Yasmin Gagne

London, New York

Writer/editor @FastCompany Pitches to [email protected]. Member @WGAEast + writing in NYMag, NYT, Vanity Fair, Inc. she/her

Articles

How Yahoo built AI-driven content discovery into its revamped news app

1 day ago | finance.yahoo.com | Yasmin Gagne

In April 2024, Yahoo acquired Artifact, a tool that uses AI to recommend news to readers. Yahoo folded Artifact’s—which was cofounded by Instagram cofounders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom—into its revamped news app to help surface and curate content for readers. Most Read from Fast Company Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone came on the Most Innovative Companies podcast to talk about the acquisition, the company’s approach to news curation, and what the future could hold for the private equity-owned company.
How Dr. Becky created a pocket-sized parenting coach

2 days ago | devicedaily.com | Yasmin Gagne

How Dr. Becky created a pocket-sized parenting coach March 29, 2025 Dr. Becky Kennedy, a New York City-based clinical psychologist who coaches parents through difficult moments with their kids, has created a booming business centered on the notion that kids are, essentially, good people. The idea sounds simple, but to Kennedy, it’s profound—the key to unlocking healthy parent-child relationships.
Cómo YouTube Shorts se enfrenta a TikTok

2 days ago | fastcompany.mx | Yasmin Gagne

Cuando India prohibió TikTok en 2020, YouTube respondió lanzando una función de videos cortos con una experiencia de usuario similar. Menos de un año después, esta función se implementó globalmente como YouTube Shorts, que permite a los creadores publicar contenido vertical deslizable de 180 segundos de duración. Actualmente, YouTube Shorts cuenta con aproximadamente 1,500 millones de usuarios y recibe un promedio de 70,000 millones de visualizaciones diarias.
YouTube Shorts: Competing with TikTok in the Short-Form Video Landscape

3 days ago | fastcompany.co.za | Yasmin Gagne

Yasmin Gagne|Published 32 minutes agoWith a TikTok ban on the horizon, YouTube Shorts product lead Todd Sherman talks about getting the algorithm right and listening to creators. Image: Syntika/iStock/Getty Images PlusWhen India banned TikTok in 2020, YouTube responded by launching a short-form video feature with a similar user experience in the country.
How Yahoo built AI-driven content discovery into its revamped news app

3 days ago | fastcompany.com | Yasmin Gagne

In April 2024, Yahoo acquired Artifact, a tool that uses AI to recommend news to readers. Yahoo folded Artifact's-which was cofounded by Instagram cofounders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom-into its revamped news app to help surface and curate content for readers. Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone came on the Most Innovative Companies podcast to talk about the acquisition, the company's approach to news curation, and what the future could hold for the private equity-owned company.
How YouTube Shorts is taking on TikTok

5 days ago | fastcompany.com | Yasmin Gagne

When India banned TikTok in 2020, YouTube responded by launching a short-form video feature with a similar user experience in the country. Less than a year later, that feature rolled out globally as YouTube Shorts, which allows creators to post 180-second-long swipeable vertical content. Today, YouTube Shorts has roughly 1.5 billion users and receives an average of 70 billion daily views.
How YouTube Shorts is taking on TikTok

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Yasmin Gagne

2 hours agoIndia - May 10, 2025 Pakistan launched a military operation against India, hitting key military assets including missile storage facilities and airfields in Udhampur, Adampur, and Pathankot. Pakistan said it was also conducting a sweeping cyber offensive aimed at crippling India’s government networks, energy infrastructure, telecommunications, and transportation systems.
How Overdrive's creative director is using branding to get people to test their drugs for fentanyl

2 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Yasmin Gagne

Launched in September, Overdrive, has taken an unconventional approach to harm reduction. Founded by Brian Bordainick, who also started emergency contraception company Julie and acne patch company Starface, the company has used its playbook of taking a fun, edgier branding approach to drugstore products-in this case testing kits for fentanyl and for seeing if a drink has been spiked- to appeal to a newer generation of consumers.
Say goodbye to cheap versions of Ozempic and Wegovy

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Yasmin Gagne

2 hours agoStudies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop. Do we really have free will when it comes to eating? It’s a vexing question that is at the heart of why so many people find it so difficult to stick to a diet. To get answers, one …
Feeling lonely? X cofounder Ev Williams has an app for that.

3 weeks ago | fastcompany.com | Yasmin Gagne

When Twitter cofounder and Medium founder Evan "Ev" Williams was planning his 50th birthday party, he didn't know who to invite. Having spent more of his life building and scaling tech companies, he found himself feeling disconnected from friends. That's why he started Mozi last yearwith Molly DeWolf Swenson, a marketer and producer.