Hey Listeners
Do you remember when you set up your first email address? Well it might have been on Yahoo! - remember them?
They have been pretty quiet over the years, having gone through a complete turnaround from a public company to a private one, selling off a bunch of assets but they are now back and we just interviewed their CEO Jim Lanzone, and SVP Head of Yahoo Research Group Eric Feng for a great podcast episode.
In this episode we cover a range of topics including: Why Yahoo is striking back and the steps it has taken to achieve this. You might not realize this, but Yahoo actually has 700 million users, so it’s still a mighty powerful platform - we discuss what new products they are currently building and how they plan to have multiple touchpoints with the consumer over the coming years. We also learn about the future of search, would Yahoo ever launch their own AI models, how they think about launching new products with smaller team sizes in the wake of AI, plus so much such as their latest product - MyScout, the first personalized homepage for AI answers.
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Inside this episode
(0:00) Yahoo’s Founding Story
(3:38) How Yahoo’s CEO Turned Around The Internet Darling
(9:00) Is Yahoo The Trusted Guide To The Internet?
(11:50) Building New Products At Scale
(13:40) AI Models & Their Possibilities?
(20:30) What Does The Future Of Search Actually Look Like?
(22:15) Are We Surprised How Fast AI Has Advanced?
(29:10) How Yahoo Thinks Hiring Headcount With AI
(32:20) Upskilling Teams On AI
(39:25) Why Develop Multiple User Touchpoints
(44:30) Bursting With Opportunities: What Can Be Achieved
(50:00) Lightning Round
Thanks for listening — see you in the next episode 👋
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