Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In her first interview as Meta’s president, Dina Powell sits down with Axios co-founder Mike Allen to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs, cities, energy, geopolitics and the future of humanity itself. She believes that the next phase of AI won’t be centered only in Silicon Valley.
This is a conversation about power shifting, AI as infrastructure, and what it will take to ensure technology works for people, not against them.
Timestamps:
0:00 Dina Powell’s first interview as Meta President
0:30 AI as infrastructure, energy, and workforce
2:25 The AI economy moves to America’s cities
3:37 Impact investing and responsible growth
5:39 Small businesses, women, and entrepreneurship
7:40 Conservation, transparency, and measuring impact
8:20 Why Dina Powell took the Meta job now
10:31 “A transformation in humanity is coming”
12:12 Industry cooperation, regulation, and energy
13:57 Wearables and the future of computing
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In her first interview as Meta’s president, Dina Powell sits down with Axios co-founder Mike Allen to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs, cities, energy, geopolitics and the future of humanity itself. She believes that the next phase of AI won’t be centered only in Silicon Valley.
This is a conversation about power shifting, AI as infrastructure, and what it will take to ensure technology works for people, not against them.
Timestamps:
0:00 Dina Powell’s first interview as Meta President
0:30 AI as infrastructure, energy, and workforce
2:25 The AI economy moves to America’s cities
3:37 Impact investing and responsible growth
5:39 Small businesses, women, and entrepreneurship
7:40 Conservation, transparency, and measuring impact
8:20 Why Dina Powell took the Meta job now
10:31 “A transformation in humanity is coming”
12:12 Industry cooperation, regulation, and energy
13:57 Wearables and the future of computing
—
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Axios delivers smart, trustworthy reporting on technology, business, politics and global affairs.
- Check out our site - axios.com
- Get Axios in your inbox: Free, daily newsletters with the news you need - axios.com/newsletters
Stay informed. Stay ahead.
