Tech Live 2023: Roblox CEO Shares How the Gaming Platform Is Evolving

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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The gaming platform Roblox is working to expand its base of older users and is turning to artificial intelligence and traditional gaming consoles to do it. At WSJ’s Tech Live, Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki spoke with reporter Sarah Needleman about the company’s evolution and challenges. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sam Bingman Freed, the founder of CryptoGiant FTX,
0:03.0	promised to give away his fortune.
0:04.8	But then, everything fell apart.
0:06.6	Sam, are you an ethical person?
0:08.8	I think I've tried as hard as I can to be one.
0:11.8	He's been accused of stealing billions of dollars
0:14.1	from customers and investors.
0:16.0	Is there anything you would want to say to Sam if you could?
0:19.0	Give me my f***ing money back.
0:20.8	Now he faces a jury.
0:23.2	From the journal, this is the trial of crypto's golden boy.
0:26.4	Find it in the journal feed-on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.2	Welcome to Tech News Briefing, it's Tuesday, October 17th.
0:38.0	I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.9	The video gaming industry has been red-hot over the past few years,
0:45.3	with more companies getting into or trying to expand their presence in the space.
0:50.4	A new technology, like artificial intelligence and cloud gaming,
0:54.3	seemed to be setting the industry up for a strong future.
0:57.9	At the start of this year's WSJ Tech Live,
1:00.4	Roblox CEO Dave Bazooki sat down with our reporter Sarah Needleman
1:04.8	to talk about some of the opportunities.
1:07.2	In the challenges his company is facing as it tries to attract older users.
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