Bold Names

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

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 [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] 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 [https://www.youtube.com/@WSJPodcasts/podcasts?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] or the video page [https://www.wsj.com/video/series?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] of WSJ.com [http://wsj.com?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Check Out Past Episodes: How SAP's CEO Is Remaking the European Tech Giant For The Age Of AI [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/how-sap-ceo-is-remaking-the-european-tech-giant-for-the-age-of-ai/49F998E0-E183-4861-9D86-4320B78C0985?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] How Corning Is Using Trump’s Tariffs To Its Advantage [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/how-corning-is-using-trumps-tariffs-to-its-advantage/F0A1DEF0-22B7-4538-A944-3463054A4811?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] This Tech Founder's $1.3 Billion Company Is Taking On Apple and Samsung [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/this-tech-founder-13-billion-company-is-taking-on-apple-and-samsung/B4967FA2-365A-4EAF-B6B5-0B5F830FB673?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Biden’s Antitrust Architect on How Big Tech Threatens U.S. Prosperity [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/bidens-antitrust-architect-on-how-big-tech-threatens-us-prosperity/197F48C1-B7CE-4392-A0EC-E1314AAE1420?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Can Zillow’s 'Super App' Fix a Broken Housing Market?

"Depressed." That’s how Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman describes the current state of the U.S. housing market. With sales hitting 30-year lows and a deficit of nearly 5 million homes, the American dream of homeownership feels further away than ever for many. On the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast, Wacksman joins WSJ’s Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] to discuss how Zillow is pivoting to become a "housing super app" and why he believes the solution to affordability is a local supply revolution. To watch the video version of this episode, visit our WSJ Podcasts YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@WSJPodcasts/podcasts?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] or the video page [https://www.wsj.com/video/series?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] of WSJ.com [http://wsj.com?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Check Out Past Episodes: Why Cigna’s CEO Is Confident We Can Fix American Healthcare [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/why-cignas-ceo-is-confident-we-can-fix-american-healthcare/F27A1A98-5D90-4FEE-8C1B-A6B34A365A1C?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] How SAP's CEO Is Remaking the European Tech Giant For The Age Of AI [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/how-sap-ceo-is-remaking-the-european-tech-giant-for-the-age-of-ai/49F998E0-E183-4861-9D86-4320B78C0985?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Affirm’s Max Levchin: Why ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Beats Credit Cards [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/affirms-max-levchin-why-buy-now-pay-later-beats-credit-cards/5E403F0C-1497-40F1-9976-2CD54F0B8BAF?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Why Cigna’s CEO Is Confident We Can Fix American Healthcare

How do we fix the American healthcare system? On this episode of Bold Names, we ask David Cordani, the chairman and CEO of one of America’s biggest health insurers – the Cigna Group. He says rising healthcare costs are driven by two powerful forces: growing demand for care and increasingly expensive new drugs and treatments. But Cordani is still optimistic. He joins WSJ’s Tim Higgins and David Wainer to explain what role insurers play in bringing down costs and how the U.S. can make healthcare more affordable. 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: Inside Visa’s Tech-Charged Future: From Crypto to AI This Company Has a Plan to Beat Neuralink at the Brain-Computer Interface Game What This Former USAID Head Had to Say About Elon Musk and DOGE 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. Read David Wainer's column. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Encore: Can IBM Beat Microsoft and Google in the Quantum Computing Race?

IBM has made a comeback in the past six years under the leadership of CEO Arvind Krishna. That's thanks to success in its hybrid cloud business and [https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/ibm-second-quarter-results-rise-on-consulting-infrastructure-strength-2470711b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAi2-lRURz-70q-A9_plRm44gHatT3P7WQKrs1NFtOBqQPLR7O9T2XQFBJQf2pU%3D&gaa_ts=68bedb5e&gaa_sig=3t-EjtN9f_IpdC0h4_fXDkid2wS2Jq1uK7hDJ959KeG7zxEkFkVzAfY4hErmHuxVDTx6ZvcPt1j7xkCTOV2wCw%3D%3D?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] consulting services. But even as the company is reinventing itself again for the AI era, Krishna is already betting that quantum computing is the next big thing. Will Big Blue succeed against rivals like Microsoft and Google who are racing to make their own quantum breakthroughs? And how is the company learning from its past mistakes with Watson AI? Krishna joins the WSJ's Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins on the Bold Names podcast. To watch the video version of this episode of Bold Names, visit our WSJ Podcasts YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@WSJPodcasts/podcasts?mod=WSJ_WNPOD] or the video page [https://www.wsj.com/video/series?mod=WSJ_WNPOD] of WSJ.com [http://wsj.com/?mod=WSJ_WNPOD]. Check Out Past Episodes: This CEO Says Global Trade Is Broken. What Comes Next? [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/this-ceo-says-global-trade-is-broken-what-comes-next/44B7B466-1693-4ABB-8970-8C84F5231448?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] What This Former USAID Head Had to Say About Elon Musk and DOGE [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/what-this-former-usaid-head-had-to-say-about-elon-musk-and-doge/0358F2DB-8AA2-4DB3-8DE0-03575EC59088mod=WSJ_BNPOD] ‘Businesses Don’t Like Uncertainty’: How Cisco Is Navigating AI and Trump 2.0 [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/businesses-dont-like-uncertainty-how-cisco-is-navigating-ai-and-trump-20/C605071C-F5E6-4F2E-8655-BD7F0D787786?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Why This Tesla Pioneer Says the Cheap EV Market 'Sucks' [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/why-this-tesla-pioneer-says-the-cheap-ev-market-ucks/F2C785BA-16E6-419B-811C-C0E1E2729C7B?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column. [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/keywords?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

‘We Sell Scarcity:’ How Lamborghini Continues to Stay So Cool

Lamborghinis dominate pop culture – from rap lyrics to blockbuster movies – but the reality is few people actually own them. Every year, the luxury carmaker delivers around 10,000 vehicles worldwide. Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann says that scarcity is central to the brand’s appeal. On Bold Names, Winkelmann joins WSJ’s Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] to explain how the company leans into exclusivity, why it’s choosing hybrids over a fully electric future, and how tariffs and global trade pressures are challenging the business. To watch the video version of this episode, visit our WSJ Podcasts YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@WSJPodcasts/podcasts?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] or the video page [https://www.wsj.com/video/series?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] of WSJ.com [http://wsj.com/?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Check Out Past Episodes: How SAP's CEO Is Remaking the European Tech Giant For The Age Of AI [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/how-sap-ceo-is-remaking-the-european-tech-giant-for-the-age-of-ai/49f998e0-e183-4861-9d86-4320b78c0985?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Affirm’s Max Levchin: Why ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Beats Credit Cards [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/affirms-max-levchin-why-buy-now-pay-later-beats-credit-cards/5e403f0c-1497-40f1-9976-2cd54f0b8baf?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] How Athletic Brewing Sells Beer for a Post-Alcohol Generation [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/how-athletic-brewing-sells-beer-for-a-post-alcohol-generation/ad508408-235d-4dcd-9e8f-0da0d576f41f?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com.  Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]