Kara Swisher on the Blind Spot That Broke Big Tech
The host of 'On with Kara Swisher' and 'Pivot' talks about the tech industry’s Trump pivot, exciting IPOs, and the uneasy economics behind the AI boom.
*Editor-at-Large Mishal Husain for Bloomberg News*
After a year of dominating mega-deals and driving stock-market gains, the tech industry is poised for a pivotal 2026 that centers largely on one question: Can AI start to show that it’s worth the massive investments being made?
To anticipate what lies ahead, we turned to a woman who’s tracked Silicon Valley since the 1990s, covering companies from AOL to OpenAI and players from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk. Kara Swisher started out writing for *The Washington Post* and *The Wall Street Journal*, but over time her deep knowledge — and her concern about industry failings — turned her into more of a commentator and critic. She’s also an entrepreneur in her own right, becoming a podcaster early on. Today her wide interests are in evidence on her two shows for Vox Media: *On With Kara Swisher* and *Pivot*.
Crucially, she’s unafraid to tell it as she sees it. Think of this as a Swisher sitrep — one year on from the tech industry lining up behind US President Donald Trump — and her take on the advances and people to watch in the year ahead.
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*Editor-at-Large Mishal Husain for Bloomberg News*
After a year of dominating mega-deals and driving stock-market gains, the tech industry is poised for a pivotal 2026 that centers largely on one question: Can AI start to show that it’s worth the massive investments being made?
To anticipate what lies ahead, we turned to a woman who’s tracked Silicon Valley since the 1990s, covering companies from AOL to OpenAI and players from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk. Kara Swisher started out writing for *The Washington Post* and *The Wall Street Journal*, but over time her deep knowledge — and her concern about industry failings — turned her into more of a commentator and critic. She’s also an entrepreneur in her own right, becoming a podcaster early on. Today her wide interests are in evidence on her two shows for Vox Media: *On With Kara Swisher* and *Pivot*.
Crucially, she’s unafraid to tell it as she sees it. Think of this as a Swisher sitrep — one year on from the tech industry lining up behind US President Donald Trump — and her take on the advances and people to watch in the year ahead.
[Read the full interview here.](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-kara-swisher-weekend-interview/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NzM1MzQ4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzY3OTU4MjgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUODgzSTRLR0lGUEUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJEMzU0MUJFQjhBQUY0QkUwQkFBOUQzNkI3QjlCRjI4OCJ9.0yRd7jrzNsp2cT9DAcTLJQdfo3WEOvx1p4lwcHLQnv4) You can also [listen to this interview](https://omny.fm/shows/the-mishal-husain-show/kara-swisher-is-thinking-about-life-after-trump) and follow The Mishal Husain Show on [iHeart Podcasts](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-mishal-husain-show-300204707/), [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mishal-husain-show/id1845840408), [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/4cJNIDbIEyNyaS7EWVh5Hh) or wherever you get your podcasts.
Got a pop up that bloomberg is paywalled but “I’m in luck” and would receive the article for free. It ended after a page and I’m not feeling very lucky. Someone please tell me why I shouldn’t remove this either as self promotion (spam) or for the paywall?