The Information
Premium subscription publisher for technology and business intelligence.
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Company facts
- Official name
- Lessin Media Company
- Entity type
- COMPANY
- Founded
- 2013
- Headquarters
- United States
- Company size
- 50–200
- Market role
- Publisher & Media Owner
- Official website
- theinformation.com
What The Information does
The company operates a subscription-first publishing model. It creates proprietary editorial content and converts that content into multiple paid products: individual subscriptions, enterprise group access, premium research tiers, structured data products, newsletters and video. It extends monetisation through direct sponsorships, partner content and executive events, using its concentrated senior technology audience as the core commercial asset.
Category differentiation
This is an independent subscription news publisher and research product business, not a generic information services firm or a broad adtech platform. It sells editorial intelligence, data products and sponsorship access rather than open-web media buying technology.
Strategic context
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Lessin Media Company, trading as The Information, is a private US publisher focused on subscription-based technology and business journalism. Its core business is selling paid access to reporting, newsletters, data assets, research tools and multi-seat group subscriptions to professionals, executives, investors and enterprise teams. The company also monetises its audience through direct brand partnerships and ticketed or sponsored events. The business model is anchored in premium recurring subscriptions rather than traffic-scale advertising. The company has expanded beyond articles into proprietary databases, organisational charts, research products, newsletters, video content and executive events, creating a higher-value information product for professional users and corporate accounts.
Company news briefing
Briefing updated:
The Information continues to break critical artificial intelligence intelligence, recently reporting that Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $1 billion at a valuation exceeding $40 billion, and exposing industry safety concerns over OpenAI's upcoming Astra model employing 'opaque recurrence' reasoning techniques. Additionally, the publication revealed that Meta is preparing to launch a camera-free smart glass model named 'Luna' featuring six microphones for AI interactions. These exclusive reports build upon the publication's established coverage of high-stakes generative AI commercialisation, foundational model developments, and regulatory scrutiny across the sector.
Business model & monetisation
The company monetises through annual content subscriptions, higher-priced Pro subscriptions, and enterprise group licences sold on a multi-seat basis. It supplements recurring subscription income with direct advertising and sponsorship packages sold through brand partnerships, plus event ticket sales and event sponsorships. The commercial model prioritises premium pricing, audience quality and recurring revenue over high-volume programmatic advertising.
- Individual and Pro subscriptions
- Content Subscription
- Group subscriptions
- Content Subscription
- Brand partnerships and sponsored content
- Ad-Supported
- Events tickets
- One-time Sale
- Event sponsorships
- Ad-Supported
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Recent recorded signals
Dates refer to the source publication. Older entries are historical context, not evidence of a new event.
Apple Shelves AI Wearable Pin, Shifts Focus to Fitness Band
Hardware & Gadgets · Recorded impact score: 1/5
According to a Bloomberg report, Apple has halted development of its rumored AI-powered wearable pin, a device the size of an AirTag that could be pinned to clothing or worn as a pendant. The pin was intended to use cameras and microphones to feed information to Siri and Visual Intelligence for hands-free queries about the user's environment. Bloomberg suggests that upcoming AirPods with integrated cameras and smart glasses may render the pin redundant. Apple is now reportedly focusing on a display-less fitness band to compete with Whoop, which tracks fitness data via a smartphone app. The fitness band is described as a fabric band with sensors, similar to Whoop's design. This shift reflects Apple's realignment of its wearable strategy towards health and fitness rather than a separate AI accessory.
- Apple has paused development of an AI wearable pin according to a Bloomberg report.
- The pin was to be made of glass and aluminum, with a diameter similar to an AirTag but thicker.
Meta to Launch Camera-Free Smart Glasses Amid Privacy Concerns
Hardware · Recorded impact score: 4/5
Meta, facing criticism over its camera-equipped smart glasses being labeled 'pervert glasses,' is reportedly preparing to launch a new camera-free model called 'Luna.' According to The Information, Luna will have six microphones for AI interactions and a button to activate Meta's AI chatbot and consumer agent, Muse. The glasses may be unveiled at Meta Connect next week, addressing privacy concerns. The smart glasses market has grown, but Meta's Reality Labs continues to incur significant losses.
- Meta is developing a new smart glasses model called Luna without a camera.
- Luna will feature six built-in microphones and a button to activate Meta's AI assistant.
OpenAI, Google, Anthropic Discuss AI Safety Collaboration
AI Safety · Recorded impact score: 4/5
OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic have been discussing AI safety collaboration for weeks, following Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay urging a slowdown in frontier AI development. The talks, confirmed by OpenAI's Chris Lehane, involve plans for an industry standards body and embedding third-party evaluators to monitor safety. Leaders including Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, and Elon Musk support these efforts, though antitrust concerns have arisen. Despite suggestions for a government waiver, Lehane stated none is needed. OpenAI also backs the FRONTIER Act, which would mandate independent verification of AI models, complementing voluntary industry-led standards amid growing pressure for enhanced safety measures.
- OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic have held weeks of talks on AI safety collaboration.
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay called for a slowdown in frontier AI development and industry collaboration.
OpenAI's 'Opaque Recurrence' Technique for Astra Alarms AI Safety Experts
AI · Recorded impact score: 4/5
OpenAI's upcoming Astra model will employ a reasoning technique called 'recurrent depth' or 'opaque recurrence', which processes queries in loops, improving performance and cost efficiency but leaving fewer legible traces and making chain-of-thought monitoring more difficult. According to The Information, this has raised concerns among AI safety experts, including Redwood Research CEO Buck Shlegeris, researcher Zvi Mowshowitz, and former OpenAI safety team member Steven Adler, who warn it could undermine chain-of-thought monitoring and trigger a 'race to the bottom'. OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki defended the company's commitment to legible chain-of-thought records, noting that Astra's use of the technique is limited. The Information also reported that Anthropic and Google DeepMind are discussing similar approaches. The article cites a paper on chain-of-thought monitorability and references a previous incident at Hugging Face that improved monitoring might have prevented, highlighting the dangerous trade-off of sacrificing a key safety mechanism.
- OpenAI's Astra model uses 'recurrent depth' (opaque recurrence), which improves performance and cost efficiency but obscures reasoning, making chain-of-thought monitoring harder.
- The Information first reported the technique, prompting public concern from AI safety experts including Redwood Research CEO Buck Shlegeris, researcher Zvi Mowshowitz, and former OpenAI safety team member Steven Adler.
Meta to Launch Consumer AI Agent Platform Codenamed Hatch
Platform · Recorded impact score: 4/5
Meta is reportedly preparing to launch "Hatch," a consumer-focused AI agent platform, as early as late August or September. Moving beyond basic conversational chatbots, Hatch is designed to autonomously execute complex, multi-step tasks across connected third-party services like DoorDash, Yelp, and Microsoft Outlook. Meta is considering subscription pricing tiers up to $199.99 per month for premium access. Concurrently, Polish software agency Callstack has acquired Vienna-based mobile engineering firm Margelo for an enterprise valuation exceeding €20 million, consolidating key React Native open-source development assets.
- Meta is preparing the launch of its autonomous consumer AI agent codenamed 'Hatch' for late August or September.
- Hatch is designed to execute multi-step tasks across web services such as Yelp, DoorDash, and Microsoft Outlook.
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What is The Information?
The Information is a subscription-based technology and business news publisher operated by Lessin Media Company.
Who uses The Information?
Its users include executives, founders, investors, analysts, professionals and enterprise teams that pay for premium reporting and research tools.
How does The Information make money?
It makes money from annual subscriptions, Pro and group licences, brand partnerships, sponsored content, event tickets and event sponsorships.
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