Rowan Cheung
I’m the Founder of The Rundown, the world’s largest AI media and education platform. I also invest in startups and write about AI, business, and the future of work.
Writing
I write about AI, business, and the future of work. My tweets and newsletters have been viewed 1B+ times across 1M+ followers.
In 2023, I grew my X/Twitter audience from 1,000 to 500,000 followers, earning the Tweethunter “Fastest-Growing Account” award.
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Interviews
I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the most influential people in AI, including Mark Zuckerberg, Satya Nadella, Demis Hassabis, Mustafa Suleyman, and more.
Fun fact: My very first interview (as either a host or guest) was with Mark Zuckerberg in 2024.
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Media
A selection of articles, podcasts and keynotes I've been featured on.
11/18/2024
Forbes
05/19/2023
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01/30/2024
Business Insider
06/21/2024
Salesforce Blog
01/09/2025
Edelman
12/26/2024
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AI stack
I’m often asked which AI tools I use to automate and scale my work. Here’s a list of what stuck.
Note: I dedicate every Sunday to testing and building with AI, so my stack is constantly getting refined.
- ChatGPT:
- “GPT LifeOS”: A network of chats for advisory on important decisions across business, health, and wealth, trained on a vast mentor knowledge base.
- Voice: Real-time thinking partner for business, growth, and life, then asking for toxic patterns and blind spots. I also keep it on while reading to clarify concepts.
- Vision: Diagnosing broken tech around the house, and translating documents, menus, and signs in Switzerland (I don’t speak German yet).
- GPTs: Custom chatbots trained on Loom videos, SOPs, and internal docs to onboard new hires. Motto: “Don’t ask questions you haven’t asked GPT first”.
- GPT-5: Handles basic coding (including helping build this site).
- Summarization: Digests long emails, missed Slack threads, research papers, and anything I don’t want to read but *know I should*.
- Claude:
- Editor-in-chief: Polishes my long-form writing (newsletters, tweets) based on my best writing (go-to prompt: “make it better”).
- Scripting: Converts rough drafts into optimized scripts for videos (eg. reformats hook based on platform, emphasizes core ideas)
- Claude Code:
- Growth marketing: Runs live Meta Ads analytics in-app through an MCP server, and uses a memory system to recall past tests for faster, self-improving ad iteration.
- Voice dictated writing (via Wispr Flow): Turns voice notes into polished writing based on my trained style.
- Lindy AI:
- Assistant: Manages my calendar and books meetings via email.
- Customer support: Drafts replies for FAQs and common customer questions.
- Zapier:
- Basic automations: Syncing content between websites, Slack/email notification systems, tagging, and newsletter email subscription syncing.
- Advanced automations: Resume and sales screening based on inbound lead flow.
- Zapier Agent: Filtering spam from real genuine customer feedback or support questions in email inboxes, ping the right team members in Slack, and auto-drafting replies.
- HeyGen/ElevenLabs: Clones my face and voice for my AI avatar, which has helped me grow to 100k+ followers on Instagram without filming myself. (We still spend a ton of time researching, storytelling, editing).
- Gemini: Auto-generates timestamps and finds clippable highlights from interviews.
- Perplexity Comet: Lets me “chat” with YouTube videos and go into mini rabbit holes to fully grasp concepts.
- Granola: Records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings into action items.
- Ideogram: Generates images for my newsletter with clean text.
- Photoshop Generative Fill: Quick photo touch-ups in Photoshop.
- More coming soon
Life rundown
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2025
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Continued exec interviews
Mark Zuckerberg
Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind Dinner
Meta Connect
hit 250k subs organically
join the swim team
childhood bedroom
Rowan Cheung © 2025