Yahoo's CEO on the new challenges for the internet pioneer

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Tech, Business News, News, Interviews, Business Analysis, Ai, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley, Technology

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Danny and Katie are joined by Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone to dive into the company’s journey — from its rise as an internet pioneer to its reinvention in the age of AI, as he shares details of his plans for the 30-year-old tech brand, and what the relationship needs to be between AI and Yahoo's content. Plus, Danny and Katie unpack the latest in AI’s breakneck growth, including Nvidia’s $100 billion deal with OpenAI.

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0:00.0	The Times Tech Podcast is sponsored by Smart Energy G.B. How smart are you? Just as smart as you.
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0:54.0	So Katie, what's worse than HR, IT, and pay The Times Tech podcast is sponsored by Deal.
1:00.4	So, Katie, what's worse than HR, IT, and payroll not talking to each other?
1:03.6	When they're all talking, but in three different time zones.
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1:20.6	Hello and welcome to the Times Tech Podcast with me, Danny, Forts and Danny in the Valley, Silicon Valley, that is.
1:31.3	And me, Katie Prescott, Katie in the city of London, where Danny will be pleased to know everything is back to normal.
1:39.0	I'm looking out of the window, sun shining, it's a bit cold, you know, weather's up and down. The royals are doing what they do. President Trump's back with you. Hmm. State dinner. Nuk Faldo, et cetera. Golf. Golf and tech, all at one table. And that's what we're here about to talk about. We're going to talk about tech today, not tiaras.
2:02.1	Indeed, indeed.
2:02.7	This week we are talking about an all-American tech giant Yahoo.
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