Josh Elman

For more than two decades, Josh Ellman has been at the center of some of the most important consumer technology platforms in the world.

From LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, to Robinhood, Discord, Musical.ly, TikTok, and Apple, he has spent his career studying how products grow, how people connect online, and why some technologies become part of everyday life.

Today, as AI reshapes the technology landscape once again, many of the biggest questions are consumer questions.

How will people discover products?

What new behaviors emerge?

And what does the next generation of consumer companies look like?

In this conversation, Anish Acharya speaks with Josh Allman about consumer AI, network effects, product design, and why he believes we're entering a new era of consumer innovation.

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