Alex Webb

Building the future of media distribution at Microsoft AI. @StanfordGSB grad. 13 years with Bloomberg in the U.S., Germany and U.K.

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Excited to see what @elliot_nell_ & @kevinsekniqi are building here. Real, tangible hardware to fuel the energy transition and, eventually, extra-terrestrial existence...

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Hey @grok how practical and scalable is this technology? Or is it just a gimmick?

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Some news of a personal nature: I've joined @nttventurecap as executive-in-residence.

Really excited to take all I've learned in 13 years covering @business and @technology at @Bloomberg and in my year at @StanfordGSB to identify and partner with category-defining startups.

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@firstadopter @roshanpateI

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Little Clippy grew up. It filled out. https://t.co/glLHoQ1vUj

[Yegor Denisov-Blanch @yegordb]

🧵How many software engineers secretly work 2+ jobs?

My research group at Stanford has access to private code repos covering 100K+ engineers at ~1,000 companies: ~0.5% of the world’s developers.

Our data shows that 4.1% of software engineers are working 2+ jobs.

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

@StanfordGSB #GSBapproved!

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Or when I made use of my undergraduate modern languages degree for this pretentious column looking at Facebook from the perspective of Goethe. Thanks @ThereseRaphael1 for editing this into coherence. 7/ https://t.co/DXHzuEe29g

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@jamescham @StanfordGSB That’d be splendid. I’ll shoot you a DM with my number.

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

@selviano Defo! Was very briefly in Rockridge a few weeks ago and thought of you.

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

At the end of the academic year, I’m hoping I can apply some of what I’ve learned in over a decade as a financial journalist at the coalface of the industries I’ve been covering. If you’re in this neck of the woods and have time for a coffee, do hit me up! ENDS/

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As for what’s next: I’ve headed back to the West Coast to become a Sloan Fellow at @StanfordGSB. It’s a full-time, one-year, accelerated masters of science in management, and I’m blown away by my amazing classmates. 9/

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

After I moved back to London with @opinion, my deeply reported feature into the economic prospects of @GBNEWS. https://t.co/2ran5NS1O2

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Breaking the news that Apple planned to put an electrocardiogram in the Watch. Not visible in the web version, but I believe @mhbergen had an assist credit on this one. 5/ https://t.co/eAwEysY6kj

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After moving out west to San Francisco, this deep dive with the legendary @markgurman on the first time that @Apple tamped back its carmaking plans. Editing from, if I recall correctly, @alistairmbarr. 4/ https://t.co/Ln0yqMJwcK

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

A few story highlights:
This scoop with the great @DavidWelch47, which was the first time anyone had shown that the faked test results in the dieselgate scandal were administered from Germany. The story took billions off VW’s market cap. 3/ https://t.co/6z48iwNmIa

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

It was an incredibly rewarding and formative stint, working with generous and impressive people. @cullenang & Chad Thomas took a risk on a graduate fresh out of journalism school and have, I’m sure, long since lived to regret it. 🤪 2/

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Something in the way of personal news: after 13 years in Frankfurt, Munich, San Francisco and London, I decided in June to leave the only job I’ve ever had and venture out into the world beyond Bloomberg. 1/

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

That's an interesting wrinkle because Apple, in recent years, has managed to grow revenue even as unit sales slowed.

That was at least in part because it was convincing people to buy more expensive handsets. Let's see if that has been affected.

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Reports of Apple's death in China were greatly exaggerated. https://t.co/Vl43SkcCr5

[Alex Webb @atbwebb]

Though it does look like it was driven by a lot of discounting.

As much as $180 off the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
https://t.co/t4xbdxzMxT