Rowan Cheung
I’m the Founder of The Rundown, the world’s most-read AI newsletter. I also interview people shaping the AI industry and break down how to leverage it to get ahead in your life, work, and business.
Email me: rowan@therundown.ai
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 on Twitter” award.
Gemini 1.5: Testing 1,000,000+ token memory
WWDC 2024: Big reveals and hidden gems
Hands-On: Early access to ChatGPT Operator
CES 2025: The most impressive tech reveals
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Interviews
I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the most influential people in AI, including Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Demis Hassabis, and more.
Fun fact: My very first interview (as either a host or guest) was with Mark Zuckerberg in 2024.
Mark Zuckerberg on Llama 3.1, Open Source, AI Agents
Sam Altman on Zero-Person AI Companies, Sora, AGI
Demis Hassabis on Gemini 2.0, Astra, Gaming with Elon
Mustafa Suleyman on Copilot, Companions, Memory
Satya Nadella on AI, Rebuilding the Web, Future of Work
Mark Zuckerberg on AI Glasses, Superintelligence
Sundar Pichai on Agents Replacing Engineers, Google's Future, AI's Flip Phone Moment, and More
Demis Hassabis on AGI by 2030, Curing Every Disease, Life After AGI, and More
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Media
A selection of articles, interviews, podcasts and keynotes I've been featured on.
Forbes 30 Under 30 2026: Education
How This College Dropout Is Monetizing The AI Wave With The Rundown
How Rowan Cheung Grew His Audience from Zero to 300,000 in 4 Months
7 Real AI Workflows Rowan Cheung Uses in His Business
09/08/2025
Startup Ideas Podcast
How to Hit 2M Subs in 2 Years Building an AI Newsletter
Why AI Intuition Is The Most Important Skill To Learn In 2026
The Dropout Who Built AI's Biggest Newsletter Without AI
Electrify Partners with The Rundown
Life rundown
2000-2005
Born and raised in Burnaby, BC (a suburb of Vancouver), to a Swiss mother and a Hong Kong father. 2005-2013
Elementary school (peak). Back when there were no phones and we knocked on our friends’ doors. Had an early growth spurt and started swimming competitively. 2013-2018
Private school until Grade 10, public school to Grade 12. Quit swimming and started gym to bulk up. Gained 50 lbs in 3 months, but blew out my knees. 2019
Started at SFU. Tried Psychology, Criminology, Kinesiology. Felt lost on what to do, so I started swimming again. 2020
Transferred to UVIC and joined the swim team. Memories include ~11 practices/week, 7,000+ daily calories, and Zoom classes (which I mostly skipped). 2021
Dropped out of University. Taught myself code, design, UI/UX, marketing, and content. Realized I could learn anything online, and the school system wasn’t for me. 2022
Went all in on learning AI. Started tweeting my learnings, got lucky with timing, and went viral when ChatGPT exploded in November. 2023
Started The Rundown and hit 250k subs organically. Twitter hit 1B+ views and 500K+ followers. Built my first team, learned painful lessons, and turned the newsletter into a real business. 2024
Scaled The Rundown to 820k subs while staying bootstrapped. Launched AI University (EdTech product). Landed my first interview (ever) with Mark Zuckerberg. 2025
2026
Partnered with Electrify. In progress. Rowan Cheung © 2026
