Prior to joining VentureBeat, Blaise was CEO of FORA.tv from 2009-2014, then a leading site for videos from the world’s best conferences and events. FORA.tv was named a Best 50 Website by TIME,, a Top Education Site by the U.K.’s Telegraph, and dubbed a “Netflix for Nerds’ by Gigaom.
Previously, Blaise served as Deputy Editor of Condé Nast Portfolio, where he helped found both Portfolio.com and the magazine. Both properties earned the highest industry honors. Blaise was also the Managing Editor of WIRED. There, he helped earn numerous prizes, including a National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2004 and another for the Single-Topic Issue category in 2002. Additionally, he was The Editor of Red Herring magazine, once the bible of Silicon Valley, and the News Editor of Forbes ASAP.
Blaise's media appearances include such television shows as Today and The View as well as programs on NPR and CNN. He graduated from New York University and received his graduate degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
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BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
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BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
General Catalyst’s Phil Libin says first bot IPOs are 2 or 3 years away
Apple is donating iPads to 50,000 students and 4,500 teachers
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
Conversable and Olo partner to re-invent the working lunch on Messenger, Twitter, and Kik
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
Analysis
How Facebook’s attack on ad blockers screws publishers
Syrian children hold Pokémon Go photos to say ‘come save me’
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
WhatsApp service restored in Brazil
Yahoo’s conversational interfaces seek to compete with Amazon’s Alexa and Facebook M
BotBeat: This week’s top bot stories
How Luka created bots based on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’
Bot hosting platform Beep Boop pivots to Slack integrator
Airbnb says ‘not so fast’ to bots
Slack’s bot strategy aims to bring actionable data closer to users
Exclusive
Booking.com launches pilot for destination experiences bot
Exclusive
SnapTravel raises $1.1M to launch half-bot, half-human hotel booking service
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VB Event
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VB Event
The first international botathon is underway
Analysis
Police shootings and smartphones: Peter Gabriel was right about the power of video
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Tim Cook opens WWDC with moment of silence for Orlando terrorist attack victims
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Yahoo launches Kik bots for news, weather, and virtual pets
Conversable launches conversational commerce platform for Facebook Messenger, Twitter, and SMS
VentureBeat is hiring a guest posts editor for bots channel
VentureBeat is hiring a reporter for bots channel
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Analysis
What Mary Meeker didn’t say about bots
Security chatbot startup Demisto comes out of stealth with $6 million
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