
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Hosted by Nilay Patel · The Verge
4.3from 4,206 ratings
- 1,000
- Episodes
- 290
- Transcribed
- 4,206
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About Decoder with Nilay Patel
Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technology to reveal how they’re navigating an ever-changing landscape, what keeps them up at night, and what it all means for our shared future.
- Publisher
- The Verge
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jul 2015
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
290 of 1,000 episodes have a transcript.

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The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom

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Inside Anthropic’s trillion-dollar AI gamble
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The hidden supply chain costs of the AI boom
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Do you see that working? No, I think that's kind of a transactional view where you look at one piece at a time as opposed to looking at the bigger picture, right? I think we have to start with a core principle that the U.S. is a high-cost country, okay? […]
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- Willy Shih
- Matt Strauss
- Joey Brookhart
- Kevin Roose
- Bill Gates
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- YouTube views
- 1,086,229,850
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.2 / 5
- 3,168 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 1,038 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 97 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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