232 · Tier 5 — High-leverage niche and emerging figures

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Columnist and DealBook founder; co-anchor, Squawk Box

AI position

Aware of x-risk

Presses Amodei on AI bubble and "unwise risk" but frames it as financial, not existential, risk.

Why influential

Shapes market and policy expectations by interpreting economic data, corporate decisions and regulatory choices for influential professional audiences. Primary policy lanes: finance; corporate power; regulation; markets.

Who pays attention

Executives, investors, regulators, Treasury and Fed watchers, policy staff and business journalists

Work samples

AI-world contacts

  • Demis Hassabis — Co-founder & CEO, Google DeepMind

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jan 24, 2026 — Davos 2026: Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis — Squawk Pod — Search results confirm: "Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, sat down with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum to discuss Gemini's position in

  • Dario Amodei — Co-founder & CEO, Anthropic

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Dec 3, 2025 — Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on AI companies 'YOLOing' — DealBook Summit 2025 — "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei shared his thoughts on if the AI industry was in a bubble at The New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday (December 3, 2025)... he stated that there

  • Sam Altman — CEO, OpenAI

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Dec 4, 2024 — Sam Altman on the Future of AI and Society — DealBook Summit 2024 — "Sam Altman on the Future of A.I. and Society" — DealBook Summit 2024: Sorkin interviewed Altman live at Jazz at Lincoln Center, discussing "his corporate strategy, the transformat

  • Elon Musk — Founder, xAI

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Nov 29, 2023 — DealBook Summit 2023: Elon Musk Interview Transcript (xAI discussion) — "Please welcome Andrew Ross Sorkin and his guest, CEO of Tesla, CEO of SpaceX, chief engineer and CTO of X, Elon Musk."

  • Marc Andreessen — Co-founder, a16z

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Oct 8, 2014 — CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Sits Down with Marc Andreessen, Co-founder, Andreessen Horowitz — Search result summary: "Following is the unofficial transcript of a CNBC EXCLUSIVE interview with Marc Andreessen, Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, today on CNBC's 'Fast Money.'

  • Sarah Friar — CFO, OpenAI

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jan 21, 2026 — OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar Speaks with CNBC's Squawk Box in Davos, Switzerland (with Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, Andrew Ross Sorkin) — Direct WebFetch of the CNBC transcript URL returned 403 Forbidden, so full text was not read. However, corroborating search results confirm the appearance: a companion CNBC video c

  • Michael Kratsios — AI policy figure, former Scale AI managing director, co-author of the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, White House OSTP (Director); Foundation for American Innovation

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jan 21, 2026 — CNBC Excerpts: CNBC Broadcasts Live from Davos — White House AI policy chief Michael Kratsios on Squawk Box with Sorkin — CNBC's Davos excerpts list "White House Tech Policy Chief Michael Kratsios" among interviewees, with his direct quote: "Our AI strategy released in July, the action plan, the first

  • David Sacks — Former White House AI & Crypto Czar, now PCAST co-chair, White House / PCAST

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jul 24, 2025 — White House AI czar David Sacks talks AI Action Plan on Squawk Box — "White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks joined 'Squawk Box' to discuss the White House 'AI action plan', details of President Trump's executive orders on AI, state of the globa

  • Alexandr Wang — Chief AI Officer, Meta

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jan 23, 2025 — Watch CNBC's full interview with Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang (Davos, with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Sara Eisen) — "Watch CNBC's full interview with Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang" — CNBC video title, confirmed by search results: "Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang joined 'Squawk Bo

  • Jensen Huang — CEO, Nvidia

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Oct 11, 2024 — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes surprise appearance on Squawk Box set — Title/listing confirmed across multiple sources: "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes surprise appearance on Squawk Box set" (CNBC video, Oct 11, 2024), corroborated by YouTube upload an

  • Mustafa Suleyman — CEO, Microsoft AI (co-founded DeepMind, later Inflection), Microsoft AI

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jun 26, 2024 — Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on what's ahead for AI & humanity — CNBC/Aspen Ideas Festival — Search corroboration: "At the Aspen Ideas Festival, Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin about the future of artificial intelligence"; C

  • Reid Hoffman — AI entrepreneur and investor, Manas AI / LinkedIn co-founder

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Jun 3, 2024 — Watch CNBC's full interview with Inflection AI co-founder Reid Hoffman on Squawk Box — Search result description: "I found the CNBC interview you're looking for. Reid Hoffman, Greylock partner, Inflection AI co-founder and LinkedIn co-founder, joined 'Squawk Box' to

  • Aravind Srinivas — Founder and CEO, Perplexity AI

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Apr 23, 2024 — Perplexity Founder & CEO Aravind Srinivas Speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on Squawk Box — Title: "CNBC Exclusive: CNBC Transcript: Perplexity Founder & CEO Aravind Srinivas Speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on 'Squawk Box' Today"; search-indexed content quotes Srini

  • Sundar Pichai — CEO, Google

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Feb 8, 2024 — CNBC Exclusive Transcript: Alphabet & Google CEO Sundar Pichai Speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on Squawk Box — "CNBC Exclusive: CNBC Transcript: Alphabet & Google CEO Sundar Pichai Speaks with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on 'Squawk Box' Today" — confirmed via search result title and summary d

  • Satya Nadella — CEO, Microsoft

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 16, 2023 — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on OpenAI relationship, generative A.I. — CNBC — Web search confirms: "The CNBC video features Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewing Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discussing the company's relationship with OpenAI, concerns of A.I. moving

  • Masayoshi Son — CEO, SoftBank

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · May 13, 2021 — Watch CNBC's exclusive full interview with SoftBank CEO Masa Son — Direct CNBC video page fetch returned 403, but WebSearch results confirm: "SoftBank CEO Masa Son sat down with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Wednesday evening to discuss the Vision Fun

  • Eric Schmidt — Tech executive, AI policy figure, Former Google CEO / Schmidt Sciences

    • Hosted / interviewedsource · interview · Nov 10, 2016 — Eric Schmidt of Alphabet discusses artificial intelligence at DealBook Conference — Direct fetch of the CNBC URL returned 403 Forbidden. Via WebSearch, confirmed: "Eric Schmidt spoke at the DealBook Conference in New York City, hosted by CNBC anchor and New York T

  • Vinod Khosla — Venture capitalist, founder of Sun Microsystems, major OpenAI investor, Khosla Ventures

    • Wrote aboutmention · directness unverified · Jan 1, 2025 — Andrew Ross Sorkin coverage referencing Vinod Khosla's OpenAI investment and AI predictions — Fetched the article via WebFetch directly and via r.jina.ai mirror; both full-text passes found no mention of Vinod Khosla anywhere in the piece (the article is about Andrew Ross S