At WIRED's Big Interview event in San Francisco, prominent tech figures discussed the future of AI, cryptocurrency, and Silicon Valley's challenges. Speakers included executives from Circle, Cloudflare, Anthropic, AMD, and others, sharing insights on innovation, regulation, and industry ethics. The event highlighted efforts to balance technological advancement with societal impacts.
WIRED's Big Interview event took place in San Francisco on December 4 and 5, 2025, featuring discussions on key issues in technology. Techdirt editor Mike Masnick and Common Tools CEO Alex Komoroske announced a manifesto to help Big Tech refocus on people over profits. Komoroske, who worked at Google and Stripe, recalled a colleague's remark during his Google tenure: “Oh Alex, you'd be a VP by now if you just stopped thinking through the implications of your actions.” This underscored his discomfort with the industry's profit-driven priorities.
Circle cofounder and CEO Jeremy Allaire described the global economy's upcoming shift toward cryptocurrency. Circle, which built one of the world's top stablecoins, is developing what Allaire calls an “economic OS for the internet,” positioning “money as an app platform” for a digital-based system.
Cloudflare cofounder and CEO Matthew Prince reported that the company has blocked more than 400 billion AI bot requests since July 1, 2025, to protect customer data from generative AI tools' data scraping.
Anthropic president Daniela Amodei countered the Trump administration's view that regulation is crippling the AI industry, asserting that the market will reward safe AI development.
AMD CEO Lisa Su, leading Nvidia's main rival in AI chips—with AMD's market cap at $353 billion compared to Nvidia's $4.4 trillion—dismissed concerns about an AI bubble. “Emphatically, from my perspective, no,” she said when asked about the possibility.
