Michael Linford
Chief Operating Officer of Affirm, speaking about buy-now-pay-later underwriting, consumer behavior, and the company's credit and merchant partnerships.
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Feb 6, 2026 • 57min
OpenAI vs Anthropic: Coding Tools & Branding, SaaS Selloff Debate, Nvidia’s Blackwell Challenges
Laura Mandaro, managing editor who leads editorial analysis; Nico Gruppen, head of applied research experienced with LLMs and coding tools; Michael Linford, COO scaling payments and BNPL; Jason Helfstein, internet research lead tracking cloud and capex. They debate SaaS market fears and forward-deployed engineers. They compare OpenAI vs Anthropic coding tools. They unpack Nvidia’s Blackwell rollout and Amazon’s huge CapEx plan.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 41min
Bloomberg Businessweek Weekend - March 13th, 2026
Ashley Flair, pro wrestler and entrepreneur investing in mental-wellness apparel. Michael Linford, COO of Affirm on buy-now-pay-later underwriting and real-time consumer signals. Gary Evans, CEO of United States Antimony on scaling domestic critical-minerals production and government supply contracts. They discuss antimony supply and defense demand, Affirm’s transaction-level credit tools, and investing in mental-health brands.
