Dossier
Nilay
Coverage of Nilay in the Nexus archive.
- The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition
The Vergecast 2026 episode addresses questions about The Verge's operations, including advertising, subscriptions, and business strategies. Publisher Helen Havlak joins hosts Nilay and David to discuss the website's audience, journalism practices, and relationships with alumni.
- The ‘AI is inevitable’ trap
Allbirds, a shoe company, rebranded as an AI company, causing its stock price to briefly surge. The Vergecast episode discusses AI's progress through a Stanford study and questions if the AI hype cycle has peaked.