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Bold Names

The AI Agent in Your Pocket: Qualcomm’s CEO on the Future of Mobile

Bold Names

The Wall Street Journal

Technology

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The smartphone is everywhere, but its next evolution won’t look like the apps we use today. In this episode of Bold Names, WSJ’s Tim Higgins sits down with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon to discuss the seismic shift from apps to AI agents – and why this transition could reshape everything from your phone to your glasses. To watch the video version of this episode, visit our WSJ Podcasts YouTube channel or the video page of WSJ.com. Check Out Past Episodes: How SAP's CEO Is Remaking the European Tech Giant For The Age Of AI How Corning Is Using Trump’s Tariffs To Its Advantage This Tech Founder's $1.3 Billion Company Is Taking On Apple and Samsung Biden’s Antitrust Architect on How Big Tech Threatens U.S. Prosperity Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter.Read Tim Higgins’s column.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Imagine a breakfast wrap.

0:03.1

You know the one, because there really is only one.

0:07.6

Sausage, egg, cheese, bacon and a potato rusty all wrapped together.

0:13.2

Yep, there it is.

0:15.4

I think my work here is done.

0:18.5

Serve them until 11 a.m.

0:23.1

This week on bold names, we're talking to Cristiano Amman.

0:26.9

He's the CEO of Qualcomm.

0:28.7

The tech giants claim to fame is that it powers the device many of us can't live without, the smartphone.

0:34.1

When you touch your smartphone, you have a piece of qualkan technology.

0:38.1

Now Cristiano is looking to a future dominated by our relationship with artificial intelligence.

0:44.0

So what does that look like? That's next.

0:47.5

From the Wall Street Journal, I'm Tim Higgins. This is Bold Names, where you'll hear from the leaders of the bold named companies featured in the Wall Street Journal.

0:57.5

Today we ask, how are we actually going to interact with artificial intelligence?

1:06.6

Cristiano, thanks for joining bold names. So excited to have you here. Your company provides the guts to many of the most popular digital devices out there. I think if we were 100 years ago, it would be like you're selling the engines to Henry Ford himself. On top of that, your company is working with the leading tech companies that are developing artificial intelligent devices,

1:28.7

really the physical manifestation of how we're going to interact with AI.

1:32.9

Your chips are in meta, smart glasses.

1:35.8

This perch you have allows you to see the trends where things are going in the industry.

1:41.1

And so I'm curious, what does the near future look like when it comes to AI devices?

1:46.5

What do you expect this year, next year?

1:50.0

How's the world changing?

1:51.5

All right.

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