eBay CEO Jamie Iannone’s playbook embraces Gen Z and a cautious approach to AI

• In today’s CEO Daily: An interview with eBay CEO Jamie Iannone
• The big leadership story: Demis Hassabis steps aside as CEO of Google DeepMind.
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Good morning. For any CEO, one of the most consequential decisions you can make right now is which parts of the AI wave to leverage and which to exclude. So I was particularly interested to talk to eBay’s CEO Jamie Iannone recently. Under his leadership, eBay has recently banned autonomous AI shopping agents from its marketplace while encouraging sellers to use its own AI tool to create compelling listings. The battle: how to use AI to amplify commissions and the customer experience while addressing the risks it presents to both.

Iannone spoke to me from a trading‑card convention in Chicago, just as the company had closed a $50 million chapter from its past and launched a $1.4 billion bet on its future. The former resolves liti...