrepreneurs can do no wrong. All of this makes for a remarkable story. Please check out the full article in the link below.
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Syracuse University
S.I. Newhouse School; B.A Public Communications; Advertising and Psychology; May 2008
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Activities and Societies: Alpha Xi Delta Sorority, Club Soccer, Ad Club, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Equal Time Magazine, Founding Features Editor of The Out Crowd Magazine
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Notable new media <> traditional media deal! 🎙️ Kevin Roose and Casey Newton are partnering with NPR for distribution and ad sales of their new show, "Machine Gods." Super interesting for both sides. Kevin and Casey get the reach of NPR, including the show coming to radio in early 2027. NPR gets a video-first program from two established tech journalists as it looks to build new franchises and reach audiences across platforms. 👀 Expect more deals. NPR chief content officer Nadine Zylstra told us the organization is open to working with outside talent while allowing creators to retain their IP. That message was reinforced at the IAB Podcast Upfronts this morning, where CEO Katherine Maher and Nadine discussed the news and teased more programming announcements to come. More details on Axios with Sara Fischer: https://lnkd.in/ewaYhywk
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