Evan Spiegel: evaluation

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…You described this coming year as the crucible moment. It's a real turning point. We're in an industry where so much of the conversation is focused on technology. Humanity is far more important because humanity dictates how technology is adopted. Technology leaders think that folks will just blindly adopt new technology as it comes out. There's going to be a huge amount of societal pushback on a lot of the changes that are coming with AI. Today, my guest is Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snap. Evan is one of the very few humans in the world who has successfully built and scaled a lasting consumer social app. In the 15 years since Snapchat launched, there are essentially zero social consumer apps that have launched and stuck around. Snapchat has over one billion monthly active users, is generating over $6 billion a year in revenue. People post over eight billion AR lens photos a day on Snapchat. And over the years, Evan and his team have invented the concept of stories. They had the first AR glasses product in the market. They invented swipe face navigation, the camera being primary, and also back in the day, face swapping, making people look older, and so many of the things that are just copied throughout the entire industry. If this is truly the golden age of consumer products, like many people say AI is going to enable, there's a lot that we can learn about how Evan and his team think and operate and are able to continue innovating. This is a rare podcast interview with Evan and we cover a lot of ground. Before we get into it, don't forget to check out Lenny'sproductpass.com for a year free of the hottest and most well-crafted AI products in the world available exclusively to Lenny's newsletter subscribers. With that, I bring you Evan Spiegel. Evan, thank you so much for being here. Welcome to the podcast.…

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