Axios Co-Founders Urge Wielding AI to Help ‘Simplify’ Your Life in New Book

By Corbin Bolies

Corbin Bolies

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The co-founders of Axios popularized the “Smart Brevity” mantra for years. Now, in the age of AI, comes another: “Simplify.”

Such is the name of a new book by Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz, who co-founded the political news site in 2016 to try and help get people smarter faster. “Simplify,” out Tuesday, expands on that mission, serving as an instructive guide for readers to use AI to excise distractions and boost their personal and professional lives. It’s a mantra VandeHei says worked for the company, prompting the trio over the last two and a half years to figure out how to adapt it for a tome.

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