Watch the Highlights From WIRED’s Big Interview Event Right Here

On December 4, WIRED sat down with some of the biggest names in tech, culture, business, and science for a day full of in-depth interviews.

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WIRED’s Big Interview series prides itself on being the place for engaging conversations with political leaders, creators, executives, and scientists moving the world forward. In 2024, we brought those talks to a stage in San Francisco for the very first time. This year, we did it again, bringing together AMD CEO Lisa Su, Wicked director Jon M. Chu, Anthropic cofounder Daniela Amodei, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, and many more.

What Is It?

The Big Interview, a one-day, in-person event held at The Midway in San Francisco on December 4, featured a series of in-depth, illuminating Q&As with some of the biggest names in innovation today, each led by a WIRED journalist. We also hosted our take on a modern-day science fair, complete with hands-on demos and other fun experiences.

Speaker List

Click to view a recap of each session:

Lisa Su, CEO, AMD

Jon M. Chu, director, Wicked: For Good

Daniela Amodei, cofounder, Anthropic

Matthew Prince, CEO, Cloudflare

Eric Topol, author, Super Agers

Daniel Lurie, mayor, San Francisco

Michele L. Jawando, President, Omidyar Network (Sponsored by Omidyar Network)

Jeremy Allaire, cofounder, CEO, and chairman, Circle

David Hogg, gun-safety advocate, cofounder of March for Our Lives

Leland Dudek, former acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, George Foote; outside general counsel to the US Institute of Peace; and Sahil Lavingia, founder and CEO, Gumroad, former DOGE software engineer

Alex Komoroske, CEO and cofounder, Common Tools, and Mike Masnick, founder and editor, Techdirt

The Big Interview 2025

Former DOGE Engineer Is Now Back in Government
AMD CEO Lisa Su: Concerns About an AI Bubble Are Overblown
Cloudflare Has Blocked 416 Billion AI Bot Requests Since July 1
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei: The Market Will Reward Safe AI
Jon M. Chu: AI Couldn’t Have Made One of Wicked’s Best Moments
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