Axios Co-Founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen on the 2026 Midterms, AI, and Simplifying Your Life

Axios co-founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen share their take on the 2026 midterm elections, the future of news and AI in the workplace. They also discuss how they built one of the most influential media companies of the last decade and lessons from their new book, Simplify: Do 50% More with 50% Less.
Check out Jon Gray's Market Views on YouTube for his quarterly take on the macro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFQsenYnVt0.
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