The Tech Download

Arjun Kharpal

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Booking Overview

This is a technology interview show focused on major industry trends, artificial intelligence, devices, semiconductors, and their business and economic implications, typically featuring senior executives from leading technology companies. Suitable pitches include CEOs, founders, business-unit leaders, and highly credible specialists with significant technology, AI, hardware, or enterprise software expertise; booking difficulty is high because the show features prominent industry decision-makers and benefits from CNBC-level access.

Metrics

Episodes: 119

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 4.1M subscribers

Instagram: 3.0M followers

Contact Information

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Host

Arjun Kharpal - Arjun Kharpal is CNBC's Senior Technology Correspondent, covering major technology companies, products, trends, and developments shaping the global technology industry.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
CEOs, founders, senior executives, and recognized technical or business leaders from major technology, semiconductor, consumer electronics, AI, and enterprise software companies.
Required Achievements:  
Leading a major technology company or business unit, Launching or commercializing significant technology products, Building widely used AI, semiconductor, hardware, or enterprise software platforms, Serving as a prominent spokesperson on major technology-industry developments

Recent Guest Discussions

Clay Bavor - AI Agents, Enterprise Workflows, Customer Service, AI Return On Investment, Outcome-based Software Pricing, Coding Agents, And Deployment Challenges.

Panos Panay - Alexa Plus, AI Hardware, Smart-home Devices, Wearables, Autonomous Vehicles, Satellites, And The Future Of Ambient AI Assistants.

Cristiano Amon - AI Agents On Smartphones And Other Devices, AI Wearables, Smart Glasses, Chip Architecture, Edge Computing, Memory Shortages, And Technology Supply Chains.

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Economics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Tech Download
:

AI agents face the ROI test: Sierra co-founder Clay Bavor

July 14, 2026

AI agents are designed to do more than answer questions. They are meant to complete tasks. Sierra co-founder Clay Bavor joins CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to discuss how AI agents are moving from demos into real business workflows, especially in customer service, sales and support. Bavor explains how Sierra builds and tests customer-facing AI agents before they go live, why companies want clearer ways to measure AI’s return on investment and how outcome-based pricing could challenge the way...

Amazon’s AI plan goes beyond Alexa: Devices chief Panos Panay

July 02, 2026

CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal speaks to Amazon devices chief Panos Panay about the future of AI hardware, from Alexa Plus and smart home devices to wearables, driverless cars and satellites. Panay discusses how AI assistants could become more personal and ambient, why the next device race may not be won by a single gadget, and how Amazon is thinking about the future beyond screens and apps.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not...

AI agents are coming to your devices: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

June 16, 2026

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon says artificial intelligence is set to change the way people use smartphones, even if the devices themselves are not going away.Speaking to CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal on “The Tech Download,” Amon said phones will increasingly be operated by AI agents that can carry out tasks on behalf of users, from managing apps to interacting with services across the internet. He described agents as a major shift for the mobile industry, comparing their emergence to the rise of apps in...

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