Nick Statt

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. [Link: Decoder with Nilay Patel — Best Business 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/@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 live at the TechFutures conference in New York City, is live now. Check it out, like and subscribe, and tell us what you think. [Link: Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz on AI in healthcare

We turn the tables on Nilay and make him answer the questions on Decoder for once.

The event takes place starting at 12PM PT / 3PM ET at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January 7th. Nilay will be taking the stage with Min at 12:30PM to talk AI, the state of gaming, and everything Razer is announcing at the show, followed by a live Vergecast taping at 3:30PM PT. If you’ll be in Vegas for the show, you can RSVP at the link below for free tickets. Otherwise, stay tuned for the Decoder Live recording to hit our pod feed and YouTube channel later in the month. [Link: Decoder Live at CES 2026

Nilay joins as the guest to discuss our AI coverage, controversial episodes, and what it takes to succeed or fail on Decoder.

In the volatile world of live-service shooters, the game needs to stop wasting players’ time.

17 pts Earlier this month, I finally achieved the elusive goal I had set for myself in Bungie's Marathon. I collected six of the game's rarest items, allowing me to attempt and then successfully clear the raid-style Compiler boss. I felt a massive weight lift off my shoulders - nearly 185 hours of playtime and I had…

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman came on Decoder this week to talk about the path to superintelligence and the company’s ever-evolving relationship with OpenAI — which filed to go public on Monday. When asked whether Microsoft was using Build to flex its independence from OpenAI like a “freshly single divorcée,” as The Verge’s Hayden Field wrote last week, Suleyman had this to say: > Definitely not. No, not at all. Look, I mean, obviously that’s a cool headline and a fun phrase. But the reality is that we are in partnership with OpenAI for years and years to come… So naturally, that’s going to continue. And so I think that’s just a natural course of these sorts of partnerships. I don’t think it’s anything untoward or surprising. I think OpenAI is very understanding and supportive of that. I mean, they’ve obviously been an incredibly fast-growing company, and they understand that we have to pursue our own agenda as well. Read, listen to, or watch the full interview here or on Decoder’s YouTube channel.

Answering your Decoder questions about surveillance, AI coverage, and the Nilay rant.