Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava thinks AI emails are killing conversations
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-03
The Verge interviewed Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava. Splice supplies samples to countless producers — Lisa's "Money" and Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" both drew on its catalog — and recently acquired Spitfire Audio. A veteran of Flickr, Yahoo, GitHub and Adobe, she argues that AI-generated emails are killing genuine workplace conversation, and shares her views on AI's collision with the creative industry.
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