Alex Kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz is a Silicon Valley journalist and Founder of Big Technology, an independent newsletter and podcast that covers the inner workings of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Kantrowitz has been covering artificial intelligence and AI bots since 2015 and has since broken news and dissected major news events, helping audiences make sense of the fast-changing tech space. Previously, he held posts as a Senior Technology Reporter at BuzzFeed News and a Staff Reporter at Ad Age. Kantrowitz is the author of “ Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever,” a book that takes a deep dive on the tech giants’ work cultures and features more than 130 insider interviews. He is also an On-Air Contributor at CNBC and TheWrap.
Alex Kantrowitz Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
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On-Air Contributor
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Contributor
Academic History
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B.A., Industrial and Labor Relations
Big Technology takes you behind the scenes in the tech world, featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
The media company has a 150,000-subscriber newsletter and a podcast with more than 1 million annual downloads.
The podcast covers those companies, with an emphasis on how they impact society.
JOURNALISM CAREER
Kantrowitz is a veteran journalist who has interviewed some of the world’s top CEOs, including Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Richard Branson, and Jack Dorsey.
In 2019, he won a Mirror Award as part of a BuzzFeed team recognized for reporting on “Social Media in the Crosshairs.”
Before BuzzFeed, he was a staff reporter at Advertising Age. He began his career buying ads and selling ad-tech software in New York.
At Forbes, he covered the digital marketing side of the 2012 election, the Vatican's social media strategy, the shutdown of Google Reader, and many other marketing-related stories.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
His work has been referenced by dozens of major publications, from The New Yorker to The Wall Street Journal to Sports Illustrated.
Inc. named “Always Day One” a Business Book You Have to Read in 2020.
Business Insider named him one of their 54 most influential tech reporters.