Axios Co-Founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen on AI and Simplifying Your Life

Most people only remember one thing you tell them. Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen built Axios around making that one thing impossible to miss. Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen share their take on the future of news and AI in the workplace. They also discuss how they built one of the most influential media companies of the last decade and lessons from their new book, Simplify: Do 50% More with 50% Less. Check out Jon Gray's Market Views on YouTube for his quarterly take on the macro:    • Compute Scarcity, Higher Rates, and Where ...  . The headlines tell you what happened. Inside Blackstone helps you see what may be coming next. This is Inside Blackstone, our flagship weekly podcast. Blackstone’s Global Head of Corporate Affairs Christine Anderson takes you inside our walls to share the signals we’re seeing across our portfolio of 280+ companies and roughly 13,000 real estate assets — trends in business, technology, and AI — and our conversations with the people shaping the future. No jargon, just a unique read on the real economy. 00:00 — Welcome to Inside Blackstone 01:28 — The Monday Morning Meeting 05:24 — Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen Come Inside Blackstone 06:14 — What Comes Next 09:21 — The Founding of Axios 10:53 — What is Smart Brevity? 12:27 — How Axios Uses AI in the Workplace 14:23 — Smart Brevity take on AI and Jobs 17:42 — The Future of News 19:23 — A Surprise Visit from Jon Gray 23:47 — Two Words That Will Change Your Life 26:47 — What Should Students Study Today? 27:34 — Advice for Co-founders 29:01— The Debrief Follow us on Social: LinkedIn —   / blackstoneinc   X (Twitter) —   / blackstone   Instagram —   / blackstone   Sign Up for Blackstone Emails: https://www.blackstone.com/email-signup/ Find our Guests: @Axios:   / axios-media   Axios C-Suite Newsletter: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/c-s... Jim VandeHei:   / jimvandehei   Mike Allen:   / mike-allen-axios   Inside Blackstone New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ARApyY Inside Blackstone is produced for informational and educational purposes only. It is not investment, legal, or tax advice, and views expressed by guests are their own. #Axios #AI #News #Leadership