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How This Dot-Com Era CEO Is Navigating The AI Boom
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Michael Dell is one of the few CEOs who survived the dot-com bubble and is still running his company amid the AI boom. Dell sits down with WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims to explain why his company is prepared to weather any downturns. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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This episode is brought to you by Hard Lessons, a podcast from Morgan Stanley. Some investing lessons only become clear after you see how a call plays out. On Hard Lessons, iconic investors sit down with Morgan Stanley leaders to go behind the scenes on the critical moments, both successes and setbacks, that shaped who they are today. Watch or listen to Hard
Lessons wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, October 19th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. More than 40 years after Michael Dell founded his namesake direct consumer PC company in his dorm room, Dell Technologies has pivoted to rapidly building the powerful supercomputers AI data centers rely on.
But even as spooked investors flee some of the big tech companies that soared to new heights on the back of the AI boom, Dell says his company is ready to weather a storm. WSJ tech columnist Christopher Mims recently spoke with Dell about the company's strategy in the AI era and how it's prepared for a possible downturn.
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