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Bryan Johnson and other leaders join Business Insider Live to talk leadership in the AI era

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Longevity influencer Bryan Johnson, founder of Immortals, and horror movie producer Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse, run very different businesses.

But both are prime examples of leaders who are rethinking strategies and refocusing careers as AI brings wave after wave of change to their industries.

And both will be on stage, interviewed by Business Insider journalists, at BI’s first flagship event in San Francisco on April 14.

We know from our reporting that navigating the changes tied to AI and the industry shifts it’s driving isn’t easy. The Long Play is a chance to explore what it takes to adapt and build for what’s ahead, learning from executives who are leading the charge.

Also on stage that evening: Joanna Strober, founder and CEO of Midi Health, and Carina Hong, founder and CEO of Axiom AI.

Strober, who has built a career as a two-time founder and venture capitalist, has a track record of spotting opportunities in overlooked markets, rallying investor enthusiasm to launch durable companies.

Hong is out to transform AI itself, arguing that the path to superintelligence runs through advanced mathematics. She’s attracted major Silicon Valley talent to her young startup, which is already valued at $1.6B.

What do you want to hear from these leaders? Do you have a question you want them to answer? Drop it below for our reporters!

If you’re in San Francisco, we still have a few seats left to join this conversation in person. Apply to attend below.

Here’s what to expect at The Long Play, San Francisco

Betting Big on Superintelligence

AI is transformative. Too often, it’s also wrong. Carina Hong is out to fix that problem with her startup, Axiom Math. In conversation with Senior Correspondent Ben Bergman, Hong will explain why advanced mathematics is key to superintelligence, how she has attracted top talent from across Silicon Valley, and where her company – already valued at $1.6B – goes next.

How Hollywood Can Survive in the AI Age

Disruption may be hitting Hollywood hard, but it’s not slowing down Jason Blum whose powerhouse studio, Blumhouse, is behind many of the most popular – and most profitable – horror films of the past ten years. He joins Chief Correspondent Peter Kafka to unpack how AI has changed the entertainment industry and how his unique approach to business is setting Blumhouse up to thrive in a time of shifting consumer behaviors.

The Playbook for Spotting Opportunity

Joanna Strober, founder and CEO of Midi Health, knew there was a business opportunity in women’s health, but it took grit and patience to help investors see it too. What started as a mission to provide digital care for women in middle age has quickly scaled into a unicorn company with big growth ambitions. A former lawyer, long-time VC and repeat founder, Strober speaks with editor in chief Jamie Heller about finding opportunity in overlooked markets.

Living Your Best Eternal Life?

Biohacker Bryan Johnson believes we will be “the first generation who won’t die.” He has spent millions in the quest for longevity, founding various companies along the way including his most recent, Immortals. In a wide-ranging conversation with Executive Editor Zak Jason, Johnson will talk about how AI is impacting our efforts to halt aging and increasing our need to focus on living in the present, what he’s learned in his journey from tech entrepreneur to longevity influencer, and how all of us can optimize our lives for top performance.




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OpenClaw creator says Europe’s stifling regulations are why he’s moving to the US to join OpenAI

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In Europe, there’s been a lot of handwringing over why there are very few large, successful tech companies in the region. Peter Steinberger, the creator of the agentic AI hit OpenClaw, has an answer.

Steinberger was recently hired by OpenAI and is moving from Europe to the US. An Austrian by birth, he previously split his time between London and Vienna.

On X, a professor from a European university asked why Europe couldn’t retain this tech talent.

Steinberger replied that most people in the US are enthusiastic, while in Europe, he’s scolded about responsibility and regulations.

If he built a company in Europe, he would struggle with strict labor regulations and similar rules, he added.

At OpenAI, he said most employees work 6 to 7 days a week and are paid accordingly. In Europe, that would be illegal, he added.

The most valuable company in Europe is Dutch chip-equipment maker ASML, valued at about $550 billion. In contrast, there are 10 US companies worth more than $1 trillion. Most of these are tech companies.

In 2024, a landmark EU report found that the region had fallen behind the US, particularly in innovation. It proposed a series of changes to tackle the problem, but by the end of 2025, few of the recommendations had been implemented.

Steinberger said he was hopeful about EU INC, an effort to create a single corporate legal framework to make it simpler to run a business across the region.

But this seems to be “fizzling out,” he wrote on X. “Watered down, too much egoistic national interest that ultimately hurts everyone.”

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Medium says employees can join Friday’s strike against ICE

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Online publisher Medium has told its employees that they are free to take Friday off to participate in a nationwide immigration strike.

Medium’s CEO, Tony Stubblebine, said in a series of messages in the company’s general Slack channel that he had “started the week in my own head and heart” over the situation in Minneapolis. Protests have broken out in the state after the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

“But also it gives me hope to see people across the country stand up and push back,” he said in the messages, which he cross-posted on Threads on Thursday. He added that he wanted to support his employees’ participation in the Friday strike.

Stubblebine did not mandate his staff to attend the strike or take time off from work, saying they were free to take as much time off on Friday as they wished. Medium is a publishing company based in San Francisco.

“Sometimes it feels awkward to navigate being both on-mission and on-money,” he wrote, but added, “our business thrives when the country thrives.”

Stubblebine said that, in addition to letting his employees attend the strike, Medium would publish strike-related content in its newsletter on Friday, such as “Survival Guide To Police Encounters During Protests in Staff Picks.”

Activists, unions, and some celebrities have called for a nationwide strike on Friday to protest the shootings. They are encouraging Americans to have a blackout day on January 30, with no work, no school, and no shopping.

The strike calls for the removal of ICE officers from cities nationwide. Celebrities like Pedro Pascal, Hannah Einbinder, Ariana Grande, and Jamie Lee Curtis have shared information about the strike on their social media accounts.

Other executives have also spoken out against ICE. A group of more than 60 executives of Minnesota-based companies, including Target, Cargill, and General Mills, called for peace and de-escalation in an open letter on Sunday.




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