Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian describes where he sees the internet and the 'next wave' of social apps heading

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 29: Alexis Ohanian speaks onstage during WSJ's Future of Everything 2025 at The Glasshouse on May 29, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Alexis Ohanian is an investor in Airbuds.

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Teens love this social music app. So does Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian.

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r/Im14andthisisbanned: Australia Adds Reddit to No-Go List for Kids

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Inside the trap Reddit set for Perplexity in data scraping legal scuffle

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  • Reddit has sued Perplexity and data scrapers, accusing them of illegally stealing its data.
  • In the lawsuit, Reddit detailed a trap that it says Perplexity fell straight into.
  • It was the digital equivalent of a "marked bill," Reddit said in its lawsuit.

Employees at Reddit knew something was wrong.

Reddit Sues a Collection of Startups It Says Are Wrongly Scraping It for AI Training Data

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Reddit drags Perplexity in a new lawsuit, accusing it of building up a $20 billion company off stolen data

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Reddit is suing Perplexity and other AI firms, accusing them of bypassing digital guardrails to steal valuable data.

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I was an Apple employee named Sam Sung. After I went viral, I took a new name, but I wish I'd enjoyed the moment more.

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Sam Struan auctioned off his old Apple business card after the card went viral in 2012.

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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'

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Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said that much of the internet was "botted" or "quasi-AI."

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UPS Is Destroying Packages Stuck in Trump’s Tariff Chaos

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Reddit raids Madison Avenue with a key advertising hire

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Sharb Farjami is set to join Reddit from WPP.

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