Shows
The Room PodcastEthical AI, Iteration Velocity, and the Future of Software with Grant Lee (Gamma), Noah MacCallum (Open AI), Malte Ubl (Vercel), Chris Messina (Product Leader), Ash Kumrah (The AI Collective) | Inside Summit 2025 [LIVE]In this special live panel episode of The Room Podcast from Inside Summit 2025, host Ash Kumra sits down with an all-star group of AI and product leaders: Noah MacCallum of OpenAI, Grant Lee of Gamma, Malte Ubl of Vercel, and Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag and longtime product strategist. Together, they represent the cutting edge of applied AI, developer platforms, design tooling, and the social technologies that shaped how we communicate today.Throughout the conversation, the panel digs into what ethical AI actually means in practice, how founders should think about scaling from early demos to...
2025-12-1636 min
Second Acts with Krish Subramanianv0’s GM on powering the next 100m builders, monetizing infra products, and more | Zeb HermannIn this episode of Second Acts, Krish is joined by Zeb Hermann, General Manager of v0 at Vercel.Zeb unpacks: the biggest lessons from his time at Segment and Sequoia Capital, why he joined Vercel (makers of Next.js and AI SDK) to lead initiatives (such as pricing and packaging) with “asymmetric upside,” v0’s origins (as Vercel’s second act) and how it has exploded to reach millions of users in the most intensely competitive competitive of AI categories, how the v0 team is structured as customer zero within Vercel, why it takes Caltech PHDs to scale th...
2025-11-1349 min
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast⚡️ Ship AI recap: Agents, Workflows, and Python — w/ Vercel CTO Malte UblIn this conversation with Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel (http://x.com/cramforce), we explore how the company is pioneering the infrastructure for AI-powered development through their comprehensive suite of tools including workflows, AI SDK, and the newly announced agent ecosystem. Malte shares insights into Vercel's philosophy of "dogfooding" - never shipping abstractions they haven't battle-tested themselves - which led to extracting their AI SDK from v0 and building production agents that handle everything from anomaly detection to lead qualification.The discussion dives deep into Vercel's new Workflow Development Kit, which brings durable execution patterns to serverless...
2025-11-0142 min
Omni Talk RetailWhat Will You Do When E-Commerce No Longer Requires A Website? | Ask An ExpertAre you ready for commerce without websites? In this Omni Talk Expert Series conversation, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Jon Cleaver (CTO, Sportshoes.com) and Malte Ubl (CTO, Vercel) to explore how composable architecture and AI are reshaping retail's future.Jon shares the inside story of Sportshoes.com's aggressive 7-month website transformation... moving from a frustrating monolithic system to a flexible, composable stack. Malte reveals how modern infrastructure makes it possible to scale from zero to 100,000 compute instances instantly, and why retailers must think API-first to survive the agentic commerce revolution....
2025-10-0944 min
Omni Talk RetailWhat Will You Do When E-Commerce No Longer Requires A Website? | Ask An ExpertAre you ready for commerce without websites? In this Omni Talk Expert Series conversation, hosts Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga sit down with Jon Cleaver (CTO, Sportshoes.com) and Malte Ubl (CTO, Vercel) to explore how composable architecture and AI are reshaping retail's future.
Jon shares the inside story of Sportshoes.com's aggressive 7-month website transformation... moving from a frustrating monolithic system to a flexible, composable stack. Malte reveals how modern infrastructure makes it possible to scale from zero to 100,000 compute instances instantly, and why retailers must think API-first to survive the agentic commerce revolution.
Key topics covered:
• Why composable co...
2025-10-0944 min
OMR Silicon Valley UpdateWie wird man CTO von Vercel – und warum schwörst du auf Praktikanten, Malte Ubl? (#47)Vom FH-Studium in Elmshorn ins Silicon Valley: Malte Ubl war über 11 Jahre einer der wichtigsten Köpfe bei Google Search und ist heute CTO von Vercel, der Firma hinter Next.js.
Shownotes mit Timecodes
00:00 – Intro
02:30 – Warum AI die Frameworks von Vercel liebt
08:50 – Hat Google die AI-Suche verschlafen?
14:59 – Next.js erklärt: Das Framework hinter Vercel
17:10 – Vibe Coding: Mit AI als Partner entwickeln
24:18 – Vercel als Default-Plattform im Web
41:32 – Wie AI die Developer Experience verändert
51:21 – Praktikanten als Gamechanger bei Vercel
55:00 – Valley vs. Deutschland: Unterschiede im Mindset
01:02:00 – Maltes Rat an 15-Jährige in Deutschland
Malte bei LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...
2025-09-2957 min
Chain of ThoughtVercel's Playbook for AI Agents: From Vibe Check to Production | Malte UblWhat’s the first step to building an enterprise-grade AI tool? Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, joins us this week to share Vercel’s playbook for agents, explaining how agents are a new type of software for solving flexible tasks. He shares how Vercel's developer-first ecosystem, including tools like the AI SDK and AI Gateway, is designed to help teams move from a quick proof-of-concept to a trusted, production-ready application.Malte explores the practicalities of production AI, from the importance of eval-driven development to debugging chaotic agents with robust tracing. He offers a critical lesson on se...
2025-09-1054 min
AI Fireside ChatMalte Ubl (CTO of Vercel) on AI-Driven DX, Google Search, and the Future of Web Dev with V0In this episode, we sit down with Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, for an in-depth fireside chat covering the intersection of AI, developer experience (DX), and the evolving landscape of web development. Malte shares his journey from labeling floppy disks in northern Germany to leading engineering at Google Search, and now, shaping the future of developer tools at Vercel.We dive into:How Malte got into computer science and his early work with Smalltalk and web pagesThe unique story of how he ended up at Google—and what happened on day one...
2025-06-071h 03
Backend BanterVercel’s Big AI Bet. ft. Malte Ubl | S02 E09Today we welcome Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, to discuss the evolution of frontend development and the role of AI in shaping modern engineering workflows. Malte dives into V0, Vercel's innovative tool for generating frontend code using AI, and explains how it empowers developers—especially backend engineers—to build full-stack applications. We also explore the concept of verticalization in engineering roles, the challenges of balancing innovation with infrastructure, and how AI is redefining productivity in tech.Learn back-end development - https://www.boot.devListen on your favorite podcast player: http...
2025-03-1047 min
The Leadership ExchangeShipping Faster: Vercel CTO Malte Ubl on Iteration Velocity, AI Tools, and Scaling SoftwareIn this episode of The Leadership Exchange, host Tracy Lee chats with Vercel CTO Malte Ubl about shipping software faster, breaking down barriers in development, and fostering collaboration across teams. Malte shares lessons from Google, insights on iteration velocity, and how Vercel’s tools like feature flags and AI-driven prototypes are transforming workflows. They also discuss AI’s role in reshaping how software is built and preview exciting upcoming events.
Key Points from the Episode:
Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, highlights the importance of iteration velocity in software development. He defines it as the s...
2025-01-2939 min
The AI Native Dev - from Copilot today to AI Native Software Development tomorrowThe Evolution of v0 and Vercel's AI SDK, with Malte Ubl, Vercel CTOJoin us for an engaging conversation with Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, as he delves into the transformative impact of AI on web development. Hosted by Dion Almaer from Tessl, this episode of the AI Native Dev Podcast explores how AI is reshaping the landscape for developers. Malte shares his journey from Google to Vercel and discusses the evolution of Vercel's AI SDK and v0 tool, along with the role of eval driven development in accelerating AI application refinement. Gain insights into the commoditization of AI models, the strategic use of proprietary data, and how full-stack development is being...
2024-12-1826 min
Dev InterruptedIteration Velocity is the Key to Engineering Success | Vercel’s Malte UblThis week, our host Dan Lines chats with Malte Ubl, CTO of Vercel, about why iteration speed is a game-changer for teams trying to deliver more efficiently. Malte shares how accelerating the development cycle and embracing platform engineering can supercharge productivity, helping teams ship faster and innovate more effectively.We explore what it really means to streamline workflows, reduce bottlenecks, and create an environment where developers can focus on what they do best—building great products. Malte also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how engineering strategies are evolving to keep up with the ever-growing demands....
2024-10-0137 min
Scaling DevToolsClerk's Hockey Stick growth, with Colin SidotiIn this episode, we're joined by returning guest Colin Sidoti - the cofounder and CEO of Clerk.Clerk is a comprehensive user management platform. What we cover:- The origin story and South Park Commons- Clerk's dramatic growth since the first episode - what changed? What did they do right?- 7% growth per week- Tiny details that improve the developer experience- How to you know if a change is better - watching people's faces as they try it - The difficulties of bringing new joiners up t...
2024-09-1245 min
Micro-Frontends in the trenchesNext.js future is distributed: how @VercelHQ is implementing micro-frontends with Malte UblIn this special episode, we’re thrilled to welcome a superstar guest—Malte Ubl, the CTO of Vercel!
Vercel has been making waves in the web development world, and today, Malte gives us an insider’s perspective on how they’re approaching micro-frontends and what this means for developers like you.
Join us as we chat with Malte about Vercel’s vision for micro-frontends and the innovative architecture they’re building to support them. We dig into the pivotal role React Server Components are playing in this strategy and how these components are set to change the game for performance...
2024-09-0545 min
PodRocketGenerative UI and React components with Malte UblIn this episode of PodRocket, Matle Ubl, CTO of Vercel, talks about generative UI and React components. He discusses the evolution of AI in UI development, the role of AI state, and explores practical applications of AI SDK in the industry.
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2024-08-1424 min
Refactoring PodcastHow Vercel Works 🔍 — with Malte UblToday's guest is Malte Ubl!
Malte is CTO at Vercel, the frontend cloud provider, and creator and maintainer of Next.js, the most popular React framework.
Malte has also been Engineer Director at Google, where he led Google Search for desktop computers.
With Malte, we deep dived into how Vercel works as a team, what could developer experience look like, and the future of AI-enabled applications.
Here is what we talked about:
(01:21) Introduction
(02:17) How Vercel works
(05:01) Vercel team strategy
(06:29) The journey of a new code
(13:45) Do we need engineering managers?
(16:59) Necessary and useless roles
(22:51) Vercel' developing strategy
(33:19) The ideal...
2024-06-2859 min
Refactoring PodcastHow Vercel Works 🔍 — with Malte UblToday's guest is Malte Ubl! Malte is CTO at Vercel, the frontend cloud provider, and creator and maintainer of Next.js, the most popular React framework. Malte has also been Engineer Director at Google, where he led Google Search for desktop computers. With Malte, we deep dived into how Vercel works as a team, what could developer experience look like, and the future of AI-enabled applications. Here is what we talked about: (01:21) Introduction (02:17) How Vercel works (05:01) Vercel team strategy (06:29) The journey of a new code (13:45) Do we need engineering managers? (16:59) Necessary and useless roles (22:51) Vercel' developing strategy (33:19) The ideal development...
2024-06-2859 min
The CloudcastFront-End Clouds and Web DevelopmentMalte Ubl (@cramforce, CTO @Vercel) talks about Front-End web development and clouds, how AI impacts front-end infrastructure, and impacts to the business.SHOW: 819CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Vercel (homepage)Elevate your frontend with AIV0.devTopic 1 - Our topic for today is front-end development and front-end clouds, and we’ll also explore AI-generated front ends. Our guest is Ma...
2024-05-0826 min
The Stack Overflow PodcastCloudflare Workers have a new skill: AI inference-as-a-serviceCloudflare is a cloud provider used by almost 20% of all websites. Developers new to Cloudflare can get started here.Cloudflare recently launched Workers AI, an open, pay-as-you-go AI inference-as-a-service platform that lets developers run machine learning models on the Cloudflare network from their own code. Developers can get started here.On a related note, read Ryan’s article exploring the infrastructure and code behind edge functions or check out his conversation with Vercel CTO Malte Ubl.Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) is a strategy that helps address both LLM hallucinations and out-of-date training data....
2023-11-2125 min
Level UpCreating a Great Developer Experience for Your TeamWe’ve got a bonus episode for you today that explores DevEx insights and strategies that you won't want to miss as you start planning for next year. This fall we hosted a panel of CTOs from some of the most developer-centric companies in the industry. This included Malte Ubl, CTO at Vercel; Shadi Rostami, EVP of Engineering at Amplitude; Jason Sobel, CTO at The New York Times; and John Kodumal, CTO and Co-Founder at LaunchDarkly.They answered questions like:What are the symptoms of a poor developer experience?How do you define and measure de...
2023-10-1750 min
Proof of WorkMalte Ubl - VercelMalte Ubl is the CTO of Vercel. We chat about:
(2:00) - Ease of modern technology & AI/LLMs
(6:23) - How Vercel's thinking about providing the best UI/UX
(9:49) - How Malte inspires a high velocity culture at Vercel
(14:18) - How Vercel sets itself apart
(16:08) - Differences between working at Google & a startup (Vercel)
(19:44) - Malte's thoughts on the open & closed source landscape
(27:59) - Products Vercel has brought to startup customers
(30:53) - Incremental or failed migrations
(33:28) - Vercel's spaces product
2023-10-0642 min
KortslutningStor-F FrontendI denne episoden tar vi for oss en artikkel skrevet av Malte Ubl (CTO i Vercel) hvor han gjør et forsøk på å definere Stor-F Frontend og Stor-B Backend, for å rydde opp i begrepsbruken. Du finner artikkelen på https://www.industrialempathy.com/posts/frontend-backend/ og vi anbefaler å ta en liten kikk på den før du gyver løs på episoden.---Følg oss og send oss meldinger på @kortslutning.fun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-08-2132 min
alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders#71 - Malte Ubl // CTO @ VercelThe Future of Front-end
Learn about the future of front-end with Malte Ubl (CTO at Vercel). Malte is the creator of JSConf.eu and has extensive experience in engineering teams on projects like Wiz (the front-end framework Google still uses in most of their consumer apps) and Google Search (Desktop). Now he is at Vercel - mainstreaming the tools and techniques common in BigTech - to other tech companies.
Listen to find out:
The CTO Role: how he balances ⚖️ Product 💡 and Engineering 🔧
How to decide on a front-end stack - from frameworks to languages 👀
Where most Engineering A/B🧪 tests fail...
2023-03-0250 min
programmier.bar – der Podcast für App- und WebentwicklungDeep Dive 118 – Vercel mit Malte UblMalte Ubl ist CTO von Vercel, einer Plattform für Frontend-Entwickler:innen, die bis 2020 bekannt unter ZEIT.co war. Mit Malte sprechen wir darüber, wie es zum Rebranding kam, bevor wir tief in die Materie eintauchen:Er berichtet uns nicht nur von den Vorteilen für Frontend-Entwickler:innen, die Vercel nutzen, sondern gibt uns einen Einblick in die Infrastruktur, die hinter einem technisch so komplexen Produkt steckt. Malte verrät uns, wie Serverless und Edge Functions funktionieren und wir ergründen, wo der Unterschied zu Google Firebase liegt. Zudem erfahren wir in dieser Folge, was es bedeu...
2023-02-1053 min
JavaScript Archives - Software Engineering DailyGoogle JavaScript with Malte Ubl
Google Search is a highly interactive JavaScript application. As you enter a query, results are being automatically suggested to you before you even finish typing. When you press enter, some of your search results may be widgets that represent the weather, the price of a stock, a recipe for green bean soup, or a language translation for a phrase. These complex frontend components are loading dynamically–the Google Search application cannot prefetch every single possible widget that you might ask for–but the results do load very quickly.
Google has many other examples of advanced Java...
2018-10-2257 min
Greatest Hits Archives - Software Engineering DailyGoogle JavaScript with Malte Ubl
Google Search is a highly interactive JavaScript application. As you enter a query, results are being automatically suggested to you before you even finish typing. When you press enter, some of your search results may be widgets that represent the weather, the price of a stock, a recipe for green bean soup, or a language translation for a phrase. These complex frontend components are loading dynamically–the Google Search application cannot prefetch every single possible widget that you might ask for–but the results do load very quickly.
Google has many other examples of advanced Java...
2018-10-2257 min
The Vergecast324: Instagram chaos, Photokina 2018, and Elon Musk gets suedThis week, we saw the two founders of Instagram abruptly leave, so Casey Newton comes on the show to talk about all that drama and what it might mean for Facebook’s prized possession.
Then, Dan Seifert joins us to talk about all of the cameras that were announced at Photokina this year, plus all the models that were announced before the show even started.
Finally, Liz Lopatto comes on for an impromptu This Week In Elon to discuss the fact that the SEC has filed a lawsuit against Mr. Musk, which happened just before we started recording the show...
2018-09-281h 12
The VergecastGoogle AMP’s Malte Ubl wants to make the mobile web betterYou may not have heard of Google AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) but you almost certainly have used it. The Google open-source project has been making waves since it launched in 2016 in an effort to make the mobile web faster to load and smoother to navigate. This week, Nilay sat down with Malte Ubl, creator and tech lead of AMP, to talk about the controversy of bifurcating the web, forming a technical steering committee to co-lead the project, and Ubl’s vision for the future of the mobile web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
2018-09-2529 min
Working DraftRevision 251: Googles AMP und die Zukunft der ParallelitätDie Revision 251 ist auch wieder hochkarätig besetzt: Wir haben uns Malte Ubl von Google eingeladen um über AMP zu sprechen und uns erklären zu lassen, was es mit diesem Projekt auf sich hat.
Schaunotizen
[00:01:11] AMP
Um besser zu verstehen, was es mit Googles Projekt AMP auf sich hat, haben wir uns Malte Ubl, den Projektleiter mal eingeladen und uns erklären lassen, worum es geht. Maltes Artikel, warum AMP schnell ist. Ein weiterer Artikel zum Thema AMP ist hier zu finden. Ein WordPress Plugin gibt es auch.
[00:43:20] 2016 will be the year of concurrency on the...
2016-01-3059 min
A Responsive Web Design PodcastEpisode #45: Google+How does Google make a responsive site that performs as fast as possible across a variety of different browsers? Malte Ubl and Wahbeh Qardaji explain their responsive design process for Google+.
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2015-07-0600 min
Cast-ITCast-IT - Episode 9Enregistré en janvier 2012, depuis un bar à San Francisco pour Pamela Fox, et depuis le GooglePlex à Mountain View pour Malte Ubl.
Les globe-casters Agnès et Cyril ont profité de leur arrêt dans la Silicon Valley pour rencontrer Romain Guy, ce qui a été l'objet du dernier Cast-IT. Il ont également recontré deux autres personnes : Malte Ubl, googler, JS addict, organisateur de la JSConf EU et Pamela Fox, ex googler, développeuse web et une des activistes du mouvement Developer Experience. Et n'oubliez pas : Pamela Fox sera à Mix-IT à Lyon le 26 avril prochain!
Note : Cast-IT est enregistré et monté avec Audacity (http://audacity...
2012-02-2700 min
CRE: Technik, Kultur, GesellschaftCRE146 JavaScriptJavaScript begleitet das Web zwar schon fast seit Anbeginn wurde aber als eigenständige Technologie nur am Rande wahrgenommen. In den letzten Jahren hat sich das langsam geändert und jetzt entwickelt sich in der JavaScript-Szene ein neues Selbstbewusstsein, gestützt durch die Entwicklung neuer Sprach-Implentierungen und FrameWorks und einem generell gewachsenen Bedarf an flexiblen webbasierten Lösungen orientiert. Im Gespräch mit Tim Pritlove erläutert der JavaScript-Entwickler Malte Ubl, wie sich JavaScript entwickelt hat, welche Eigenschaften JavaScript ausmachen und was die besondere Eignung für das Web ausmacht. Themen: Warum JavaScript JavaScript heißt; JScript; Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede von JavaS...
2010-02-272h 23
CRE: Technik, Kultur, GesellschaftCRE146 JavaScript
Geschichte, Struktur, Eigenschaften und die Zukunft der wichtigsten Programmiersprache des Webs
JavaScript begleitet das Web zwar schon fast seit Anbeginn wurde aber als eigenständige Technologie nur am Rande wahrgenommen. In den letzten Jahren hat sich das langsam geändert und jetzt entwickelt sich in der JavaScript-Szene ein neues Selbstbewusstsein, gestützt durch die Entwicklung neuer Sprach-Implentierungen und FrameWorks und einem generell gewachsenen Bedarf an flexiblen webbasierten Lösungen orientiert. Im Gespräch mit Tim Pritlove erläutert der JavaScript-Entwickler Malte Ubl, wie sich JavaScript entwickelt hat, welche Eigenschaften JavaScript ausmachen und was die besondere Eignung für da...
2010-02-272h 21