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.
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, Mustafa Suleyman, 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
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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
09/08/2024
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
Life rundown
2000-2005
Born and raised in Burnaby, BC (a suburb of Vancouver). 2005-2013
Elementary school (aka peak). Nothing much to report. 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.” Managed to gain 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 skipped). 2021
Dropped out to try to go pro in swimming. Taught myself code, design, UI/UX, marketing, and content on the side and realized I could learn anything online. 2022
Quit swimming (again). Redirected that obsessiveness to learning AI. Started by tweeting my learnings, got lucky, and went viral when ChatGPT exploded in November. 2023
Started The Rundown and hit 250k subs organically. Twitter hit 1B+ views and 500K+ followers. Hired my first team, learned painful business lessons, turned the newsletter into a real business. 2024
Scaled The Rundown to 820k subs while staying bootstrapped. Launched AI University (my first EdTech product). Landed my first interview (ever) with Mark Zuckerberg. 2025
2026
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