Kevin Roose co-hosted a live episode of Hard Fork on June 5, 2026, sitting down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to grill him on the tech giant's shifting relationship with OpenAI. Roose pushed for details on their restructured partnership, asking, "You guys recently renegotiated your deal, um, between OpenAI and Microsoft, and, uh, I understand what OpenAI got out of that deal. They got the ability to work with multiple cloud providers to be a little bit more open about how they commercialize their technology. What did Microsoft get out of the revision of that deal?"
His co-host, Casey Newton, kept the pressure on by invoking Roose's own terminology to gauge Nadella's long-term optimism. Newton told Nadella he was trying to "hone in on what I think Kevin might call how AGI pilled you are" as Silicon Valley continues to push the narrative that AI will soon automate full jobs.
The live interview showcased Kevin Roose and his team doing what they do best: cutting through corporate spin to get concrete answers on the political economy of AI. As Microsoft navigates public backlash and regulatory scrutiny over its AI strategy, expect Roose to keep holding tech's most powerful players to account.