The 50 Most Influential People in Tech, Fed Raises Rates, AI Adoption Has Stalled

Freedom Capital Markets' Paul Meeks talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about how the Fed rate hike impacts AI debt costs. We also talk with The Information's Dakin Campbell about Bridgewater Co-CIO Greg Jensen demanding bank-style regulation for AI compute and Menlo Ventures' Amy Wu Martin about consumer AI adoption stalling despite tripled spending. Lastly, we get into The Information's newly released list of the 50 Most Influential People in Tech with our reporter Jemima McEvoy.Articles discussed on this episode: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/introducing-informations-50-influential-people-techhttps://www.theinformation.com/projects/50-most-influential-people-in-techhttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/bridgewaters-greg-jensen-calls-regulating-ai-firms-like-systemically-important-banksSubscribe: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theinformation The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/subscribe_hSign up for the AI Agenda newsletter: https://www.theinformation.com/features/ai-agendaTITV airs weekdays on YouTube, X and LinkedIn at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Or check us out wherever you get your podcasts.Follow us:X: https://x.com/theinformationIG: https://www.instagram.com/theinformation/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@titv.theinformationLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theinformation/Chapters:00:00 - Introduction01:13 - How Fed Rate Hikes Impact AI Sector & Debt12:44 - Bridgewater Co-CIO Calls for AI Regulation21:59 - Menlo Report: Consumer AI Adoption & Agents32:34 - The 50 Most Influential People in Tech